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#i know he technically doesn't have an established age ... this is just for funnies
py6oto · 6 months
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thirty six
silly gordon. you got the age right, just the wrong person ...
2023.11.08
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apalapucian · 2 months
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I'm sorry if this is a bit angsty🥹, but what about: “Don’t say that to me. That’s not fair.”
(update: it's up)
thank you! i know i meant to write drabbles for these but i want you to know that this spurred a (currently) 3,000-word monstrosity of a thing. i'm almost done, might publish it this weekend, but here is a snippet:
honestly, really, he wasn't going to hold her to the favor thing. but this party's getting more and more on his nerves by the second, and he's running out of hiding places, and his mum finds him again - like clockwork, like a hawk, like magic - behind the curtains behind the catering table -
"here he is, here he is," she singsongs, dragging him along like he's five, waving over yet another blonde girl from her never-ending throng of what she and his dad call (ever so fondly, so hopefully) prospects. "this is my son, james..."
- and james smiles politely at the fourth (fifth?) girl of the night, goes through the perfunctory motions of being auctioned off by your own mother. the girl is pretty. she's in a dress that's in james's least favorite shade of red -
and then, by some miracle, he spots her - over at the desserts table, champagne flute held out, deciding between macarons and cream puffs. an actual fucking angel.
"please excuse me," he bows out of there, stalking purposefully toward that corner of the giant ballroom.
"evans."
she looks up, a little startled. "potter," she greets back. she gestures her drink at the suit, the tie. "very handsome."
"you don't look so bad yourself," he returns smoothly. she's in navy blue, midnight sky of a thing. stars shifting every time she moved. james doesn't particularly care for blue most days; he supposes lily is just his favorite shade of everything.
they find a nearby table to sit at, and lily smiles at her small plate of sweets. james finds it stupidly endearing. he asks, "what are you doing here?"
"what are you doing here?" she echoes. "i didn't think i'd find someone my age here tonight. well, besides remus, but he couldn't make it."
james knows. it's just two days after the full moon. "um, it's my mum's party."
lily chokes on her macaron. "your mum? you fund my education?"
it clicks then. "you're a scholar?" then, "no, i don't fund it. jesus. it's a foundation."
"established with your resources."
"the family's. they also fund my education, technically." james shifts uneasily. "evans, listen, i need a big favor."
"for paying my tuition?" she teases.
"no - remember? you owe me?"
she straightens up then, like she's just been called to duty. "oh. yeah. okay, what do you need?"
"i need you to... pretend that you're my girlfriend."
lily's expression doesn't change, but he sees the slight bob in her throat.
"well, actually," james clarifies, "i need me to introduce you as my girlfriend."
"um. why?"
"no questions asked."
she exhales. "right. "
he feels guilty, then. "you can say no."
"i can?"
he laughs. "'no' is not a question."
"are you guys allowed to say no? you and the others."
"no, but you're a special case. the same rules don't apply."
"hmm. tonight? you need this tonight?"
in his periphery, he sees his mum approach, in graceful, gliding gold. in truth, evangeline potter is not as much of a menace as james paints her to be tonight. besides this recently developed incessant insistence for james to have a girlfriend - no, a fiance actually, which is very strange seeing as they're still in university - james doesn't have much else to complain about. "yes, tonight. in about - thirty seconds."
"okay."
"okay?"
"sure."
evangeline is intercepted by a group of pearl-clad aunties on her way to them, but lily's eyeing her now, too. she whispers to james, "are you sure you want this to be your favor? we'll be even after this."
"yes, i'm sure. why?"
"well, it doesn't really need asking questions much, for one. like, it's really easy to deduce why you need it."
"that's okay."
"for another..." but she doesn't finish. she just looks at him funny.
"what?"
"it's really easy," she admits, somehow looking both smug and sheepish. "i would have said yes to it as a normal, everyday favor."
before james can comment, before he can even think of one, evangeline reaches their table. she smiles brightly at them in greeting, and they stand up, lily sliding up to james and clinging on to his arm with both hands. it's really easy. she smells like blackberries and champagne and something else. i would have said yes. "mrs. potter," she says, sweet and affable, extending a hand, "it's so nice to finally meet you."
james's mother shakes lily's hand. "please, evangeline is fine."
"mum, this is lily," james says, voice suddenly a touch hoarse. "lily evans, my, um. my girlfriend."
evangeline raises an eyebrow at james, but not the unpleasant sort, and when she turns to lily she's positively glowing. "why then for you, dear, eve is fine."
the night is considerably less unbearable after that.
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whalehouse1 · 5 months
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@thefaeriefeatherdark Sorry, I just haven't had either the time nor the energy to write up a response to your thoughts on the AU and I apologize because this is basically stream of consciousness and not edited, but a few things about my 3 Superboys AU, which thanks to Jon is technically 5 but another time.
Okay, the Superboy AU has actually gotten worse thanks to Leah Williamson (long story, but now we have two Jons). But to answer your questions as best I can given my limited Super family knowlege. Connor is a Cadmus creation, he is straight up the series origins. Made by Cadmus with Lex's funding with Lex's and Clark's DNA. The main difference is he is the first attempt at being cloned and Cadmus lies and tells Lex the clone had deteriorated once he was out of his clone tube. If you want to add Contessa to this, you could have her doing this to spite Lex. I know nothing about her besides what you said in your post, but I'm sure she has good reasons to be spiteful to Lex. And you know to try to keep and groom a Superboy on her own.
