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lgg5989 · 2 years

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MavDad: Little League

A/N: Here is the next installment of MavDad. As always, please leave any ideas for more chapters in the comments, I would love to try and bring them to life!

ps. tomorrow’s is a Father’s day special

1. He Knew | 2. Superhero | 3. Career Day

Also on Ao3!

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Mav couldn’t help but think about how hot this July was as he sat with Carole in the stands of the Pee Wee Reese little league baseball field.

It was the last day of the little league finals and they had been here since before breakfast, it was now well past dinner but excitement filled the air. Brad’s team had made it through the elimination rounds and were in the sixth, and final, inning of the championship game.

The stands were rowdy, with parents chanting and cheering for their respective teams. The kids were exhausted, finding their energy only from the excitement of the crowd and each other.

As Brad walked up to the plate to bat, Mav and Carole both stood up in the stands.

“You got this bud!” Mav shouted over the crowd, catching his eye, “don’t think, just do!”

Brad gave him a small nod, and a smug smile. Mav watched as he got up to the plate, took his stance, cocked the bat back, and swung.

“Its…ITS OUTTA HERE!” the baseball announcer shouted as the ball flew over the fence and ran along the ground.

Brad dropped his bat and leisurely jogged the bases, giving the crowd a show. His team was waiting for him at home plate, the score now 2 to 1 with Brad’s team up. Brad shot Mav and Carole a smile before returning to the dugout.

As the crowd settled and waited for the next at bat Mav couldn't help but think back to a few months ago when all Brad wanted was to learn how to play baseball.

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Mav couldn’t wait to get off this damn plane, it was one thing flying Mach-Jesus to outrun the enemy, it was an entirely different thing to be beaten to death by turbulence. He hated flying if he wasn’t the pilot in the cockpit and the pilot of the C130 he was riding in was giving them a bumpy ride home.

As they came in on final approach all he could think about was seeing Carole and Brad again. He had talked to them a few weeks prior. Carole told him about her promotion at work and that the dryer had broken, again. Brad told him about his friends at school and how they were learning to play baseball.

“Uncle Mav, when you come home can you teach me too??” his excited voice crackled through the line.

Mav couldn’t have kept the smile off his face if he had wanted to, “of course bud, I will teach you as soon as I get back!”

Landing was just as rough as the ride, but the doors were open and everyone was rushing to get off the plane and reach their families. As Mav stepped off the plane and searched the crowd he immediately spotted Carole’s bright dress, and next to her a jumping Brad. As soon as Brad saw him he started running towards him. Mav crouched down and caught him in a hug.

‘Damn, I don’t remember you being so heavy,’ Mav muttered to himself as he picked Brad up and walked back to Carole.

Carole shared a smile with him and a kiss on the cheek. He knew that she missed Goose every day, and he tried to make their lives easier however he could. She was his best friend. While he knew he couldn’t take the place in her heart for her husband, he could see that he held another special spot, as the brother she never had but needed.

The trio made their way to the car, smiles on their faces, their little family was back together again.

As soon as they got home Brad was showing Mav all of the things he had done since Mav had been gone - drawings of them he had made at school, A+ spelling tests, and the new trick he could do on his bike.

After dinner, Mav headed out to the garage to get tools to fix the dryer. ‘Man you really need to get Carole a new dryer BEFORE the next deployment,’ he thought to himself. Just as he had turned the corner at the back of the house he saw Brad rushing towards him.

“Uncle Mav! Can you teach me baseball now??”

Mav gave a small chuckle, “well bud, I have to fix the dryer for your mom. But, I guess that can wait for tomorrow, huh?”

With an excited cheer Brad went to get the glove that Carole bought him a few days earlier. An hour or so later, after getting dinner cleaned up and realizing Mav hadn’t started fixing the dryer, Carole found them in the backyard playing catch. Before either of them could notice her, she grabbed her camera and snapped a picture. Mav had his back to her and was about to throw the ball to Brad, who had the biggest smile she had ever seen on his face.

The next day, Carole filled out the paperwork signing Brad up for the local little league team.

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As the final inning came to a close with Brad’s run being the final one of the day, Mav and Carole rushed down to the dugout with the other parents to celebrate. Everyone was cheering and excited about the win.

“Uncle Mav! Mom! Did you see me hit it out of the park?!” Brad shouted as Mav and Carole scooped him up in a hug.

Carole gave him a big smile, “we certainly did, and I believe that deserves a special treat. What do you think Uncle Mav?” she said as she turned to Maverick.

“I’m buying,” he said with a grin.

On their way home they stopped at their favorite ice cream shop where Brad got to choose whatever he wanted. As they pulled into the driveway, Mav looked back at his nephew to find him passed out in the back seat, with his home run ball in his lap.

Mav smiled to himself, even though he was gone a lot and he felt like he was failing Goose, today made him feel like maybe he was doing an okay job after all.

#top gun fanfiction #top gun #top gun maverick #rooster top gun #bradley bradshaw #pete maverick mitchell #carole bradshaw #nick goose bradshaw

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freezingclimber · 1 year

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It’s ok to dislike something but...

After years of going through different media, finding thinks I like and dislike about them, I’ve come to realize that disliking something is fine, even if it’s well-liked but understanding why so many people like something you dislike helps you get a better appreciation for that piece of media overall. LIke, I find Naruto hard to sit through because, despite it not being as long as One Piece, I don’t like the pacing of the show. BUT, I understand that there are a lot of plot-lines that are really well done. Naruto himself is an incredibly compelling character for how he tries to do things outside of the book (since being inside the book doesn’t help him), which is why his NINJA WAY is brought up so much. Plus some people just like how cool ninjutsu is. I may not be a fan of Star Vs for the will-they, won’t-they stuff, but there are so many moments that I flat-out love, from the show covering prejudice and differing race/class structures in Mewdipendence day or when Marco confesses how he looks up to the image of Jackie rather than just her. And don’t get me STARTED on the Spider with a Top Hat episode. A lot of people dislike MHA because it takes what could have been an interesting idea of a quirkless superhero and goes back on it one episode in. But Midoriya still suffers from his quirkless-ness, not being able to reach anywhere near his fullest potential without injuring himself. Not to mention, the show has a lot more to say than just quirkless-ness by talking about the ins-and-outs of hero society and how vilains are made, what a future society with better quirks can do, how those with different quirks get treated for those quirks, so on and so forth. A lot of people also dislike games like Danganronpa and Kingdom Hearts for multiple reasons but the fight between Hope and Despair, Light and Darkness, the sacrifice of characters like (person who was murdered in game 1 case 4 and the murderer in game V3 case 1), the determination of characters like (person who was murdered in game 1 case 2 and game 2 case 4), the struggles of being a nobody, the deep connections between characters like Sora and Riku and Roxas and Axel, they mean a lot to people. All these things aside though, it helps dig you out of the mindset of thinking things are “objectively bad” because you don’t like them, or it keeps you out of the mindset of finding technical/minor problems with something and trying to justify your dislike. Thinking like that can lead to a toxic spiral of an inflated ego or a sense of having your tastes being tied to critical opinion. idk just some thoughts.

#criticism #naruto #my hero acedamia #mha #star vs the forces of evil #danganronpa #kingdom hearts

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iliketowrite1996 · 2 years

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This Change in Me 1/6

THEMES AND TRIGGER WARNINGS- affection, characters missing for periods of times

DISCLAIMER- I own no right to any characters or places associated with Marvel

I had never really thought about all that goes into being a superhero. After all, it’s not like I’m a second grade teacher by day and a crimefighter by night. Beyond the uniform and the spandex is something more, as I am starting to realize- motivation.

Beyond the powers, the serums and the special abilities lies determination- a willingness to take a risk . To fight for what is right, and for those you love.

I’ve never felt that. I’ve always had an admiration for heroes, but never the desire to be one.

Until a week ago.

‘’How does a whole team,’’ Cassandra begins, her words painted with impatience, Southern accent getting thicker as her dark eyebrows furrow, ‘’just… disappear>’’ Her words contain venom in them, acrylic nails tipping against the metal table as she wants for what we all are waiting for- a real answer.

‘’I’d love to know the same,’’ Rochelle begins, her brown eyes trained on Nick Fury.

In this room are the wives and girlfriends of the Avengers- Pepper Potts-Stark, Rochelle, Wilson , Cassandra Barnes, Laura Barton, and Alicia Rodriguez- Rogers. The girlfriends of Tony Stark, Sam Wilson, James Buchannan ‘’Bucky’’ Barnes, Clint Barton, and Steven Rogers, respectively.

‘’Ladies, I assure you that we are doing everything we can to locate them,’’ Fury attempts, earning himself a scoff from Cassandra.

‘’Would have been a lot easier if we’d gone with the back up system like I’d suggested,’’ Natasha doesn’t even look up from the computer that she is tapping away on, diligently searching for a signal from any of the men,

A week and a half Tony, Sam, Bucky, Clint, and Steve were sent on a mission. Realizing that they needed help, they called in reinforcements. That’s where Peter Parker and my boyfriend, Shang-Chi, come into play.

Shang-Chi and I have been dating for three years. Him being an Avenger came at no surprise to me. After all, who hadn’t seen the viral video of ‘’bus boy’’? Meeting him and seeing a viral video of him, however, are two different things. Despite his very impressive fighting skills, Shang-Chi is very lovable, very kind, and very dependable. He’s always someone that you can count on, which makes me understand how he was added to the team.

It also reinforces in my mind, yet again, how a simple day to simply be together and get a little shopping done for my classroom, turned into him getting called on a mission as back-up…

Only for you to find out that he’s missing three and a half days later.

‘’All I know is that I want my husband back, and I want him back now,’’ Alicia informs, ‘’They told you this mission was going to be dangerous, and you insisted without the proper back up. That’s on you. Now fix this mess.’’

The confidence and authority with which Alicia speaks is very much like the way that Steve speaks. It’s more of a demand than a request, and Fury knows it just as well as I do. Her posture shows confidence and there’s no getting her to back down, which shouldn’t surprise me. After all, Steve met her as she trained new recruits, noting her firm but fair disposition.

At least, that’s what Shang-Chi told me as we made dinner together one night about a year ago, himself invested in the ins and outs of other people’s relationships.

‘’Alicia, we are doing everything er can to locate our team.’’

‘’They should not have been out there in the first place,’’ Pepper reminds, moving to sit next to Natasha, ‘’This is the last known location from three days ago Why weren’t we notificied the minute that they went missing?’’

‘’Do you think we’re going to contact you every single time they go missing? It’s part of the risk. It’s just never been this long,’’ Fury reminds, ‘’You know that.’’

‘’I want to know why you waited three and a half days,’ Laura beings before pointing at all of us, ‘’When they all have families.’’

Rochelle rubs her seven month pregnant stomach at that, ‘’The last time people just disappeared, they were blipped. A giant alien crashed to earth again?’’

‘’Be real,’’ Cassandra speaks again, folding her arms in front of her chest, ‘’And theny ou sent the kid, and her boyfriend out there? After you’d lost them? Did that seem wise yo uoi, Fury?’’

‘’You should know the risk associated. You are not that far removed from the field, agent,’’ Natasha begins,standing and stretching, ‘’But arguing is getting us nowhere. We are organizing a search team for them now, and that is why we have called you all in.’’

‘’We have an idea on how to locate them. However, sending in other members of the agency may alert them that they are there to rescue them. So I’ve thought of another idea.’’

