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strange-dreams-are-made-of-these · 2 years

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Let Me Adore You

Established romantic F!Reader x Stephen Strange

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Disclaimer: I do not own the gif that is used, i found it on google. I do not own any of the Marvel characters mentioned or their plots.

Warnings: NSFW, 18+ ONLY, DSMOM Spoilers, Smut (p in v, unprotected sex, cream pie) {I think thats it?}

Summery: after helping rebuild Kamar-Taj and getting America settled into her new studies, Stephen and the female reader finally have some alone time

A/N: Hello everybody! this is my first smut fic, so please don’t judge it too much.

The students were training in the courtyards of Kamar-Taj, surrounded by the open breeze ways and the construction. They were recovering as quickly as they could from the recent assault from Wanda Maximoff. Y/n peered up, spotting one of the students as she was practicing summoning portals. The woman had been proud of her, young America Chavez. She was a lost soul in the multiverse, just a kid. You, Stephen, and Wong agreed that America was safe now from the threats that pursued her and was welcomed to Kamar-Taj to learn the mystic arts.

The woman watched as Stephen spoke with America, about what was beyond her. All she knew was that Stephen and America saved the multiverse, the three of them had a couple of bruises and scars to add to their story collections, and all was right and well in the world. America left Stephen to go back to her lessons. Y/n walked down the corridor, watching as Stephen and Wong met with each other as they walked up a set of stairs. "Ah, y/n" Wong spoke, gesturing to the woman. "So glad you could join us."

Y/n nodded before bowing to the Sorcerer Supreme. "I think my work here is finished. Relics have been repaired, the library has been organized, and the defensive shield around Kamar-Taj has been refortified."

Stephen hummed a little. "I'm sure you also helped America feel settled in her room."

Y/n turned to face Stephen, your better other half for the last eight years. "I just find it a coincidence that she ended up in my old room." Of course, she had everything to do with that placement. Y/n had helped her get used to the layout of Kamar-Taj. Y/n knew she was going to be an excellent student. "I can admit to something though; I want to go home and lay down in our bed."

Stephen smiled, winking at his fiancé. He turned to bow to Wong, something he hadn't done before. He wrapped his arm over your shoulders as you opened a portal directly into the main living space of the Sanctum. The two of you walked through the portal watching the scene instantly changing around you. It was dark outside, the lights coming through the windows coming from street lights. Stephen checked his watch, nodding. "We have saved so much money on flight tickets. What are we going to do with all of this cash?" He asked sarcastically.

Y/n started up at him, the both of you walking up the stairs. "You're being paid for your superhero work? Who's your employer? I'd like to submit my resume." She spoke, chuckling a little at the end.

"It's this super top-secret organization called, Myself." Once stopping at the top of the landing, he pulled her closer to his side. "The pay isn't that good, but I can promise dinner twice a month."

The woman looked up at him as they walked to their bedroom. "Can I negotiate for dinner and a dance twice a month?" She asked him, leaning into his side as her arms wrapped around his torso.

"I don't know, seems a little high for somebody with your experience."

The woman gasped, one hand resting on his chest. "My experience? Excuse me, who landed in Kamar-Taj first?"

"Hmm, but I see you don't have experience as the Sorcerer Supreme."

"I have experience living with you, that should be enough."

"Oh, those are fighting words." He spoke, stopping right outside of their shared bedroom.

The woman's hands rested on either side of his waist, putting her back against the door. "Why make war when you can make love?"

Stephen took a step towards her, pressing his forehead against hers. "Well, when you delicately phrase it like that," He pressed a kiss to your lips before placing his hands over her hips. He lifted her up, her legs wrapping around his waist as her arms wrapped around his neck. He opened the door with one of his hands. Once inside the room, he spun both of them around. The Cloak of levitation that had been secured on his shoulders had detached itself, leaving the two of you. Once the Cloak had left, Stephen shut the door, putting her back against it.

The door was securely shut, and it was just the two of them in the Sanctum. Stephen's lips traveled from y/n's to her jawline, then her neck. Her nerves were set ablaze, feeling electricity consume her body. One of her hands laced a crown in his hair while peppering kisses to his forehead. She had expertly kicked both of her shoes off to the sides, taking her sling ring off and dropping it on the floor. When Stephen heard the shoes hit the floor, he began walking back towards the bed, his fiancé moving her legs wrap being wrapped around his body as he sat down on the bed. Her legs bent around him before the two captured each other's lips in theirs.