As for Lena Thorul, I know nothing about her, but since I am a fan of random characters from Kara's original series (I want that trade if it will ever exist), I don't see any issue with her being involved. My only issue with Kara in your idea, is I hc her around the ages of the original Teen Titans from the comics. At most a year younger, only because I think it's funny that Dick will call her an old hag even though he's physically older, but she's older than even Clark by a decent amount.
I mean all three are Clark and Lex clones, so they will look alike, but as Connor and Kon do have other's DNA mixed in with them (Maik is the only 100% just those two's DNA), they're can be variation. I think Connor looks distinct enough, it could have just been the cartoon style, but he seems more muscular and taller. He's more of a football player, while Kon is more Baseball player in terms of general build (it's a very bad description, but the best way I can explain it without drawing it, sorry). And Maik is 12, he's baby shaped. But he's basically built thicker than Jon, but not really by much since again, babies. Connor doesn't have the earring like the other two do, but I think Maik in terms of appearance does get mistook as Kon's younger brother since they look a lot alike. Maik has much better fashion sense though, cause is it Kon if he is dressed well? Maik has the gray eyes from the movie cause they're very striking compared to everyone else's bright blue ones. I also just like grey eyes and there's not a lot of of them in comics. So Kon and Maik will look alike and will argue about who stole whose look, but it comes down to just their age and clothing. I think Maik will end up looking a bit more different when he gets older, but I think those two will resemble each other the most with the eyes and fashion being their difference sadly. As for their outfits, don't they all need those super awesome jackets? Connor sadly gets his black shirt and pants, it's boring, but you know which Super it is when you see this. I did liker Kon's outfit in Kelly's run and YJ98, but Maik's would start out as the same as in the movie, but I think he would keep a more subdued coloration in his outfit. I also think as he gets older, he would make his costume more punk-rock than just spiked shoulders. I'm not sure how exactly, but I like him having a music industry plant type of idea behind his creation and so I want to incorporate music styles into his older costume if that makes sense.
Well, we have how many Flashes now? It should be fine, right (laughing in DC's inability to give codenames to established heroes for mantle passing)? They would get new codenames, but I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Also their names would have to use some of their personality and stories (Nightwing coming from Clark's story, Troia coming from Donna's stay on the Greek Moon planet thingy, Tempest coming from his water magic, etc.). So that would take a bit to get a good codename for them. But them and both Jons would evolve into having their own codename. Kara at last could go for Superwoman (since as far as I know there isn't one running around (watch me be wrong and there's like 5).
Oh, I completely forgot about Matrix. I want to say since the goal of this AU is to give Ma and Pa Kent the biggest amount of grandchildren, I want to at first instinct say yes, but from what I remember about that, it's still just Kara just merged with another. Also, I just didn't enjoy the bits I've seen of it. But since I haven't read the whole story, I'm not going to say definitively no, but that was just a weird bit of Supergirl's history to me, but not enough for me to just, "yay, no" it. If you want those, ask me about Nightwing XD.
As for the "it's gotten more complicated" it might actually be more fun for you, since you like the paternity bit more, but again I haven't had a chance to read Kon's solo yet (I've been reading from the beginning and I haven't made it to Superman comics yet and until the 90's, there's not really any writer who I'm just going to skip (I can't with Dixon anymore. He can write good plots, but he's such an awful garbage person and it bleeds through too much for me. And actually between him and Fitzmartin, I almost started to hate Tim, but one of his fans actually helped me with that), so I still have awhile and time is a dick. But to the actual point, Connor is the first actual clone, but he isn't "alive" to the world as Contessa is keeping him a secret from Lex and so Lex decides to cut his losses and tries again and that's how we get Kon, but Kon on top of Lex and Luthor's DNA also has Westfield's DNA in the mix. So he'sd the first clone the world gets to know. As for where Contessa and Cadmus is storing Connor, I'm not 100%, since I really, really hated the clone tube, so they probably have a facility underground that they "trained" him in so that he would be perfect for their nefarious schemes. He 100% will keep Wolf, I don't know if it would be from an Outsiders' mission or a one off mission with the Titans, but he's getting Wolf. And I'm fine with him on the farm, the Supers can come and go from there and since it's centrally located, it's not a bad place for him to join up with others. He doesn't have flight, but he's fast and can jump. Also he can get the stickers from Lex again and one of the heroes could probably figure out a way to replicate them without the addiction issue, there's enough scientist to figure it out. I know absolutely nothing about Indigo, but as long as she isn't going to take him to the Legion of Superheroes I'm fine with it (still bitter about that arc with Kara in the show, it just never sat right with me). But I do like your idea of him staying at the Outsiders HQ until Clark invites him to the farm. I think Connor has more of a relationship with the Kents than Clark, because Clark just doesn't know him and after Kon doesn't know how to deal with this new, but older clone. And he has to deal with raising Jon, so he can't just drop everything to help raise this kid he never knew existed. I think it makes him more understandable than what YJ did with him where he just came off as a prick. The powers are right, the heat vision and cold breath aren't as strong as Clark or Kara's, but that can be enhanced with the shields and that's ofc where the flight comes in as well. I do think he has the most strength out of the three in terms of raw physical power. Kon's TTK though obviously wins in terms of actual strength.