Captain Marvel

‘’Wait, Ms.Marvel is coming here,’’ I pipe up, earning looks of distress and abit of annoyance from those around me, ‘’Sorry.’’

‘’You’re not the one who needs to be apologizing, sis,’’ Rochelle reminds you, ‘’So, Fury. What is this brilliant plan of yours?’’

‘’To spend the next few days training a group of highly capable individuals, ‘’ Fury says, ‘’Some experienced with this line of search and rescue, and others fairly new to it. But all with the same motivation- to find them.’’

Something in my stomach begins to turn, something similar to nervousness but without the usual side of nausea that I so often associate with THAT emotion.

‘’We thought who could be better to search timeout than the people that mean so much to them, and who they mean so much to,’’ Natasha brings an edge of nervousness to her statement, gently craving through her false sense of confidence.

‘’And who would that be,’’ you hesitate to ask, mouth dry as you feel that you already know the answers.

‘’Ladies… how do you feel about being temporary Avengers?’’

@ashanti-notthesinger @destinio1 @afraiddreamingandloving @starsshines-blg @airis-paris14 @syreanne @chaneajoyyy @90sinspiredgirl @shemiahsmelanin @zillmonger @skysynclair19 @marvelpotterlove @constantlycravingtheunknown @imaginewhoever @wakanda-inspired @pocmarvelworks @theunsweetenedtruth @dreampovx @adrioola21 @supremethunda @ashanti-notthesinger@mcusocialimagines @priya212 @kumkaniudaku @airis-paris14 @alexundefined @fonville-designs @dramaqueenamby @mellowjellow6 @ashanti-notthesinger @destinio1 @afraiddreamingandloving @airis-paris14 @chaneajoyyy @90sinspiredgirl @shemiahsmelanin @zillmonger @skysynclair19 @marvelpotterlove @constantlycravingtheunknown @imaginewhoever @wakanda-inspired @pocmarvelworks @theunsweetenedtruth @dreampovx @adrioola21 @supremethunda @thisiskayesworld @mcusocialimagines @vicmc624 @lovely-geek @battoddster @niffala @angstlover

#shangqi x reader #shang chi #shang-chi #shang-chi x reader #xu shangqi #shang-chi fanfic #marvel fanfiction #marvel fanfic #Marvel AU #reader insert #reader inserts #reader insert fanfiction #sam wilson #steve rogers imagine

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pandemoniumskey · 2 years

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The Silver Kitsune

A/N: This is for an assignment for my Beyond Superheros Comics class (the name is longer, I'm shortening it for you). For this assignment, we had to create a character that would fit into the comic world of Watchmen.

Now for this assignment, I got 100% on it which I am OVER THE MOON SOOO EXCITED about.

My professor even said "Wow! Such a well-imagined and well-written character... I love how you hold back details from the reader as well as the characters in the story to increase their impact. Clever integration into the book's plot, and real-world tie-ins with the blizzard! I think Alan Moore would be impressed... I certainly am. Thanks for a great read! :)"

To everyone reading, I hope you enjoy this because I know I was having a blast creating it.

Love you all, Pandemonium -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Journal #2 April 14, 1974 My hair has turned silver. The scientist says I am no longer the woman I was before and I have been given the ability to choose my name to join the new age of masked adventurers (or so to be determined, the government is trying to enact a new law banning these masked people). My name will be Silver Kitsune like the hair on my head and the abilities I have been given for doing all things mischievous. From what I was told, I can cause frozen blasts, transport things from a different area of town and become invisible. The invisible thing intrigues me. Goodbye to Aurora Goodwell and hello to the new me.

Journal #14 August 10, 1974 I know I haven't written anything in a long time, I have been more than busy with training. The government has finally released me from the confines of the lab. They say I am good to rejoin normal society and do as I please. I must not tell anyone what I can do, or there will be major complications. I am thankful for being gone. Jon weirded me out. It was like he had a cool disregard for anything living and breathing. They say I was created like him, but why am I not like him? Why do I not act like I have no emotions? Will this come with time? Please don't let this come with time.

Journal #15 August 11, 1974 I met Rorschach. This came after I froze the thieving bastard he was chasing after. I hadn't even known the guy was a murderer until Rorschach told me what he had done. I took the knife from his hand and stabbed it into the chest of the frozen man. I introduced myself to him by my real name, Aurora. Rorschach invited me for drinks as a sort of thank you for catching the guy I was chasing and making my job easier. He told me I would be meeting some colleagues. I am to meet them at the bar on 8th at 8 sharp. Ironic.

Journal #15 Continued August 12, 1974 It was a hit! The night went great and I am sure I made some friends. It makes me feel better considering I remember nothing of my past aside from my name Aurora Goodwell – which the scientists told me – and my age, 29 – which again, the scientists told me. I know nothing of friends or family, or even pets and though that frightens me, I will not push too hard. Maybe in the future, I will tell Rorschach, he seems like a man that can keep secrets. Now back to why I am making this entry, I did not tell them what I could do. Not comfortable enough yet. Rorschach knows and thinks it is cool. I made him swear he would say nothing unless he wanted me to freeze him solid. Not wanting that, he agreed. Instant acquaintanceship. He told me I could become an adventurer like the rest of them and I thought this was a great idea and so I told him my idea of a costumed name.

Journal #16 August 23, 1974 I must say, this costume makes me feel powerful. As I look in the full-body mirror, it hits me. I never thought these powers would amount to anything but harmless pranks and childish fun, but they are being used for good. The outfit Nite Owl (Dan Dreiberg) helped create for me that shows off my name. I told him of these powers since I had no idea where to begin. It is simple, dyed silver and silky fabric that hugs close, a belt with multiple black and silver tails connect to the front. The face mask is silver and looks like a fox face to the snout and goes over my head with a spot for my hair to come out in a ponytail. --- The group went out crime-fighting tonight, and though everyone has their attributes when working together, I just can't do it well. I found that I get overwhelmed easily when all together. When we split up, I felt much more comfortable, it was easier. I was chasing a thief, he had connections to the drug ring we were trying to take out. He wasn't too far ahead of me. I became invisible in the hopes that he would think he got away and it worked. He peered over his shoulder and not seeing me anymore slowed to a stop. This is when I reappeared in front of him and punched him the face! I was surprised he did not put up more of a fight, he looked deflated and gave up. I contacted the rest of them and shared the news of my first minor success. The adrenaline of the chase pumped through my veins and I felt alive. I was the Silver Kitsune, here to stay.

Journal #163 November 5, 1976 THEY COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT MY PARENTS ARE ALREADY DEAD! Those awful scientists, they kept such important information from me! I know I said years ago that I would not worry about it, but this had always been a sore spot, especially seeing Laurie with her mom Sally on occasion. They were murdered when I was a teen, I remember this now. Though I remember nothing before or after, I remember the news from the officer that pulled me to the office in high school, telling me the awful news. They were murdered. I remember the office feeling colder as my emotions plummeted and I sobbed on the floor. New York City is suddenly going through a cold spout, it is normally cold, but not this cold.

Journal #168 December 25, 1976 Rorschach and I are getting closer. Today as a Christmas present, he told me his name and took his mask off. He is Walter Kovacs and his hair is bright red hair. He told me he cannot bear to see his face, but I think it looks wonderful. He tells me the mask is his true face, the one he wants to be known for and if that is what he wishes, that is what it will be. This entry is short, but Walter or Rorschach, if you ever read this, I have grown feelings for you. I may never tell you this, but it is here and safe.

Journal #170 January 29, 1977 It appears I am the cause of this major blizzard that started yesterday. Lake Erie had already frozen over completely earlier this month and the snow is piling higher and higher as time passes. I was spending a night with Walter when it all came back to me. It hit me hard. I was kidnapped by the government in the middle of making my first novel to become their experiment for what I am today. Though the whole process was torture. I was kept in a small cold cell that smelled of mould. When I wasn't in the cell they were poking and prodding at me with needles and other scary looking instruments. I remember being in constant pain, it was not similar to the creation of Dr. Manhattan at all. When I came out of it this time, I was on the floor in Rorschach's arms and I was howling. It took me a moment to regain my thoughts and realize I was clutching his muscular arm and had a fistful of his shirt in the other. What do I do if the government punishes me for this?

Journal #171 February 2, 1977 The blizzard has ended. The snowdrifts have pilled higher than telephone poles and are covering cars. I discovered that 29 people were killed. Many of them froze to death in buried cars. I cried when I heard that in Walter's arms. He doesn't show it, but he is a sweetheart when he wants to be. I honestly didn't mean to harm anyone when the blizzard happened. I had no idea that I could even use my power to this extent. We are not allowed to leave our homes, not like we even can with the snow piled so high. I guess I will be here for a while, sorry buddy. If you ever read this, know I enjoyed our time together.

Journal #173 August 3, 1977 And so, it has happened. The Keene act was put in place, they said a big factor of it was the blizzard earlier this year... oops. It angers me to think that the government does not want to keep everyone safe. I had earlier been asked to relieve myself to someone and retire, but that is not happening. I refuse to abide by the Keene act and put my mask away. Others have given themselves up already – Dan Drieberg and Laurie Juspeczyk along with everyone else, but that will not be me. I will keep fighting crime. These people do not understand that there are just somethings cops cannot do. Beating a bad guy for information? They cannot do that, but I can. Rorschach said he refused as well. We are now fugitives, should we get caught well, it's jail time for us, right? It is just me and him against the world of crime and the world of politics.

Journal #175 October 12, 1985 The Comedian is dead. He was killed by someone in his own home. Though I never really liked him much, this does not mean his death has not shaken me badly. Rorschach thinks someone is out to get masked adventures and said we should now begin watching our backs more frequently. This terrifies me. I knew our job is dangerous, but what have I done to life to have someone feel the need to hunt me down and kill me? I have not written in this journal for a very long time. I only just recently found it hidden in my closet at Walters. I guess I should break the news that we moved in together some time ago. It was maybe the best feeling in the world aside from that first high I got way back in 1974 after my first stopped criminal. We have become partners in more than just crime, but in life as well, but this is a secret meant just for us. I looked at the blood-soaked ground as Walter walks through it, sign in hand. "THE END IS NIHG" when he made that, he told me of the true face of the world. Through all the smiling and dense ignorance and glitz and glam lies a truly violent and disgusting world. The world we live in, the world we fight against. The true world across the whole world. The Comedian knew this and so do we. Life, I feel, will become much more interesting than it has been. I have yet to tell Walter that I am carrying his child, five months in. I can still fight and investigate, and that is what I plan to do.

Journal #176 October 21, 1985 Rorschach was arrested. He was setup I know it! After he went to speak with Moloch again, we noticed he was already dead. He told me to run, he knew something I didn't and I got away. I am thinking of hanging low for a while, but I want to keep investigating and help him. I am currently trying to find a new lead. Once this case is done, I think retirement is inevitable.

Journal #177 October 31, 1985 Dan and Laurie stopped by, they said they had a surprise and it turns out they got Walter out of prison. I was ecstatic when I saw him. He stepped into the small apartment we shared to get a new mask. "I'm pregnant," I accidentally blurted out. At first, he seemed angry then he was worried and banned me from any more work. The more I tried to protest the more stubborn he became, so I stayed behind. I also told him that because of this little bun, I am going to retire, he agreed. I just wished it would be after this was over.

