#ti s1e3

[oleander4]

Rob James-Collier as Daniel Watson | The Inheritance | S1 E3

#rob james collier #robert james collier #rob james-collier #the inheritance #daniel watson #the inheritance spoilers #ti s1e3 #own post

[blinkpen]

YOURE NOT WRONG... Well, he's like an even blend of Bojack and Sarah Lynn simultaneously, with the benefit of still being in the prime of his career, and having enough emotional intelligence, talent and social finesse that he can at least still maintain the facade and a good reputation with the general public.

But overall? kinda, yeah

#mog art #ask x #zoetrope #demersa #i was tied between which convo to #this one or the s1e3 ep one #about being a marble in the game of hungry hungry hippos that is the universe #jaren would have been todd

[whippedcloudsofcream]

Velvette in Hazbin Hotel S1E3: Scrambled Eggs

#Hazbin Hotel S1E3: Scrambled Eggs #hazbin hotel #my photos #cool outfit but jesus i was so embarrassed for her #they tried so hard to make this into a bad bitch moment and it wasn’t happening #im hoping they do her more justice next season and dont make her throwaway characters like vox and val #because this was such a terrible thing to do for her and her team #so assured of their supposed power they arrogantly cut ties with the Top Weapon Manufacturers of hell and all other major overlord allies #yeah they can smuggle and pawn but how exhausting is that??

[dragonsbluee]

I'm trying to count how many times Hiccup is captured/kidnapped throughout both series, the movies and the short films, so here's my criteria:

Any time he is unwillingly moved from one location to another by a dragon, viking or other character.

This includes any dragons picking him up and flying off somewhere, even if he is okay with it later.

This does not include when Toothless/his friends drag him off to show him something.

Any situation that prompted the dragon riders to rescue him.

Any plans that involved him giving himself up or joining up with a villain/antagonist.

This does not include the time he and Dagur were trapped on that island together.

Any time he is tied up and led somewhere or locked up/held in place with a guard.

Here is the list of situations I have compiled in (hopefully) chronological order:

HTTYD

Congratulations, no captures or kidnappings.

GIFT OF THE NIGHT FURY

When Meatlug (accidentally) brings Hiccup along to the Rookery.

RIDERS OF BERK

S1E6 - Hiccup gets taken to Dragon Island.

S1E16 - Hiccup is captured by the Outcasts on their island.

S1E19 - Alvin Captures Hiccup and Toothless at the "Isle of Night".

DEFENDERS OF BERK

S1E20 - Hiccup gives himself up to Dagur as part of his plan with Alvin.

RACE TO THE EDGE

S1E1 - the Dragon Riders get captured by Daugr on a hunter ship.

S1E7 -The twins put him in prison (this one's just here because I think it's funny).

S2E6 - The Dragon Hunters capture him.

S2E11 - The Dragon Riders get captured trying to save the Skrill.

S3E1 - Hiccup is captured by Dragon Hunters while trapped on an island with Dagur.

S3E8 - Hiccup and Toothless get caught in a Dragon Hunter Trap and are kidnapped and forced to participate in dragon fights.

S3E12 - Viggo captures all the Dragon Riders at the auction.

S3E13 - The Defenders of the Wing capture the Dragon Riders.

S4E3 - First Hiccup is caught by Amos and Berthel.

S4E3 - Then he's caught by Savage.

S4E3 - Then Krogan gets him after Throk saves him.

S4E3 - Ryker captures him for the tiniest bit right before the riders arrive.

S4E10 - Hiccup is caught with Ruffnut when he tries to rescue her from Viggo's trap. Unlike the other traps, he needs the other dragon riders to rescue them.

S5E2 - The Sandbuster captures Hiccup and Snotlout.

S6E8 - Viggo hands Hiccup over to Krogan as part of their plan.

HTTYD 2

Valka kidnaps Hiccup and Toothless.

HTTYD 3

Grimmel captures the dragon riders.

HOMECOMING

Once again, no captures of kidnappings

Up For Debate:

There are a few situations which technically fit the criteria, but I'm not sure if they fit considering the context of the show:

S5E5 - the riders are stuck on Vanaheim, guarded by the Sentinels. (Rtte)

S1E3 - This is a technicality, but when Hiccup joins up with Dagur to keep him away from the other dragons. (Dob)

EDIT: I forgot that even though my criteria says that the time Dagur and Hiccup are trapped on that island together (S3E1 of RTTE) doesn't count, because he is joining up with an (at the time) antagonist, there is a moment when Hiccup is captured by Dragon Hunters near the end of the episode.

After careful discussion (aka me ranting at my roommate) S4E10 of RTTE is also moving from "up for debate" to the official list. These changes are reflected above.

This brings our official count to 22 captures/kidnappings!

Honestly, the hardest part about this was finding the distinction between being captured or being trapped and what I wanted to count. When Hiccup isn't captured, he spends a lot of time in traps.

#httyd #how to train your dragon #hiccup and toothless #hiccup haddock #Listen he gets captured/kidnapped an absurd amount #I just wanted to tally it up #race to the edge #defenders of berk #riders of berk #Someone who has read the comics please let me know if he gets captured in those #it's hilarious every time though #dragon riders #how to train your dragon 2 #httyd thw #shoutout to S4E3 of rtte for inspiring this #hiccup has four main moods: captured trapped kidnapped or nerd #whump i guess

[indigovigilance]

Every single minisode is Aziraphale's memory, and why that's [not?] important

There is extensive meta-analysis, my own included, that Before the Beginning is a doctored memory resulting from erasure of Angel!Crowley, and that the trace of him that is left in Aziraphale's memory is the Starmaker, so that this is what we see at the opening of S2. With this foundation of "some scenes are altered memories," we can critically examine the minisodes and see that, in fact, they are ALL Aziraphale's memories that are potentially subject to doctoring.

Evidence (and exploration) below the cut:

A Companion to Owls

The largest part (S2E2 22:10 to 44:00) Book of Job flashback is book-ended by Aziraphale leaning over the physical Book of Job in his bookshop. We enter the memory when Aziraphale enters it, we leave it when he leaves it. Pretty straightforward.

The Ressurrectionists

Similarly, in S2E3, we begin the first flashback to 1827 with Aziraphale's "dear diary" entry. We flash out each time to Aziraphale: in the car to Edinburgh, getting out of the car at the Ressurrectionist Pub, and with Aziraphale staring up at the statue of Gabriel while standing in the graveyard in Edinburgh, respectively for each of the three flashbacks. This all strongly indicates that we've been in his memory.

Nazi Zombie Flesheaters

I didn't even notice until I was doing research for this that basically the entire episode takes place in 1941. From the end of the main title at 5:00 to 37:50, we never come out of the 1941 story. But what is interesting is what bookends this minisode.

Before the main title, Shax has tricked her way into Aziraphale's car and alludes to a time when a rumor started about our ineffable husbands:

Sometime in the last 80 or 90 years I remember hearing that you and Crowley were an item. I didn't believe it then. Not really. Poor old Furfur.

And when we flash back to modern day, we first go to Hell with Shax proposing a full frontal assault on the bookshop, and then we get:

Aziraphale has arrived back in SOHO, and has spent the 8 hour drive reminiscing about what Shax alluded to.

But this part gets even weirder. Because the final line of the episode is:

You're really hosting the meeting? Absolutely! And I can guarantee you: it will be a night to remember!