Now, because I just want to make things over complicated for no reason, I get you like cybernatics, but as I'm not a big sci-fi fan, when Maik was being cloned, in an attempt to see if they could remove the kryptonite weakness, they had some red kyrptonite in the room where they were cloning him. He still has the weakness, but instead it warped his Kryptonian abilities to an extent. So for example, he has heat breath and frost vision. His superstrength isn't as strong as the others, but (thanks to your boiling water Kara thing), I think he has the strongest durability out of the Supers. This wasn't meant to contradict you, I just think it's funny Kara doesn't want to get him hurt, but if he's not around kryptonite, the kid could get punched by every other Super at full strength and he'd barely feel it. He's still strong and could punch a hole through a solid steel building without a problem, but he's losing the arm wrestling contests. He is also the one Lex had the most see-over on though so he is the smartest since he was basically being taught by Lex approved tutors and that. He also since he actually is the one clone that "got to be a kid" and if the aging thing was retconned, I'm fine with it, he started out as an actual kid, so he and Jon actually are one year apart (Jon's a year older, kid Jon, not teen Jon, as I said it got complicated, but another day), and he would have absorbed some of Lex's "morals", so he could have a good character arc of growing out of that greed inspired mindset and learning to see humans as humans. I do think the Danvers would be a great set for this. The Kents would be too, and they 100% get to help with their grandson, but the Danvers had Kara, who was a teen when they adopted her, with (depending on the timeline) good or bad Kryptonian ideaolgies and previous connotations on Earth and its inhabitants. So they have more experience with that than the Kents. Also, since he and Jon are essentially the same age and Maik starting as an antagonist, that would be a good start for them since it would give a chance of kids figuring out things and influencing each other and given what Jon has been through, it's not like he's 100% rainbows, unicorns and sunshine. He's been through the ringer, possibly more than any other Super, 3 years under Ultraman torture will do that to a person. More so, being left for dead and having to watch that person living your life. But yes, as Kon would have YJ and Connor would be best (for me personally) for the Outsiders with helping out the Titans and YJ at times, Maik would fit in perfectly with the amount of child heroes that exist right now. He might feel redundant if he joined up with Damian and Jon and the people I have on their youth team I have, but what's the harm in having two supers? But even excluding that fact, there's a large amount to make a team out of. And heck, he could even start on my Damian team, butt heads with him (not hard to do) and take a few with him to make his own team and get some of the others Damian couldn't recruit. Even more fun if it splits up the West twins so Wally and Linda have to listen to who has the better team at dinner at least twice a week. And for villains, they would have to fit a theme for him to grow, so if I were to write stories for him, I would want to figure out a good balance for that. I would have to think of a few examples, but someone targeting him for being Lex's son, clone, "hero", "weapon" wouldn't be bad, someone who isn't able to control their actions for one reason or another, I think an evil Toyman would be good to as well, a villain who wants the spotlight (like Punchline, but not as annoying, sorry I just don't like her), he'd be very good for a social media type of villain or a eugenics villain. There's potential for others, but for villains, I think the moral theme for the story should come before their gimmick for a good story (can you tell I'm a batbrat?).
As for the DNA samples, I think it'd be a cute story that Maik and Jon are wanting to be the babies (the twins come in after this so it's all pointless), and also just worried that since Cadmus and Lex both have had access to controlling all three clones, with each one being a stronger control (Maik even having a microchip just in case that Kara made inert whether through Kandor or heat vision, doesn't matter, but one of those), teaming up and Jon using some lockpicking skills he get from Damian and Maik knowing the layout of the building, breaking and entering and destroying the DNA samples Lex has and scanning the building for anything he could possibly use for more DNA and eradicating it. It doesn't even have to be a stressful comic, just a fun little one of them having fun destroying untold and unsolvable property damage to Lex Corp. Everyone wins. And I'll give you this for the cybernetics and Lex being more involved with him, we can give him electric touch. So he could be a human taser or stronger. Lightning has been shown able to incapacitate the Supers, so it wouldn't be a bad thing for Lex to put into the one he has the most control over, until he defects. But now relooking at the timeline you gave me, I don't know if Contessa could have been around for all three cloning attempts. If so, Maik could be the one she doesn't lie about to Lex, but if she couldn't have been in charge for Connor, the pettiness isn't needed. But I do like them lying to Lex that Connor was a failure, so when he finds out he's still alive and functioning, he tries to be a "good" dad with the stickers and to give him resources that Connor knows better than to accept after the incident with the stickers.
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lord-squiggletits · 9 months
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Another funny thing about weird Decepticon stans trying to pretend that the Autobots were just as bad as them is that, in IDW1, the Autobots literally did not exist until Orion Pax stormed the Senate and delivered a speech claiming "Autobot" as a new label to mean "autonomous." Whereas all of the colonization during the Golden Age happened during Nova Prime's time a couple million years prior.
And during the war, the Decepticons were literally cyberforming planets they killed and had established something called the Interstellar Constellate at some point. And Megatron said in Chaos Theory that his plan for his Decepticon empire if/when he defeated the Autobots was to rebuild and cyberform planets to create a Decepticon empire where mechanical beings reign supreme.
Like, the BEST ARGUMENT you can make is that since Optimus is a Prime, he technically inherits the problematic nature of the Primacy's history of colonization, but I think that even that argument is pretty thin considering that Optimus was always pro-organic to the point of valuing their lives equally to Cybertronians, which is something that even a lot of Autobots fail to do. Compared to other members of his species, Optimus is literally a radical in terms of his stance that organic life = Cybertronian life, but go off I guess lmao.
You can even see that during the time of Sentinel's Senate, there was an engraving on the wall that said "freedom is the right of all civilized beings", showing that Optimus at some point took that phrase and changed it to underline the fact that freedom is a universal right for ALL beings.