Journal Entry #178 November 2, 1985 I am tired of being cooped up in the house. Walter has been gone for a while and I am bored and hungry. I'm thinking of Italian food today. At least that's what the baby wants. It's near Maddison Square Garden, I have not been there in a while. I remember that place, it was near the bar I went to with the guys on 8th. I'm looking forward to some good food, a nice cool drink and some good music. I hope that Rorschach can take a moment to rest and enjoy the day with me soon, I miss him already.

#watchmen #rorschach #oc #journal #project #fanfic #power

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amara-iceleb · 3 months

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Week Two: MegaWatt Celebrityhood in the Social Media Era

Celebrities can use their influence for good simply by amplifying often ignored voices and using their own voices for change. Celebrities have become more and more effective change makers as time progresses and people are much more willing to openly support a celebrity when they know that they share the same morals and beliefs. Even if a celebrity using their voice doesn’t change the course of the universe, they undoubtedly teach someone, somewhere about a cause they would’ve otherwise never known about and in a day where news has been decentralized — for better in some cases and for worse in others — it’s crucial that information about human rights and environmental justice are shared, especially because others who speak about them could and probably would be censored.

I think they can become superhero(ine)s for change. Because celebrities often are the ones to propel trends to mass popularity, they could and often do the same with social movements. Celebrities showing that they care about certain causes would not only inform people about those causes but also encourage people to join them. During the BLM movement, many celebrities were seen marching which amplified the word about BLM and got more people to go out marching. Since the phenomenon of celebrity is so tied to idolization, people very often want to replicate things their favorite celebrities do or they find celebrities that mirror what they do. In this way, they could bring being a social change maker into the cultural zeitgeist as something cool or noteworthy which would only make people more emboldened to use their voices.

I would say that the nature of celebrityhood is kind of undergoing a change but it’s obvious that many celebrities aren’t quite convinced. Many mainstream celebrities have been noted to only say the safe thing or only speak at a safe time. Some celebrities refuse to speak about human rights issues and only speak on environmental issues in a small scale (like using reusable water bottles or paper straws). Other celebrities speak once in a while like encouraging their fans to vote or speaking out against the overturning of Roe v. Wade but then become silent in the face of any other social or environmental strife, often being noted as people who wouldn’t speak up for anything that doesn’t directly affect them, Of course, there are some celebrities that chose to use their piece of the limelight for an abundance of social good, like Jane Fonda and Susan Sarandon mentioned above, but, today, they seem to be anomalies.

I definitely agree with taxing them at a higher rate seeing as they don’t seem to be slowing down their private jet usage without it. I do think this would solve a small piece of global warming caused by airplane emissions and overconsumption but I think a lot of the change would come from the 1% in general being taxed and discouraged from doing such harmful things. Like most issues concerning climate change, it would take a large shift in lifestyle for people who live so absorbently and that’s a much broader area than just celebrities.

I don’t think they deserve to be rewarded too much if they align with social causes. In this day and age, it’s so common for people to be politically active and use their voice for change, so much so that the everyday person is more of a change maker than the average celebrity. I also think when looking back at celebrities who used their voice to amplify social causes (again, such as Jane Fonda and Susan Sarandon) they don’t expect any reward and they don’t brag about it when promoting their projects or things alike. As of right now, celebrities have to catch up with us and, when they do, hopefully it’ll be so normal and commonplace that nobody would have a second thought about any of it.

I think in order to discern greenwashing from a true commitment to sustainable innovation, you’d have to look at a celebrities past, present, and future actions as well as investigate whatever it is that they are saying/selling. Taylor Swift, for example, had teamed up with UNICEF to guarantee clean water and called climate change one of the “horrific situations that we find ourselves facing right now,” yet routinely tops the charts on highest private jet usage and has been notably silent since, what some have called, her “political era” in 2020-2021 (https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-political-song-documentary-miss-americana-1203473948/). From that evidence, it’s best to assume that Taylor Swift doesn’t actually care about the environment, at least, not as much as she has claimed to, especially since her tour isn’t/wasn’t eco friendly, nothing in her merch shop is sustainably made, etc. etc. If she were to change her tune and start becoming a climate activist and changing the things I listed, it would be easy to say that she isn’t greenwashing when talking about climate change and I think that level of analysis should be done to every celebrity to make sure they aren’t greenwashing since Swift certainly isn’t the only one to use climate change as a temporary platform to garner public support.

I think celebrities of the next generation will be known for their art in the way all artists used to be known for their art. Politics and art and being a human being in this word is so intertwined that it won’t be separated and people wouldn’t expect it to be. Celebrities would use their voice for change and honesty tell their audiences what they believe in, in order to promote the cause. It would no longer be taboo or seen as a “downer” to bring up politics at a concert or at a press interview. Everything in the future would be one and celebrities wouldn’t have to be scared to speak in fear of being ostracized.

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vgrc-llc · 4 months

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helenhuntingdon · 5 years

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Idk if yall have been following autostraddle march madness (you should I love it every year but this year was!!!)

I knew from rounds ago that one of juliantina would get to the end, and will probably win! and fair enough tbh tbh

but I’m so !!! that alex danvers has got this far

I seriously cried at her coming out!!! wherever supergirl is rn (better than it was I guess though I’m way behind - I’m glad nia nal got pretty far as well!)

but Idek what it was about alex danvers’ coming out and I’m bisexual not a lesbian but still as a wlw coming out it somehow resonated so much?? the never having a relationship but thinking she was just busy and then seeing maggie and realising! her coming out at all the different stages, having a sister to come out to (which I haven’t yet but) and the relationship with maggie... like autostraddle says, it was her figuring it all out, where we’ve all been, coming out to herself especially, the most important of her coming outs!

and ‘we should kiss the girls we want to kiss’, fucking iconic and words we should all live by!!!

Idk it was beautiful to follow and meant so much and seeing it confirmed that it meant so much to so many other people to get to the final 2 has just reminded me how much this story meant to me??

#autostraddle #the non terf wlw site #femslash #alex danvers #supergirl #now get her back her girlfriend !!!#link #and seeing a coming out in a non soap kind of ?#that they weren't like hmm but why have her be gay what does that add to the show lmfao #a show can be a superhero(ine) show and have a coming out!#and Ik at the same time we want stories and characters who don't have to come out~#like maggie was that and should still be in it #but at the same time I don't feel like my experience has been shown that much?#I've felt sth at so many gay male coming outs and a couple of bisexual male coming outs #the gay ones aren't quite there for me being bi - the bi male ones are a bit closer #as are the wlw coming outs usually lesbians and this one #I mean voting honestly throughout on the best or most affecting coming outs #alex danvers is 1 for me!!! of wlw and one of the top for all coming outs #I know there have been some bi women coming outs but I guess I haven't watched enough that I haven't had that experience yet #why I need to watch abby's for a bi woman obviously!!!#I'm not sure if it has a coming out but autostraddle says it does #which I don't want to read properly for spoilers but yeah I hope so I will cry #anyway I should get back into supergirl #write a fic and cry or sth

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miraculouscontent · 3 years

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I say Miraculous AU where Luka comes on the trip as a chaperone.

- Marinette stressing over what happened with Fu and now being guardian. Tom and Sabine are actually concerned about their daughter and want to do something about it, so when Luka visits the bakery to say “hi” to Marinette, they recognize him (he’s been in Marinette’s room in “Silencer” so they’ve almost definitely seen him before) and ask him to go along on the trip with Marinette, with them pulling all the strings to find a way for him to join. Luka isn’t a fool, so he happily agrees. Tom and Sabine like, “oh don’t forget to ask your parents if it’s okay,” and Luka’s just, “trust me, she’s fine with it.”

(optional bonus that, since the whole class but Lila went, there is actually an extra seat that they’d reserved for her before she backed out when she thought Adrien was going to stay behind)

- During the scene where Ms. Mendeleiev offers Marinette her seat, Luka moves in after the switch has been made, chiming in to offer Marinette his seat so she’s not uncomfortably crammed in between two adult men. She’s surprised at the offer, but thanks him and swaps with him, earning a nice window seat in return.

- At nighttime, Marinette wakes up (her head probably slipped and it hit the wall; didn’t hurt but she’s awake now) and slips out of her seat to go check on Luka to see how he’s doing. She giggles at the popcorn Mr. Damocles has dropped on him, finding it cute, then carefully reaches over to wipe off the pieces. She turns to leave, but her earlier motion brushing the popcorn off wakes Luka up. He gently calls her name and slips out of his seat to join her; she tries to apologize but he just smiles and assures her that it’s fine.

- While on their way to the back of the plane, Marinette trips slightly on Alya’s foot (as Alya is sleeping on Nino and her foot was partly in the aisle; Marinette didn’t bump into it earlier because she didn’t have to move to the side for Luka back then). Luka steadies her and Marinette covers her mouth to suppress a yelp, then they keep walking to the back.

- Still, the movement woke Alya up and she glances back to look at Luka and Marinette watching the sunrise together. Confused, she nudges Nino so the both of them can look together. Alya comments that she’s seen Marinette making “lovey eyes” at Luka (referencing “Captain Hardrock” and “Frozer”), but Marinette is so OBVIOUSLY into Adrien and “can’t be honest about her feelings.” Nino chimes in that he’s having “best bud struggles” too because Adrien is still as sheltered as ever and “won’t come out of his shell.” They get the idea to perform “Operation New York” as in the original and think that it’ll be totally easy with no roadblocks whatsoever!

- Meanwhile, Marinette and Luka have their talk about her getting her “clarity.” Marinette sighs and admits that it feels like people are going to talk about her and Adrien no matter what she says/does (which tips Luka off that something’s wrong), to which Luka replies with a smile that he promises not to bring up Adrien for the rest of the trip unless Marinette does so first. She agrees to that, even giving him a “thank you” hug that he eagerly returns.

- On the ride to the place everyone’s staying at, Alya tries to engage Marinette in conversation about Adrien, clearly smug and feeling confident that it will be easy, but then she realizes that Marinette isn’t paying attention and is idling on her phone. Alya nudges Marinette, earning her attention, but when Alya starts talking about Adrien again, Marinette’s phone goes off and she looks back down at it, now giggling. Alya, now annoyed, asks Marinette if she’s even listening, which gets Marinette to look up and really give Alya her attention. “Oh, sorry about that. I was texting Luka.”

- Alya is just, “?????”

- Yes, this special is very much going to be Alya and Nino suffering to try to get Adrien and Marinette alone together and constantly failing. You’re welcome.

- No sliding door lock-ins because that’s dumb and the special is dumb for thinking it. Also, when Alya goes to mock “tease” Marinette about her Adrien crush in front of Sabrina, she turns to realize that Marinette is with Luka talking to Miss Mendeleiev about where he’ll be staying since he’s not technically with the class, and/or Luka is talking to some of the New York people about how amazing Marinette is ala Jagged Stone.

- Later in the night, everyone sneaks out to the party (bonus if someone comments that they “never took Luka for the type to sneak out” and Luka just grins like, “You clearly haven’t met my mom.”; double bonus if Luka stumbled into Aeon and Jess’ room with Marinette and Adrien, so Aeon was all “those two are--!” before seeing Luka and being confused) and a few party-goers ask Marinette and Luka if they want to dance to the energetic music. Marinette grins nervously and insists that she’s clumsy and will just end up falling all over people (a few pout and complain that “it would’ve been fun” but drop the subject).

