#Lex knows he’s being played with like a cat plays with a mouse

[ghost-bxrd]

Fae!Dick scaring Lex Luthor? He deserves that :)

I don’t know much about Lex Luther apart from that he made Conner and that he’s kind of Superman’s nemesis so take the following headcanons with a grain of salt. 💚

Science and Fae!Dick only get along to a certain point. Dick does NOT like it when people mess with the natural order or with nature. So him heavily disliking Lex from the get go is a given.

Dick isn’t allowed to make him go away completely (Bruce sadly put his foot down regarding that) but he takes full advantage of the galas they attend together to absolutely HOUND Lex. If he’s not allowed to make him into food for his trees, he’s at least going to have some fun with the human.

Lex learns to DREAD each public event he knows Wayne’s strange kid will attend, and no matter how much he tries to avoid him, the boy is always suddenly THERE.

Lex doesn’t know what’s wrong with Wayne’s ward (he suspected alien at first), but he SWEARS he saw the boy eat a live bird the other day. And then watched as the bones rearranged themselves and flew away. He ran several tox screens on the alcohol he had that evening, but all came back clear.

Grayson, because at this point Lex remembers his name, has it out for him. Lex is sure of it. He must be some kind of metahuman, or something cooked up in Gotham’s labs. God knows Gotham is its very own warning. But Grayson’s kind of weird takes the cake, and he swears he didn’t imagine the way the boy smiled at him last night, the picture of adorable child obedience, and kept growing teeth. Lips stretching back impossibly wide to show rows upon rows of teeth that most certainly shouldn’t be in a kid’s mouth. But upon Lex’s horrified stuttering Wayne had just looked at the boy proudly and said he’s very proud of managing to brush them all in under an hour tonight. Lex downs five glasses of champagne to get through the rest of the night. Ignoring all the teeth-eyes-feathers-moss-overgrown-roots-please-stop becomes easier the tipsier he is.

Grayson wants to kill him, Lex decides. Grayson wants to kill him, and Wayne is either a fool not to see his kid is some kind meta-slash-alien-slash-experiment-slash-whatever-the-hell’s-got-this-many-teeth, or he really is as stupid as everyone claims Brucie Wayne to be. But Lex is a smart man, and he’s not gonna go down without a fight. He’ll get a tissue sample and figure the thing out and devise a plan for counteracting assassination attempts. Easy.

When Lex finally manages to snatch a dna sample from the boy and puts it under a microscope. And— he has to recheck several times, but— all that shows up under the magnifying glass are cells of plant matter dating back millions of years. And traces of animals whose remains can only be found in museums these days.

Grayson hands him a glass of champagne during the next gala. Lex has no intention of drinking it, but when he takes it from the boy’s hand and he smiles his too-many-teeth smile Lex could swear— no, no that can’t be. That’s most DEFINITELY not his tooth in the kid’s mouth, right? (He obsessively checks the mirror in the bathroom and tells himself he‘a imagining how one of his teeth is the wrong color compared to the rest)

Lex avoids Grayson like the plague after that. This kid and his mysteries aren’t worth his dwindling sanity (or his teeth). Thank you and good day.

Hehe alright that’s all I got for now. Hope you liked it 💚

#fae dick grayson #dick grayson #Lex Luther #the other things in the woods #others are spiteful creatures #and dick knows how to be disconcerting in a very strange way #Lex knows he’s being played with like a cat plays with a mouse

[mysterioh]

hey! this is for the drabble prompt request. Mafia!Bucky, enemies to lovers, “is that the best you can do?” so excited to see what you can come up with!

Lex! thank you for this awesome prompt. I hope you like it! I’m kinda iffy about this one tbh 😣

Mafia!Bucky + Is that the best you can do?

The tinkle of glass on glass as the bartender mixes a cocktail is lost under the sluggish yet bright notes of the saxophone that jump up and down the smoky cavern. Your dress hangs off your shoulders, hugging your curves as you stare at the swirling liquor in the bartender’s hand. 

Another roar of cheers erupts from the poker table, making your head turn to see who had won this time. 

Of course, it was Tony. 

A childish smile decorates his face, mouth open, gums showing. He sends a flying kiss your way. His lucky charm was what he called you. 

Returning the gesture with a soft, shy smile, you turn around towards the bar. You could care less if he won or lost. As long as he wasn’t angry, nothing he does matters to you. 

The bartender pours the margarita out in a glass then sticks a slice of lemon on the salted rim. He slides it towards you. You lift the glass and bring it to your lips for a sip. A hit of salt in the beginning slowly blends into a perfect balance of the four tastes on your tongue. 

The door to your left opens wide, your head turns again to see a man enter. His presence stills the room but doesn't stop whispers from running through the bar. 

“What the hell is he doing here?” 

“He’s here to get his ass kicked that’s what.” 

Your eyes remain on him as he makes his way to your husband’s table. 

He had tousled brown hair which was thick and lustrous. Mesmerizing deep ocean blue eyes. His face was strong and defined. His brows sloped downward in a serious expression as if determined in a goal. His lips ripe for the kissing. 

James Barnes was a gorgeous man. Enough to make anyone stop in their tracks to admire or at least acknowledge him. 

As a married woman, you shouldn’t have been ogling him, but you were. Unabashedly, but secretly with a nonchalant side-eye. 

“What the hell are you doing  here, Barnes?” Tony grumbles from his chair. 

Bucky smirks. “What’s it look like? I’m here to play a game.” 

Tony huffs through his nose. He stands quickly making his chair slide roughly against the tile. “Get the hell outta here before I—”

“Woah, woah,” Bucky chuckles with an easy smile and hands up in defense. “I’m just here for a game and nothing else.” 

Tony examines him for some time with a speculating eye. A brow raises upward and he tilts his head. “Just a game?” he asks. “And why is that? Got nothing to do in Brooklyn?” 

“I was in the neighborhood,” he informs. “Felt like having some fun and what’s more fun than a game of poker with the best?” 

You bite your lip, trying to stop a smile from rising on your lips. He’s bluffing and you had to be dense to fall for it. 

“The best huh?” Tony grins. 

Your shoulders slump. Of course Tony would be the one to fall for it. 

“Fine, I’ll let you play,” he nods. “I’ve been on a winning streak all night and I’d love to finish it with kicking your ass.” 

Bucky slides the chair back and takes a seat. “We’ll see what happens.” 

“Y/N,” Tony calls you from your spot at the bar. “C’mere, sweetheart. I want you to see me win.” 

You give him a sheepish smile. “I can see fine from right here.” 

He gives you a stern nod, warning you to not test him. Bucky’s eyes wander from Tony over to you, taking note of the tension between the couple. 

You stand up, taking your drink with you and saunter over to the table. Tony pulls you into his lap and gives you a quick kiss that makes the lingering taste in your mouth turn bitter.

Bucky clears his throat. “Let’s get started.” 

They clear the table for a fresh game. The first few rounds were conservative betting, the players testing each other’s strengths and weaknesses, everyone waiting for the other to make a mistake. 

Tony’s arms are wrapped around you securely, periodically whispering sweet nothings into your ear. Your eyes remained on Tony’s cards and his men, only once or twice flitting over to look at Bucky. 

His gaze meets yours when he lights up a cigarette to add to the hazy cloud, spiraling in the stagnant air. You fold one leg over the other, dangling your high heel, showing more leg than may have been appropriate; yet your face stays aloof; disinterested. 

Your hand brushes along your collarbone and over the diamond necklace dazzling under the dim lights. 

Bucky smirks before dropping his eyes back to the cards in his hand. 

“Something funny, Barnes?” Tony questions. 

He shakes his head with a chuckle. “No, just happy.” 

Tony furrows his brows in confusion but lets it pass. 

The game carried on at its own pace, growing tenser with each turn. Your head rested against the curve of Tony’s neck. He smiles and presses his lips onto the side of your head. You're numb to his caress as your thoughts drift to another time. 

“Is that the best you can do?” Bucky eggs on, ducking as you send a punch his way. 

It’s the same thing every day. He finds you somehow, somewhere and then you chase him down the streets like a madman. It’s a game of cat and mouse you two have been playing for years initiated by the enmity between your families. 

“You’re too soft," he teases when you lunge at him. 

Growing irritated by his commentary, you lift your leg and kick him hard in the gut. He falls back from the impact and hits the brick wall of the alleyway. 

He slides down to the ground, eyes closed and unresponsive. 

Is he dead?

There’s no way he’s dead. You didn’t hit him that hard. But he did slam into a brick wall. You slowly approach him and crouch down in between his legs to examine him closely. 

You’re hesitant to touch him. 

“Boo!” he scares, jumping towards you. You jump back in surprise. Bucky laughs heartily, clutching at his stomach. “Got ya!” 

“Why I oughta,” you grumble and swing at him. 

Bucky catches your fist in the palm of his hand with a sly grin on his face. He pulls you into him and lands a kiss on your lips. 

You pull back quickly with your nostrils flaring and a blushing mess. You raise your hand to slap him, but he catches it midair and holds your hand like he did your wrist. 