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Also, again for IDW1 specifically, a lot of anti-Optimus people clearly don't even know the timeline of events in that story. OP spent a good chunk of the story working against the Senate with things like
Storming the Senate on Megatron's behalf to deliver an angry speech against government corruption
Working with Senator Shockwave undercover to investigate Proteus being suspicious, uncovering a conspiracy to frame the Decepticons for a terrorist attack, and risking his team to prevent it
Going on the run and doing secret operations like saving hotspots from being attacked by Sentinel's forces
(For bonus points, he even saved Drift from dying either by drug overdose or being beaten to death by some thugs and called an emergency transport for him to Ratchet's clinic)
The regime change happens because Sentinel Prime is killed BY MEGATRON who at that point had already become a gladiator criminal underworld. By the time Orion is back in Iacon acting as Zeta's head of security/general/etc, Megatron is already well on the path of corruption and senseless violence doing things like arranging illegal weapon trafficking (shown in Optimus Prime) and forcing Rumble and Frenzy to get frame reformats to fit Megatron's tactical needs (Megatron Origin). Apparently Optimus doesn't deserve to have facts about his backstory and difficult contexts around his decisions be observed by this fandom though lmao.
If you take IDW1 out of context and go "OP worked for the regime!" then yeah of course it looks bad, and yes he did do that. But a lot of people also neglect to mention 1. the anti-government actions he DID take 2. the fact that by the time OP started fighting against Megatron, he had already become super evil and 3. because Megatron was super evil, Orion couldn't just desert Zeta's government and be like, "oh yeah I'll totally be able to talk Megatron out of doing terrorism and violence just on my own" especially since in this continuity they barely fuckin' knew each other before OP became a Prime. There's so much shit around OP being a cop and the ways he did or didn't succeed in trying to change the planet for the better, but none of that is addressed when people just go "oh he's a cop and the Autobots are colonizers" like ????? Stop it.
Stop taking this shit out of context and stop cherrypicking evidence to make one side look good and the other side look bad lmao.
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cee-grice · 1 year
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it is blorbo thursday again and so I shall talk about more blorbos >:)
Some relevant info:
In Ethelen, the headmaster of Cielle Academy is often involved in the city's ruling as well. In fact, it's not uncommon for them to be its leader, and even if they're not, they're still a highly important figure
Besides Merridie, the other more relevant country is Edkava (where Endra is from), and it should be noted that, albeit officially being a uniformly governed country, it's split into many 'underground' districts that the government doesn't recognize on paper, but often does off it
Renowned mages are often referred to as 'Master/Mistress [surname]'
The Ladies
Clariene Silvoir
the current headmistress of Cielle Academy, going on her fifth year
(Quil's exile has also been lasting for five years....curious)
is technically an all-rounder mage, but taught mainly transmutation, despite rarely performing it herself outside of class
Quil's past mentor!! the students in the Academy get assigned mentors in their third year (out of six), but Quil got her in the first year, so they've known each other for A While
that was a huge deal, too, because already she was a favored candidate for the headmistress' spot and famously took on very few students
anyways they sure had an. Interesting relationship
will do what needs to be done and will do it with a smile
the Peak of high society etiquette
she didn't reach the top of the mage community by being nice and polite, though :)
47ish, prefers puffy gowns regardless of the occassion, has curly purple hair, likes to have gold dusting her skin, lots of jewelry
I just now realized I could have been adding quotes to these intros. fuck. anyways gonna add some to the previous ones too ahaha but here's one from her:
Mistress Silvoir hummed, an odd look crossing her face. “No… Certain circumstances arose at a later time which forced our hand.” ‘We’, ‘our’; it was always we and our with Mistress Silvoir. Not I and mine. Just in case in the future it’d need to turn to they and their.
Mela d'Alisso
Quil's mom :) :(
current matron of the d'Alisso family, cares very little about anyone outside of her immediately circle, though, lol
like most of her family, specializes in charm magic, and is frickin good at it
used to work at the Cielle Academy as a field researcher, left shortly before Quil enrolled. now works at a private institution that deals with breaking/reversing charms
married a doctor that dislikes magic (???), they're divorced now lol
her and Quil are pretty similar in character, which. considering Quil's tendency to do as he likes and not listen to anyone else, causes issues lmao
absolutely adores him, though—there's nothing as important to her as her child and nothing she wouldn't sacrifice for his wellbeing. when she loves, she Loves
hm yeah he's definitely her son lolll
I feel so bad for her it's not even funny
53ish, tall, long, chestnut-colored hair, prefers to wear earthy colors and opts for simpler, elegant dresses
quote:
"I’m not asking for anything," she said, quieter. "I’m not asking for your gratitude or consideration. If you don’t wish to have me in your life, fine. But I refuse to aid you in your suicide." "I'm not asking you to," Quil said, curt. "I know what I'm doing." Her face twisted. "Like you knew last time?"
Leanda Velion
Endra's mom :D D:
a venemagik herself, also a pretty unique one (can't say what, spoilers :((). has holographic skin because of it
the youngest of the ladies and was almost a teen mom
The baddest bitch, though
managed to secure her own district, albeit a small one, in Edkava at age 22, and the politics there are Cutthroat (she may have actually had to cut a few throats....we don't talk about that)
established a venemagik-exclusive settlement there which houses venemagiks who for whatever reason don't want to live with the rest of society/are persecuted. it functions as a safe haven for them, essentially. on the brochure, anyway lol
the younger ones refer to her as Mother, so, uh, make of that what you will
absolutely despises mages and priests
the one with the highest kill count out of the entire cast
are these two statements linked? maybe
does really care about her child, too, but has a bit of a funny way of showing it at times...
anyways, in short. goddamn Intense
44ish, short, blonde, wears simple but bright clothing (looks nice with her holographic skin :))
quote:
Leanda breathed a high, wry laugh as she moved closer to him. “Has a single word I’ve said ever stuck with you? Or are you as unteachable in life as you were in class?”  Endra bristled, “I’m not a kid anymore, I’ll have you fucking know. Stop treating me like one.” “Yes, you stand before me as an adult, yet you lack all the wits of one.”