The woman gently pushed him backward, his back now flush to the blanket and mattress. His hands rested on her hips while hers let go of his hair, pressing kisses to his neck and jaw, nibbling and biting along the way. He groaned under one of the bites, "I didn't realize it was feeding time." He mentioned.

She sat up, removing her tunic top with Stephen's help. As the tunic top and undershirt were removed, his fingertips traced down her sides, a slight tremble to them. "I think you're the hungry one here," she responded, watching as he sat back up again, capturing her frame in his arms.

"I can't wait for the day I get to call you my wife," he proclaimed. The ring was secure on her left ring finger. It was beautiful, the proposal itself nice and intimate. Much like this moment here.

"Eighty-two days away, big guy."

Stephen moved one of his hands to capture her left hand, his thumb running over the ring he gave her. He turned to press a kiss to her hand, then slowly moving his lips up her forearm, upper arm, and then to her neck. This brought a soft moan from her. Stephen laid back, pulling her with him before rolling over to be on top of her. She craned her neck up as he kissed at the sensitive flesh, nipping at her skin. She craved to be closer to him, wanting more skin-to-skin contact.

She felt a warmth between them, looking to see he made use of his magic, removing the rest of their clothes, then pushing his sling ring off the bed. She laughed before entertaining his thoughts again. Her arms wrapped around his back, her fingers running up and down his spine. He had one arm placed supporting himself, while the other reached down and gripped at her leg. Her knee bent up, the inside of her thigh pressed to the exterior of his. She loved how he could be gentle, but rough at the same time.

Stephen looked at her, their eyes meeting the other. They had a silent type of communication. They had nodded at each other at the same time before passionately kissing the other. Stephen had moved his hand from her thigh to his member, placing himself inside of her. Once inside, his hand moved back, gripping at the inside of her thigh. She bit her lower lip, holding onto him while he groaned again. Once he was all the way in, he kissed her again, setting a slow pace.

The two of them enjoyed slow times, quick times, and passionate times. With everything they had been through recently, it made sense that they were yearning for each other's touch, the passion for each other. Y/n had pulled an arm away from him, reaching up to her head. His hand caught hers, holding it above her head and lacing their fingers together.

Stephen moved his face to the side, giving her the chance to kiss his neck, latching her lips to one spot and sucking on it for a little bit, her tongue licking at the skin she had marked.

She surprised him, rolling him onto his back and straddling him. She had moved up and down, quickening the pace. His hands gripped at her hips as she bounced on him, both moaning and groaning at the friction between them. Stephen raised up, his arms wrapping around her as he kissed her chest and breasts. His mouth captured one of her nipples, placing soft kisses on them. Her arms snaked around his neck, holding him near to her as she bounced, his hips bucking up into her.

Their breathing was deep, almost in tune with the others. He rolled her back over to be on her back, rushing his pace again, he needed her. He needed Y/n at that moment, and you craved for him. "Ste-Stephen.." She breathed out, her hips rolling into his thrusts.

A sweet release was emptied inside her, Stephen riding through his high as he felt her walls begin to seize around him. Her release dribbled out of her after Stephen pulled himself out. The lovers held each other in their embraces, bringing their lips to each other's. Stephen's hands sneaked around her, grabbing the blanket and pulling it up onto them. His arms then wrapped around her again, their lips parting. Their chests fell and rose as they recovered, their breathing beginning to slow down.

The woman snuggled herself into Stephen's hold, capturing one of his hands and holding it between hers. "I think we should let America stay with us. You know, on weekends."

Stephen looked at her, wondering what she was planning now. "Do you think the mystic arts waits because it's the weekend?"

She shook her head before looking up at him. "No, but..."

"But, what?"

"She lost her mothers. She doesn't have any friends here in this multiverse except for Wong, you, and me. She needs our help, and I don't want her to feel alone." She told him. Maybe it was a silly idea, but the thought of having America hang out with them a couple of days out of the week would help her.

Stephen hummed before closing his eyes. "You might be onto something," he replied.

The woman smiled before closing her eyes, her forehead pressed into his chest. The thought of having America around made her feel happy. She wanted to help the young girl as she mastered her powers, but it would be nice to have her at their wedding too.