He gives you a toothy smile which you know is fake. He's only doing it to piss you off.

You yank your hands out of his violently and leave. 

“Aren’t you getting married to Tony Stark?” he shouts behind you while standing up. A thin layer of jealousy laced his words. You stop in your tracks. “You’re gonna be set for life. Heard he’s got more bank than the entire city.” 

“Money isn’t everything.” 

“Right, of course, it’s love,” he scoffs while dusting off his pants. 

“Not every marriage is out of love,” you snap at him. 

Bucky blinks in confusion. “You’re being forced into this?”

Another circuit in your brain pops. “What else would you expect?” you yell, “Don’t you know who I am? Who my father is? My life was given away before I was even born!" And now I’m here proclaiming my woes to the man I hate! What the hell is my life?” you question yourself, before turning down the alley and walking away. 

“Hey slow down,” he catches hold of your arm. 

“Let go of me.” You pull out of his grasp. 

“Woah, don’t get hostile,” he stands back with his hands in front of him. “I was just—”

“I don’t need your sympathy,” you interject. You turn back on your heel. 

“You’re not like them,” he calls, “You try so hard to be but you’re different.” 

“What the hell are you going on about? More importantly, why do you care?” 

“Because we’re not that different from each other,” he answered with confidence. “Me and you.” 

You grit your teeth and ball your fists. “Don’t compare me to you,” you pointed at him. “I’m the daughter of the kingpin. You’re just the bastard child of a whore.” 

“But we’re both trapped,” he replies firmly. “We both want a way out and we can’t find one. Doesn’t that make us the same?” 

You’ve never seen him like this before. His form is relaxed, unwilling to pick a fight. His voice strains as if he’s struggling to get the words out. His eyes hold something far greater than what he shows. 

You pull out the switchblade you kept in your jacket pocket and extend it. Without giving him a chance, you slam him against the wall and bring it to his neck. 

“I’ll cut your throat. That’ll shut you up!”

Bucky looks down at you with his back pressed against the wall, chin lifted. The cool metal pressed gently against the soft skin of his neck as his eyes dug into the depths of your soul. 

You stand firm in your stance and bold in your appearance, but your eyes are soft. They’ve always been for him. 

“You’re beautiful,” he whispers. 

Your eyes grow wide at his words and retreat quickly. The switchblade slips out of your hand and falls onto the cold ground. He takes you by the wrist and pulls you into him, wrapping an arm around your waist. 

A dangerous spark ignites when your eyes meet his. Your hot breath mingles with his as his lips hover over yours. The gap between was small enough to imagine everything, but not enough to satiate your deepest desire. 

He hates you. You remind yourself. 

“Kiss me,” he asks with words, but his eyes do all the work. They plead for something he knows he can never have. “Kiss me until I'm sick of it.” 

"The bet remains at ten thousand," the dealer says, "Your bid, Stark." 

He smirks, breaking character for a second. You look at the cards in his hand. He's a lucky man tonight. An Ace of Spades, two of Spades and three sevens. 

He looks at you with a wicked grin and you return it smaller in length. 

Stop showing off moron. 

"I'll match," he nods, jostling you in his arms to make you giggle softly. 

Rhodey rolls his eyes and you can't tell if it's because of you or his cards. “Too rich for me, I fold,” Rhodey placed down his cards. 

"I fold as well," Happy sighs, tossing his cards. 

With four out, only two remain. 

"I raise another two thousand," Bucky pronounced, throwing the chips into the pot. 

Tony was back to smirking and to take it a step further he started to goad him. "Must be a pretty good hand, Barnes. Of course, if things keep up at this rate, I doubt you'll be able to keep up," he states. Bucky remains stoic, watching his cards as he takes another long drag of his cigarette. Tony frowns at his unresponsive behavior. "I'll match," he grumbles, "and just to see you sweat, I'll raise it by five thousand." 

He pressed your back, motioning you to take his chips and place them in the pot. As you reach for the center of the table, your eyes meet Bucky's and instantly falls to his lips. They curve upward and there's nothing you wouldn't do to have them against yours again. 

If you weren't a damn coward that is. 

You sit back in Tony's lap, warning Bucky with fearful eyes. You desperately wanted him to win. 

Bucky merely nodded and matched the raise. "Call." 

Tony burst out laughing and barked. "Read 'em and weep, Barnes! Three Sevens, Ace of Spades and two of Spades." 

You bite your lip, hoping he'd have something better. 

Bucky sighs disappointed, but without a care. 

"Guess you got me," he shrugs, "Pair of Kings. All Hearts and Diamonds." 

Tony bursts into boisterous laughter as his counterparts griped and groaned. You pouted at Bucky.  

Why didn't you just fold? I warned you. 

Bucky smiles with a sweet chuckle. He swears you look prettier when you're angry. He doesn't care much about the loss. He wasn't really here for the game anyway. 

Tony stands and brings you up with him. With his new earnings in hand, he pulls on your hand, walking towards the door. 

"C'mon, sweetheart, let me buy something real nice for you," he grinned. 

You turn back to look at the poker table, inhabited only by Bucky as the others have left to mourn. 

Your lips curved down in a disappointed frown. He gives you a wink paired with a smile before mouthing a "s'okay, baby." 

His silent words were enough to make you smile. 

Bucky may have lost the game that night, but he knows he's won something far greater. He knows later in the night when Tony leaves you for another woman, he'll have you in his arms. Listening to the beat of your heart as he relishes in your caress. 

And only fools will lose a treasure like that. 

A/N: there's a part in here that is based off one of my favorite movies. If you catch it, you're a sick dude.

#bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x y/n #mafia!bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes imagines #mobster!bucky x reader #mobster!bucky

[popculturebuffet]

Darkwing Duck Reviews Halloween Special: Fungus Amongus and Ghoul of My Dream

Happy Halloween! Halloween Havoc races to the finish with another Darkwing Double Feature! Love is kinda crazy with a spooky girl like Morgana, and in this case “kinda crazy” means a board of ghouls stealing pizza, sentient mushrooms, grumpy spiders, student lone debt, and a gremlin who somehow sees himself as a valid romantic option. It’s a Darkwing Duck Halloween under the cut.+

We’ve made it! While I got less Halloween reviews done than I would’ve liked, I’m still happy with the ones done and there’s still two more to get in the pocket before the day’s up. So with Halloween today it seemed fitting to talk about the Justice Ducks resident sorcerer and Darkwing’s Girlfriend, Morgana Macawber. Morgana was the only one of the four to stick around as a recurring character out of the four Justice Ducks: Gizmoduck would show up once more after the four parter, and sadly Neptunia and Stegamutt just seemed to vanish but the crew clearly liked Morg a lot and her relationship with Darkwing, so she stuck around for the rest of the series, and is even the focus of the final episode “Malice’s Restaurant”, as well as a sizeable part of the comics. And it’s easy to see why as Kathie Sourcie had great chemistry with Jim Cummings and Morgana’s very presence, being a sorceress raised by the munsters and living in a creepy mansion, allowed for diffrent stories than what Darkwing usually dealt with. While magic didn’t feel like it contrasted with the world, as Darkwing’s world feels like your standard superhero fantasy kitchen sink where anything is possible, most of his foes were either super villains or the kinds of super spies you’d find in a comic book. So fighting ghoouls, goblins, and Satan himself, yes that’s an episode that actually happened, no it’s sadly not on Disney plus, and yes I will be covering it eventually, was a nice out of genre experience and a nice way to put our daring duck of mystery out of his element.

She brought something diffrent to the table, both forcing Darkwing to grapple with letting someone into his life, and with having something to focus on other than Gosalyn or crime. So I wanted to see how this plays out, so expect me to cover all her episodes and not just the Satan one or the Valentine’s Day one, though like my Tom Lucitor retrospective, expect this one to also take some time. So with that all set up, Halloween is the perfect time to begin our journey with her first two episodes.. and Morgana’s Villian Career. Yeah while she only had about 9 episodes to her name, 2 of them are as a Catwoman or Black Cat style antagonist, someone whose likeable and who are hero is attracted to, but is on the wrong side of the law.

She eventually came around, but it’s still an intresting way to start things and an intresting dilema for our hero I wish stuck around for just a smidge longer. These aren’t bad episodes with Ghoul of My Dreams being a pretty good one. If I had to guess though the reason the dynamic fizzled out.. is they simply didn’t have a lot of ideas of how to use her as a bad guy. Part of the reason i’m covering these two episodes together is that they follow basically the same plot beat, the only differences being Darkwing meets Morgana in the first one and they know each other in the second, and that the evil entity who ends up turning against her she works with is different for both. The third act is also entirely unique to each episode, so it feels less like them lazily repeating themselves on an episode and more like they genuinely realized they didn’t have a ton of ideas for Morgana as a villain and thus had her reform with the Justice Ducks two parter. And I can’t blame them: fan would get annoyed if basically every Morgana plot played out the same, and this way she could know Drake’s secret identity, and thus allow the stories to use Gosalyn, though I do wish she’d shown up in one of the villian ones just to see how that played out. But still her time as a Villian is there, and is even a plot point in the valentine’s episode, so let’s see how it played out and see what I think.