What this means in context of the 3 memory sequence

This line has been taken by a lot of analysts as a reference to A Night to Remember by Walter Lord, a collection of first person accounts of passengers of the Titanic. Most notably, the thematic ties of this work to the cinematographic design of Good Omens are captured by this quote:

A key to Lord's method is his technique of adopting an unconventional approach to the chronology of the event, "[taking] an imaginative approach to time and space in which hours and minutes prove extremely malleable, the ship itself seems almost infinitely complex, and the disaster assumes order and unity from far away."

Which is an amazing connection, and probably true, in that it was a deliberate reference by the writers. "Malleability of time and space" describes well how this show is put together for us the viewer. But it also illustrates how Aziraphale experiences his relationship with Crowley; skipping over centuries at a time, while dwelling on and protracting intimate moments spent together, create a cohesive whole when viewed from a distance. That whole is their relationship. [Which is about to go down like an unsinkable ship.]

But absent the literary reference, we could even take this line for its literal meaning. Aziraphale is talking about forming new memories, after we have spent the last three episodes living in his memories of times with Crowley that were key to shaping their relationship. This isn't a S1E3-style series of allusions to a furtive, flirtatious, and organically blossoming intimacy; these are rough events where the two are shoved into moral quandaries and forced to make some really difficult decisions that bring them closer together and define "their side." These are core memories, and incredibly precious to Aziraphale. And now, after a few short days in which he has spent a lot of time ruminating on these intense memories, he is embarking upon the task of making another important memory, that is, dancing with Crowley.

Why We Care

Because memories can be altered, all of the information we get from these episodes is subject to a reliable narrator problem. As of the Gabriel trial, we know that memories can be doctored even when the person in question isn't present. Crowley knows that his memories have been removed or altered, and has put painful effort into retrieving them. Aziraphale may not realize that he has suffered the same fate. These memories that he holds so dear might not even be true.

Memory, Identity, and the Relevance of Fidelity

We would probably expect to get some "corrections" to these memories in S3, to see exactly what kind of manipulations our heroes suffered and what that reveals about the motivations of the perpetrators. That's how a paranormal mystery story with a memory manipulation element would normally proceed.

But it will be even more significant if we don't; it would speak to a philosophy-of-self that you are not the product of your objective past, but of what you remember, and so we don't get to know what actually happened because it doesn't matter to informing us about who Aziraphale is.