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tmnt-obsessed-ace · 9 months
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Is SSDF Leo gonna get into a romantic relationship during the story?
Would it be with an established character or an oc?
And what's his sexuality anyways?
This au has me in a chokehold
First of all Im glad you like this au so much
Now the questions
Im heavily considering it and have some ideas...
Skipping question two real quick, Leo is bisexual he just doesnt know it yet, after all he didn't have time to explore and figure things about for majority of his adult life, he was too busy taking care of four children (and far too anxious and depressed to even think about meeting people anyways.)
And back to the second question (and also technically the first) on who I would pair this very tired turtle with (and why I am very hesitant to do this)
Honestly the more likely route would be Leo and Hueso. I think it would be pretty cute, they're both very tired single parents and they've already been close for years. (And the kids would absolutely make jokes about Hueso upgrading from uncle to step dad)
The reason why I am so hesitant to actually go through with this is because I do not want to attract the freaks of the fandom. (You know the ones that ship Hueso with RISE LEO) and I do want people thinking I support that either. Listen to me, SSDF Leo and Hueso are both fully grown ADULTS (Leo being 30 and Hueso being 36, yes an age gap but again THEY ARE BOTH GROWN ADULTS)
But I know for a fact that there would be at least ONE idiot with the reading comprehension of a goldfish that would scream about me being "proship" or whatever and either be a disgusting little freak or accuse ME of being a disgusting little freak. (which is exactly why if I do decide to go this route, it would be a very subtle relationship and I especially wont put that in the relationships tag)
As cute as that would be I am still on the fence about going with that route.
Now the much safer option would be Usagi, go the classic Leosagi route but they're both single parents. (Burb actually suggested awhile ago that Leo's kids and Jennika could try to parent trap their dads together. That would be absolutely hilarious) It would take a longer time to develop considering that Usagi REALLY doesn't like Leo for a long time. (Leo's a ninja, he seemingly abandoned Venus and Jennika to die even though thats not at all true, yada yada yada) so it would be a much more rocky relationship building than the first option. But it would be the option that wouldn't risk me getting as much flack (or possible freaks) but its also the option I have thought about considerably LESS
Idk I'm still going back and forth on which option would be better, or even to include that at all. (Imagine if all three of them got into a poly relationship. The kids would get FOUR dads! That would be very funny)
Sorry if this wasnt the answer you wanted but I hope you enjoy either wau
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mwebber · 8 months
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Hiii ames about the prompt ask thing: devil! Mark and angel! Seb 🥰
this has been in my inbox forever and i can't remember what the original game was... i'll try to give my thoughts though!
visually i'm seeing things like a studio ghibli film.. idk, i feel like that's important to establish.
mark is lucifer, but he isn't actually the devil. he gets so annoyed by the technicality. it's the most annoying part of his role in the grander balance of the mortal and immortal worlds: lucifer is not a singular fallen angel so much as a series of beings and temptations and energies--lucifer has the potential to inhabit all things, at all times in the greater timeline of the earth's life. mark is only the devil in this particular circumstance and time.
he's not a very good devil, if seb's going to be honest. aren't devils supposed to be--y'know, like, evil? and up to no good? and drawing people away from the light of god?
seb's not a ROOKIE angel, by the way. he's been around the block. (and by that he means he's been to earth twice, but nobody's actually counting.)
(he's counting.)
this devil, in this particular circumstance and time, just seems to like fiddling with human car sports.
"i think it's funny," says mark, as he makes another engine stop running inexplicably, "when ants create a scientific explanation for me."
"i don't think it's funny," responds seb, who promptly blesses the engine to run again when the driver veers towards the gravel.
mark sniffs. they watch the rest of the session in silence, two ghosts leaning against the pitwall fence to watch cars zip by from a human perspective.
seb's job is to eliminate this devil. he's armed with god's grace and a righteous mission. it should be a quick in-and-out, less than a fraction of a moment in heaven.
but mark just. looks so much like the humans that seb has sworn to protect. or, well, not really. he has dark, tousled hair that flickers rough silver in the sunlight and downy, chestnut brown in the shadows, like he exists at every age simultaneously. his eyes are unnerving in every iteration, no matter their colour. his jawline stays relatively the same through it all. most obvious is the absence of matter behind him: an empty, hungry void where seb has wings and a tail and body parts indescribable to human perception.
"i can hear you thinking." mark doesn't turn his head, but seb feels eyes on him nonetheless.
thankfully, seb doesn't know what embarrassment is. "shouldn't you be trying to bring about the. like, i don't know. downfall of democracy?"
and mark gestures, and the void behind him flutters with--dare seb say--amusement. "they don't need me for that." there are devils all around, and people doing the devil's work.
but before seb can ask, twilight passes into the night proper, and mark disappears.
seb is the worst thing an angel could be. he's gone and discovered the feeling of CURIOSITY, added it to his inventory of emotions like picking flowers.
he comes back to earth to find mark again. the only time they can see each other is in that half hour between day and night, the equalizer of all things; and by god, he'll keep coming back every night until he can satisfy his urge to Understand the creature he's been tasked to kill.
i'm Exhausted so i'm gonna pass out but basically seb learns what it mean to Become Human and grows from a bratty arrogant bitch to a wizened and better Angel, and mark experiences the pain of falling in love with the one thing he can't have but also the catharsis of coming to terms with his own emotional complexity. something something they stand together at the end of the world holding hands..