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university student! akutagawa as ur suitor fic

now i've already posted and drafted 5 chapters of this fic on my old blog and i stopped writing it bcs i lost motivation BUT ! i wanna pick it up again bcs its just a sweet lil akuatagawa as ur suitor and i really loved the idea and i hv so many things i wanna do for it so :)) stay tuned ! i might give some 👀 sneak peaks if u ask the right question <3

kageyama x student journalist! reader fic

this one MMMMMMM i love it . its abt reader interviewing the whole volleyball team when they make it to nationals so they can write abt it on the school paper BUT !! reader has never written for volleyball so when they get to interview kageyama and realize how much he knows abt it they ask for his help :)) i have so many sweet ideas for this one and the layout is almost done so im super super excited !

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now this one . it's more imaginative than my other wips HAHAHAHHAHA AND ITS SUPER SELF INDULGENT ! basically the reader gets transported to the mtp universe due to an ability user having the ability to make portals to other universes (totally not inspired by america chavez/s) and while the bsd universe tries to bring u back the mtp guys figure out where u came from while simultaneously making sure u dont ruin their timeline by being there 😭 it's super fun and i lovee thinking abt it (but not writing it lawl) so this one is my fave<3

#⚘-dma #i dont wanna put any super tags on this one since i dont wanna set anything in stone for now #i dont feel like pressuring myself in making fics anymore 😭

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West Coast Avengers, Vol. 1 - Kelly Thompson

In brief: California keeps getting attacked and Kate “Hawkeye” Bishop can’t foil things on her own. The solution: recruit a bunch of oddballs to the new West Coast Avengers and pay for things with reality TV money. Genius!

Thoughts: This was everything I want in a Marvel comic, or any superhero comic in general. There’s humour and quirky characters and the sort of zaniness that you just have to roll with, and I could follow the action scenes, which I can’t always. The story wraps neatly, the art’s to my liking, and there’s some interesting stuff done with the page layouts too.

I think the character and dynamics are what I liked best though, apart from the premise of “superhero reality TV show” which is what hooked me in the first place. I liked seeing the Hawkeyes again, and America Chavez, but I had the most fun with Gwenpool and Quentin Quire, who I’d heard of but never met. I now want to pick up the Hawkeye comics again to see what else Kate has got up to, and might pick up Gwen and Quentin books someday. They seemed fun.

So, basically, I enjoyed this. Nothing to complain about here.

To bear in mind: Canon-typical violence. Got cancelled. The last few “chapters” are reprints of other comic book issues that introduce some of the characters.

7/10

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booksandtea · 5 years

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Fearless and Fantastic! by Sam Maggs Genre: Non Fiction | Middle Grade | Graphic Novel Length: 128 pages Published on 18th December 2018 by DK Publishing Purchase*: Amazon | Wordery *these are affiliate links Sam Maggs: Website | Twitter | Goodreads Received for free from the publisher whilst sponsoring an event in exchange for an honest review

Synopsis: More than 50 incredible female Super Heroes from the Marvel Comics universe inspire girls and women of all ages to be powerful, passionate, and persistent.

From Captain Marvel and Wasp to Storm and Shuri, this beautiful book profiles dozens of aspirational female comic-book characters, all of whom use their intelligence, strength, kindness, and courage to help others and save the world. Fierce fan-favorites such as Gamora, Squirrel Girl, and Black Widow feature alongside lesser known faces from all corners of the Marvel comic-book universe. Young girls will discover modern, diverse heroes they can relate to and look up to, including America Chavez and Kamala Khan. Featuring a foreword by Marvel Comics writer Kelly Thompson, DK’s Fearless and Fantastic! is the ultimate tribute to Marvel’s most powerful women and girls, and a treasured gift for comic fans.

Illustrated with stunning comic-book artwork, and featuring inspiring quotations, each short biography is carefully curated to focus on the character’s key abilities and achievements. With four chapters based on personal qualities– Determined, Daring, Compassionate, and Curious–this book for girls and women of all ages will create new fans of comics, as well as inspiring comic-book creators of the future.

I’ve already spoke about the Feminist Icons event I attended where DK sponsored it and I got this book.

I had a great time and figured it was due time that I picked it up as a nice break between novels I’ve been speeding through.

Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World is the perfect book to give to any younger reader interested in Super Heroes.

Particularly any girls who feel theirs no place for them in the nerdy kind of world.