Fungus Amongus

The plot here is fairly simple: there’s been a rash of mysterious thefts in St. Canard, and Darkwing is stumped.. until Launchpad asks if they can go for pizza, because he’s hungry and Darkwing is the terrible kind of boss that doesn’t’t care about meal breaks. It makes our hungry hero realize that each of the thefts are connected to PIzza Toppings, and after thwarting the bats and spiders stealing some anchovies, figures there’s only two left: Green Peppers and Mushrooms, and so he decides it’s time to split up gang and while Launchpad guards the peppers, Darkwing goes to visit the head of the mushrom company, who naturally turns out to be Morgana. The two end up taken with one another, to the board’s annoyance as Darkwing is onto them and could stop their whole evil plan and they want to just murder his ass and be done with it. But Morgana proves seduction’s a bit more useful as she sweetalks our hero into leaving, and points out given he’s also a creature of the night in a sense, she plans to turn him.. or kill him if she has to. More on that in our next episode. The facade dosen’t last long as Darkwing goes to help launchpad at the pepper place, and ends up finding out oh no the hot lady he met five minutes ago is bad! While the board plans to feed Launchpad to mutant mushrooms, while Morgana seemingly turns Darkwing into her mindless slave.. but really just played the board and switched sides, not wanting to hurt the guy she just met because he’s cute, they defeat the mushrooms and the board who turn into mushrooms in the light because....

The day is saved though we do get the one standout bit of the episode. Darkwing despite his attraction to her, wants to turn her in, while Morgana simply teleports her house away. And thus the dance begins. As for the episode... as you can tell by how brief I was... for one i’m not doing my usual died in wool recapping for these two to get them out on time. And i’m also not because this one.. is pretty thin. The mutant mushroom and boards’d esigns are cool and Morgana is intresting.. but having seen Ghoul of my Dreams first.. it’s just not as fun, funny or good on the Morgana Darkwing dynamic. Morgana just decides because she wants to ride that dick she’ll be good for a moment, and throw away her hard worked scheme, and the board is turned into mushrooms because.. well see the lex luger pic above. It’s not a TERRIBLE episode, just not a terribly intresting one. It has good elements, but they just don’t come together well and the pizza scheme isn’t as funny as the episode thinks it is. I can kinda see why this one was buried deeper into the series and Ghoul of My Dreams is where they put focus. I just don’t have a lot to say about this one, it’s just bland and uninteresting. It’s kind of why I just sorta plopped it next to Ghoul, I needed to review it for completion’s sake, but lord if I can think of a lot to say about it that isn’t tied into the next one. So since I can’t...

Ghoul of my Dreams:

Now this is better. The basic plot is still simple but allows for a lot more intresting set pieces: It’s a slow night in St. Canard, to Darkwing’s natural annoyance, until a bunch of fire fighters start sleepwalking and throwing gold to some spiders and bats. Something is afoot and since the bats belong to Morgana, Darkwing goes to investigate her. Granted we just MET eek and squeak, but it’s easy enough to assume Morgana struck again off screen and some time has passed. And i’ts honestly what makes this episode more interesting: now it’s more of a cat and mouse game, with Morgana using their chemistry against him, but still being genuinely drawn to him and not wanting to hurt him. It’s better than “I met you five minutes ago might as well throw away my money for you”.  Instead Morg truly likes Drake, but wants to keep doing crimes to, in easily the best joke of the entire series “Finally pay off my student loans”.. which makes her already not really a bad guy. I may not haves em but I know people who do. Those loan people do not play around. It’s investing and Sourcie and Cumming’s chemstiry really makes it pop. Sourcie really is what makes the character, giving her energy, sedcutivness when called for and a really sympathetic quality that makes her face turn, sudden as it is, believable. It’s why I really like the character. And I get why some don’t: Her romance with darkwing is sudden,  her face turn is even more sudden, and she gets in the way of Drakepad shippers. The first two are valid criticisms, while the last one is understandable.. depending on motive. If your just bummed this relationship you don’t like is forced into the show and gets in the way of the one you actually enjoy.. trust me...

BEEN THERE. And far far worse.. I didn’t start up an entire retrospective on the guy who DIDN’T get the girl here for nothing. But if you say “oh well it’s homophobic or you hate gays” if you don’t ship drakepad, which I have actually heard for both this ship and delpad.. kindly go fuck yourself and stay away from my posts. It’s NOT homophobic to ship a character who is CANOCIALLY into women, with a woman. Launchpad had a girl of the week or two in ducktales, Drake’s attraction to morgana is canon and he also had some ship tease with Neptunia. They both like women.. but there’s nothing saying they DON’T like men, don’t want to date men, or aren’t attracted to them.

Been waiting to reference Schitt’s Creek at some point here now i’ve started watching it. It’s biphobic to say this sort of harmful shit, and it doesn’t’t help there are plenty of gay people who genuinely believe bi and pan aren’t sexualities and harm their own community by doing so. Saying this kind of shit just fuels their fire and bi people like me and pan people like my firend have a hard enough time with straight people being dicks about this. You should know and be better. Don’t bring that shit into this fandom. We’ve already ridden incest out on a rail we don’t need this. I already put up with enough bullshit being a loud house fan and having to deal with ACTUAL homophobic ships like Sam/Lincoln, aka setting up a character you don’t know to be anything but gay, versus her girlfriend whose canocially been shown to be bi if preferring women, whose the proment and well like love interest of a woman, and pair her with her younger brother to clearly troll people. Now that’s a homophobic ship and that you shoudl be angry about, not “oh no the person who likes women in canon.. LIKES A WOMAN IN FANON”. It’s part of what made shiping delpad hard at times because people got really dumb about it to the point someone drew some very horrible fanart just to clog up the tag. Knock. it off.

And if your curious for my actual thoughts on Drakepad: in the classic series.. i’m not a fan, but I get it, and I do think they could work... it’s just. that Drake treats Launchpad really bad, including throwing him out of the house for a year without telling him why over something that really wasn’t his fault, not feeding him, not treating him as an equal after a while. This would have to change for them to work but I could see it happening, as the comics and one of the peisodes make a point that Drake can be a pretty shitty partner to Morgana too.

And just to show i’m equal opprtunity, despite shipping Delpad in the past, i’ve moved on to Penpad and Drakepad , ironcially enough, i’m not as big a fan anymore. LIke the above, Della just dosen’t respect launchpad as a human being. She was willing to keep the Halloween thing up JUST to scare children, looks down on him, and whie is his friend, is not all that close. I could see them happening, and do still think it’d be cute, it’d just take a ton of work and there are better ships for both. And yes I do ship Drakepad in the reboot, but there the two aren’t employer and employee, but equals who genuinely love and respect one another, listen to one another, and value each other. In the Reboot they have genuine chemistry and I could see them together, while in the original Launchpad and Morgana both really deserve better.

Now that’s settled, we get a fun scene of the two primping for each other. then flirting a bit, though Morgana, in AWFUL looking black lipstick wins with the move above and has her spider web launchpad, who hates morgana.. which is one part common sense given how darkwing gets around her and one part ho yay. But yeah this is pretty much Launchpad for both these episodes.

And darkwing dick is calling the shots so fair enough. But Morgana is once again nto wokring alone and is working with a creepy, well designed gremlin, named Nodoff... eh i’ve heard worse, whose giving her sleeping dust to knock out her targets and hits on her constnatly. Naturally he plans to betray her as soon as he can, and is likely only tolerating her because he wants to hit that.  There dynamic boils down to this.

There’s also tons of fun dream sequences including one at the top with darkwing being confronted by his enitre Rogue’s gallery before seeing morgana, NOdoff using baseball on Morg’s next target and some great ones at the climax. It’s part of hwy I like this episode better: While someone using dreams for stuff has been done a lot, it’s given a creative spin here as instead of killing them, Morgana’s simply using them to steal. Good stuff.

Darkwing foils their first attempt, though gets blamed for it because St. Canard is about as grateful as New York when it comes to superheroes. Morgana knocks darkwing out with some dust via Eeka and Squeak and admits Nodoff is working for her, though fobids him to harm Darkwing. This.. dosen’t last and we get another great setpiece, of sarkwing on a high dive. Thankfully, Launchpad finds him, and they find Morgana, who gives off the student loans comment. But in the struggle to stop her, Darkwing accidently puts her and the city to sleep.. and Nodoff is now super powerful and imprisons morgana. Darkwing i s back at her house, wondering what to do, but the bats give him a clue.. by flying him thorugh the door to fight Nodoff. It goes about as well as you’d expect with him freeing Morgana.. then trying to murder them both. Darkwing however pulls an Elm Streett 3 and says to think happy thoughts and take control of the dream.. which ends up at Darkwing’s Wedding to Morgana to his horror..... remind me whose the hero again. The woman who, while doing crimes is trying to pay off unfair debts, or the guy who finds the idea of commitment horrifying.  