- Cue the superhero hot dog vendor (a description I never thought I would say but here we are) handing out hot dogs. Aeon (foreseeing what will happen; it does pain me to still put her in the roll of “love square shipper” but I’m trying not to change what characters do or how they act unless I’m specifically adding things, meaning the main change is just that Luka’s here) and knowing that Luka interfered earlier, sees the guitar case on his back and quickly requests that he play some music alongside Jess since they both play guitar. Luka agrees, assuring Marinette that it’s alright and he’s not interested in having hot dogs since he’d just get crumbs on his guitar.

- Alya and Nino grin because they’re finally going to do something here!! As in the original, the hot dog vendor only has two hot dogs left and Alya and Nino split them in half, handing two halves of the same hot dog to Adrien and Marinette, who eat their respective half.

- Marinette yelps as her feet leave the ground and Luka’s head darts up on alert. He immediately abandons his guitar, his hand reaching out and catching hers as pulls her back down (or at least as down as she’ll go while still floating). He looks up at Adrien - as if to consider helping - but Adrien doesn’t want it and seems to be having fun trying to figure out how to fly, even muttering to himself about how he wish Kagami were there because they could’ve done “air fencing.”

- Luka looks back at Marinette, ensuring that she’s okay. She’s staring up at Adrien, expression mixed, then looks back at Luka, his presence grounding her as she calms down. She almost seems to forget that Adrien is there, focusing on her current flying capabilities and how light on (off?) her feet she is.

- “Oh...oh!” She gasps, realizing with a grin. “I can’t fall over if I’m floating! Luka, dance with me!”

- He’s caught off-guard by the enthusiastic request, then chuckles and nods in agreement, happily taking her other hand as well as he guides her to the other people dancing.

- Cut to the next day when the group is going to the museum. Alya and Nino are absolutely exhausted because Luka has consistently gotten in her and Nino’s way, which leads to them coming up with the new scheme with Aeon and Jess.

- Nino sends Adrien to the planned room and Alya goes to send Marinette, but Luka catches on and casually asks Marinette if he can go with her. Alya cuts in to “playfully” dismiss Luka and tell him to stop “hovering over Marinette,” leading Marinette to slowly walk off with one longing look back at Luka.

- Luka intentionally waits for Alya to not be watching anymore, then follows after Marinette.

- Episode plays out mostly as normal, though because Marinette has to carry Luka off to somewhere safe, she’s not as easily able to go off after Chat until later since she had time to cool down. Aeon doesn’t die but Paris is still a wreck because Chat Noir didn’t show up, leading to the same Chat Noir quitting scene (just with Ladybug calling out Chat here instead of mid-battle) as before. Adrien still ends up having to leave and Alya still snaps at Marinette, which leads to Marinette chasing after Adrien (mostly due to just mounting stress and pressure and the loss of her partner).

- As Marinette lies on the pavement, Luka shows up, soaking wet because he had actually never gone back with the rest of the class; he’d run off when Ms. Mendeleiev explained to him that Marinette was missing. He panics when he sees Marinette lying motionless there, running up and quickly checking her for injuries and to ensure that she’s breathing. She just leans forward and hugs him without warning, defeated but happy to have him with her.

- Marinette slowly explains the situation, Luka looking horrified when she starts talking about what Alya was shouting at her about, and he listens all the way up until the end before pointing out, “You didn’t have to like him that way to want him to stay.” “W-what?” “Marinette, you can be Adrien’s friend and still want him to stay in New York with us. It didn’t have to be any deeper than that.”

- His words cause Marinette to realize something; she - and definitely her friends as well - had put so much weight to everything she did for Adrien just because of her silly crush that of course she couldn’t see him as a friend. With all the insistence that getting him permission to go to New York and wanting him to stay was due to her crush, it was all she could focus on. She can want things for Adrien and want to do things with him regardless of her feelings for him, and she doesn’t have to put a name to those feelings either; she’ll never be able to truly move on if she keeps equating any good feeling towards Adrien with crushing on him.

- That done, Luka helps her up and they slowly walk back to go inside, though stopping as they see that Ms. Mendeleiev is at the front of the building chewing out Alya and Nino; both of them for sending Marinette and Adrien away from the group for fake tasks at the museum, and Alya specifically for sending Marinette after a car in the rain. Ms. Mendeleiev states that they’ll talk about it more inside but everyone should get back to their rooms for now.

- Marinette heads back to her room alone (as she shared a room with Alya but Alya’s getting a talking to at the moment) and is later visited by Uncanny Valley, who explains that she’s needed. Marinette - now with renewed confidence in how she feels thanks to her revelation - doesn’t say that she “can’t imagine Ladybug without him” and instead states that she and Chat Noir are partners, and a partner doesn’t abandon the other. She did it once herself, a long time ago, but she was ready to face her mistakes afterwards and she hopes that Chat Noir is too.

- Cue return of Chat Noir (no LadyNoir hug because no Chat, you have to earn that back) and the battle plays out as usual. Adrien still has to go home and Marinette sends him a text for later saying, “I wish you could’ve stayed,” but with a smile on her face, confident that this really is a friend thing and that’s all it needs to be.

- Marinette and Luka end up sitting together on the plane ride back to Paris, right behind Juleka and Rose. It’s nighttime, but neither can sleep and Marinette decides to use the private time to thank Luka for what he said (really, all the things he said), but Luka assures her that any improvement is all on her and he’s just happy to be around for it. She chides him for his modesty and tells him to take the compliment because he deserves it (they’re just flirting at this point), then slips out of her seat and into Luka’s, lightly jabbing at his chest with a finger while insisting that he accept everything’s he’s done for her. He laughs and replies that he’s happy to do that and is just glad seeing her smile.

- Eventually, the subject shifts to Juleka and Rose, who are once again sitting in the same seat, all cuddled up and sleeping together. Marinette asks playfully if Juleka and Rose are like that back on the Liberty, to which Luka nods and answers that they are, all the time. They have a good giggle about it, with Luka explaining that they’re very close (possibly giving some exposition on how long they’ve been “together” which is obviously referring to dating but could be seen as friendship by writers who are chickens).

- Marinette thinks about that for a moment, fingers briefly twitching, then she settles a little closer to Luka, asking quietly, “Do you think we’re that close?”

- Luka gapes at her in response, needing a moment to study her expression - which is more confidence than he’s ever seen her show before - and make sure that she means what he thinks it might. Once he’s certain, he gives her an almost shy smile, replying, “I’d like us to be. What about you, Marinette?”

- Marinette turns more towards him, one of her hands falling upon his. She leans up, and the camera then cuts away to Juleka and Rose in the seat in front of them, smiling and cuddling closer to each other (a very obvious hint that Luka and Marinette kissed because the show is allergic to people kissing if it’s not the love square so fine, I’ll get creative)

- Just as the screen fades out, Marinette’s voice can be heard, saying, “Luka, I think I found my clarity after all.”

#category: salt #special: Miraculous New York #MC's Adjustments #adjustment: plotlines #adjusment: romance #other: ask and answer #Pro LukaMari #Lukanette

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dreamifics · 2 years

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I bet you think about me (steve rogers.)

summary: After Steve went back to time, he left one more special person who was depending on him with all their life. Based on Taylor Swift’s song ‘ I bet you think about me’. This take place in my own AU, I think...

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To Steven Grant Rogers,

3 AM and I'm still awake I'll bet you're just fine Still awake in your city

New York without you feel so empty and lonely, with all the busy streets and sea of people, it still felt so dreary and depressing. Here I am, laying in bed on the witching hour but I bet you sleep so peacefully there. We’re in the same city but on a different time and date. Yet I can still feel your touches in my body, your shadows still walks my apartment and all I could do is watch myself miss you everyday. Even Sam and Bucky misses you...

I’m visiting DC for a couple days, I’m walking the path he once took every morning with Sam.

“Hey, Y/N!” I hear a familiar voice called out from behind, turning I saw them. The two guys he once called his bestfriends.

“Sam! Bucky! How are the two of you doing?”

“We’re good.” They look at me with concern, I know what that means so I smiled showing the fact that I’m fine when in reality I’m not.

“Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine.” They just nod and engulfed me in a hug.

“We miss him too.” I smile as tears involuntary flooded down my face. It’s nice knowing I’m not alone

And it's better than mine And the girl in your bed has a fine pedigree And I'll bet your friends tell you she's better than me

You’re probably having a great and it’s obviously better than mine. Crying is now part of my daily routine, every time I wake up without you by my side, all I can do is sob with the haunting thought of Peggy laying beside you and you’re probably showing her off like she’s the best thing that ever happened to you and we both know that’s a lie.

“Steve! Come on! Our dinner is waiting for us!” I said as I emerged from our shared bedroom, Steve was just there. Leaning in the kitchen island with that charming sweetheart smile.

“What?” I asked obviously flustered and coy. This man is the most nicest and sweetest person in this world. I don’t know how I got him. He just chuckles and shakes his head.

“You know you’re the best thing that ever happened to me?” I laugh as he moves closer to me, hugging me in the process. His good boy cologne entered my nostrils and it was the most intoxicating thing I ever knew.

“Oh really? What about being America’s number one superhero?” I joke knowing what he’s going to answer.

‘I don’t need glorifications, all I need is you and just you.’

“I don’t need glorifications, all I need is you and just you.” I laugh as I looked into his eyes, I saw my future, I saw my life.

Well I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circle Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love Always sit around talking about the meaning of life And the book that just saved 'em that I hadn't heard of

I tried to fit in to the most complicated part of your life and that includes your superhero friends who invites me to their expensive parties and I know that they only invited me because of you. I tried my best to listen and try and connect with them, listening to them talk about science and their cool missions. I had no idea what they’re talking about but I just smile and nod all for you. And it’s all gone to waste because you threw it all out.

“Tony! Remember the battle in New York when Hulk beat the god out of Loki?!” Clint voice boomed all through out the tower, and I just sat there in my own silence while Steve was next to me holding my hand like he won’t ever let it go.

“What about Ultron?” Laughs erupted from their lips as Natasha brought it up.

“Oh, Y/N. I forgot what do you do again?”

“I’m an accountant.”

Silence crept into the room, I felt the insides of my stomach drops as the quietness reaches my ear.

“That’s a very boring job.” Vision commented making everyone burst out laughing and I just smiled. I know it wasn’t meant as an insult but it still hurt me, I felt Steve’s grip on my hand tighten. It made me relax and a little comfortable in this awkward situation.

But now that we're down and it's over I bet you couldn't believe When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave And I bet you think about me

The day you left me was the day I died, you we’re supposed to just take the stones back. But what happened? Did you see her? How could you leave Bucky? He needs you. I need you. We both need you. I still remember the last words you ever said to me.

“Will you come back?” I asked knowing he might see her there. He just smiled at me, it comforted me a little, but it wasn’t enough.

“Of course, you won’t even notice that I left.” That didn’t age well.

“I love you..” He just pulled me in and kisses me in my forehead.

“See you again, Y/N.” He murmur.

And with that you walked away from me, Steve didn’t say ‘I love you’ back, he didn’t call me by my pet name. All he said was that, but he’ll come back. I know it. Bucky and Sam moved to my side and gave me their comfortable presence. It’s like they knew something I didn’t.

And I was right, they knew you won’t come back’, but I didn’t. I hoped and hope that maybe you just got lost and that you’ll make your way back to me. But based on what Sam and Bucky told me, you settled down with her. Your first love, Peggy Carter. I thought you moved on, she obviously moved on from you. You left me so easily with no hesitations, it’s like I never even existed. Are you happy with her? Are you happy knowing I’m not? You’re a selfish jerk, me and Bucky needed you so bad.