This is a great collection of Female comic book characters and is broke up into different sections; determined, daring, compassionate, and curious.

All traits that any one of us can possess.

The layout of this book is the same throughout – a large illustration of the character on one side and her name, a quote, and paragraph or two about them.

Its written in a very accessable manner and often relates the characters to real life by talking about the pets they cared for, their regular day to day jobs, and what they achieve even without super powers.

The illustrations are all beautiful and whilst I’ve indicated this is great for youger readers and new fans I do also see this being a staple book for any long time comic fan too!

Whilst reading I also enjoyed tabbing any pages that featured my favourite heroes so it’ll be good to look back on in a few years and see if my opinions are the same.

4 stars / 5 stars

Super Graphic by Tim Leong Genre: Non Fiction | Adult | Graphic Novel Length: 196 pages Published on 1st July 2013 by Chronicle Books Purchase*: Amazon | Wordery *these are affiliate links Tim Leong: Website | Twitter | Goodreads Received as a gift for Christmas a few years back

Synopsis: he comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of Wired magazine’s art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more. Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics.

To follow theme I decided to pick up an older non fiction book that is also focused on super heroes.

Super Graphic is a collection of infographics based on a wide variety of comics and graphic novels.

I really liked the layout of this book as each infographic had a title and a little bit of text to explain it. This allowed for easy skipping should the pages be on a comic you had 0 interest in.

There was also a nice variety of stats used, some were a bit more personal and humorous wheras others were very factual.

Whilst I did enjoy this and can see it being an enjoyable read for some its definitely for an older audience than the first book mentioned and if you’re not big on statistics it might be a pass for you.

As mentioned, humour was dotted throughout. Sometimes the design of the infographic reflected a heroes mask or logo and sometimes the information included adult humour like “shoots white sticky stuff”. Hey its about Spider-Man you filth.

My favourite two are the ones that I’d actually love to see updated versions of: The Punisher’s Kill Count and Power Publishers.

The first because I’d love to see the recent Netflix series added to it and the secomd because I think it’d be really interesting to see how publishing has changed since 2013.

Overall a nice read to flick through but its unlikely I’d re-read it.

3 stars / 5 stars

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Comic Power Picks of the Week (8/23/2018)

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I feel like I only talk about comics on this blog if they’re a major event, a trade that stuck out to me, Mister Miracle or a first issue. I’m trying out this format to highlight whatever books stuck out to me each week in brief reviews to cover a wider range of material.

Let’s start this move away from only talking about stuff like first issues with… a first issue.

West Coast Avengers #1: (Writer: Kelly Thompson, Artist: Stefano Caselli)

Similar to the last time I talked about the first issue of an Avengers spinoff team, Kelly Thompson frames the central action of this story around interviews with the newly assembled team members. It’s an effective device to present the mindset of the characters as individuals as the series begins. Fitting as much personality for each team member as possible within the seemingly limited visual set-up of the interviews highlights Stefano Caselli’s skill for expressive faces and body language. Caselli’s work creates a tone that tows the line between grounded and cartoonish, which carries the hectic nature of the action scenes as the heroes get used to working together.

The fact that the filming crew in the story doesn’t even know what the footage their gathering will be used for emphasizes the ramshackle nature of the new LA-based team. They consist of both Hawkeyes, Kate Bishop as team leader and Clint Barton as a part-timer, Kate’s boyfriend Fuse, Quinten Quire (aka Kid Omega), America Chavez and Gwenpool. The fact that most of these characters aren’t powerhouses gets put bluntly by Quinten Quire as he arrives with the film crew to offer the team financial backing in exchange for membership. Kate doesn’t get a break from being exasperated the entire issue since it’s just one thing after another for her, from literal land-sharks to interviewing terrible wannabe-Avengers. She takes brief solace where she can find it, but it never lasts long. As the major threat of the issue and the new character who appears to help the team arrives, West Coast Avengers firmly sets up the makings of a bonkers team book.

Wonder Woman #53: (Writer: Steve Orlando, Artist: ACO and Hugo Petrus)

Reading Wonder Woman again for the first time since Greg Rucka’s Rebirth run ended has been a blast thanks to the work of writer Steve Orlando. His fill-in run on the book, in preparation for G. Willow Wilson’s run beginning in November, has been a showcase of his strengths as an action-focused writer. This issue and the previous one, detailing the team-up between Diana, Artemis and the second Aztek, returning from her first appearance in Orlando’s JLA run, to save Diana’s aunt, Atalanta, from the forces of Tezcatlipoca, form a fantastical cosmic punch-fest. ACO’s artwork completes that feel with his use of detail focused, energetic page layouts. Whenever these two pair up for a project, their best qualities complement each other and yield great results.