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connorhasaknife · 2 years
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mb. Well.
it's been a while since the last theorypost about d, i have to admit! doesn't help when you're in a htp server with staff in it that continue to look in the theorising channel and post ominous emojis BLESSED but after a lot of workshopping i feel like i have.. a vague understanding of what d is now. which is an overstatement- i actually have no idea. the changeling theory stands up for itself, in the end, but it has a LOT of flaws and doesn't explain everything about What He Is. so, accounting for that, i have congealed my thoughts into a vague collection in the wild hope of getting feedback from the wider community.
FIRST AND FOREMOST.
hunter the parenting is a humanity fuck yeah show.. from what it seems right now, anyways. going off this, it would be reasonably safe to assume that d is an entirely ordinary hunter- hunters in canon have been known to exceed 200 years of age, so d being multiple thousand works, at a stretch. however, this is based mostly off of themes as a way to handwave evidence of d CLEARLY doing weird shit, themes that have been established in the pilot run of the series, no less. despite the theories and assumptions, we have no idea where the wider plot of this series is going to go (i DO have an idea, though, but its based on the prophecy and a possible unreliable narrator. i'll make another post about it). i believe that there IS something going on with d, but there are a few possibilities.
THE CHANGELING THEORY
after more careful consideration, i have a flaw in my theory with d being a changeling. he.. specifically says he isn't a fairy, Lol! also, HTP is clearly based off of wod, not chronicles of darkness. big whoopsie. that is essentially IT, though. there's.. not much else to debunk it, just things that fit more. there are things that can be handwaved by changeling theory, but it no longer feels like a satisfying explanation to me.
ELOHIM/ANGEL
this is one i baked with a friend. its tied into a theory with horse, being that horse is a fallen- assuming horse is a fallen (will make a post about it at a later date), and that d.. has one in a shed in the woods. this would mean he has to be extremely powerful and extremely knowledgable. i believe he's possessed by an elohim because of this- it explains his madness and his.. uh, strange awareness? being a servant of god and all that, i guess. wod god. whatever. it's also interesting, as FUN FACT wod also has a funny flaming holy sword. it's called the sword of michelangelo and its in the credits surrounded by golden shit which is Sort Of D's Like Theme Colour Or Whatever. also a bunch of weird lore shit.
also explains how he thinks he can kill caine. if he's possessed by a loyal elohim and he has the sword of michaelangelo its... technically possible. this also explains how d treats horse. powerful horse containing a fallen, of course he can handle family secrets or whatever. he's being medicated with opioids and like, alcohol or whatever to make a possession go over smoother. not much you can do medically for that i guess.
CONCLUSION
yeah thats it obviously i believe in Elohim Theory more now but I mean. I don't know shit anymore man,
if anyone has any alternative theories PLEASE let me know i am in desperate need of new angles
will do a more general post on everyone else soon!!!! and Prophecy (seperate post probably)
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Watching Through My Collection: Day 3/36
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
Day 2 / Day 4
An inevitability of getting through this backlog of movies via random wheel is that any franchises in the list are gonna get shuffled out of order. So, here's the first one we got!
Luckily, I've already seen the first two Hellraiser movies so I know most of the lore already attached to Pinhead and the Cenobites, and any references to the third movie weren't blatant enough for me to notice, so this was still a pretty good watch.
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CW: Bodyhorror
There's so much to say about this movie...
Adam Scott's there! He plays a non-insubstantial part and gets to skin a woman and have really funny hair. I kinda wanted him to hang out for longer but he did eventually die, cause if you're willing to skin a person alive then you may get killed before the movie ends.
He also got to live 200 years without aging, so he was probably bored anyway.
The fact that this movie decided to cover 3 different generations of a family line was pretty neat, and having the same actor play his own descendants is one of my favorite tropes, so I was willing to forgive some of the lamer moments in the middle.
Obviously, since the movie opens in the future setting of 2127, and the first flashback goes to 1796 to when the Lament Configuration was first created, by the time the story gets to 1996 you know the stakes can only get so high.
Pinhead doesn't show up until the 1996 setting, really. Technically, he appeared in the beginning set in the future, but this is when you really get see him! When he does finally get to interact, he brings the elegance we all know and love him for. Even while being a catty bitch to the other Cenobite, Angelique, that's been the main antagonist up until then.
He even pets a dove and feeds it to his dog, he's amazing.
There is the most random character establishing conversation I have seen for some monster fodder in a movie to this day, though.
A pair of identical twin himbo night-security guards checking around the empty building the Cenobites are in talk about whether they'd fuck a transwoman.
While, yeah, this was 1996, we've all seen a 90's film where guys talk about whether they'd fuck a transwoman, I certainly did not expect it to get slipped into my Hellraiser movie.
Good news is; they would 👍
Honestly, the only things that really stuck out from the 1996 storyline was that conversation, Pinhead's dog, and a bit of plot explained about the final box to destroy the Cenobites involving lazers. The rest of the human conflict just can't suck you in when you know that the Cenobites don't take over the world (no one believes the Lament Configuration is dangerous in the future) and the kid survives because the bloodline needs to carry on in order for the future to even happen.