Anyways we get some more great bits, I brush over them so I don’t ahve to talk about them conantly, including darkwing getting a cake on him, before Darkwing turns the tables by finding the hourglass full of the dust.. and in a clever finale, loading it into his gun and firing it on nodoff. This puts him to sleep.. which puts him in the real world, while Launchpad uses a giant alarm clock to wake everyone. They throw NOdoff back into the dream world.. for some reason.. and the episode ends iwth morgana kissing darkwing and the episode possibly having been all a dream.

This one, while I was again breif, is a classic, with a much more interesting dynamic. Instead of a morgana who goes from willing to kill we get one whose conflicted over things, who clearly wants to be a crook but may like darkwing more than that, as evidenced when he talks her out of taking Nodoff’s offer of riches. It’s good stuff and the gags are back to the show’s usual top notch level. It’s a creative, fun episode that really helps Morgana come into her own and I look forward to more of her. Overall i’d recommend skipping fungus amongus, but DEFINTELY check out ghoul of my dreams, as it’s throughly fantastic. I’ll be back in a bit for one last Halloween review and as always you can find my backlog on my blog. i recently covered Tiff of the Titans and there’s regular ducktales coverage every monday. Until then make sure to vote, wear a mask and check your house for gary busey till we meet again! Play us out Gerard Way!

#darkwing duck #drake mallard #disney afternoon #morgana macawber #launchpad mcquack #halloween #drakepad #drakegana

[thefightingbull]

Part 4: If Only My Kids Weren’t As Dumb as Yours...

“Are you here to play?” The little girl asked excitedly, but before either could answer her smiled dropped. “Hey! How come you two ain’t cats, too?!”

At once, Rose jumped from the basket and clawed her tiny ”blue” butt up Slade’s legs and into his other arm. Joey didn’t move, yowling angrily at his sister.

“Your little spell doesn’t work on us,” Slade cut off what a few choice names for the little girl. “Reverse the magic brat, or I’ll skewer your tiny witches heart with my sword.”

“DEATHSTROKE!” Batman snarled at the same time that Jason hissed and tried to dig his claws into the ikon suit. Rose reached up and batted at his face with a hiss of her own.

He didn’t take it back.

The little girl didn’t seem frightened but she did look sheepish. “But I don’t know how to.”

Batman stepped forward, setting Nightwing down on the ground. Joey chose that moment to leave the basket and run toward Bruce. Traitor. Slade was there, wasn’t he? He was the one leading the damned rescue mission. It wasn’t like Bruce would have known without his tip!

Slade stepped toward the girl as he stood to his full and imposing height. The child finally whimpered and stepped back. Batman snapped again, but it was a large long-haired Persian with a green eye and a brown eye that attacked. The cat, snarled and went for Slade’s face. It latched on tried to get it’s claws and teeth through the mask.

He understood what had gone wrong in an instant. As he backed up, he spun into Batman purposefully. He caught hold of the medallion in the utility belt and tore it off; the Batman immediately turning into a calico.

He grabbed hold of the angry cat, unsure of where Jason and Rose he run off during the cats vicious attempts at blinding him. He pressed the medallion against the cat and prepared to catch whatever it turned into.

A petite woman with dark brown hair clung to him with one arm and her legs while her free hand gripped the medallion. “Oh thank God you’re not as stupid as you are tall!”

Slade snorted as he set her down. “You mind fixing your kid’s mess? I have two or three partners suffering thanks to her getting a hold of your spell books.”

The woman scowled but then turned her furious gaze on her daughter. “Sadie Mae Davenport you get to your room this instant before I turn you into a mouse!”

The little girl screamed bloody murder and ran into a room. The witch didn’t pursue her child but instead pocketed the medallion and rolled up the sleeves of her dark blue sweater. She grumbled under her breath, something about “six damned months trapped as a cat” and “damned worthless superheroes not even noticing the missing persons until affected them”.

“I could care less about your plight lady, just fix these people.”

“Watch it, Mister or I’ll turn half to mice and keep the others as cats!” She hissed. “I need a moment to collect my thoughts before I go snapping of spells, unless of course you’d like to make a mistake and turn them into inanimate objects.”

Slade didn’t appreciate being threatened and he was about to tell her so when five cats immediately jumped on or at him, yowling and crying.

The witch looked at her home and shuddered, her fair skin paling and taking on a green tint. She raised her hands and mumbled some kind of hocus pocus and the house was cleaned and the stench gone.

“Okay, girl. You got the basics good. Let’s give this a try,” she told herself.

Slade frowned. “What happens if they become inanimate?”

“They did,” she answered with a shrug.

“Are you sure you’re ready then?”

“I can make us some tea or coffee it would make you feel better,” she offered.

“We are on a time limit. Batman and I are gone for too long the Justice League will get involved,” he warned. “What are chances you fuck up the spell.”

“Fifty-fifty I turn they come out naked and without their gear or clothing,” she said calmly.

Slade didn’t like that, but it wasn’t terrible. Identities would be at risk of course, but maybe Zatanna could memory wipe people or something?

“Ninety-nine point nine percent chance I turn them back to human,” she promised. “I’m feeling better with every minute I remain in my own body.”

“Anything I should know?” Slade asked.

“It might be easier to let the spell wear off. Once I take down Sadie’s spell, it will only take up to twenty four hours for everyone to return to their human states.” When he glared she raised her hands. “Changing them while still under the effects of the curse is where the trouble is! Don’t blame me!”

“Why shouldn’t I? It was your daughter who did this!” He snapped.

“Niece and yes, I know she did it, but I don’t keep my books just laying about!” The witch argued.

“The how did this happen?” He shouted.

“When she came to live with me after my sister died, I assumed she hadn’t left the books within her reach. About a month into the curse, I found Lydia’s spell book under Sadie’s bed.” She paused before looking up into his eyes. “I promise you I will take care of this, just please don’t hurt her. Don’t make my family line enemies of Deathstroke, I beg of you.”

He wanted to tell her off, but instead nodded. “What’s your name?”

“Alexis, you can call me Lex or Lexi,” she offered a hopeful smile.

“Tell you what, Alexis. I’m going to take two cats—“ several hissed and a few cats head butting him had him changing his tune. “Alright, five cats out of the circle. You can decide when you’re ready to turn everyone else back or if you just want to release them into the wild. Deal?”

She smiled and nodded.

“If anything goes wrong, Alexis, it doesn’t matter how powerful you are; there’s no where you can hide that I won’t find you or Sadie.”

Alexis paled nodded. “I wouldn’t dream of it.”

“Good,” he looked down and made sure he had them all. “Batman, Ravager, Jericho, Nightwing and Red Hood. That’s all of them. Good luck with your niece, witch.”

“Good luck with Batman, mercenary.”

#slade wilson #batman hates deathstroke #bruce wayne #batman #deathstroke #attempts at humor #dick grayson #jason todd #rose wilson #joey wilson #kids turned into cats #fluff

[ellaenchanting]

Day 22: Mistaken

On day 2, Adrian called his friend and co-conspirator Lex over for a huddle.

"Do you think we made a mistake?" he asked nervously. 

He glanced over at the scene across the room. Ginger- submissive, wide-eyed, bottomy Ginger- was holding a crowd of 8 people in her hypnotic thrall. Some had their eyes closed already, while others were staring at her with the rapt look of early trance. 

"I don't know," Lex responded.

Ginger swayed.

The group swayed as one in response.

"She seems to be having fun?"

She did seem that way. Ginger wore a wicked, crafty smile that they had never seen from her before. She looked entirely confident and in her element- like she did this every day.

Damn, she was a hot top.

Who would have guessed?

Lex might have guessed, had they paid attention. They had played with Ginger before, they knew how creative and quick witted she could be. They knew she always had the best play ideas. Still, when they had raised the question at the Thursday night room party- what if Ginger was a top?- it had been mostly as a joke.  Ginger was known for being a particularly fun and responsive subject and pretty proudly identified as submissive. She was also excitable and cute and a little shy around others. It might be fun to see her do something so out of her nature. 

Adrian had laughed at the idea and said Ginger would probably be the most adorable top. Ginger had smiled and said that she had never been particularly interested in topping itself but she was always up for new experiences and was curious to explore the role as a headspace. She liked playing with headspaces after all- from being a cat to a bimbo to a robot- and was curious what a toppy headspace might feel like on her.  

They quickly negotiated a dual induction trance. All three had played together previously so it was easy to quickly re-establish safeties and the ability for anyone in the scene to check in at any time. Then, after Ginger was under,  Lex and Adrian took turns building a toppy headspace that Ginger could occupy for a while. She would be be confident, in control, self-assured. Dominant. 

When Ginger woke up, she had a look in her eyes that neither Lex nor Adrian had seen before. 

They had negotiated Ginger trying out her topping skills on Lex first. She beckoned Lex over.

Took their hand.

And suddenly dropped them with a rapid induction. 