The sequence of Wonder Woman and company preparing to deal their final strike against Tezcatlipoca highlights the synergy of this creative team. Hugo Petrus’s pages fit in stylistically with the ACO pages surrounding them. I didn’t notice a difference until double checking the creative credits, which speaks well to the quality of the art through the book. My personal favorite part of the book comes in a page detailing Tezcatlipoca’s true nature, which confirms a favorite story of mine is canon in some form alongside a couple other deep-cut cameos.

So those are this week’s picks, let me know what you think of this format and I’ll write more of these as often as possible.

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Kiwi’s food delivery bots are rolling out to 12 more colleges

If you’re a student at UC Berkeley, the diminutive rolling robots from Kiwi are probably a familiar sight by now, trundling along with a burrito inside to deliver to a dorm or apartment building. Now students at a dozen more campuses will be able to join this great, lazy future of robotic delivery as Kiwi expands to them with a clever student-run model.

Speaking recently at TechCrunch’s Robotics + AI Session at the Berkeley campus, Kiwi’s Felipe Chavez and Sasha Iatsenia discussed the success of their burgeoning business and the way they planned to take it national.

In case you’re not aware of the Kiwi model, it’s basically this: When you place an order online with a participating restaurant, you have the option of delivery via Kiwi. If you so choose, one of the company’s fleet of knee-high robots with insulated, locking storage compartments will swing by the place, your order is put within, and it brings it to your front door (or as close as it can reasonably get). You can even watch the last bit live from the robot’s perspective as it rolls up to your place.

The robots are what Kiwi calls “semi-autonomous.” This means that although they can navigate most sidewalks and avoid pedestrians, each has a human monitoring it and setting waypoints for it to follow, on average every five seconds. Iatsenia told me that they’d tried going full autonomous and that it worked… most of the time. But most of the time isn’t good enough for a commercial service, so they’ve got humans in the loop. They’re working on improving autonomy, but for now this is how it is.

That the robots are being controlled in some fashion by a team of people in Colombia (from where the co-founders hail) does take a considerable amount of the futurism out of this endeavor, but on reflection it’s kind of a natural evolution of the existing delivery infrastructure. After all, someone has to drive the car that brings you your food, as well. And in reality, most AI is operated or informed directly or indirectly by actual people.

That those drivers are in South America operating multiple vehicles at a time is a technological advance over your average delivery vehicle — though it must be said that there is an unsavory air of offshoring labor to save money on wages. That said, few people shed tears over the wages earned by the Chinese assemblers who put together our smartphones and laptops, or the garbage pickers who separate your poorly sorted recycling. The global labor economy is a complicated one, and the company is making jobs in the place it was at least partly born.

Whatever the method, Kiwi has traction: it’s done more than 50,000 deliveries and the model seems to have proven itself. Customers are happy, they get stuff delivered more than ever once they get the app and there are fewer and fewer incidents where a robot is kicked over or, you know, catches on fire. Notably, the founders said onstage, the community has really adopted the little vehicles, and should one overturn or be otherwise interfered with, it’s often set on its way soon after by a passerby.

Iatsenia and Chavez think the model is ready to push out to other campuses, where a similar effort will have to take place — but rather than do it themselves by raising millions and hiring staff all over the country, they’re trusting the robotics-loving student groups at other universities to help out.

For a small and low-cash startup like Kiwi, it would be risky to overextend by taking on a major round and using that to scale up. They started as robotics enthusiasts looking to bring something like this to their campus, so why can’t they help others do the same?

So the team looked at dozens of universities, narrowing them down by factors important to robotic delivery: layout, density, commercial corridors, demographics and so on. Ultimately they arrived at the following list:

Northern Illinois University

University of Oklahoma

Purdue University

Texas A&M

Parsons

Cornell

East Tennessee State University

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Stanford

Harvard

NYU

Rutgers

What they’re doing is reaching out to robotics clubs and student groups at those colleges to see who wants to take partial ownership of Kiwi administration out there. Maintenance and deployment would still be handled by Berkeley students, but the student clubs would go through a certification process and then do the local work, like a capsized bot and on-site issues with customers and restaurants.