(The flat acting also doesn't help sell the arc. Best actor in there was the kid playing with his K'NEX. So relatable.)
Thankfully, once the movie gets back to the future it's all about that climax and hot Cenobite body horror goodness!!
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Everyone looks amazing and Pinhead flexes his stuff a lot more, them all getting a turn to kill someone in a fun way. Angelique decapitates a guy via mirror magic, the dog gets a guy while he's hiding, the Taffy Twins separate and then fucking absorb a dude in between them, and while Pinhead doesn't get any kills at the end, he does get to chew the scenery and get blown the fuck up by the giant box space station they finally built right to kill the Cenobites.
Of the weird trend of sending horror icons to space around the turn of the millennia, this is my favorite by far. I cannot wait to be sad and disappointed at all the other movies that'll barely have anything to do with the Hellraiser story beyond Pinhead showing up.
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Reasons Being A Human Being ~ Jim Moriarty (Sherlock)
Requested By Gifted To: CN, my darling, my sun and star, my heart, my lifeline <3
A/N: my gift for a special darling in my life who wanted a fluffy one shot for this psychopath uwu <3
also... HAPPY AU BECAUSE THE OBSESSION SERIES OF JIM BEING HIS NORMAL PSYCHOPATHIC SELF IS MAKING [NAME] DEPRESSED THERE AND WE NEED THAT BOI TO CUT SOME SLACK
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Jim Moriarty was not a very empathetic or even a humane human being. In fact, many could say that Jim Moriarty was a monster in disguise of a human being.
Jim was a manipulative, cunning and untrustworthy person you will ever met. He had blood on his hands, both metaphorically and literally, in such a young age. He had after all killed his old bully in his early teens which was rather very... terrifying for him to do but it shows how he was someone not to mess with.
Jim was a vile person. In fact, he can be a devil.
You can see that Jim Moriarty isn't really... a very sane man. In fact, Sherlock Holmes can attest to that statement. The consulting detective had to deal with Jim Moriarty's boredom and schemes for months now.
But Jim has a bit of humanity left inside him which if someone would hear would scoff of that thought. But he does. And someone can attest to that.
And that very someone was [Name] [Last name], the lovable lover of the said psychopath.
[Name] [Last name] was Jim Moriarty's dear lover. A very loyal and caring man who was ignorant at Jim's true colours at first. In fact, he didn't even knew Jim Moriarty existed as he was dating Jim Moore.
But after almost two years of them dating and being together, Jim had told him who he really was. Maybe it was the guilt, maybe he just really wanted mutual trust with his [Hair color] haired lover. But either way, he had told who he really was.
That day changed Jim Moriarty's life. The once illusion of Jim Moore was broken and Jim Moriarty shined.
[Name] was really shocked and heartbroken at first but after some time, he had accepted that Jim Moore was Jim Moriarty. And they still stayed together.
Each day the two are together, [Name] would always noticed how his dear Jim was more humane than what others can say. And the [Hair color] haired man documented it.
Reasons on Jim Moriarty being a human being (by [Name] [Last name] & (was forced to co-write) Sebastian Moran):
He can feel jealousy
"[Name]? [Name] [Last name]?" A soft voice had called out to the [Hair color] haired man who looked up from his phone to the voice who called him. A surprised looked plastered on his face as he saw who it was that called him.
"Belle...?" [Name] can said as the said female nodded her head. A squeal left her red lips.
"It is you!" Belle had said as she happily approached the [Hair color] haired man who had put his phone on the table and stood up from his seat as he wrapped his arms around the female when she was near.
"Oh, how I missed you love!" Belle had said as she hugged [Name] aswell. A chuckle leaving [Name]'s lips. The two parted as they both looked at each other up and down.
"It's been so long!" Belle had commented as she smiled. [Name] nodding his head as a grin on his lips. "Been what? Years?" She said.
"I think its been two years," the [Hair color] haired had said. Belle looked surprise for a moment as she then teasingly grinned.
"And you kept track?" She laughed. "Still the sappy [Name] I know," she teased as [Name] rolled his eyes and scoffed but he then laughed and shake his head.
"Like you're one to talk miss Belle amor," he said as the blond female giggled. Belle jokingly punches [Name]'s shoulders as the man laughed.
"Awe, still [Name] I knew," she said as [Name] sent a smile to her. "So, what are you doing here? Still sulking babe?" Belle had tease as [Name] rolled his eyes and offered her to sit on the table he was occupying awhile ago.
"When have I ever sulk, Belle?" [Name] had ask as he sat on his chair again as the blonde female sat opposite to him. The [Hair color] haired man saw Belle's mouth open to retort when he sent her a playful glare. "That wasn't a question," he has grunted as the female laughed at him.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she laughed as [Name] sighed.
"But really, what are you doing here? Didn't expect to see you again... especially in this place like this," Belle stated as [Name] sent a quick look to his watch on his wrist as he sighed.
"Just waiting," he vaguely said as the female rosed a brow at his answer. Plopping her arms on the surface of the table as she leaned over. A smirk on her red lips.
"Oh?" She sent [Name] a mischievous look which made the man rolled his eyes but chuckled. "Mr. [Last name] in a date? Oo, goodie!" Belle teased.
"Well, yes," the [Hair color] haired man had agreed as Belle for a moment sent him a surprised look but back to her teasing smile.