 Ginger did it again, waking Lex up and dropping them with the same gesture. Then again, improvising. It was dynamite. Ginger may not have had much practice, but somewhere along the way she had learned how to fractionate the fuck out of someone. Ginger played with Lex like a gleeful cat with a toy mouse, only stopping when Lex's head was delightfully spinning.

And she worked, she started getting the attention of others in the room. People turned around and watched a sight they hadn’t expected- Ginger the expert hypnotist. When she was done with Lex, other friends asked if she would play with them.  Ginger agreed, dropping people effortlessly and creating new ideas for inductions and suggestions as she went.

At some point, Adrian decided to check in.

“Ginger, is this OK? Do you want me to bring you out of top mode? Check in with me.”

Ginger barely glanced over her shoulder at him. “Green,” she said. She refocused on what she was doing.

Eventually, the party wore down and they all went to bed. Adrian and Lex checked in with Ginger. They all assumed Ginger’s suggestion would wear off overnight.

It did not.

Throughout the next day, Adrian and Lex saw Ginger in the halls hypnotizing different people. Old friends. New con attendees. Each time, they would do a quick check in, just to make sure she was OK.

Eventually Ginger looked like she was barely restraining herself from rolling her eyes. “Green,” she would say, annoyed. 

That afternoon after classes, Adrian and Lex were walking when they saw a group of some well-known community educators gathered in a cluster. When they pushed into the group, they saw Ginger in the middle.  She was teaching the crowd the 3 new variations on a handshake induction that she had come up with during the day. She had also figured out some nice wording to use with the deepener that would help the person being hypnotized with amnesia later in the scene.

“Green,” she said automatically when she saw Adrian and Lex.

Lex was getting a little worried that Ginger would get stuck like this.

----------------------------------

Ginger was NOT afraid of getting stuck like this.

She knew herself, both as a person and as a subject. She knew when she was reacting to a suggestion and how to stop reacting to it if she needed to. She knew when a suggestion provided a fun excuse to do something she wanted to do anyway. And she knew there were times, like now, when both things were happening at the same time.

Ginger did not want to be a dominant or a top. Not really. She didn't even really consider herself a switch. Playing with topping this weekend was fun but it felt very much like a role- something she was putting on right now and then would easily discard. She enjoyed bottoming too much to really even imagine wanting to top in any significant way as part of ongoing play. 

But she had always been curious- what would she be like if she were a switch? And when Lex and Adrian had approached her with their idea, she knew it was her chance to give it a try.

There was also something about the way they had approached her. It was like they thought she couldn't top or that her topping was some kind of joke. It  made her want to excel at it- if for nothing else, then to show them not to underestimate her.

After all, it's not like she hadn't spent hours and hours thinking about and analyzing and figuring out trance. It wasn't like she hadn't been regularly hypnotized for years by some of the best hypnotists in the community. It wasn't like she hadn't demo bottomed for (and thus attended) a ton of classes. She was creative, she was clever, she was quick on her feet. She could do this.

Plus, It wasn't like hypnotizing people  was hard or anything. Not at this convention.

It was kind of fun, she had decided. And a rush. It was a unique experience- like skydiving. Just because she only wanted to go skydiving once didn't mean that she didn't enjoy it while she was doing it or that it wasn’t worthwhile

She raised her hand, watching the group of deeply hypnotized people swaying before her, all waiting for her command.

She'd probably stop acting on this suggestion later tonight, she decided. After all, she had really wanted to get some good bottoming scenes in this con and she was running out of time.  From the look of Adrian and Lex, they would probably be relieved when they formally cancelled it. 

But for right now? She wasn’t ready yet. 

She was too thoroughly enjoying proving them mistaken.

#hypnovember #mistaken #if ginger was a switch we'd all be dead

[kingdomofbretonxrpg]

Congratulations Jo! We are delighted to welcome Alexei Lupu to find his feet in the Kingdom of Breton. Please complete our after acceptance checklist. We are looking forward to seeing you develop him! Please send in his blog on or before 31 December.

OUT OF CHARACTER

ALIAS: Jo

PREFERRED PRONOUNS: They/Them

TIMEZONE: MST (AZ)

CHARACTER

NAME: Alexei Lupu

BIRTHDATE AND AGE: March 3rd , 31 years old

PREFERRED PRONOUNS: He/Him

FACECLAIM: Bryan Dechart

HOUSE AFFILIATION: Nantes

PROFESSION: Factory Worker

CLAIM: Unclaimed

CHILDREN: None

DESIGNATION: Submissive

SEXUALITY: Pansexual (leans towards masculine presentations)

WHAT IS THEIR SYMBOL?: Tattoo of Moon with constellation. One moon earring in right ear.

KINKS: Cat-Mouse Games, Dirty Talk, Semi-Public Sex, Bruises/Marking, Praise

ANTI-KINKS: Blindfolds, Isolation, Bathroom Play, Extreme Blood Play, Intense Humiliation

BIOGRAPHY:

Alexei was for all intents and purposes, a miracle to his parents. With only one other sibling, his parents faced numerous fertility issues and were more than overjoyed at the introduction of a baby boy to their small family unit. With so much separation before him and his sister, the two formed a bond of not only siblings, but of fierce protection. While that relationship remained strong as Alexei grew, the one with his parents began to break.

Full of energy, mischievous, and not interested in the things his parents wished him to be—it was only a matter of time before he began to be nothing but a disappointment. His father was dissatisfied with the way Alexei seemed to be conducting himself. Sketchbooks full of Lex’s observations of both nature and the night sky were often tossed and instead were replaced with books of military strategy his father insisted his son learn.

The constant pressure to be someone he wasn’t easily broke the sensitive boy and he found himself taking refuge in anything to help ease the anxiety he had from the constant looks of disappointment he received in his house. Whether it was getting into trouble with his friends, drinking far too much, or smoking weed—it was the only relief he had. With his sister off to college, he no longer had someone there who could diffuse the tension in the house.

It was then that things got even worse for him. His father made it clear that Alexei would be attending a military school the next fall and would then enroll in an academy with a career in the military decided for him. For the next three months he worked his son to exhaustion. Sleeping barely five hours a night, following a rigid diet and training—it eventually tore the boy down. A few weeks before he was to be shipped off to military school, he voiced his desire to stay home and pursue his own interests. His father, already upset with the supposed disappointment his son had become, packed his son a bag and then ordered him out of the house.

Only sixteen at the time, Alexei had nowhere to go and spent his first night out on the street until his sister found him and brought him back to her dorm room at her university. Knowing he couldn’t stay there forever, Alexei promised he’d be okay before he took off onto the street. The first couple of months were tough and the boy found himself learning to not only defend his own personal belongings but learn how to take care of himself. He spent a year working odd jobs and sleeping in whatever warm place he could before a man named Augustus Lamar took an interest in him. An aging dominant who had never claimed nor had children, he took in strays to give back in whatever way he could.

A member of the house of Nantes meant he could easily acquire employment for Alexei in one of their factories. It was the first time he’d felt stable since he was a child. Augustus turned into his biggest supporter and was constantly helping him not only provide for himself but also curb some of his more self-destructive habits. When he reached twenty-one and it was time to select his designation, he surprised the people closest to him when he revealed himself as a submissive. As much as he would have preferred to be a dominant, even he couldn’t deny the deep-seated biological need to submit to others. When news of his designation reached his father’s ears, it was made clear that Alexei would never be welcomed back into their home. A dominant who had rebelled at a young age could be explained away, a submissive who did however; it brought him far more shame. Alexei was faced with the truth that being who he was would mean losing his family.

The first couple of years felt final and were difficult on the submissive. Learning to create his own family was a lesson he didn’t take to easily, and it was only when his sister followed him to Nantes that he began to feel like maybe everything would be alright. Alexei still struggles with who he and who he wants to be. Despites his claim of caring little about fitting in, there is a part of him who is desperate to find his place in the world. Now with all the changes in Breton, Alexei is even more unsure now than he was before about whether he fits in not only with Nantes but in this world of nobility.

#brian dechart #town rp #lsrp #oc lsrp #d/s rp #accepted #alexei lupu

[x5red]

Sixty fun & fascinating facts about the classic Supergirl (1 / 4)

Great guns! How time flies!

May 2019 will mark sixty years since the pages of Action Comics #252 carried its landmark tale: a crashed rocket ship in a Midvale field, and emerging from within, an enthusiastic young teenager who was destined to become one of Earth’s fiercest champions. That teenager was, of course, Kara Zor-El -- otherwise known as Supergirl..!

To celebrate the classic Kara Zor-El’s sixtieth anniversary, compiled below is part one of a series outlining sixty surprising or unusual facts about the original intrepid Argo City teen who leapt from that crumpled Midvale rocket ship. Covering her original Silver and Bronze Age incarnation, in comics and on screen, each factoid is calculated to intrigue and delight -- hopefully even seasoned Kara fans will find a few morsels of trivia that had previously escaped their attention.

Enjoy...

1. She wasn’t originally known as Kara Zor-El when she debuted in comics.

What’s in a name? Well not a lot, it seems, if you happen to be Kryptionian..!