“We are exploring several options to work with students down the road, including rev share,” Iatsenia told me. “It depends on the campus.”

So far they’ve sent 40 robots to the 12 campuses listed and will be rolling out operations as the programs move forward on their own time. If you’re not one of the unis listed, don’t worry — if this goes the way Kiwi plans, it sounds like you can expect further expansion soon.

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Kiwi’s food delivery bots are rolling out to 12 new colleges

Speaking at TechCrunch’s Robotics/AI Session at the Berkeley campus, Kiwi’s Felipe Chavez and Sasha Iatsenia discussed the success of their burgeoning business and the way they planned to take it national.

That the robots are being controlled in some fashion by a team of people in Colombia (where the co-founders hail from) does take a considerable amount of the futurism out of this endeavor, but on reflection it’s kind of a natural evolution of the existing delivery infrastructure. After all, someone has to drive the car that brings you your food as well. And in reality most AI is operated or informed directly or indirectly by actual people.

Whatever the method, Kiwi has traction: it’s done more than 50,000 deliveries and the model seems to have proven itself. Customers are happy, they get stuff delivered more than ever once they get the app, and there are fewer and fewer incidents where a robot is kicked over or, you know, catches on fire. Notably, the founders said on stage, the community has really adopted the little vehicles, and should one overturn or be otherwise interfered with, it’s often set on its way soon after by a passerby.

So the team looked at dozens of universities, narrowing them down by factors important to robotic delivery: layout, density, commercial corridors, demographics, and so on. Ultimately they arrived at the following list:

Northern Illinois University

University of Oklahoma

Purdue University

Texas A&M

Parsons

Cornell

East Tennessee State University

Nebraska University-Lincoln

Stanford

Harvard

NYU

Rutgers

“We are exploring several options to work with students down the road including rev share,” Iatsenia told me. “It depends on the campus.”

So far they’ve sent out 40 robots to the 12 campuses listed and will be rolling out operations as the programs move forward on their own time. If you’re not one of the unis listed, don’t worry — if this goes the way Kiwi plans, it sounds like you can expect further expansion soon.

#TechCrunch

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West Coast Avengers #1

West Coast Avengers #1 Marvel Comics 2018 Written by Kelly Thompson Illustrated by Stefano Caselli Coloured by Triona Farrell Lettered by VC’s Joe Caramagna A NEW ERA DAWNS…AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! HAWKEYE (KATE BISHOP). HAWKEYE (CLINT BARTON). A guy named FUSE. Never have they ever been called “the big three” of...anything. And now here they are, reunited for, okay, well, it’s only the second time ever. Thank god they also brought AMERICA CHAVEZ, GWENPOOL and KID OMEGA. Wait. What? That’s right, it’s the new West Coast Avengers, son. And you better hope they can figure out how to save the world because BIG things are headed for the West Coast. If I am to be brutally honest there was an 80% chance I was going to pass on this. As I have grown older I have realised a few things like the expression “back in my day” and “when I first” that used to make my eyes roll are now phrases we’re uttering ourselves. While my brain perfectly understands what is going on my heart is more like why is this necessary. Will there come a day when the kids phase out the adults? Pass the mantle, become them and then make room for another generation to follow? If folks like Kelly are going to be given liberty to tell the stories she wants to and exploration characterisation and character development she needs these kids who are still malleable. I am okay with that too so what if it’s not the West Coast Avengers in the Mini-Series and then launched as a monthly from my teenage years that was then this is now. Clint and Kate’s relationship has really become something of legend in the Marvel Universe. Just the fact that she was homage/legacy (earning a dead man’s name—CA) to becoming something of a protege to his friend, family and someone who they each can turn to without hesitation or judgement, okay judgement yes but it’s alright. Solid base to build upon right there. However while the opening is good seeing these Land Sharks (SyFy eat your heart out) sold this book to me. I am not sure who else besides Kelly could tackle Sharks that seem to have been crossed with Salamandar’s as hokey as it sounds and then throw in superheroes, two of which have no powers add a couple more folks to the mix and make the story as believable as it comes across. Stefano and Triona work extremely well together and I am more than pleasantly surprised by how good this is. No offense but Marvel isn’t known for quality interior artwork these days. The attention to detail here is phenomenal from how realistic the anatomy of the shark looks, yes teeth, gums, wrinkles, scarring plus those added feet, all the way to the final panel in the book the consistency is the same. It is the little things like that and the way varying weights of linework get manipulated to convey feelings and emotions that make a strong silent impact. The utilisation of page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective show off a strong eye for storytelling. I just ask for one thing, use some proper backgrounds for cryin in the mud now. With the exception of Gweenpool (trying too hard to make her a legit thing) the characters are interesting and show promise. Seriously though I have no idea what Gwen is supposed to bring to this other than prove she’s a stupid rip-off character that should’ve been let alone. Phew, had to get that out there and off my chest. So Kelly manages to be the first person to get me to read a book with her in it not only all the way through but to get me to come back. Well Whatever did happen to The West Coast Avengers compound? Will this be a chance to see some old friends who are heroes out in the western way? So ditch that thing with the sperm head and bring on the action, fun and knowing these folks some malarkey and I will be here to enjoy!