Aziraphale's love for Crowley springs from what he remembers about their shared past; it doesn't necessarily matter that the memories aren't true, because the love is.

~~~

I realize that I kinda buried the lead, so if you reblog, please tag appropriately? I'm taking suggestions.

If you want to read more on this topic, this meta by @ineffable-suffering is a good place to go.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #aziraphale #crowley #memory #good omens memory #erasure theory #ivoc

[frosty-the-killer-doll]

there's no such thing as too much love, an arrowverse polycule au collection - your mess is mine by vance joy // the flash s1e14 fallout // the flash s2e2 flash of two worlds // the flash s4e14 subject 9 // learn about polyamory: what is a polycule? by dee morgan // supergirl s1e3 fight or flight // memory for forgetfulness by mahmoud darwish // the flash s1e8 flash vs. arrow // after the threesome, they both take you home by sue hyon bae // arrow s2e14 time of death // can't help but fly by climbing poetree // promo pic // love & misadventure by lang leav // poster // if the world was ending by jp saxe and julia michaels // invasion! // @daisies-on-a-cup // crisis on earth x // backwards by warsan shire // crisis on infinite earths // tongue tied by grouplove

#arrowverse polycule au #arrowverse #web weaving #the flash #the flash cw #cw the flash #arrow #arrow cw #cw arrow #supergirl #supergirl cw #cw supergirl #legends of tomorrow #lot #batwoman #batwoman cw #cw batwoman #snowvibestorm #snowstorm #vibestorm #snowvibe #caitco #westallen #barrisco #snowwest #snowest #snowbarry #snowbarriscowest #lanolsen #karolsen

[lesbianashleywilliams]

チェンソーマン S1E3 - MEOWY'S WHEREABOUTS

「 You said you couldn't pet Pochita anymore, yes? I understand how you feel now. 'Tis an awful feeling. 」

#*posts #csmedit #csmsource #dailychainsaw #Chainsaw Man #anisource #usergojoana #useradrienne #my crap #yeah yeah i know a day late. yesterday was a bad day ok #and this BETTER show up in the tags too

[whump-or-whatever]

Some of my favourite whump moments for John Constantine (as portrayed by Matt Ryan). Spoilers ahead. In order of airing…

Constantine S1E3 (zip tied to table, given anti-coagulant, cut on arm, left to bleed out)

Constantine S1E9 (shot, burnt arm, fighting demonic possession)

Legends of Tomorrow S4E5 (sort of magical exertion, dying from having his life force drained)

Legends of Tomorrow S4E8 (pain from having messed up timeline in his head)

Legends of Tomorrow S4E14 (out in the cold, hit in the head)

Legends of Tomorrow S4E15&16 (tortured in Hell)

Legends of Tomorrow S5E6 (coughing up blood, dying of lung cancer)

Legends of Tomorrow S6E1 (extreme magical exertion, almost dies)

Legends of Tomorrow S6E13 (thrown around room, head smashed into wall)

—obligatory I don’t own the show but I did take the screencaps and make the collages—

#whump #whump screencaps #john constantine #John Constantine whump #legends of tomorrow #whump suggestions #fav whump scenes #whump scene #whump community #whumpblr #legends of tomorrow spoilers #Constantine spoilers

[befuddled-calico-whump]

may I present you with a catalog of my favorite animated whump moments:

will likely keep coming back and rb'ing as I add to this. Time stamps are based on streaming service. Feel free to rb with your own additions!

Voltron: Legendary Defender

cw: fantasy violence, electrocution. Short scene, but so very nice. Team leader whump.

where to find it: S1E5, 14:55-15:39, on Netflix.

Cowboy Bebop

cw: gun violence, blood. Fight scene goes south. Has a two minute slowmo/flashback scene that's a bit much for me, but overall very good.

where to find it: S1E5, 16:46-21:20 on Netflix

One Piece

cw: violence. Character spends the entirety of the episode tied to a post in order to protect a stranger and her daughter. Not portrayed as super whumpy, but still pretty good.

where to find it: S1E2 on Netflix

cw: minor violence. Same character as above is captured and puts his life at risk to prove that one of the captors cares.

where to find it: S1E32, 10:33-13:11 on Netflix

Love, Death, and Robots

cw: violence, bruising, body horror. MC gets beat up by some alien creatures and taken to their leader. If you watch past the timestamp there will be disturbing body horror.

where to find it: S3: Swarm, 10:12-11:08 on Netflix

cw: gun violence, blood, gore, apparent death, amputation. Bounty hunters catch up with their immortal target. Not super whumpy, but good art and has a kind of sweet ending.

where to find it: S2: Snow in the Desert, 12:15-15:02 on Netflix

The Legend of Vox Machina

cw: blood, violence. Character is attacked by vampires and gets pretty beat up.

where to find it: S1E3, 15:41-17:01 on Amazon Prime

#i just love whump in animation #you get a lot more liberty with gore and expressions #and you have the added medium of sound which is always a bonus #i love comics but you cant hear them #whump recs #whump scenes #whump #immortal whump #team leader whump #beaten #fave #animated whump

[99point9percentwhump]

77 SUNSET STRIP WHUMP LIST

(L-R Kookie, Stu Bailey, Jeff Spencer) 77 Sunset Strip can be watched safely on 👉  Uncle Earl’s classic TV Channel

~~SEASON 1~~

S1e1 girl in the run - (Stu Bailey) fight

S1e3 a nice social evening - (Stu) fight

S1e7 all our yesterday's - (Stu) gunpoint, beaten, knocked out, waking up, FAN SERVICE  😍

S1e8 a well selected frame - (Jeff) FAN SERVICE 😍

S1e10 Viscous circle - (side character) held for ransom, blindfolded, beaten, threatened

S1E15 The Secret of Adam Cain - (Stu) ko, wake up drugged, after effects

S1E16 The Girl Who Couldn't Remember - (Jeff) fight

S1E17 Dark Vengeance  - (Stu) (FAN SERVICE  😍 + Jeff ko, tied up/rescued

S1E18 Conspiracy of Silence - (Jeff) ko

S1E21 In Memoriam -( Stu) fight 

S1E23 The Pasadena Caper - (Stu) fakes injury

S1E28 Abra-Cadaver - (Jeff) drunk drugged, woozy, sleeping, interrogated, weak 

S1E29 A Bargain in Tombs - (Stu) knife cut to side, bandages

S1E30 The Widow Wouldn't Weep  - (Jeff) ko, kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, threatened, manhandled, released still bound and blindfolded

S1E31 Downbeat - (Stu) emotional whump, drunk, kidnapped (sorta), waking up

S1E33 Mr. Paradise - (Stu) beaten, ko, waking up, peril ~~Season 2~~ S2E2 The kookie Caper - (Jeff & Stu) in jail, (Kookie) ko

S2E4 Clay Pigeon - (Stu) ko

S2E11 Texas Doll - (Kookie) ko

S2E13 Jukebox Caper - (Jeff) gunpoint, punched

S2E16 Switchburg - (Stu) gunpoint, held hostage

S2E17 The One that Got Away - (Jeff) captive, tied up

S2E18 Ten Cents a Death - (Stu) FAN SERVICE  😍

S2E21 Starlet - (Jeff) manhandled, threatened, fight/beaten, collapse, unconscious

S2E24 Return to San Dede: The Desert Story - (Stu) stranded, lost in the desert

S2E25 Return to San Dede: Capitol City - (Stu) shot, hospital

S2E26 Publicity Brat - (Stu) ko, FAN SERVICE  😍

S2E28 Legend of the Crystal Dart - (Stu) ko

S2E29 Stranger than Fiction - (Jeff) fight

S2E30 Genesis of Treason - (Stu) FAN SERVICE  😍

S2E31 Fraternity of Fear - (Jeff) Manhandled, thrown out, FAN SERVICE  😍

S2E32 Spark of Freedom - (Stu) on the run, peril

S2E33 Perfect Setup - (Jeff) beaten/fight, FANSERVICE  😍

S2E34 Sierra - (Stu) carjacked, ko, wake up, pain, FAN SERVICE  😍, taken captive/tied up, peril

S2E35 Silent Caper - (Jeff) FAN SERVICE  😍, ko, taken captive, escape, on the run, exhausted, peril

S2E36 Family Skeleton - (Stu) ko (side character) kidnapped, held for ransom B/N S2 added

#77 Sunset Strip #whump list #vintage whump #working on S2 now!

[simpforcatra]

i'd like to propose the ideal SPoP speedrun viewing order. feel free to argue for your own episodes. this mostly follows the catradora arc with some additions i consider essential- but it does skip some episodes that are perhaps useful for context

s1e1 and s1e2. obviously the sword parts 1 and 2. vital to understanding not just the story of spop but also catradora. also introduces us to glimmer and bow.

s1e8. princess prom. not as essential in the world building order but i mean like. come on. it's princess prom. maybe the second gayest episode in the show.

s1e11. promise. the breakup. fr this time. i think this episode really seals the reason why catradora is so filled with angst.

s2e2. ties that bind. my only pick from s2- this is mostly just a for funsies one because catra interacting with bow and glimmer is hilarious, and i felt weird not including s2 at all.

s3e3. crimson waste. e2 is fine but i find e3 more interesting and fun, and it's got catra. this is imo the best cold opening in the series, and leads into the next 3 episodes.