Although everyone knows Supergirl’s real name is Kara Zor-El, the Maid of Might herself didn’t deem it worthy of a mention until Action Comics #288 (May 1962), three years after her introduction, when she innocently referenced her full moniker during a dream sequence. After that readers would need to wait another fifteen years(!) before she’d mention it again in Superman Family #177 (June 1976). Outside of these rare instances Kara was usually known as Kara of Argo City, or in very early comics simply just as Kara, her birthplace itself not having acquired a name until Action Comics #280 (Sep 1961).

2. 1984′s Supergirl wasn’t actually the first movie headlined by a superhero female.

Many movie buffs will list 1984′s Supergirl as the breakthrough release that finally saw women headline a movie in the superhero genre, but this is far from the truth.

Supergirl’s record is true, but only in the English-speaking world: there had already been numerous superhero movies in non-English markets centred around super-powered female crime fighters, most notably in the Philippines. The most popular Filipino superheroine, Darna, had already racked up no less than eleven movies by 1980, plus one guest appearance in another hero’s movie.

3. She once fell madly in love with a woman.

As incredible as it seems today, the straight-laced DC Comics of the 1960s once okayed a story in which the Maid of Might fell head-over-heels in love with a woman. It happened in Adventure Comics #384 (Sept 1969), and, as you might expect, the story had a few twists and turns before the true nature of Kara’s romance was revealed.

The short version is this: Kara uses computer dating to select a match suitable for a superwoman. The computer picks Volar, a male superhero from the deeply misogynistic planet of Torma (second planet of Star-Sun 447B, in case you want to pay a visit.) Kara travels to Torma and is smitten by Volar, but he seems reluctant to reciprocate her affections. Eventually the plot reveals its twist: due to Torma’s notorious chauvinism, Volar is actually a superheroine forced to masquerade as a superhero. ”I’m heading back to Earth – where I belong!”, exclaims a disappointed Girl of Steel, “I found out Volar was no hit – but a real miss!” (Ho ho!)

4. She’s a self-professed fan of Jazz.

Growing up in both Argo City and Midvale, Kara was probably exposed to a wide range of different musical styles -- but at the end of a long day saving the world, what kind of sounds did she like to relax to? The pages of Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #7 (May 1983) dropped readers a hint when Kara expressed a strong affinity towards Jazz music. Indeed in a later issue of that same series, it is while attending a free Jazz concert with friends in Chicago’s Grant Park that Kara first tangled with the super-villain Reactron (making his comicbook debut.)

5. She once packed in her superhero career to become a socialite and style-icon in Paris.

The mid-60s was an interesting time for DC Comics; a tipping point between the juvenile gimmick-driven hangover of the Golden Age, and the more mature storytelling style of the upcoming Bronze Age, as one generation of artists and writers slowly gave way to the next. Brave and the Bold #63 (Dec 1965) fell squarely into the former category with its outlandish story, Revolt of the Super-Chicks.

The tale begins with a restless Kara feeling unappreciated: the public see her as just a hero in a gaudy costume, ignoring the sophisticated woman inside. Much to the chagrin of Kal-El, Kara abandons her superhero-ing career and heads to the bright lights of Paris to live it up. Kal sends Wonder Woman to Paris to talk some sense into Kara (the first time the pair had shared an adventure, by the way), but Diana is likewise wooed by the socialite lifestyle and joins Kara in her nocturnal revelry. If it hadn’t been for the intervention of the villain Multi-Face, the pair might have still been in Paris now.

6. Producer Ilya Salkind regretted Helen Slater’s casting as Supergirl.

When Ilya Salkind took on the task of co-producing Superman-related movies in the mid 1970s, he’d argued against the wishes of both Warner Bros. and his producer father, Alexander, by suggesting that the title role not go to a Hollywood A-lister. Ilya followed exactly the same logic when it came time to cast 1984′s Supergirl, championing an unknown actor called Helen Slater over more bankable names such as Brooke Shields (favoured by his father.)

In an interview in 2000, however, Ilya seemed to have some regrets, telling Scott Michael Bosco on behalf of Digital Cinema, “[...] frankly, with hindsight I regret it. Brooke Shields would have – not made it a better movie, but perhaps a more commercial one. This I’m convinced. I think there would have been more men seeing the movie.” Commenting on how Slater’s screen presence was more Katherine Hepburn than Sophia Loren, Salkind noted, “What happened, I think, is that we lost a lot of the audience, the male audience. I think it was also because the girl was a little unattainable.”

7. One of her most iconic costumes was originally designed by a fan.

Supergirl has had a number of crime-fighting outfits over the decades, but two particularly stand out as being iconic: Helen Slater’s 1984 movie costume (plus its imitators, such as the post-Crisis Matrix costume and Melissa Benoist’s tv costume), and the 1970s hotpants outfit.

The Girl of Steel’s hotpants attire was a racy number that screamed 70s sexploitation at a volume only Kryptonian lungs could achieve: short shorts, a plunging V neckline, billowing sleeves, and a neck choker, all in the customary red, sky blue, and yellow. The design wasn’t something dreamt up by one of DC’s staff of artists, however. but taken from a sketch submitted by reader John Sposato of Edison, New Jersey. DC had used several fan submitted costume ideas during the early 1970s -- each outfit typically receiving one or two story outings -- but John’s submission was obviously so liked by DC artists that it eventually became her permanent costume for most of the 1970s.

8. She turned Streaky into a Super Cat by accident.

DC in the Silver Age prided itself on being a family-friendly brand, free from the squalor and depravity that had once graced the pages of some of its competitors, causing moral crusaders (armed with books written by Dr. Fredric Wertham) to brand the medium as a threat to the youth of America. Without the use of excessive violence to bring thrills and drama to its superhero comics, DC relied on gimmicks such as Kryptonite. Consequently, by the Silver Age, the stuff was everywhere(!)

With her keen practical mind, Kara decided (much to the condescending amusement of her cousin) to develop an alchemy that would neutralise the harmful effects of this ever burgeoning supply of Kryptonite (Action Comics #261, Feb 1960.) She failed, naturally, but the discarded end-product, labelled X-Kryptonite, ended up accidentally giving a local stray alley-cat super powers. And so Streaky the Super Cat was born -- entirely by accident..!

9. Lena Luthor wasn’t the only female Luthor family member giving her trouble.

The Luthor family has a long history of causing trouble for the Girl of Steel. Not only did Supergirl struggle to keep her secret identity from the telepathic Lena (Thorul) Luthor -- Lex’s little sister -- but Adventure Comics #397 (Sept 1970) saw the introduction of Lex’s scheming niece, Nasthalthia. Nasty, as she was known, joined Stanhope College with a determination to help Uncle Lex flush out which of Stanhope’s students was secretly Supergirl. Suspecting Linda Danvers from the start, Nasty even followed Linda when she graduated and moved to San Francisco to become a TV camerawoman. The pair would play a dangerous cat-and-mouse game throughout many early 1970s Supergirl tales, but Nasty never quite got the proof she needed to unmask the Maid of Might.

10. She was married when she died in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

A story published in Superman Vol. 1 #415 (Jan 1986) saw the Fortress of Solitude infiltrated by a mysterious visitor from a distant planet. Intent on stealing a memento of the recently deceased Kara, the handsome green-skinned thief named Salkor is quickly apprehended by Superman.

Salkor explains how he had found Supergirl drifting unconscious in space some two years previous. He had cured her of Kryptonite sickness, but she had been left with severe amnesia. In the days that followed Salkor and Kara drew close and entered into a quickie marriage, but not long after the marriage he awoke to find Kara missing -- her memory had presumably returned. Over the next two years Salkor slowly traced his bride back to Earth, but tragically he arrived just as news of her death was broadcast around the world.

11. Her creation was part of a strategy to boost DC’s flagging superhero comic sales.

Supergirl wasn’t created on a mere creative whim; the impetus behind her introduction was likely a long-term sales strategy DC Comics had been following since the mid-1950s. According to Gerard Jones in his book Men of Tomorrow, DC knew that the demographics for the Superman radio and television shows revealed a sizeable share of young girl audience members, and that market research showed that girls read their brother’s Superman and Batman comics (second hand!) DC therefore set out to entice young girls into buying their own superhero comics by introducing titles like Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane, and characters like Batwoman and Supergirl. Although some superheroines have been accused of being nothing more than eye-candy for the young male audience, Supergirl was introduced squarely to inspire young girls.

12. She could read your mind.

In Adventure Comics #397 (Sept 1970) Supergirl investigates a mystery girl found in a coma on the Stanhope College campus. As the anonymous patient lies motionless in a hospital bed, the Girl of Steel conveniently remembers that she has the ability to perform Vulcan mind-melds: ”I'll try to delve into her subconscious -- maybe I can learn something”. The trick reveals that the mystery girl was the victim of a black magic cult, causing Supergirl to infiltrate the group undercover (literally!) Strangely, although the Girl of Steel can read other people’s minds, she seemed very poor at reading her own, as she promptly forgets all about her mind-reading abilities after that single issue.