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Up until now, we’ve had to be satisfied with glimpses of Marvel heroine America Chavez in team books like Young Avengers and A-Force. Now, in a book simply titled America, brought to us by the Latinx team of writer Gabby Rivera and artist Joe Quinones, Ms. America finally has her own solo book!

And this book will find her embarking on her greatest adventure yet…college!

No, really. She’s kind of over the whole “hero” thing, having been in the Teen Brigade, the Young Avengers, and leader of the Ultimates. So, after a kinda too-easy mission defending the planet Maltixa in the Utopian Parallel with the Ultimates, America sets off to study at Sotomayor University. (If you think that the school is named after Puerto Rican Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, you would be correct! The school even has a Sotomayor hologram greeter, apparently.)

However, while hero-ing is easy for her, feelings are not. After being orphaned, America isn’t too great at letting herself connect with anyone: not authority figures, not fans, not friends, not even her girlfriend. She’s just very uncomfortable in situations that don’t require her punching someone in the face, okay? So, when an opportunity comes up that allows her to time travel the multiverse? She sure as hell is gonna take it!

America #1 is a great start to a series with a lot of promise. America herself is a wonderfully nuanced character who has a hard edge, but whose vulnerability seeps through. Writer Gabby Rivera’s voice pops off the page. It’s unique, and lively, and youthful, which makes sense since Rivera’s previous writing has been in the YA fiction sphere. However, some of the dialogue is a little cliche, particularly in the scene between America and her girlfriend, and some of it kinda hits you over the head in reminding you that America is Latina:

Spectrum: Hit her with a blast to the chest, but she’s stable. It came up on the scans as pure white energy.

America: Pure white energy, huh? Well, pure white just means the absence of color…so let me give her a little of this brown fist! [PUNCHES VILLAIN]

Typing that out just now, it occurs to me that, out of context, a lesbian exclaiming these words could have a whole other connotation. That’s not the connotation here, just so you know.

ANYwho, there are a couple of little moments like that where I wish that Rivera would just let the character’s Latin-ness speak for itself, rather than have the character comment on it. Then again, I can chalk that up to this being the first issue and, much like a TV pilot, it has the job of setting up a lot, including the tone of the book, which usually makes it more heavy-handed than the rest of the series might be. America is clearly a book that wears its Latinx heritage proudly, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that!

Plus, there are some smaller, more interesting aspects to America’s dialogue. I noticed that, when saving a child, she said that she needed to “get this kid to their family.” As drawn, the child looks female, and the child’s name is Mari, but having a queer character like America use a “they” pronoun was thought-provoking indeed. She, of all people, is not going to assume anything about people she doesn’t know.

Meanwhile, Quinones’ art is awesome from a layout perspective. The panels themselves, as well as the goings-on inside them are kinetic and compelling. There’s a bit of a loss of detail and personality in the regular, less action-based panels, though. Still, I love how he draws America, full-hipped and athletic, sexy without a boob window. Shout-out, too, to the mostly-Latinx art team! In addition to Quinones, we’ve got Joe Rivera and Paulo Rivera on inks (brothers, no relation to Gabby), Jose Villarrubia on colors, and Travis Lanham on letters.

America #1 is a solid first issue for a series I hope goes on a really long time. If any character deserves a solo book in the Marvel universe right now, it’s America Chavez.

Oh, and the final panel of the issue is epic!

(image via Marvel Comics)

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