s3e4-6. portal centered. 4 sets up the whole shebang and there's a bit of drama between the two. 5 and 6 are portal world and are really gay. at this point there is no catradora content until save the cat arc, but i feel like the next couple are pretty vital to watching the show if you're speedrunning it.

s4e1. coronation. one of my personal favorite episodes in the show. the parallels between glimmer and catra are chef's kiss.

s4e6. scorpia. pretty emotionally charged episode and we start running into the bottom of catra's arc.

s4e9. hero. i'll always bake a pie for you mara <3

s4e10. fractures. catra's fracture. the best friend squad's fracture.

s4e11+12. beast island/destiny. pretty important imo, we find micah, we learn more about she-ra, and we start to see the first glimpses of adora's she-ra, not the first one's she-ra.

s4e13. destiny. catra bottoms out. shit goes down.

s5e3-5. save the cat arc. corridors is an instant cry ep and i actually enjoy the gas station episode, plus i feel like it helps bring glimbow back into the fold. and of course the whole reason we're here is save the cat itself.

s5e8 onwards. finding melog. returning to etheria and saving the chipped individuals. spinnetossa arc did make me cry. don't throw tanks. drunk shadow weaver. failsafe. the kiss. you're my dad. this is the crux of the show. we are watching these.

total episodes: 26 (half the show total) runtime: roughly 9 hours

honorable mentions:

s1e3. razz. not the most important character imo but her episode with adora is pretty good.

s2e5. whiteout. fun ep that is interesting but not entirely catradora packed.

s2e6. lightspinner. this is a good ep but i really dont want to see sw more than i have too.

s4e2. valley of lost. introduces double trouble, but perfuma annoys me this ep a bit

super super condensed version (idk why you'd even watch this):

s1e1+2

s1e11

s3e3

s3e5+6

s4e12+13

s5e3

s5e5

s5e8

s5e11-13

episodes that you can not convince me include:

s2e4. roll with it. this one is like actually filler if you argue for this one you're just wrong

actually pretty much every other episode in s2 that i didn't mention.

okay thanks please present your counterarguments if u love this show as much as i do lol

#spop #shera #catradora

[toa-kirhan]

First time watching ToH S1E3 (I Was a Teenage Abomination). Thoughts below:

Very cute episode. :> It’s nice seeing Luz make new friends.

What a tragic life for the trash slug.

Eda is trying her best to teach Luz, she’s really trying, but Luz just has very different expectations about what a fantasy world should be like. While Luz would gravitate to a teacher like Eda in the human world, someone who doesn’t conform to society’s arbitrary restrictions, in the Boiling Isles, Luz wants a conventional magical education that Eda is unwilling, or unable, to provide.

King has warmed up to Luz and accepted his lot in life as Luz’s little guy.

With this episode, we’ve rounded out the cast of characters in the OP w/ Willow, Augustus ‘Gus’, and Amity Blight.

Amity seems to have a very snarky and patronizing attitude, though it’s only when Willow surpasses her w/ the help of Luz that Amity becomes actively aggressive toward her. Based on the ending, I have a feeling that Amity has a lot of her self-worth tied up in her academic performance, given how the one thing she wanted from Willow was the top student badge.

I <3 abomination.

I do wonder what the difference is between wild and proper magic. Twice during the episode, Willow’s eyes start glowing when she uses her plant magic and giant vines start spreading out: first in the clearing and second to give Luz time to escape from the Hexside. In the latter, Willow draws a circle before using her magic and is able to control the vines to throw Luz out. Is that what distinguishes wild and proper magic? I mean, we see Eda and Bump use those magic circles too.

This episode brings up humans again. Why are they so rare if Eda can just open a portal to the human world? Or is that why she’s considered so powerful? Does the government disappear any humans that appear on the Boiling Isles?

Poor abomination :c

Hexside School? Is Hexside just the name of the school, or is there a town outside it too? Also, given that Luz is now banned from Hexside, how much will we see of it and Principal Bump in the future? I mean, Amity doesn’t know about the Owl House, unless of course, she ends up following Willow and Gus to it. Will Amity end up reporting on Eda?

What are all the living buildings and furniture items? Are they abominations? Demons? Or is the Boiling Isles just filled with tons of living inanimate objects? Is Hooty one of them?

Anyway a living locker that you scritch to open and a screaming bell would have been a lot cooler in school.

Gus is the head of the Human Appreciation Society and reads magazines about them, which gives me the impression that humans are treated as these rare, mythical creatures. I’ll be interested to see if we encounter any more members and how the relationship between Luz and Gus changes.

I’m realizing this now as I look over my notes but spelling class is a class where they teach you how to cast spells, not how to spell words. >:|

The fact that King’s trash slug is named Prince Jr. implies the existence of a Prince Sr. Is King actually a prince, or did he just have another pet that he called Prince once?

Why does Amity volunteer to show off her abomination before anyone else? Is she just trying to show off how better she is and further humiliate Willow by having her follow her presentation up, or did she try and get the class out from doing extra homework (to avoid doing extra homework, gain goodwill with her classmates, or just as a flex)? Is Amity actually popular at school?

Why Eda mean to Hooty :c

Heximal? Does the Boiling Isles use base 6 for their numbering system? That’s nifty.

Lots of good wordplay in this episode from amomination and spelling class to lie.

Principal Bump has a Kriss knife :v

It’s somewhat concerning that a school like Hexside has an advanced runic security system. I mean, considering the existence of wild magic, maybe that’s a necessary precaution (see how much damage Willow could do on her own), but it wouldn’t surprise me if it has to do with the Conformatorium and how the Boiling Isles are run.

I hope Willow doesn’t run into any issues with her parents now that she’s on the plant track instead of the abomination one. Also, how rigid are the tracks? Are they just like majors? Was there any reason why Willow couldn’t also take plant magic courses?

I eagerly await the return of Prince Jr. Perhaps one day King and his son will learn to love each other once again.

Eda is 3 for 3 on giving Luz good advice. It was really sweet seeing Luz call Eda a good teacher and watching her process Luz’s compliment. It’s clear from this episode and her face Eda is new to this apprenticeship business and that she really appreciates hearing that from Luz. Also, does she pat Luz on the head bc that’s how she shows affection to King?

#toh #first watch #toh season 1 #toh s1 #spoilers i guess #the owl house #media analysis

[queenclaudiabrown]

Living Legend | Chapter Seven: Mogart

Content warnings: canon warnings and triggers for the media used and referenced; uncensored cussing (including the word ‘bitch’ used derogatorily) Media: Moon Knight S1E3 “The Friendly Type”; Primeval tie-in novel Fire and Water by Simon Guerrier Word Count: 4,992

     Night fell as they cruised down the Nile, the multicolored lights of the glorious nighttime cityscape on either side as their own felucca’s lights flooded Sarah’s vision with purple, the violet and amethystine filtering over all other colors.

     Marc and Layla sat apart- from the partyers on the boat and each other.  Feeling a little uncomfortable at the way the two more or less glared at each other from opposite sides of the boat, Sarah decided to remain neutral and sit down between them, relatively speaking.

     “So what exactly are we gonna do here?  What’s the plan?”

     “Oh.  It’s not pleasant being left in the dark, is it?”  Layla mocked saccharinely.

     Marc looked away for a moment, smothering the look of irritation that had brought to his features.  “Okay.  I get that you’re not happy about me leaving so quickly and coming to Cairo.  I understand.”

     “Wait, is that your apology?”  Marc went to continue, but Layla wasn’t done being sarcastic.  “That’s good.  That’s really good.”