But I know you won’t forget about me, I know you’ll soon realized that I’m something you regret leaving. Every time you touch her skin, you see my face waiting and hoping you come back. When you roam New York, I know you’ll see me everywhere. I know you’ll soon realized that I’m harder to forget than I was to leave.

And I bet you think about me..

Oh, block it all out The voice is so loud Saying "Why did you let her go?" Does it make you feel sad? That the love that you're looking for Is the love that you had

I know you’re blocking out the voice of regrets and sorrow in your head but that voice will get louder and louder with each passing days. It will ask you over and over again “Why did you let her go?”. And I’ll ask you too in this letter that I hope you receive. Why did you leave me for a woman who was fine without you? You should’ve stayed with me because I’m not fine living without you. Does it make you sad that when you realize that what’s between you and Peggy can’t amount to the love we had. To dancing around to all the music you missed, to watching the movies Sam recommended.

“What did you think about Harry Potter--Are you crying?” I asked seeing him teary eyed while avoiding my eyes.

“I’m sorry it’s just--Snape was a good person all along!” He pointed to the tv while I die laughing.

“Do you want some tissues?” I asked, he just nods and took it from me.

“What’s next on our list?”

“Oh, you’re going to love this. It’s The Lion King.” I squint my eyes on the note that Sam gave us the other day.

“Make sure it’s not a sad one.” He added.

“Yes.. It’s a happy movie.” I smirk as I play the movie.

But now that we're down and it's over

I bet it's hard to believe

When it turned out I'm harder to forget than I was to leave

I hope you cry as hard as the day you cried to Titanic, now that we’re nothing but strangers with memories together. I know it’s hard to believe when it turns out that forgetting me is like remembering a song you only heard once. And just like that song, I’m always on your mind until you find it. I hope this letters receive you in good health, I may hate you with all my heart but I still love you with all my own. Be happy with Peggy, but not too happy. You’ll spend all your loving day with her and I’ll spend mine alone in New York. I hear from Bucky that you started a family with her. You can pretend all you want but I know that you miss me--

And I bet you think about me.

I bet you think about me, yes.

I bet you think about me...

Signed

From the girl you left so easily

Y/N M/N L/N

#angst #steve rogers x reader #steve rogers imagine #avengers x reader #avengers x you #avengers x y/n #Steve Rogers #marvel #captain america #oneshot #steve rogers x y/n

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thebibliomancer · 2 years

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Essential Avengers: Avengers #266: “... And the war’s DESOLATION!”

April, 1986

Earth’s Mightiest Super Heroes cannot save the Earth... this little man can. But to do it will destroy him!

Why does it look like they’ve put Molecule Man into the shame circle?

Actually, when I first saw this cover, I assumed that the Avengers plus Silver Surfer were putting Molecule Man on trial for some reason. Given what happens in Secret Wars II #9, it seemed like a reasonable dumb thing for them to try.

Anyway.

Last times on Avengers and on Secret Warses: In 1984, a super powerful cosmic being called the Beyonder kidnapped a bunch of heroes and villains and then bonked them off each other like action figures. Doctor Doom then stole his power and became the big bad of the story. Due to the heroes and a little skullduggery, the Beyonder got his powers back and then ditched the story.

Later, the Beyonder decided to come to Earth to experience life in his favorite universe. There are a lot of tie-ins where he tried various things and slowly became disillusioned and angry but here’s the Avengers’ side of things.

In issue #260, the Beyonder teleports Nebula away before the Avengers can catch her, due to Firelord saying something stupid and the Beyonder interpreting it ultra-literally. Then when they came back to Earth in issue #261, he played tag with the Avengers, without telling them he was doing this. This led to a lot of anxiety from the heroes as the super powerful cosmic being kept showing up and doing senseless things. Wasp tried to invite him onto the team to keep an eye on him but he declined, as he still had some more Earth tourism he wanted to do.

Then he became super disillusioned and decided to destroy Earth, the universe, and everything. He didn’t get around to it right away so several superhero teams tried to beat him up to no avail. The Avengers showed up to talk to him and he blasted them away with a tornado and captured Captain America. Then when the Avengers tried to rescue Cap in issue #265, he effortlessly stomped them but left without killing them.

That’s a lot.

But wait, there’s more.

Avengers #266 is an epilogue to the last Secret Wars II issue so I have to go over that in brief.

So the Beyonder was still going to totally destroy the universe. But he changes his mind because to get rid of this discontented feeling he’s feeling, he’d have to also erase his memory of the Marvel Universe and he doesn’t actually know what he is without it. Or whether there’s a him to know. His memory starts with his discovery that there was another universe.

Instead, he decides to take Molecule Man’s suggestion to become mortal. So he builds a machine that will make him a meat body, shoves all his power into a giant light bulb, goes through the machine and pops out a mortal, immediately panics, and hugs the light bulb to turn himself back. Then he’s immediately overcome with the ennui of being an omnipotent space jackass and turns himself human again. This time he enjoys running around and feeling mortal but Mephisto shows up and tries to torture the Beyonder now that he’s just a squishy mortal.

This makes Beyonder paranoid that becoming mortal will make him vulnerable to every jackass with a grudge (of which there are many) so decides to make a special new meat body that will have semi-unfathomable power but still be mortal.

While he’s working on that, pretty much every superhero is summoned by Rachael Phoenix to kick his ass. He distracts them for a bit with the dead and then resurrected and brainwiped New Mutants but they get down to his secret base and get their asses kicked. Molecule Man puts up a fight but he too is no match for Universe Man, Universe Man Powerful as an entire Universe Man.

The Beyonder slaps them all aside like flies, carving a gouge in Earth that wiped out the Rocky Mountains. The collected mass of superheroes were shielded by Molecule Man so they survived but the effort hurt him badly.

When the heroes return to the Beyonder’s base, they find that he’s put himself through the machine again and is incubating as a baby. The heroes question what the moral thing to do is given he is now baby. But they also question what is the smart thing to do since the machine is also containing the Beyonder’s UNFATHOMABLE power.

Molecule Man makes his own decision, exploding Baby Beyonder and then containing the outburst of released power by opening a portal to the Beyonder’s void. It sparks a big bang and starts a new universe but not THE New Universe. Although that would have been good arc welding.

Anyway, point being, the Beyonder is definitely dead forever and everything is good. Except that the massive wound he did to the Earth is causing the planet to fall apart.

That’s less than ideal.

Since Silver Surfer is a bit out of the loop with all these Secret Wars, Monica helpfully explains.

And since I’ve already fully recapped Secret Wars 1 and refuse to fully recap Secret Wars II, here’s the highlight.

Monica admitting that the Avengers just lost track of him for a while (despite building a Beyonder detector) and that by the time they were looped back into the story, he’d gone from being a friendly terrifyingly powerful cosmic entity who liked to play tag to a pissed off one.

And also Monica listing every superhero group that got involved seemingly in one breath. If she had to breath in her light form, which she does not.

Captain Marvel: “We Avengers finally confronted him here in the Rockies... That’s when the X-Men, the New Mutants, Alpha Flight, the Fantastic Four, the West Coast Avengers, the Vision and the Scarlet Witch, Cloak and Dagger, Power Man and Iron Fist, Spider-Man, the Hulk and you got involved! After it was all over, the Avengers and the F.F. stayed to mop up -- the others either left for their own reasons or we sent them home! But that was before we realized the magnitude of the crisis that still remained!”

I love the Avengers/FF telling everyone they can go home only to realize that the world is doomed.

Granted, of the people they sent home..... ehhhhh I think only Rachael Phoenix would be all that helpful. Maybe Magneto if he really stretches himself to his more bullshit levels.

After everyone was sent home, the ground started shaking and collapsing into an OCEAN of lava.

Black Knight dislocated his shoulder trying to catch himself on a rock and went plummeting. Namor flew down to save him but the intense heat dehydrated him so all he had the power to do was fling Black Knight to safety before falling himself. But Namor was rescued by Mr. Fantastic making an arm lasso.

I know that these are all super heroes but this sure is a lot of adjacency to hot molten lava with little effect. The fact that Namor is dehydrated by it but Black Knight doesn’t get cooked inside his own armor just makes it inconsistent.

Mr. Fantastic gets a pass though. Unstable molecules. They can do anything. They can fix the sun. It’s stupid but they can.

Anyway, all of that exciting nearly dying was an hour ago. The Avengers and FF are trying to think of a way to fix ‘Earth dying.’ The military is trying to support them but have their hands full preventing anyone from wandering into the giant gaping chasm in the Earth’s crust. Also tending to injured civilians.

Which is where Molecule Man wound up, actually. He and Volcana wandered off from the heroes to get Molecule Man medical help. Since the fight with the Beyonder really tore him up. But in a way that medical science for normal humans can’t really detect.

Would have been smarter to ask Reed but he has his hands full.

Full of a goofy geo-stress analyzer.

He has Johnny Human Torch Storm absorbing as much of the heat of the OCEAN OF LAVA as he can to try to stabilize things while Reed takes some Reedings.

And there’s bad news and weird news.

The bad news is that the Earth is totally going to break apart into cosmic rubble due to the damage in the crust causing axial wobble.

The weird news is that Reed’s first estimate is that the end of the world would happen within the hour. But the hour has passed and the old girl is holding together and it seems that the deterioration of the crust and mantle is slowing.

The bad news again is that his new estimate, based on his latest reedings, is that the Earth only has about six hours.

More than none but not a lot of time to find a solution to a chunk of the planet just being gone.

Meanwhile, Hercules gets bored of everyone trying to do science and not simply fixing things and decides that if the problem is a giant chasm carved out of the Earth, he’ll just fill it. With rocks.

She-Hulk tries to gently tell Hercules that um that’s not going to work but Namor tells Herc that he’s a big, muscle-brained dumb idiot who is immune to reason and will just have to fail on his own time.

Herc is not immune to reason (he was a fairly clever dude in his myths) so he throws away the giant rock and complains that he hates it when Namor is right.

But now that Captain Marvel has shown up with Silver Surfer, they might have better options than throwing a giant rock at the problem.

Wasp: “What’s the situation, C.M.? What does it look like from high up?”

Captain Marvel: “It -- it looks like the end of the world!”

Captain America: “Don’t talk that way, lady! We’ve been in tough situations before! We’ll find a way to lick this!”

Black Knight: Good old Cap -- ! Somehow, he always makes you believe you’ve got a chance! Boy, am I glad he’s here!

Not the last time it’ll be commented on that when Cap says something like ‘I’ve seen worse’ or ‘we’ve trained for this’ he’s instantly believable no matter how ludicrously absurd the situation.

Even though the Power Cosmic is one of those Do Anything powers (including letting you talk to squirrels) Reed is doubtful that even the Silver Surfer can handle this.

Mr. Fantastic: “I’m not certain even your power will be enough, Surfer. What the Beyonder did to this region extends far beyond the obvious geophysical instability.”

Silver Surfer: “You are right, Reed Richards -- millions of cubic miles of crust have simply dissolved away. If this wound in the Earth’s surface is to be sealed -- the dispersed matter must be drawn back and reassembled. I do not know if I am capable of such a task, but I shall try.”