13. She always knew how to be popular.

When Kara from Argo City first landed on Earth, she took it upon herself to pick her own secret identity name. “While you were gone”, she tells her cousin, “I used my super-hearing and heard many Earth girls’ names! I thought of a good one for myself.” The name she chose, of course, was Linda.

It isn’t perhaps a surprise that her super-hearing fixated on that particular name, given that according to names registered with US Social Security, Linda was one of the most popular girls’ names in the 1950s, beginning the decade in the top slot, but dropping two places to third by the time Kara arrived on Earth in 1959. (Kara, by the way, was 935th on the girls list at the time that Ms. Zor-El crashed her rocket ship in Midvale.)

14. Her first appearance on television was in a 1962 comedy sketch, played by Carol Burnett.

In 1962 the Garry Moore Show featured a seven minute sketch lampooning the popular George Reeves Superman TV show -- the comedy gimmick being that instead of the Man of Steel, the sketch’s evildoers were pitted against the Maid of Might, played by comedian Carol Burnett. (A similar spoof by Lucille Ball a few years earlier doesn’t count, btw, as Lucy was playing Superman, not Supergirl.)

The madcap plot sees Carol dashing to and fro, frantically switching back and forth between her everyday clothes and her hero costume, while performing an array of ridiculous feats of strength. It is debatable whether this truly qualifies as a genuine Supergirl appearance, given the obvious Reeves inspiration, but Burnett’s 1962 version does use the Supergirl name and a reasonable facsimile of her 60s costume.

15. Her first proper appearance on television was in an advert, selling underwear!

Even if the 1962 Carol Burnett sketch is ruled out as not being canonical Kara, Supergirl’s late-70s underwear commercial qualifies without a shadow of a doubt. The short advert, for the kids brand Underroos, sees Supergirl, Spider-Woman, Wonder Woman, and even Batgirl, all extolling the virtues of wearing superheroine themed undergarments. Dating from sometime around 1978, the ad seems to be the first authorised on-screen appearance of Supergirl, meaning that the ad’s opening line, “Now Supergirl is on Underoos”, is the first spoken line uttered by any actress playing the Girl of Steel. (It is unknown who the lucky voice artist was.)

That’s all for part one -- hope you enjoyed it..! Check out part two (soon) for another fifteen fascinating factoids.

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A Guardiancorp Drabble

I know the show kinda pitched this out of left field and sometimes I can’t leave a badly-written thing alone unless it’s properly explored. Please don’t @ me

It started with apprehension. Some, like Kara, called it distrust but James spent years watching Lex Luthor manipulate Clark. It always played out like a game of Mouse Trap that had Clark chasing and hurting over and over again. Benefit of the doubt. It wasn’t until they got enough proof that Lex finally got put away long enough to matter.

Looking for manipulation was hard when Luthors played long term. It became harder when Kara began to vouch for her, trusted her more than Clark ever did Lex. So maybe it wore him down a little. Maybe if the sun could trust a Luthor, James could relax.

It became annoying. Having a powerful female boss was nothing new - Cat Grant would never tolerate anything other than respect and Lena could definitely run a business. Being cut out from his own editorial team, though, rubbed James the wrong way. Maybe it was her payback for the year of doubt or maybe she didn’t like black guys. Kara still smiled and laughed so it couldn’t be sinister. 

Their relationship was puzzling, then. James Olsen couldn’t figure out this Luthor that didn’t act like a Luthor. She didn’t treat him like a friend or coworker. Was he an enemy to her? Was she a threat?

For months they danced like this, around one another confused by their roles. They were connected, spun around the Girl of Steel so closely they sometimes tangled. Somehow, it became normal to watch Lena battle corporate bullies. Seeing her dismiss assassination attempts as easily as Kara did was impressive. His instinct to protect never flared around her, just like it remained dormant around Kara. This strange comfort around someone who knew how to handle their own battles.

There wasn’t time to think about it. She kissed him with a look that told him she knew what she was doing but wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do. She tasted like scotch without having taken a sip. He wondered briefly if this was what being wrong tasted like.

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Titans Season 2 Cast & Character Guide | Screen Rant

Get to know all of the heroes and villains that'll be appearing in Titans season 2. It's perhaps fair to say that Titans' debut season garnered a divisive reaction among fans. Opting for a no holds barred approach, Titans was a grittier take on the teenage DC superhero team that many will be used to and charted the initial coming together of Robin, Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy as they attempted to unravel the mystery behind the shadowy organization hunting them down.

Titans season 1 ended on a huge cliffhanger, as the team were overpowered by Rachel's father, Trigon, but some viewers were left underwhelmed at the distinct lack of action between the four titular Titans throughout the first season. Several trailers have now emerged for Titans season 2, and the show appears to be taking a very different approach, embracing its comic book origins and bringing the Titans team firmly into focus.

Related: Titans Season 2 Review: Heroes Step Out Of The Darkness & Into A New Home

Interestingly, the Titans season 2 trailer has glossed over Trigon completely, instead showing the characters long after season 1's finale, as Robin remembers the old Titans days, builds a brand new team and comes up against Esai Morales' Deathstroke. With characters old and new to explore in the coming episodes, here's a full guide to all the cast of Titans season 2.

The focal point of season 1, Brenton Thwaites will continue to lead the Titans in season 2. Seemingly splitting into two distinct timelines, Titans will explore Robin's past as the leader of his original teenage superhero team, and Dick's present as he attempts to construct a brand new version of the Titans. In the present, Dick burned his Robin costume, which could potentially lead to a transformation into Nightwing.

Thwaites portrayed the son of Orlando Bloom's Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and the Australian actor had several long-running TV roles in his homeland, most notably as Stu in Home and Away.

Rachel acted as the central plot device of Titans season 1, as baddies rushed to capture her and the protagonists strove to protect her. Season 2 looks set to retire that game of cat-and-mouse, and will see Rachel learn to control her powers and become one of Dick Grayson's new generation of Titans. Rachel has her comic book-accurate appearance in Titans season 2, complete with a red gem in the middle of her forehead.

Also Australian, Raven is Croft's first major television role, but the actress has previously appeared in 2016 science fiction effort The Osiris Child, and, much like her co-star, enjoyed a recurring role in Home and Away.

Now that Kory is aware of her extra-terrestrial heritage, new sides to the character will surely emerge in Titans season 2, with the latest trailer suggesting some trouble after members of her own race arrive on Earth. How will Kory's past impact her blossoming relationship with Dick Grayson? And will she be able to juggle her new responsibilities as a member of the Titans with whatever mission her own people thrust upon her?

Anna Diop has enjoyed a varied career thus far, appearing on TV in the likes of 24: Legacy and Greenleaf, while more recently scoring a part in the new Jordan Peele horror, Us.

Ryan Potter's Beast Boy was arguably underused in the first season of Titans, but he still enjoyed a compelling personal arc, as viewers learned his Doom Patrol origins and watched on as he hopelessly fell in love with Rachel. Unfortunately, Gar has barely featured in the Titans season 2 footage released thus far, suggesting that the character will remain more a source of comic relief than a central member of the Titans.

Cast in his Titans role after an audition for Tim Drake's Robin in forthcoming DC movie, The Batman, Potter will perhaps be best known as the voice of Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6, a role he subsequently continued on the TV spinoff series. On the big screen, Potter also starred in the 2018 romance film, Running For Grace.

Related: Titans Season 2 Could Be Great (If It Properly Introduces Nightwing)

The exuberant and immature Jason Todd is returning in Titans season 2, this time bumped up to the status of a series regular, rather than recurring character. Todd's enthusiasm for crime-fighting sees him declare the return of the Titans live on TV, but the season 2 trailer also shows him coming to blows with Dick Grayson - an inevitable clash given their vastly different attitudes to both vigilantism and Bruce Wayne.

Curran Walters has previously appeared in several smaller TV roles, with parts in New Girl, Too Close To Home and Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. However, Walters is also set to feature in Do Not Reply, a high school-based horror venture from Daniel and Walt Woltosz.

Although only introduced at the midway point of Titans season 1, Donna Troy quickly became an integral member of the cast, helping to link Dick's past and present while acting as his moral compass - not dissimilar to her own Justice League mentor, Wonder Woman. Donna looks set for an even more prominent role in Titans season 2, featuring in both flashbacks and the modern timeline, where she can be seen fighting alongside Starfire in the new Titans setup.

Prior to Titans, Leslie had recurring roles in The Man In The High Castle, Shots Fired and Graves, and has made single-episode appearances in the likes of Hawaii Five-0, 90210 and Elementary.

Batman briefly appeared in Titans season 1, but this was mainly during a dream sequence created by Trigon in Dick Grayson's mind. The real Caped Crusader will instead be played by Iain Glen. Grayson appeared to despise his former mentor in Titans season 1, but the famous duo look to be on better terms now, with Wayne encouraging the formation of a brand new team of budding superheroes under Dick's leadership.