     “Just so we can get through tonight, maybe let’s just give our shit a rest for a moment and just try to strategize before we get to….”  He gestured vaguely in the direction they were heading, but trailed off as he realized he didn’t know the name of the person they were going to see.

     “Mogart’s.”

     “…Mogart.”

     “Just so you know, I’m not here to help you.”  Layla snapped.  “I’m here for me and for everyone else who would die if Harrow succeeds, and for Sarah, because she’d have come running after you and Steven with or without me and I actually kind of like her and don’t want her to die because she gives a damn.”

     “I am so not getting involved in this.”  Sarah said, pushing to her feet.  “I’m getting a drink for me and privacy for you.”  With that, she strolled away, in search of something alcoholic.  She was rather relieved that Layla had come to like her, even a little, as it meant she was probably safe from being harmed or betrayed by her.  Also, she believed Layla to be a decent person with a moral character, so she appreciated the tentative friendship.

     The music changed, and at least one of the partyers started ululating to the song.  Sarah got up and took her time weaving through the partying people and getting her drink, hoping to give the estranged couple the space and time they needed to resolve their argument enough to get on with the three’s (four’s?) shared goal.  When she looked back at them, she was both surprised and relieved to see them leaning forward in their seats, their hands all together.  Neither of them looked angry or annoyed anymore.  She smiled softly.  She didn’t know either of them too well, but she believed them to be good people who truly did care about each other, and she disliked the idea of people like Harrow and Khonshu coming between a married couple.  She did wonder, though, how Steven would factor into their relationship.

     They leaned back again, hands separating, and Layla tied her hair back.  Deciding that the tender moment was over, Sarah returned to them, carrying her drink.  “Are you two done fighting?”

     “It’s a truce at the very least.”  Marc replied.

     They came to a stop at a dock, and Marc climbed out first.  Layla all but threw her bag into his chest before stepping out herself, turning to offer Sarah a hand, but Sarah was already getting out. 

     “This guy’s got a lot of friends.”  Marc noted.

     “Yeah, and a lot with guns.”  Layla warned.

     “Great.”  Sarah sighed.  “More people potentially trying to kill me.  I should be used to this by now.”

     Marc stashed the bag away in the dock, but something on the water caught his eye.  “What is it?”  Layla asked as he stood.  “Harrow’s men keeping tabs?”

     Sarah saw it now- a small rubber dinghy a dozen or so meters away, moving slowly with a couple men inside.  “I don’t know.  It could be.”  Marc admitted.

     “Well, if it is them, hopefully they won’t come after us here.  They’d probably not want to get themselves killed, or risk damaging something that might help them find and serve Ammit in a firefight.”  Sarah said, trying to be optimistic and convince herself as she spoke.

     Neither of her companions appeared relieved by her statements, but neither spoke against her.  “Let’s go.”  Layla said instead, and lead their way into the crowd.  Shoulders squared, Sarah walked on Layla’s side opposite Marc.  “Remember, your name is Rufino Estrada.”

     “Right.  We just got back from our honeymoon in the Maldives.  That’s an interesting little detail to give to them.”

     “I’d tell them you worked in a gift shop, but they’d never believe me, would they?”  She returned.

     “And I’m Tia Karim, your second cousin and occasional partner in crime looking to get my hands a little dirtier.”  Sarah reiterated her cover to Layla.  “Sure they’ll buy it?”

     “You’re an Egyptologist; your interest is genuine and you’re knowledgeable.  That’ll help.”  Layla replied as they reached their destination.  A fenced-in arena of sorts held a handful of men well and truly jousting on horseback, minus the medieval armor.  In the background were two relatively small glass and metal pyramids, both illuminated from within.

     “Bek.”  Layla greeted as a black man in a suit came up to them.

     “Layla.”  He returned, sounding somewhere between friendly and courteous.

     “It’s been a while.”  The Egyptian woman commented, clapping her hand into Bek’s and shaking it.

     “It’s good to see you.  Right this way.”

     “Thank you.”  Layla took Marc’s hand, then unexpectedly hooked her elbow through Sarah’s.  “Stay close, try not to look nervous.”  She whispered.

     “He’s looking forward to seeing you.”  Bek said, seemingly having not heard Layla’s words.  “After Madripoor I’m sure you two will have a lot to talk about.  Excuse me for one moment.  Mr. Mogart will be with you shortly.”

     “So, what- this joker just puts on El-Mermah games in his backyard for fun?”  Marc questioned cynically, observing the joust.

     “No, he gets private lessons by the best in his backyard.”  Layla corrected.

     “Cool.”  Marc returned, clearly not finding it ‘cool’.  “I like the robe.”  He seemed to mock as a white man- Mogart, probably- got off his horse and had what looked like a velvet robe put onto him by Bek.

     “Layla.  Come in.”  The man said, confirming Sarah’s suspicions.  “Such a delight to see you.”

     “You too.”  Her greeting seemed less genuine than it was to Bek, something Sarah took note of.  She extended her hand, which Mogart kissed.  Sarah fought down a cringe.

     “How have you been?”

     “Good.  Thank you for having us over on such short notice.”

     “Oh, please.  I hope you realize you need no excuse to drop by.”  Something about the way he said it seemed suggestive to Sarah.  She hoped Marc wouldn’t ruin their mission by thrashing him until it was over.

     Layla laid a hand on Marc’s shoulder.  “This is my husband, Rufino.”

     After a minute, Marc extended his hand.  “Nice to meet you.”  Lied Marc.

     “Pleasure.”  Mogart replied, eventually deigning to shake his hand.  His eyes cut to Sarah.  “And who is this lovely creature?”

     “My cousin, Tia.”  Layla answered, her voice holding a sharp edge that it hadn’t possessed during Marc’s introduction.

     Bracing herself as subtly as possible, Sarah extended her hand, and very carefully did not show a trace of the disgust she felt when Mogart kissed her hand.  The moment he let go of her hand, Sarah hooked her arm through Layla’s.

     Together, the four of them headed toward one of the glass and metal pyramids.  “I hope you understand this is more than a collection to me.”  Mogart said.  “Preserving history is a responsibility I take very seriously.”

     “A self-appointed responsibility that you alone were able to enjoy, no?”  Layla casually called him out on his rubbish.

     “Well, I prefer to see it as a… philanthropic effort at preservation.  Now, if I may ask, why such interest in Senfu in particular?”

    Layla nudged Sarah ever-so-subtly, prodding her to speak.  Putting on her tour guide voice with just a hint of boastfulness she often heard in Lester’s voice- what she wouldn’t do to have her old boss appear and smoothly bully Mogart into giving it to them-, she said, “I have a rather impressive collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts and historical items myself.  Medjays like Senfu often go overlooked by collectors, archaeologists, so-called ‘experts’…”  she let resentment and disdain bleed into her tone.  “As you surely already know, in many historical texts, Senfu was tasked by several members of the Ennead: Shu, Nut, Atum-Ra, and Hathor most prominently.  Such a prominent figure would have been given important duties and was obviously rewarded with special treatment after death.”  She gave him a smile, saccharine and brilliant.  “It isn’t you I doubt, Mr. Mogart, but who sold it to you.  I’m something of a cryptozoologist, and hieroglyphs are my specialty.”

     He canted his head with a shrug.  “I understand.  What about you?”  He glanced at the couple.

     “Oh, actually our purchases-” Layla began.

     Mogart cut her off.  “I’m sorry- I’d like to hear from your husband, if you don’t mind.”

     On the spot, Marc struggled.  “I think that… well, I think that I just would love to take a look.”

     “Funny man.”  Mogart said, watching him suspiciously.  “Feel free.”  He indicated the pyramid containing Senfu’s remains.  Sarah breathed a sigh of relief, masking it with a (hopefully) charming smile.  The three of them entered the structure.

     “Please, just let Steven out before you blow this.”  Layla requested of her husband.