And Silver Surfer tries. He tries with his “full, unfettered power!” He tries for fifteen minutes and expends terawatts of power and creates one (1) strip of land across the lava ocean.

Which immediately starts to collapse.

And then Silver Surfer gives up.

He just doesn’t have the oomph to close the chasm in one go and now further unsuccessful attempts might just worsen the chasm.

So... maybe call Dr. Strange? Or Phoenix Rachael?

Maybe a group effort?

No? No!

Captain America has an idea instead! Let’s find Molecule Man and get him to do it! He recaps the events from Secret Wars II #9 when Molecule Man shielded the heroes from the Beyonder’s wrath AND even moved all the civilians out of the path of the giant furrow he cut into the world.

He’s the only person that Cap knows who can operate on the level of power they need.

Captain Marvel says despite Molecule Man being a villain in the past, the fate of the world is at stake so they’ve got to ask him.

Hercules gets offended that they have to ask him instead of just forcing him to do it but Black Knight points out the obvious. If he can fix the Earth and they can’t, how can they force him to do anything?

Hercules: “What? You think him more powerful than I?”

Black Knight: “I’m afraid so.”

Weren’t you at the battle, Herc?

She-Hulk points out that he dropped a mountain (technically it was a mountain range) and that he might fold under the pressure and make things worse.

But they don’t really have other ideas, just a lot of naysaying, so Silver Surfer uses his COSMIC SENSES to locate Molecule Man. Which he can barely do since his energy signature is so weak.

Back over at the little medical center that Molecule Man and Volcana ran away to, Volcana has gotten nervous that all the doctors and soldiers have been asking questions about Molecule Man. So he comes up with an escape plan.

Which is beautiful in its simplicity.

He turns the tent around his medical bed into a balloon and Volcana fills it with hot air.

HA HA EAT DUST EVERYONE ON THE GROUND WONDERING HOW THAT HAPPENED

Truly Molecule Man and Volcana have gotten away completely.

Until Captain Marvel shows up just to talk.

Unfortunately, all Volcana knows Monica from is from Secret Wars where she went through Molecule Man’s impenetrable shield because it was invisible thus, y’know, light could go through it.

Anyway, Volcana immediately blasts Captain Marvel.

Volcana: “Gone... the witch is gone!”

(Thankfully, Monica was doing her ol’ hologram of herself trick and was immune to lava heat blast)

From her vantage point on Silver Surfer’s silver surfboard (Toomie), Wasp decides errors have been made.

Not in selecting Captain Marvel.

Wasp: “She’s the most capable Avenger I have -- next to Captain America.”

Hah, eat shit Hercules, Namor, and Black Knight.

Granted, that’s no knock on them. Monica is just cool.

But the error was that Molecule Man (and Volcana) are just unknown quantities so maybe sending someone to talk to them wasn’t a good strategy.

But Silver Surfer suggests his own plan.

Use the Power Cosmic to alter the winds to just gently crash Molecule Man’s hot air balloon hospital bed where all the heroes are so they can talk to him.

Reed tries to assure Volcana that this isn’t a trap and that they just want to talk.

It may have worked.

Maybe, maybe not.

But it definitely doesn’t work when Johnny loudly whispers that he could totally take Volcana in a fight. And that he kinda wants to. Please let him.

Volcana flips out, decides that the heroes want to hurt Molecule Man, and throws the first lava blast.

But her supervillain career is a couple of fights in Secret Wars I so she doesn’t really have a lot of supervillain discipline or whatever you’d call it.

When her first attack is effortlessly blocked by Invisible Woman’s invisible forcefield, Volcana just crumples to the ground and starts crying that she failed her “Owie” (Owen. Molecule Man’s name is Owen so her nickname for him is Owie. Its not great but they’re a very lovey dovey couple).

Monica reassures Volcana that nobody here wants to hurt them, they just want to talk, and after the talk if Volcana and Molecule Man want to leave, they can.

Although Silver Surfer points out that there’s not going to be much of a place left to leave to.

Silver Surfer: “The impending catastrophe threatens the entire planet!”

Molecule Man: “You think I don’t know that, Surfer? The ‘catastrophe’ would have happened by now if not for me! Even as we speak, I’m literally holding this planet together... and let me tell you, it’s not easy given my condition.”

Oh, neat. There’s that mystery cleared up.

But Molecule Man can’t do much more than slow down the Earth’s destruction. He’s way too wounded and worn out to stop it and if he tried to do more than he is, he risks burning out his power or dying.

Cap(tain America) tries to convince him given that... well, Earth is where Molecule Man and Volcana live. Its where all their stuff is.

Molecule Man: “Nope! We don’t have to die! You see, in a few hours I’ll be well enough to construct a little impregnable survival capsule for Marsha and me! It won’t be a palace but it’ll have life support and everything we need to live until I’m fully recovered! Then I’ll find us a new world to settle on! Or, who knows, maybe I’ll build my own!”

Molecule Man also suspects aloud that Namor and Hercules are both thinking of trying to punch him into saving the world, based on the fact that they’re giving him maximum stink-eye.

But. That’s also their resting pissed off face. So they may not even be paying attention.

Captain Marvel tries to reassure Molecule Man that the Avengers don’t coerce people to save the world but She-Hulk really is giving Molecule Man the stink-eye and all but punching her own palm.

So this looks like a job for... THE WASP!

Wasp: “You aren’t really going to just save yourself and let everything else go to pieces are you?”

Molecule Man: “The world didn’t do a whole heck of a lot for me most of my life!”

Wasp: “But, think about it -- ! No more Sak’s, no more children playing hide and seek, no more sunrises off Cape Cod...”

Molecule Man: “Hmm... no more of my favorite T.V. shows, either! Marsha and I sure would miss the F Troop reruns!”

Haaah.

When Cap(tain America)’s high-minded idealistic speeches can’t make the difference, trust in Wasp to remind what’s good in life. Shopping, the concept of children, and cool scenery.

No, I really love it.

Molecule Man is a dingus. A petty small-minded dingus. That’s why he was a joke despite his power-set. Even after getting an epiphany power-up in Secret Wars I, he really only wanted a girlfriend and a mundane life.

And that’s fine! Or at least better than when he tried to eat the planet just for the hell of it.

But it means that Cap’s idealism can’t really get its hooks in Owen but Wasp pointing out experiences that will be gone if Earth kersplodes works. It’s something he can connect to. Not her specific examples but like, it reminds him that his favorite show isn’t in space. I mean, it might be, but it would be a pain to track down those signals.

Kinda reminds me of in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when Arthur Dent couldn’t conceptualize the idea of the Earth being gone. Until he went smaller and thought of all the Things in his life that were now gone and knocked himself for a loop.

Anyway.

Molecule Man is still hesitant. Because if he tries and fails, he won’t have enough energy to escape.

It’s a death or glory situation.

Or a death or death or glory or worse situation. Because he can succeed and still manage to kill himself or burn out his powers.

And if he does that latter thing, he won’t be able to defend himself from the government kidnapping to try to reverse engineer his powers.

Cap(tain America) promises that the Avengers wouldn’t let that happen because rights! America! Apple pie!

Molecule Man asks Volcana what she thinks but she just says he’s the most important thing to her.

Molecule Man: “Uh-huh... Still, I know that it’s so hard for a truly cosmic being like me, to start over on a whole new world... but it’s a whole ‘nother thing for a relatively normal human like you! Okay. I’ll do it.”

Aww.

Doing it for F-Troop reruns and avoiding the inconvenience of meeting new neighbors.

After preparing for several hours Molecule Man sits by the edge of the giant lava chasm and prepares to SAVE THE WORLD. With Silver Surfer’s help.

Silver Surfer: “You understand that you must open yourself completely to my power if I am to be of any help.”

Molecule Man: “Tell me the truth, Surfer -- ! The reason you’re doing this is because you think I’m a wimp, right? You think when it starts to hurt -- and it will -- I’ll give up! So you plan to try to force me to go on even if I’m being torn apart inside, right? Let’s face it, you guys would rather I was dead or de-powered! You don’t like the idea of a guy as powerful as me walking around! Well, you’re going get your chance, Surfer! ‘Cause now our energies are linked! A little push from you at the critical point -- and I’m history!”

Then they start SAVING THE WORLD.

Mostly it involves glowing.

I mean, what it really mostly involves is reaching out and grabbing all the matter that was carved off of Earth and bringing it back but that’s happening far away so from a spectator’s perspective it mostly involves glowing.

Also some mountains start happening.

Molecule Man starts screaming and begs the Silver Surer to stop, which he does do. But it’s fine because the job is done.

The Rocky Mountains are back, there’s not a giant lava ocean, all the people Molecule Man shifted into subspace to protect them from the Beyonder fight are back, a place for every molecule and every molecule in its place.

Oh, and Molecule Man used so much of his power that he’s reverted to normal. His weird scars are gone and he’s just Normal Guy With Hot Girlfriend Owen Reece now.

The heroes say they can’t repay Normal Guy Owen Reece for sacrificing his powers for the world (but Namor secretly thinks how much saner the world will be without someone with Molecule Man’s power around) and promise to keep Molecule Man’s role in everything a secret if he wants. Which he does want.

He just wants to live a normal life. In Normal Denver.

Silver Surfer takes off with Normal Owen and Volcana to bring them back to Denver.

While Hercules and She-Hulk hit it off. Like immediately. Over their respective attractiveness.

And thus was born She-Hulk’s recurring romantic fantasy in her second solo book.

Anyway, when Silver Surfer returns Owen and Volcana to their apartment, Volcana is surprised to find it in great condition. It was busted up one of the times that the Beyonder popped in for a visit.

Owen explains that while he was fixing the Earth, he also fixed their apartment. I mean, why not? And why stop there? He also fixed the X-Men’s mansion, fixed earthquake damage that the Beyonder caused in San Francisco, and various other things.

Basically, Owen fixed all the assorted damage from Secret Wars II the event comic book.

Volcana: “But if your power was burning out, Owie, why did you do all that extra stuff? Unless you somehow forced him to, Surfer!”

Owen Reece: “No, Marsha. He didn’t. In fact, he could have pushed me too far... or possibly even have sucked my power out of me when he broke contact! But he didn’t! All he did was help me. And he was so unselfish, he gave me so much power, that I didn’t have to strain myself as much as I thought I would --”

Molecule Man: “-- so I didn’t lose anything, babe!”

DUN DUN DUN!

This is almost framed like a cliffhanger surprise villain reemergence.

Except its still Molecule Man and he’s still not much interested in being a supervillain anymore.

He just wants to live a private life with his girlfriend and with powers that make it so he never really has to worry about any material problems.

Silver Surfer: “I envy you.”

Ha.

Silver Surfer: “I lost the freedom of the cosmos in defending this planet -- while you risked all to save the Earth, yet kept your life and love! You are a lucky man, Owen Reece. May we all one day know such happiness!”

That’s nice.

Silver Surfer actually admits to Molecule Man that he very easily could have snuffed out his powers while they were linked. And that he was tempted to. But that would have been an act of fear while Molecule Man leaving himself open was an act of courage.

Silver Surfer: “Evil stems from fear, while true courage is a sign of good within! I simply allowed your courage to inspire mine!”

And Silver Surfer flies off and that ends Secret Wars II the comic book event. Both as a narrative and in this Avengers book.

And in terms of this issue as an Avengers issue, it wasn’t.

This is a Molecule Man story with the Fantastic Four and Avengers hanging around. I wish this had just been Secret Wars II #10 as an epilogue and not taken over the Avengers.