Iain Glen will, of course, be most familiar to viewers as Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones, the brave and loyal knight forever consigned to the friendzone by Daenerys Targaryen. Outside of Westeros, Glen boasts an impressive resume that includes the Resident Evil movies, Tomb Raider, Downtown Abbey and Spooks.

Taking over main villain duty from Trigon in Titans season 2 is Deathstroke. This DC villain was memorably played by Manu Bennett in the Arrowverse and was originally slated to feature in the DCEU, before plans were drastically changed. Cinema's loss in TV's gain, however, as Deathstroke will be on the hunt in Titans, seemingly as part of both the past and present timelines.

Viewers may remember Morales from his starring roles in NYPD: Blue, Caprica and, ironically, Jericho. The actor also recently turned up in the Netflix series Ozark, which has been renewed for a third season.

Related: Predicting How Titans Will Do Jason Todd's Red Hood Arc

Minka Kelly as Dawn/Dove - A key part of season 1, Robin's ex-flame, Dawn Granger, will return in Titans' second season and find herself in disagreement with current partner, Hank, about whether to continue their crime-fighting lifestyle. Kelly has previously starred in Charlie's Angels, Parenthood and Almost Human.

Alan Ritchson as Hank/Hawk - Clearly still jealous of Dick Grayson's tryst with Dawn, Hank Hall is battered, bruised and ready to give up crime-fighting for good...if his girlfriend will let him. Ritchson is no stranger to major franchises, having previously appeared in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies as Raphael and as Aquaman in Smallville.

Joshua Orpin as Conner Kent/Superboy - An exciting new addition to Titans season 2, Superboy (and his dog) were seen at the very end of the first season, escaping captivity. This clone of Superman looks set to come to the Titans' rescue in their fight against Trigon. Another Australian addition to the Titans cast, Orpin is a relative newcomer to the world of film and TV.

Chelsea Zhang as Ravager - Ravager is the daughter of Deathstroke, and can be seen in the Titans season 2 trailer training alongside Dick Grayson. However, Ravager's exact loyalties are sure to come into question, despite her father being largely absent during childhood. Zhang's most prominent previous acting gig was as Brittany in Andi Mack, but she can also be seen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Related: Titans Season 1: Ranking The Episodes

Chella Man as Jericho - Not winning any father of the year awards, Jericho is another of Deathstroke's children - one that is rendered mute in the DC comic universe by an enemy of his father's. Jericho has the ability to physically possess others via eye contact. Chella Man is best known as a YouTube personality, and has been a prominent, inspiring voice for representation of disability, sexuality and gender in the media.

Drew Van Acker as Aqualad - Aqualad is apparently part of the original Titans lineup, but no one has seen or mentioned him in the present timeline, leading some to suspect that the superhero's death may be behind the split of the first Titans' grouping. Van Acker will be familiar to fans of Pretty Little Liars as Jason, and he also starred in Training Day as Tommy Campbell.

Natalie Gumede as Mercy Graves - The presence of Lex Luther's sidekick in Titans season 2 is surely connected to the introduction of Conner Kent, and may even set up the supervillain himself for an appearance in later seasons. Aside from a single-episode stint in Doctor Who, Gumede's biggest role came in the British soap Coronation Street, playing the abusive Kirsty. She also competed on Strictly Come Dancing, the UK version of Dancing With The Stars.

More: Titans Is Better On Netflix Than DC Universe

Titans season 2 premieres September 6th on DC Universe.

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35 Iconic TV Cartoon Characters That You Might Not Know Are Voiced By The Same Actor

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35 Iconic TV Cartoon Characters That You Might Not Know Are Voiced By The Same Actor

Mind = blown.

1. Doug‘s Doug Funnie and The Ren & Stimpy Show‘s Ren and Stimpy

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  Voiced by: Billy West (although he only voiced Doug during the show’s run on Nickelodeon from 1991–94).

Fun fact: West is also best known for being the voice of Fry on Futurama.

2. Disney’s House of Mouse‘s Minnie Mouse and The Simpsons‘ Martin Prince

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  Voiced by: Russi Taylor.

Fun facts: Taylor has voiced Minnie Mouse since 1988 (she is only the fourth person to do so). She has also provided the voice of such memorable characters like Gonzo on Muppet Babies, and Webby Vanderquack, Huey Duck, Dewey Duck, and Louie Duck on DuckTales, as well providing the voices of Üter, Sherri, and Terri on The Simpsons.

3. Tiny Toon Adventures‘ Buster Bunny and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters‘ Ickis

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  Voiced by: Charlie Adler (although he only voiced Buster Bunny for the show’s first two seasons).

Fun facts: Adler, who began his voice-over career in 1984, has also voiced characters on ’80s classics Jem and G.I. Joe, as Eric Raymond and Low-Light, respectively, as well as providing additional voices for characters on ’90s cartoons such as Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Rocko’s Modern Life, Eek! the Cat, and Darkwing Duck.

4. The Simpsons‘ Bart Simpson and Kim Possible‘s Rufus

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  Voiced by: Nancy Cartwright.

Fun fact: Cartwright also voiced spoiled-brat Pistol Pete on Goof Troop.

5. Muppet Babies‘ Animal and Bobby’s World‘s Bobby

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  Voiced by: Howie Mandel.

Fun fact: Aside from Animal, Mandel also voiced Skeeter and Bunsen on Muppet Babies from 1984–85.

6. Goof Troop‘s Pete and Darkwing Duck‘s Drake Mallard/ Darkwing Duck

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  Voiced by: Jim Cummings.

Fun fact: Cummings also voiced characters on five other Disney Afternoon shows: DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Quack Pack, TaleSpin, and Bonkers.

7. Rocko’s Modern Life‘s Heffer Wolfe and SpongeBob SquarePants‘ SpongeBob

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  Voiced by: Tom Kenny.

Fun fact: Kenny got the role of SpongeBob after meeting Steve Hillenburg — who would go on to create the show — while both were working together on Rocko’s Modern Life.

8. Futurama‘s Bender and Kim Possible‘s Dr. Drakken

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  Voiced by: John DiMaggio.

Fun fact: DiMaggio is probably best known today as the voice of Jake the dog on Adventure Time.

9. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers‘ Gadget Hackwrench and The Simpsons‘ Agnes Skinner

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  Voiced by: Tress MacNeille.

Fun facts: Along with Agnes, MacNeille also does the voices of Simpsons recurring characters Cookie Kwan, Brandine Spuckler, Dolph, Lindsey Naegle, Bernice Hibbert, and the Crazy Cat Lady.

Other characters MacNeille has voiced include Dot Warner on Animaniacs, Babs Bunny on Tiny Toons, and Charlotte Pickles on Rugrats.

10. SpongeBob SquarePants‘ Mr. Krabs and Superman: The Animated Series‘ Lex Luther

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  Voiced by: Clancy Brown.

Fun fact: Brown has lent his voice to various comic book–based animated series, including Justice League, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Batman, and Wolverine and the X-Men.

11. The Smurfs‘ Papa Smurf and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!‘s Scooby-Doo

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  Voiced by: Don Messick.

Fun facts: Aside from originating the voice of Papa Smurf and Scooby-Doo, Messick also provided the voice of Bamm-Bamm Rubble on The Flintstones, Boo-Boo Bear on The Yogi Bear Show, and Hamilton J. Pig on Tiny Toons.

12. Rugrats‘ Tommy Pickles and The Powerpuff Girls‘ Buttercup

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  Voiced by: E.G. Daily.

Fun fact: Daily took over the role of Babe in Babe: Pig in the City, from her Rugrats’ co-star, the late Christine Cavanaugh (who voiced Chuckie), who was the voice of Babe in the first film.

13. The Real Ghostbusters‘ Egon Spengler and Animaniacs‘ the Brain

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  Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche.

Fun fact: LaMarche went on to voice Kif Kroker on Futurama.

14. Animaniacs‘ Pinky and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ Raphael

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  Voiced by: Rob Paulsen.

Fun fact: Paulson also voiced Yakko Warner and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff on Animaniacs.

15. Darkwing Duck‘s Megavolt / Elmo Sputterspark and The Simpsons‘ Homer Simpson

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  Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta.

Fun facts: Castellaneta might be synonymously known as the voice of Homer Simpson, but, in reality, he has actually had a rather extensive voice-over career. He has voiced characters such as Arnold’s Grandpa Phil on Hey Arnold!, Earthworm Jim on Earthworm Jim, and the Genie in Aladdin (the TV series).

16. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!‘s Fred Jones and Transformers‘ Megatron

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  Voiced by: Frank Welker.

Fun fact: Welker was the original voice for the character of Fred and, since 1969, has continued to play him in almost every animated adaptation and reboot of the series.

17. The Flintstones‘ Barney Rubble and Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats‘ Heathcliff

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  Voiced by: Mel Blanc.

Fun fact: Known as “The Man of 1,000 Voices,” Blanc was literally the voice of almost every single classic cartoon character, including Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, and of course, Bugs Bunny, whom he continued to voice up until his death in 1989.

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