     “Not a chance.”  He refused.  “Whatever we need from myths and lore, Sarah can do.  Alright, what do you see?”

     “I’m not a sodding encyclopedia, or all-knowing.”  Sarah snapped.  Nevertheless, she began inspecting the sarcophagus.

     “Well, the burial practices are in line with the Studenwachen texts.”  Layla reported.

     “The what?”

     “Studenwachen- that’s one of the most critically-acclaimed Egyptian source texts in the Egyptology world.”  Sarah replied.

     “It’s legit.”  Layla agreed.  “But all I’m seeing is literature to guide the dead.”

     “And no references to any special locations or tasks performed by the deceased.”  Sarah agreed with a disappointed sigh.

     “Okay, um…” Marc spoke up in a whisper, sighing.  “Will you two give me a minute?  I just have to- I gotta talk to Steven.”  Sarah’s heart jumped at the name of her friend.  “Just keep him occupied.”

     “I’m not going anywhere.”  Sarah refuted.  “Especially if you’re calling in Steven.”

     “I’ll delay Mogart, you two- three, whatever- work this out.”  Layla agreed, stepping out of the peaked structure before Marc could argue.

     Sarah fixed Marc with a firm stare.  “Don’t even try to push me out of this.”

     Marc sighed, but returned his gaze to Senfu’s corpse.  “Alright Steven, you wanna talk to me, talk to me.  What now?”  After a moment, his head raised, and he glared at the reflective panes of glass.  “Damn it, there’s not time for this.”  He gritted out.  “If there’s something that you know, you gotta tell me.”

     “Please, Steven.”  Sarah took a chance by speaking.

     “You want a bloodbath?  Huh?  Fine, have it your way.”  Marc snapped at Steven.

     Sarah spoke again.  “If you can hear me, please listen to me and help us.  Look, I’d love to chat with you again without going through him, but this right here in front of us is bigger than anything else at the moment.  Neither of us want Ammit to rise, and if you help, we might be able to prevent that.”

     Marc’s gaze traveled to the cartonnage.  “Okay, what do I do?”  A moment later, he pointed to a part of it.  “This one?”  Then, he picked it up carefully, only to fold the sides of that piece underneath it.  “Like this?”  He set it back down.  “Wait a second….”  He picked up another piece and began folding it, but didn’t get very far.

     Bek had entered the pyramid without either of them noticing, and seized Marc by the arm, pulling him away.  “Hey, what are you doing?”  He demanded.

     “Do we fight?”  Sarah burst out in a panicked question.

     Marc responded by combating the security guard, his moves to quick for Sarah to track and process, and a moment later he was pointing Bek’s own gun at him.  “If necessary.”  He replied.

     “Marc!”  Layla’s voice at the doorway drew their attention, and to Sarah’s horror she found the other woman standing with her hands up in surrender, two armed men pointing pistols at her.  “Don’t.”

     “Shit!”  Marc swore in a low hiss.  Reluctantly, he handed the gun back to Bek, who promptly snatched it out of his hands and leveled it at Marc.

     Mogart stepped inside the pyramid.  “Do you really think I’m an idiot?”  He sneered at Marc, stepping up aggressively close to him and ignoring Sarah entirely.  “Get on your knees.”

     “Anton, stop!”  Layla begged.

     “Get on your knees!”  Repeated Anton, more angrily this time.  “You too, bitch.”  He spat at Sarah.

     The Egyptologist didn’t even bristle at the insult, swallowing thickly as she raised her hands and lowered herself into a kneel, one leg at a time.  Heart pounding in her chest, she watched anxiously, eyes darting from person to person.

     Satisfied that they were both kneeling, Mogart turned back to Layla.  “Layla.  I was so ready to make peace with you.”  He sneered.

     “You don’t understand.  We’re trying to save many lives.”  Layla implored.

     “There is a whole literal cult out there that wants to find something Senfu buried and unleash it on the world.”  Sarah supplied, voice shaking but clear.  “If we can get to it first, we can prevent millions of deaths, if not more.”

     “Hey, pal.”  Marc spoke up, bringing Mogart’s attention from the women to himself.  He gestured to Senfu’s body with his head.  “Take a look inside the sarcophagus.  There’s something really, really big.”

     Hesitantly, Mogart went over to it, and Bek stepped up beside him to rattle some French into his ear.  Sarah didn’t understand any of it.

     He turned away from the sarcophagus, examining their facial expressions as he declared the news: “Well, that’s interesting.  It appears we have a concerned third party here.”

     “Harrow.”  Sarah breathed in dread.  “Mogart, please, if that’s who we think it is, he’s the one that wants to unleash the weapon.  He’s willing to slaughter innocents if they don’t align perfectly with twisted ideals.”

     But he ignored her, stepping out of the pyramid with an order to rise.

     “Whatever they’ve told you, I’m sure I can offer you something much more tangible.”  None other than Arthur Harrow told Mogart, striding in in his usual matching grape-purple outfit with Ammit’s cane staff thingy in his hand.  On either side he was flanked by a black-clad lackey.

     “Like mass destruction and the murder of children?”  Sarah called out accusingly.

     He ignored her, holding out his free hand.  The scarab rose from his palm, hovering there.  “Why settle for a clue when you can have the treasure?”  He coaxed.

     “But it’s not treasure you’re after.”  Sarah insisted. 

     “Anton, Anton, don’t listen to his man.”  Layla broke in.  “He’s trying to stop us from reaching-”

     “Please, stop.”  Mogart cut in.

     Sarah took a page from her enemies’ book and ignored him, directing her words toward Harrow.  “You’re trying to unleash Ammit, and you said yourself that she will bring a slaughter with her.  You said that she would even kill children.  Please, Mr. Mogart, I’m begging you, don’t help him.”

     “He’s gonna kill millions, trust me!”  Layla agreed.

     “Are you seriously talking about trust?”  Sneered Anton back.

     “Please.”  Harrow interrupted.  “There’s no need to descend into violent accusations.”  He began walking toward them.  “Each one of you has so much more in common than you know.  Layla- you keep thinking that distance will prevent the wounds from your father’s murder from reopening.”

     Sarah’s eyes widened.  Murder?  At Lagaro’s workshop Sarah had learned that the man was dead, but neither woman had given any indication that foul play had been involved.

     “But something stands in your way- your husband doesn’t tell you the truth.”  Harrow continued.

     Sarah was suddenly sick at the implication.  When his minions- ‘Fitzgerald and Kennedy’- had kidnapped her and Steven, the woman had revealed that Marc was a mercenary who had participated in a hit on a group of archaeologists, all of whom had been quite obviously murdered.  And Layla’s father was an archaeologist… and dead.  Whether Marc had been responsible for the man’s death, that was certainly what Harrow intended for Layla to believe.

     “And Marc, you don’t tell her because you know that if you do, she’ll see you exactly as you see yourself- as unworthy of love.”

     “You piece of shit.”  Marc muttered venomously.

     “Yeah, shut the bloody hell up.”  Sarah rolled her eyes.  “I don’t think a supporter of pedicide has a right to pass judgement on whether or not someone is worthy of love- or interfere in someone’s marriage.”

     Harrow’s blue-eyed gaze moved to the Egyptologist.  “And you, Sarah, you’re lost, aren’t you?  I did some research on you.  You have a birth certificate, a driver’s license, a flat… but your first legitimate documentation is only six months old.  You turned up at a hospital in the middle of the night with serious injuries, found unconscious outside.  You still haven’t paid all your bills.  You’re running from something, and I have no idea how many time you must’ve changed your identity to escape it.”

     Sarah frowned.  She would’ve expected a man who was Avatar to one primordial god and indirectly served another to be a little more open-minded about her origins.

     “You know nothing about me.”  She declared.  “And you know nothing about right and wrong, about the greater good, about justice.”

     “Anton-” Harrow turned to him and held up the cane, which was glowing purple again.  Sarah gulped, certain that he was about to unleash another jackal on them.  “-the lore surrounding these relics… I offer proof that it’s real.”  He moved away from Anton, eyes locking onto Senfu’s sarcophagus.  “This sarcophagus… it doesn’t belong to anyone.”