But it did happen and that at least lets me talk one more time about Jim Shooter’s apparent favorite theme.

The conflict of gods and humanity in one person.

Secret Wars II is about a lot of things but what it comes down to is the Beyonder and Molecule Man. An unfathomably powerful cosmic entity who is infected with humanity and ultimately can’t handle it. And Molecule Man, a normal guy who gains godlike power, has in the past been all supervillain out of a desire for more, but has found his happiness in life.

The various godlike people that Shooter introduced or reimagined in his Avengers run like Graviton, Count Nefaria, Korvac, and even Beyonder-power Doom in Secret Wars all mixed human desires with godlike power and became monsters.

Molecule Man is Shooter’s counter example. He has human desires but they’re fairly mundane. So despite once being an existential threat to the world, now he just wants to live a quiet life.

The Beyonder’s whole thing was desire. Wanting to know about it so bonking action figures together on Battleworld. Coming to Earth to experience more. Wanting more and more things, becoming infuriated when more and more didn’t bring him contentment. Lashing out at anyone that said ‘hey maybe you’re thinking too big, buddy.’

Maybe not very applicable to daily life what with all the superpowers and such but desire for more, more, always more is what made all these ‘gods’ into villains and monsters. While Molecule Man gets to watch F-Troop reruns with his girlfriend while shiny space man points and goes ‘that? that right there? that’s the kind of happiness people should aspire to.’

But if you desire more and more West Coast Avengers then good news for next week. They’re gonna fight the Rangers.

Follow @essential-avengers because I read (parts of) Secret Wars II for you! Yes, you specifically! Like and reblog if you want to but I’m not going to guilt you into it. I don’t know how to.

#essential avengers #avengers #Secret Wars II #comes to an end #Fantastic Four #volcana #Molecule Man #Captain America #Black Knight #namor mckenzie #Captain Marvel #Monica Rambeau #Hercules #the Wasp #Silver Surfer #essential marvel liveblogging

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mons1erprom · 3 years

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Oh, you can't just tease the other ship (Vicky x Polly) in the superhero/supervillain au and not tell us anything about it

/lh

fair enough.

Vicky is 'positive charge', leader of the spooky squad who possesses powerful but unstable electrokinetic abilities that are regulated by specially designed gauntlets that give her greater control over her powers, at the cost of decreasing her overall output. When the gloves come off, she's getting serious.

Polly is 'phantom thief' the most infamous thief in all of monsteropolis, by day she's a drunken party girl attending college; but by night she's painting the town red, snatching up anything valuable that isn't nailed down (along with a few things that are). She doesn't need the money so much as she needs the thrills she gets from running across the rooftops and taking what she likes. Oddly enough, Polly seems to possess some supernatural abilities similiar to that of a ghost such as phasing through solid objects and firing out energy beams but keeps changing the origin of said powers at every moment.

Now the best way I can describe this relationship is that it's basically batman and catwoman but with lesbians.

Polly had been getting a bit bored of her usual late night activites, the bumbling police force and incompetent private security firms scattered throughout the city giving her little challenge. But one night while doing a jewel heist, these superhero types show up out of nowhere and capture her flawlessly; naturally she manages to escape custody within hours and has rekindled her passion, those spooky squad dorks had given her one helluva fight and she looked foward to annoying them further.

While she liked to mess with all four of them while working thief gigs, her favorite target had to be 'positive charge' as she always gave the most hilarious reactions to her pranks and schemes; especially when she started teasing her with sexual innuendoes solely for the purpose of getting a rise out of her.

Eventually though, Polly starts to become legitimately attracted to 'positive charge'. after several run ins where she was able to get a really good look at her toned body. Starting at purely physical before evolving into something more serious.

Vicky on the other hand is largely exasperated by Polly's antics, seeing them as annoyances and nothing more. The thief totally didn't cause her to have a gay awakening and fantasize about what it would be like to kiss her, and she definitely didn't have to fight a blush from coming onto her face every time Polly complimented her, no sir.

Although the more they fought, the more friendly their relationship became to the point that they became rivals rather than pure enemies and Vicky started being a bit more merciful to Polly, trying to talk her out of her kleptomania instead of just attacking her.

her efforts have worked to a degree, Vicky being a sort of positive influence on the girl to the point that Polly even worked with the Spooky squad now and then to take down bigger problems; turning her into more of an anti-hero. Not that it's stopped her from being a thief, Polly has just too much fun with it and it's an excuse to keep seeing Vicky

regardless, Vicky remains hopeful that she can rehabilitate Polly and possibly even turn her into a force for justice....and then maybe ask her out on a date.

although things became rather awkward when Polly's bestie Zoe, a total spooky squad fangirl who is unaware of Polly's alter ego, introduced her to one of Zoe's childhood friends Vicky whom she had randomly run into on campus. The girls immediately figuring out each other's identities while Zoe remained oblivious, and agreed to keep their mouths shut out of mutual respect.

- mod zombie.

(link to original AU)

#monster prom #polly geist #vicky #vicky blue #vicky schmidt #vicky x polly #monster prom headcanons #alternate universe #monster prom AU #headcanons

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duuhrayliegh · 3 years

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social media

warnings: none? maybe a smidgen of language? fluffy bucky, bad description of dancing? idk, there really isn’t anything in this one to be warned about it just super wholesome

word count: 2437

a/n: okay so this came out longer than i meant it to, but i’m not mad at it. there’s mention of he/they pronouns and gender identity, if i didn’t do the subject justice please let me know. also tiktok mentions and all creators are tagged accordingly so please go appreciate their wonderfulness :)

p.s.: my requests and tag lists are open!!

if you want to know where these characters are coming from, check out the other parts! you don’t have to read them in any particular order!

ray’s m.list

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Being from the 1940’s, Bucky didn’t have much education in the world of smartphones and social media. When he came out of cryo in Wakanda, Shuri wasted no time showing him the ways of the iPhone. Honestly, he was stunned because there were so many things you could do with it. So much information was available at the touch of his fingers.

Shuri taught him the ins and outs of the phone. He had gotten pretty good at it, if he did say so himself. She had just begun to teach Bucky about social media when Steve pulled him back to the Big Apple. When he returned to New York, he was able to easily contact Steve, who was not as proficient as Bucky was. So when he met the fantastical group of four friends, they began to teach him. This was one of those things that they were incredibly excited to teach Bucky about.

“So you don’t have an account on anything?” Freddie held his hand out for Bucky’s phone.

“No, I have one on something. I think Instant Graham? My friend set it up for me, but she never taught me how to use it.” Freddie smiled and shook his head, dark curls bouncing back and forth.

“It’s Instagram, bubs and that’s a good jumping off point.” He opened the black iPhone and swiped through the pages on the homescreen. Coming across the sunset colored icon, he hovered his finger over it. The screen changed, opening to a white screen with the words, WELCOME to INSTAGRAM, whitewolf. Bucky smiled at the name displayed and Freddie scrunched his brows.

“What is a White Wolf?”

“I’m the White Wolf. It’s Wakandan. We can change it if we need to.” Freddie looked over at Bucky and saw the happiness on his face at the name.

“No, it’s good we can leave it.” He clicked on the profile button in the bottom right corner of the screen. “Okay, so this is your personal profile.” In the top left corner whitewolf was written with a little arrow next to it facing downward. Freddie opened the edit profile section.

“Do you have a favorite picture of yourself? You have to set a profile picture so people know that it’s you.” Bucky nodded in understanding, and then took his phone back to scroll through his pictures. He didn’t have many, just the ones that he took recently. There was hardly any of just him, but he eventually found one he deemed good enough.

“Alright, now what do you want to put in your bio?” Shrugging his shoulders, Bucky leaned back into Cassie’s plush couch.

“What does yours say?” Freddie pulled his own phone out of his pocket. The pale lilac color seemed to shine through the clear case that it wore. Opening his own Instagram, Freddie leaned the phone towards Bucky.

|| he/they || activist || va te faire voir ||

“What does ‘he slash they’ mean?”

“Oh, those are my pronouns.” Freddie received a head tilt from Bucky, so he decided to elaborate. “So, I identify as a non-binary who is comfortable with you using he/him pronouns or they/them pronouns. If you’re talking about me to someone else, you can say ‘he is at the store,’ or ‘they are at the store.’” Bucky nodded, still a bit confused on the subject.

“When do you use each one? Like is there a certain time that you say he and him and another time for they and them?” Bucky was trying to get some clarification on the topic.

“Not necessarily. Usually, when you’re first talking to someone, it’s common practice nowadays to use they/them pronouns so as to not misgender anyone. I know it probably sounds a bit excessive and a small bit over sensitive to you, but to a queer or non-binary person it makes a whole hell of a lot of difference when someone tries to be inclusive.”

“Okay, so like if I just meet someone on the street, I should use the they/them pronouns until told otherwise?”

“Yeah, absolutely. Do you want to include your pronouns in your bio?” Bucky smiled and nodded, happy with himself that he was able to understand that so well.

“So, what does it mean to be non-binary and still use the he/him pronouns? Don’t those two contradict each other?”

“Not really. Gender is a spectrum, as is sexuality, but for someone to identify as non-binary and use he/they pronouns, means that I feel that not everything about manhood accurately describes my truth. On that same hand, I still do identify as a male.”

“Right, right.” Throughout Freddie’s lesson about gender identity, he was able to finish Bucky’s profile and begin to follow the three girls. After clicking the blue follow button on all three of the girls profiles, the group chat between them started blowing up, that was a new phrase Bucky learned last week.

Evie: um, i just got the weirdest insta notif

Penny: me too???

Cassie: I did too.

Cassie: Wait, who is Bucky with right now?

Evie: DANG IT FREDERICK I WANTED TO HELP HIM SET IT UP

Bucky: My name isn’t Frederick, Evie

Incoming Call from Evie

“What do you want, spaz?” Freddie answered on speakerphone. An indignant scoff came from the other end.

“I thought we were all going to help him with that, Frederick.”

“Um, I don’t remember us talking about that.” He laughed as the door to Cassie’s apartment opened, allowing Penny to walk in and smile at the two men on the couch. “Also, when were we going to have time to do that with you being at school and all?”

“We were going to wait until the weekend!”

“Eves, you’ve been saying that for the past like three weeks.”

“Oh my gosh, fine.” Her end of the phone got real quiet, “I’ll be home in like ten minutes. I call dibs on helping him set up a TikTok.” Three beeps signalled to the room that Evie had hung up the phone. Bucky turned to Penny and began to ask about her day.

“Ya know, the usual. Rude customers, bratty co-workers, life’s a dream at the bank.” She slipped out of her nude heels and made her way to the sofa. “What have you boys been up to?”

“We have been setting Buck up with some social media and learning about gender identity and respecting pronouns.” Freddie said proudly as he handed Bucky his phone back.

“Sick! Which ones did you do?”

“All the classics, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook just for PR though because hardly anyone uses it anymore.”

“Right, and can’t do TikTok until Evie gets here. Um, did you set up a Spotify for him?” Bucky recognized the name and the memories of Shuri helping him floated in his head.

“Oh, I have one of those. That was actually the first thing that Shuri helped me set up whenever I got this thing.” He opened the app quickly to prove what he was saying. Penny smiled and gave a small thumbs up. “I do have one question.” The two of them gave Bucky their undivided attention. “What is a TikTok?”