     The lights flickered, and Sarah’s mocha eyes went to Marc, whose own gaze was trained on something high in the distance.  It was likely Khonshu again, and right now Sarah wished in a moment of desperation and despair that she were his Avatar, so that she could transform into a powerful figure and stop Harrow before things went to the dogs.

     “Anton, would you like to see for yourself?”   Offered Harrow.

     The collector nodded.  “Yes, I do.”

     The wind picked up, stirring dramatically around them- whether a sign of Khonshu’s power or Ammit’s, Sarah didn’t know- as Harrow raised the cane.  The violet energy grew as Harrow began to chant in Coptic- the same one he had used to summon the jackal in the commune, from what Sarah could tell- and the lights began flickering madly again.  Harrow’s chants grew louder, more emphatic, but instead of Marc seeing a jackal, they all saw a purple mist form around Senfu’s sarcophagus, swirling around it.

     “No!”  Sarah shouted, but she was powerless to do anything but watch in horror as their lead was destroyed.  The powerful cloud vanished, and Harrow turned away triumphantly.

     “That’s just a taste of the godly power I offer.”  He boasted enticingly to Mogart.

     “‘Offer’?”  Sarah seethed, anger sprouting from both her dismay at the loss of the sarcophagus before their research was finished and every one of Harrow’s past actions that she was aware of.  “Like you offered food and clothing to that poor sod in London before you murdered him instead?  You didn’t even use the cane to see if he was a bad person or not; you just outright murdered him when his only crime was having innocently picked up your precious scarab!”

     But he ignored her, departing calmly with only a final glance over his shoulder- though Sarah got the impression it was meant for Marc or Layla more than her.  Sarah scowled after him anyway.

     “Hey, he’s gone!”  An unfamiliar male voice called.

     Sarah turned to discover that ‘he’ was Marc.

     “Where is he?”  Mogart demanded.

     In unintentional sync, Sarah and Layla’s gazes lifted and moved to the same place at the same time: the peaked top of the pyramid that housed the paltry ashen remains of Senfu’s sarcophagus.  Marc stood there, clad once again in the lunar armor, his eyes glowing visibly even to them with the same silvery-white light of the first quarter moon glowing through the thin clouds behind him.  He made for an imposing figure- perhaps intimidating to Mogart and his band of idiotic thugs, but a symbol of hope and security to Sarah and Layla more than Superman and Captain America ever were.

     Bek was the first to act, hauling Mogart to the side.  Marc hurled a crescent blade down, killing the man guarding Layla and Sarah.  He hit the ground and Layla wasted no time bending down to snatch the man’s weapon up for herself.

    Another guard fired at Marc with his pistol, but it seemed ineffectual as Marc leapt down, his cloak flying outward to spread into a- lo and behold- crescent moon shape.  He made his landing by planting both feet into the shooter’s chest, bringing him straight to the ground.

    The crowd of civilian onlookers screamed and clamored as they fled, but the jousters prepared for battle as their horses whinnied.  Layla was shooting down guards, and Sarah looked around frantically for a firearm of her own.  The first time she had ever taken a human life- a day and event she had long tried to push to the back of her mind- she had tried to console herself with the technicality that she only trapped them with a creature that then did the actually killing for her, though her traitorous brain reminded her that that was called ‘murder by proxy’.  She had never used her stolen gun to shoot and kill anyone, but now it looked like she was going to have to.

     She ended up snatching the pistol from the man who had shot at Marc, but had no chance to use it before a half-dozen or more men advanced on them, all shooting at the three.  Sarah whirled and her eyes caught on Layla- the former running to the latter as he grabbed the sides of his cloak.  His head turned to Sarah and he beckoned her over with it, and she wasted no time dashing over to them.  Half a second later, Marc whipped the garment around all three of them.  Bullets struck it without penetrating, implying it was much more than just grey cloth.

     “Buy me some time.”  Layla told Marc, looking up at him from the shelter of his cloak.

     “I can do that.”  He asserted.  His head turned slightly toward Sarah, since merely turning his eyes would be a useless gesture.  “Watch her back.”

     Sarah nodded gravely.  “I will.”  She assured.  She tightened her sweaty-palmed grip on the plastic handle of the gun.

     Marc whipped his cloak from around them, using the momentum to spin through the air at a diagonal and fling all the bullets caught by his cape at the shooters, killing most or all of them.

     That was all Sarah had time to see before she had to focus entirely on Layla, who was making a mad dash for what was left of Senfu’s sarcophagus.  Sarah paused in the pyramid’s doorway, gun clasped in both hands as she turned her back to Layla.  “Is there anything left?”  She queried, risking a glance over her shoulder.

     Layla hurriedly rifled through the paltry remains.  “I think so.  Hope it’ll be enough.”

     Sarah let out a tiny sigh of relief, but as she turned her head back to face outside again, something hard struck her temple and she found herself sprawled on the sandy ground, the impact of her landing loosening her grip on the gun enough for the weapon to leave her hold.  Dazed, she watched Bek step over her immobilized form, staring Layla down.

     Layla didn’t hesitate to fight the man she’d been friendly toward, flinging a handful of shards of glass from the sarcophagus at his face before kicking him in the groin and snatching up something Sarah didn’t have the presence of mind to identify to hit him with.  He knocked it from her grasp and the two engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

     Sarah willed herself to utilize the adrenaline coursing through her veins to overcome the pain and dizziness from Bek’s blow.  With a whimpering grunt, she rolled onto her stomach, planting her hands to push herself up.  One hand left the ground, reaching for the gun and she shoved herself toward it, chest meeting the earth again as her sandy palm landed on the grip.

     Suddenly, Layla landed facedown on the ground beside her, having been thrown around by Bek.  The Egyptian woman raised herself partially off the ground, reaching up to grab her necklace and literally break it apart.  Sarah, pushing herself up again and dragging the gun to point in front of her (albeit still resting on the ground), turned her swimming head to look at her.  They exchanged nods, a hundred unspoken words passing between them- not in a romantic way, but in an assurance that they were both alright enough and were going to handle the situation together.

     Layla was on her feet first as Bek more or less charged with a knife.  She slashed at him with both pieces of her necklace- one deflecting his own blade toward his stomach and away from her, the other slicing at his face.  She took a running leap at Bek, backing him against the sarcophagus as she embedded the ends of her necklace halves into his chest with a yell.

     She didn’t stick around to watch her maybe-friend’s passing; she whirled around and rushed back toward the entrance, stopping to extend an arm to Sarah.  The British woman clasped her hand just below Layla’s elbow, the Egyptian mimicking her hold and pulling her to her feet.  “You alright?”  Layla asked as they ran outside.

     “Might have a concussion, but I can fight.  For now.”

     “Good enough.”  Layla declared, swiping a handgun off the ground since she’d apparently lost hers.

     Sarah was horrified to see Marc in the jousting arena- more specifically, that Marc was pinned down on his knees by several lances and spears literally piercing through him, the Avatar held in place by several men.

     Layla planted a hand on the fence and swung herself over it with ease as she ran for her husband; Sarah took a few seconds longer, placing both hands on it (although one was mostly occupied with the gun) and halfway sitting on it as she brought her legs over.  She blamed the head injury.

     Nonetheless, both women were now in the arena- literally and metaphorically- and Layla raised her gun and shot down a rider heading for Marc with another spear in his hand.  Neither woman noticed Anton similarly riding toward them until it was too late.  He struck Layla from behind with his own weapon, taking them both down by domino-effect.

     “Layla!”  Marc’s voice, somewhere between terrified and furious, rang out in the night air.  When it hurt less, Sarah would reflect on how concerned he was for his wife despite at least three javelins going entirely through his body and anchoring him to the ground.

     Sarah, having landed on her back instead of eating the ground again, brought the gun clasped in both hands to point at Anton as he rode up to a cylindrical object from which even more spears protruded.  Adjusting her aim just enough to hopefully avoid hitting the horse, she kept the muzzle of her weapon trained on him as Layla slowly moved off her.

     Sarah rolled onto her stomach, sparing a glance toward Marc just before the mask and hood reformed over his face and head, eyes bright once more as he burst into action, breaking and ejecting the spears and defeating the men in just a few seconds.  When Sarah looked back toward Anton, she realized what had given him the strength to do so- the collector was now positioned directly across from Marc, Sarah and Layla in his path.  If he charged Marc like it looked like he planned to, the women would be trampled.

     Moving faster than Sarah though possible, she drew her legs up under herself and kicked off, plowing her body a few feet forward in the sand and out of harm’s way.  Marc sprinted forward as Anton charged and grabbed Layla, rolling with her out of danger’s path.  But even as Marc drew a semicircular blade from his chest to end the man, Sarah- who didn’t see him doing that- raised her gun once more and finally squeezed off a shot.  The bullet caught Anton a few inches below his neck, and his grunt of pain was punctuated by his dead body thumping to the ground a half-second before his horse vanished into the fog.

     Panting with exertion, Sarah rolled onto her back and lifted her head to check on Layla and Marc.  The latter was on one knee, helping Layla to her feet almost identically to how the woman had gotten Sarah up just minutes earlier.  “You okay?”  He asked.

     “Yeah.”  Layla panted out.  “Sarah?”

     “I’m alright.”  Sarah fudged, knowing that she was asking about life-threatening injuries more than anything.  “But I really need a paracetamol.”

     “We have medical supplies in the bag.”  Layla assured, staggering toward her with Marc right beside her.  He reached down and Sarah took his hand, allowing him to pull her up.

     “Do you have it?”  Marc asked Layla.

     “Yeah.  We need a car.”

     “Yeah, come on.”

Sarah's alias of Tia Karim is the name of Laila Rouass' character on The Sarah Jane Adventures.

#primeval #moon knight #living legend #sarah page #marc spector #layla el faouly #anton mogart #arthur harrow #queenclaudiabrown

[limestoner]

Salteh Sossij is the alternate universe Peppa Pig. It’s a boy pig that is cooked already and his little sister Boilyn Sossig (because George looks like a boil and now alt-George is being boiled but she goes by Anne. Anne Boilyn Sossig because she’s “a sausage what you cut up in little pieces” so it “looks like a chopped up dick”[Skwisgaar & Mrdeeface]) and Messy Sossig and Dussy Sossig (ew).

The Sossig family on vacation in THE CAR OF THE FUTURE but there is a small stream so they are using Salteh as a bridge. [“Hot Dog Water,” S1E8]

The intro song plays

🎼 “Do you love this shit? Are you high right now? Do you ever get nervous? Are you single?🎵

We see everything that goes on in their deranged lives. Here are the first 5 episodes.

S1E1: Pigs of the Three Eyed People play the Sossig family like accordions.

S1E2: Messy Sossig puts a stop to George’s obnoxious behavior before he infects Boilyn.

S1E3: The Potatumor family moves to town.

S1E4: Empress Treppa Treat ties Salteh to the railroad tracks.

S1E5: Inside Messy Sossig’s cracked husk, a beautiful bug girl takes a shower and is shocked to be seen.

#hemp #hemp thoughts #random #ramblings #white runtz #peppa pig #Pippa peg #salteh sossij #drake #are you high right now

[whump-or-whatever]

Sam Beckett Whump - Quantum Leap (1989)

Whump scenes for the main character, Sam Beckett, in the 1989 TV show Quantum Leap.

Spoilers ahead!

S1E1- anxiety, amnesia, emotional

S1E2- crying

S1E3- grabbed by the neck, punched in the face, bloody nose, punched in face and falls to ground

S1E4- hit during boxing repeatedly, cut on brow, ko’d

S1E5- falls off a horse, fakes hurting his thumb, sore, punched in the face

S1E7- razor held to neck

S1E8- punched in the shoulder several times, then in the gut

S1E9- hit with bag, almost falls down an elevator shaft, bullet graze on cheek

S2E1- falls out of a tree, in a fight, shot at

S2E2- thrown back in stunt, hanging off building, in a burning building, coughing

S2E5- blinded by flash

S2E6- shocked hand, slapped

S2E8- hit and shoved back

S2E10- moustache ripped off, has guy fall on him

S2E12- glass smashed over head, punched in face

S2E13- briefly restrained

S2E14- in a fight

S2E15- cut by shattered glass, hit in back of head with board

S2E16- beat up, knocked out, shot, in another fight

S2E19- slapped, kicked in the shin

S2E21- hit by door and slapped, punched, hit by door more times, hung from ceiling, pushed into trash compactor, punched

S2E22- falls off short drop

S3E1- wind knocked out of him

S3E3- hit while boxing, knocked down, shot at, bleeding from head, dizzy

S3E5- falls down the stairs, car crash, choked, passes out

S3E7- strangled, severely beaten

S3E9- falls off motorcycle, punched, manhandled, in a fight

S3E11- bullied by his sister

S3E12- pregnancy, labour

S3E13- falls out of spaceship, twists ankle

S3E15- hits knee, shot in the leg

S3E16- thrown into a wall, beat up

S3E17- knocked down, hits head

S3E18- thrown into wall, punched in stomach, punched, hits head, handcuffed, in another fight

S3E19- almost executed, slapped

S3E20- wrestling

S3E22- hit in face, given shock therapy, losing his mind, distress

S4E2- punched in the face, black eye

S4E3- in a fight

S4E4- attacked, tied up, thrown by explosion

S4E5- punched

S4E6- in a fight

S4E7- treated like an animal, put in a cage, shocked, hit with cattle prod, choked, shot with tranquilizer

S4E8- edgy, nightmares

S4E9- in a fight

S4E10- in manacles, hit in the back, exhausted, strangled, hit again, punched

S4E11- punched

S4E12- knocked down, knocked out, manhandled, thrown against wall, punched, black eye, tied up, rope around his neck

S4E14- drunk af

S4E17- headbutted

S4E18- punched in the face

S4E19- pushed against wall, hands around neck, knocked out with a frying pan, chained to bed, jumps out a window

S4E22- pretends to have stomachache

S5E1- smacked in head, in a fight (beat to a pulp)

S5E6- strapped to bed, drugged

S5E7- slapped

S5E9- knocked out, beaten

S5E10- pain in chest

S5E12- punched in the gut

That’s all folks!

#I can’t remember if I ever finished the last few episodes so I might have missed one or two #whump #whump list #whump episodes #whump tv shows #quantum leap #Sam Beckett #Sam Beckett whump #quantum leap whump

[camscendants]

What’s something stupid and unnecessary you’ve done because you were bored

I was bored so I memorized the names of every single she ra episode.. look at the tags for proof

#all of this from memory #s1e1 the sword part 1 s1e2 the sword part 2 s1e3 razz s1e4 flowers for she ra #s1e5 The Sea Gate s1e6 System failure s1e7 In the shadows of mysticore s1e8 Princess prom s1e9 No princess left behind s1e10 the beacon #s1e11 promise s1e12 light hope s1e13 the battle of brightmoon s2e1 the frozen forest s2e2 ties that bond s2e3 signals s2e4 roll with it #s2e5 White out s2e6 light spinner s2e7 reunion s3e1 the price of power s3e2 huntara s3e3 once upon a time in the chrimson waste #s3e4 the momment of truth s3e5 remember s3e6 the portal s4e1 The coronatiom s4e2 the valley of the lost s4e3 flutterinna s4e4 pulse #s4e5 protocall s4e6 princess scorpia s4e7 mer mysteries s4e8 boys night out s4e9 hero s4e10 Fractured s4e11 beast island s4e12 destiny part1 #s4e13 destiny part 2 s5e1 horde prime s5e2 launch s5e3 corridors s5e4 stranded s5e5 save the cat s5e6 taking controll s5e7 the perils of- #peekablue s5e8 a shot in the dark s5e9 an ill wind s5e10 return to the fright zone s5e11 the failsafe s5e12 heart part w s5e13 heart part 2 #that took a while to type out #and you know i typed it because of all the typos #she ra #spop #she ra and the princesses of power #bored #bordem