“Right, so it’s just short videos. It’s really pretty cool and a really good way to waste time.” Freddie answered while pulling up his own page on the app.

“Yeah, and the thing that shows you videos is curated to your tastes because it’s based on your likes and people you follow.”

“I’m almost positive that Evie is going to teach you a dance and do a TikTok with you, if you agree to it.” Penny laughed at the thought of Bucky doing one of the dances that she saw on her For You page. The door to the apartment swung open a second time, revealing a winded Evie.

She dropped her school bag on the floor, hunching over while gripping the side of the granite countertop. Evie held a finger up and the group on the couch waited for her to speak.

“I ran--” deep inhale, “I ran from the subway.” Another deep breath as she lifted her upper half, stretching out her back with her hands on the back of her hips. “You haven’t done TikTok yet right?”

“No, your Highness, we haven’t done TikTok.” She smiled big and then plopped herself on Bucky’s left side. She thrust her hand toward him, wiggling her fingers. Bucky cautiously placed his phone in the center of her palm.

“This is going to be good. Okay so since your name on Instagram is whitewolf, we can’t use that for TikTok. It’s gotta be something snappy.”

“I don’t know, I think you can use the same one for both, Eve.” Penny remarked as Evie downloaded TikTok onto Bucky’s phone.

“Well, of course you can, but we’re not going to.” She giggled as the app opened. She looked over at Bucky with wrinkled brows. “Do you have any nicknames?”

“Um, Bucky is my nickname.” He said in a duh tone.

“Well, obviously, but do you have any other ones? Like, what do your friends call you?”

“Bucky or Buck, I don’t really have nicknames.” Evie groaned and threw her head back.

“Okay, well let’s think. You’re a Sergeant. Your real name is James Buchanan Barnes. Superhero name is Winter Soldier or White Wolf. You have a metal arm.”

“You’re literally just stating facts, Evie.” Freddie said from the other side of Bucky, who was nodding along in confirmation to Evie’s statements.

“I know! I’m processing. What about vibraniumjames?”

“That’s disgusting.” “Mm, yeah that’s a no from me.” Penny and Freddie talked at the same time.

“metallicsergeant? jamesbby? Any of those tickle our fancy?”

“The first one isn’t terrible, but it’s not great. Why don’t you just use whitewolf like his Instagram? Or you could do iambuckybarnes.”

“Yeah, I’m with Freddie. I like whitewolf or iambuckybarnes, it’s simple. And I am the White Wolf, so yeah.” Bucky said to a disgruntled Evie.

“Oh my gosh, fine. We can always change it later, but this is fine for now.” She set up his profile, making it match the other ones that Freddie had made. Once she was finished with her work, she turned to Bucky and smiled big again. “Now, I can teach you a dance and if you’re cool with it we can post it on your profile.” Bucky shook his head and pulled himself off of the comfy couch beneath him.

“If we’re going to do this, we need to do it right, so don’t hold back on me.” He smiled as Evie squealed in excitement.

“You know, my school friends were just dying to see the day that you got social media.” This statement confused Bucky.

“And why would that be?” Evie laughed as she scrolled through her TikTok feed, searching for the right dance to do with Bucky.

“Well, for one, they think you’re hot and they’re thirsty hoes.” She clicked on the original dance video, showing the screen to Bucky. “And, for two, they love you. Everyone does.” Bucky shook his head at that. He did too many bad things for everyone to love him.

“Hey, remember what we talked about?” Penny said from across the room. “We don’t downgrade our progress. Most of the general public is more forgiving than we give them credit for.” Bucky nodded then focused his attention on the video.

“This is Cardi B’s song Up. People on TikTok have made a challenge of doing this dance to the song. I think it originated with a girl named Mya Nicole. Anyway! We’re going to do this one, if you’re up for it.” Bucky looked at Evie with one brow quirked. There was so much shaking in this. Nonetheless, he shrugged his shoulders., it clearly was making Evie happy so he wasn’t going to take that away.

“Sickening! Okay, let’s start learning it.” It took a good hour and a half to help Bucky move his body in the way that the dance required. By the time they were ready to start filming the actual video, Cassie had walked in.

“What is happening here?” A large smile spread across her face as she watched Bucky and Evie practice one last time. A breathless Evie turned to Cassie.

“Bucky agreed to do the Cardi B Up dance with me.” She then turned to Bucky, “You ready to do this for real?” The tall man beside her shook his head while laughing.

“Yeah, let’s do it.” From the safety of the couch, Freddie, Penny and Cassie were watching the scene before them unfold. Both Bucky and Evie jumped into frame, with their legs spread wide. Throwing their fists in front of them and then behind their legs in time with the music. Bringing their hands above their head to clap and then jumping again, throwing just one hand up at a time.

Shifting to the side, the pair brought the leg closest to the camera up to their waist while hitting it back down with their fist. They both remained facing sideways as they shook the leg they just hit and ran their hands down their torso. The pair did another vertical jump, bringing their knees up to their fists. Once their feet hit the floor, they folded at the waist, slamming their palms flat on the ground.

Smiles were plastered on both their faces as they finished out the dance, knees bent, bouncing their legs back and forth while tossing their hands above their heads. Loud laughter rang out from the three friends in the living room as Bucky and Evie dropped to their butts. The video ended with Bucky and Evie yelling at the other three in the room.

“You’re definitely going to go viral with that one, Buck!”

“Like an infection?” He asked with wide eyes of concern, more peels of laughter rang out.

“No, like famous, lots of people are going to see it.” That relieved and scared Bucky at the same time. He wasn’t quite sure how he felt about it, but he knows that his friends wouldn’t steer him wrong.

“Now we can caption it something cute!” Evie breathed out as she leaned over the couch next to Cassie, who was now curled up beneath a fluffy white blanket.

“Don’t forget to tag the original creator, I hate it when people don’t do that.”

The video was posted with the caption,

iambuckybarnes: am i doing the tiktok right realpokemonevie? dance cr: theemyanicole

And it wasn’t long after posting that Bucky got a call from Steve that he needed to come into the tower.

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Paradox Bandit: Alternate Take

A comic by me and Sha-Y. Part of our NMH3: Alternate Struggles series.

Paradox Bandit was probably the alien “superhero” I was least interested in when FU’s crew was revealed way back in “The Return”.

Some noted his resemblance to He-Man, which I only recognized after it was pointed out. This comparison was strengthened during the Rankings comicbook intro that called him the “Master of Explosion”, a possible riff on “Masters of the Universe”.

Even with 2021 being an odd year for the Champion of Eternia, I wasn’t very inspired to do an “alternate take” comic with him like I did with Vanishing Point, Sniping Lee, or Black Night Direction.

Then Travis unveiled his skeletal “Full Green” armor mode and everything just sort of clicked, and a backstory for Paradox Bandit as fallen superhuman barbarian hero of a far-off planet/dimension whose Yuga-esque cyclic exploits are broadcasted on Earth ala Robert A. Heinlein’s “World as Myth” concept i.e. all “fiction” is “real” somewhere out there in the multiverse.

A quick two-punch, two-page comic script reminiscent of Travis’ confrontation with Electro Triple Star in TSA came to mind. One that satirizes the quick AND painful way writers try to shake up long-running fictional franchises, as well as the feuds that follow. We’ve seen it with He-Man, with Marvel’s Thor (whose washed-up Endgame iteration Paradox Bandit also resembles) with Star Wars, with The Greatest American Hero, the list goes on. In the stories these shifts typically occur in, the current is powerless to challenge the coming, the past is to be killed with no sincere purpose, but in the chaotic framework of No More Heroes, that needn’t be so as anything can happen.

Thus, the dismissed, diminished, and discarded demigod is given the chance to “fight back” in a raw and direct fashion that some of the archetype’s bereaved fans secretly wish they would, resulting in a metaphorical sequence rife with genuine pain, visceral delight, and undeniable horror.

Choking Hazard: 3 years of age and under.

Rather than a straw supporter of the new guard or an upright acolyte taking a former idol to task, Travis would be an interesting opponent as he’s clearly not the ideal result of the pop culture strata Paradox Bandit is supposed to represent. Despite being a fan of heroic fiction as seen in the likes of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and presumably 80s action cartoons (Travis was born during 1981 or 1982), he’s grown up into a thoroughly unpleasant and dysfunctional individual, calling into question just how effective the old way of doing things was in providing actable and legitimate inspirations for audiences. He is, in short, exactly what Paradox Bandit accuses him of being, the awkward contrarian who would like the Skeletor and Orko stand-ins over him.

That in mind, perhaps a change is needed. Although pre and post-fight, Travis tacitly argues for a method that ties in for his love of tokusatsu (see the names for the various Death Glove Chips), sequel stories that explore new themes, ideas, and characters but truly respect the virtues and spirit of the mythology’s bedrock rather than treading upon them to form a distinct platform: succession rather than supplanting (you can see that in how MotU progressed from simple toy comic tie-ins to all its much loved animated iterations, graphic novels, etc). Which is more diplomatic and preferable than Paradox Bandit’s wish to take the reins of his next cycle and lock it in a status quo where he will remain secure at the cost of stagnancy.

For his battle, Travis fights Paradox Bandit in his Full Green mode much like he does against Midori, more out of symbolism and to have at least one other Full Green boss fight on the roster. In contrast to Midori’s area control/denial battle style, Paradox Bandit fights in a much more aggressive and direct manner: causing tremors, stomping up boulders to kick towards Travis, calling down lightning, throwing his axe and calling it back, doing melee combos reminiscent of the Captain Treatments, summoning his version of Battle Cat that Travis needs to use missiles or his Tiger Attack to knock him off of, and of course, doling out EXPLOSIONS.

The fight ends with Paradox Bandit managing to badly damage the Full Green armor (to the point that it can only be used in short bursts, explaining why Travis didn’t pull it out during a crucial moment during the final boss sequence), but this gives Travis a chance to wrest his axe away from him. Screaming “By the Potence of ZweiNull! I have the Potence!” (which does nothing), he swings it down and critically wounds Paradox Bandit. As he lies dying, he expresses fear at what’s going to happen to him come his next incarnation, if one happens at all, and laments over his failures as both a hero and villain.

Travis assures him that despite how screwed up he himself is, he still lives by some of the lessons Paradox Bandit doled out as De-Max in his original show: He recycles, he looks both ways before he crosses the street, etc, which he’s passed on to his own kids. Paradox Bandit asks him if he’ll share MASTERS OF EXPLOSION with Hunter and Jeane, but Travis shrugs and says they’re not really into the kind of entertainment he likes, but if the new CG MoE show on Notflix is good, he’ll probably buy a couple of the toys if they’re of acceptable quality.

This gives Paradox Bandit some measure of peace, who says that he’s once again feeling very, very sleepy, as his body suddenly disintegrates. His axe then flies out of Travis hands and up into space, presumably to reboot MASTERS OF EXPLOSION.

I’ve actually watched the CG He-Man show. It’s actually pretty good. Radically different in lots of ways, but the essence and ideals of the Masters of the Universe remain. It also comes packaged with shockingly good humor, character dynamics, and action scenes. So check that out if you like.

Travis’ shirt is part of the logo of Forgotton Anne, a beautiful and fully-voiced indie puzzle platforming game that’s also about lost things…and lost people.

#no more heroes #Travis Touchdown #paradox bandit #he-man #masters of the universe #no more heroes 3 #nmh #nmh3 #forgotton anne #nmh3alternate

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