"Who's the lucky girl? Do I know her?" Belle had asked, there was a hint of distaste in her tone but the [Hair color] haired man didn't seemed to notice as she heard him laugh. The female saw [Name] rubbed the back of his neck as he sent her a shy grin.
"Well, funny thing is... I'm not really..." [Name] trailed off as he looked at behind the female. His face lit up when he saw someone coming in the coffee shop.
"Ah, Jim!" [Name] had called as he rosed up from his seat and raised a hand to wave while the said man he had called pulled down his sunglasses and smiled at him. Returning the other's wave as he strutted with confidence that Belle immediately noticed. The blonde female raised a brow when she saw the new man, Jim, hugged [Name] tightly when he neared as she heard him said the man's name.
"Hello there darling, did you wait long?" Jim had asked as [Name] shake his head. A soft smile on the [Hair color] haired man's lips as they parted from the hug.
"Kinda... but Belle accompanied me," with the mention of a female, Jim had frowned for a second as he looked at where [Name] had gestured. There sat a blond female on looked at him with a raised brow but sent him a smile.
"Oh? You must be the famous Belle Darnley, yes?" Jim had asked as he offered his hand for Belle to take and shake. The female did with a bit of hesitation that didn't escaped Jim's calculating eyes disguise as false cheerfulness. "Pleasure to meet you," he had said.
"Um, pleasures all mine mister..." Belle trailed off as Jim took his hand away with a laugh.
"Jim. Just call me Jim," Jim had said. A smile on his face but it didn't reached his face as [Name] smiled and put his hand on Jim's shoulder.
"How about you sit Jim, while I'll order, yes?" [Name] had suggested as the dark haired man turned to give him a small grin.
"Of course, the usual alright darling?" Jim had stated as he patted the [Hair color] haired man's cheek, initiating the man to chuckle and hold his hand for a moment until he turned to look at Belle who had been silently watching the two interact.
"What about you Belle? What do you want, its on me," [Name] happily said as he let go of Jim's hand as the blonde female blinked for a second as he sent [Name] a smile. "Or is it that you're still with your diet thing?" [Name] teased as she sent him a pout.
"I am perfectly fine on ordering for myself thank you very much," Belle had pouted as she then grinned. "But if you're being generous... cup of oolong tea and a slice of blood orange tart babe," she had said. Jim narrowed his eyes with the last word of her order. [Name] nodded his head as he turned and walked towards the register of the café.
Both Jim and Belle had watched him as he walked away and when the two saw him getting in line, they looked away. Belle tapping her red manicured nails on the surface of the table as Jim seemed to picked up [Name]'s forgotten phone on the table and began to tap on it. Belle assume he was opening the phone and doing whatever he was doing there.
The blonde female frowned a bit as she did not know the two's relationship. She noticed that [Name] and Jim seemed to be close. Very close with how Jim seemed to interact with [Name] and even be let to use the [Hair color] haired man's phone. Well, technically left his phone on the tabletop and Jim just decided to use it. It still doesn't stop Belle to assume something much more with the two's relationship. Like, they are more than friends.
"So... uh... Jim," Belle started as the said man didn't seem to pay mind to her as he continued to tap and swipe on the phone. His disinterest made her frown a bit. "What is you're relationship with [Name]?" Belle had asked as Jim seemed to pause for a second then typed again on the phone.
Sighing, the female wanted to pester the other more when Jim looked up and Belle was surprised to see him have large grin plastered on his lips.
"And why are you asking dear?" The dark haired man asked as he put down the phone and plopped his elbows on the table. His hands holding each other as his chin rested on his hand. That grin still not leaving his lips and it honeslty made Belle shiver. There was something not right with the man in front of her. He screamed danger for some odd reason but the blonde female disgarded the warning signs her mind is screaming to her as she narrowed her eyes and frowned at him.
"Because I want to know," Belle had stated. Her bold asnwer made the dark haired man chuckle. A gentle smile on Jim's lips as his eyes soften, making Belle be surprised for a moment with his expression.
"Well, you see dear..." Jim trailed off as he closed his eyes. The smile still plastered on his face. "He is mine," he stated.
Belle felt herself freeze when Jim opened his eyes. The dark haired man is glaring at her rather darkly. Those eyes held a calculating look that made the female feel fear. Who was this man?!?
"Please do not try to establish a your relationship back with him, okay dear?" His tone was sickly sweet that made Belle shiver. It was fake. So fake. "Or else..." The blonde female gulped as she felt her voice was somehow gone. There was a lump on her throat and she cant speak up. She wanted too as no one should speak to her that way. She was, after all, Belle Beatrice Darnley.
"Because you can't spell diet without die in it," Jim had purred and it made the female dreaded his words. Was he threatening her?
And as if he was listening to her thoughts, Jim chuckle and shake his head as he put his hands down on the table. "Oh, no dear... I am promising."
The glare he was sending her made Belle want to just run away from him. It was terrifying. Those dark eyes looked so dead and also scary. That creepy grin on his face also added to the female's horror.
"Sorry for the wait you two! The line was awfully long today," [Name] had laughed as he placed the tray where his and the two's order is on. Belle was rather happy for [Name]'s presence as he had sat down as Jim had scooted a bit for him to sit. [Name]'s disturbance made Jim's murderous look away from Belle as he turned to the [Hair color] haired man and softly smiled.
"Thank you darling," Jim had said as be took his own order. A cup of black tea and apple pie as [Name] took his aswell which was an earl grey tea and a slice of oreo cheesecake.
[Name] seemed to notice Belle not touching her order off the tray. Tilting his head and he sent the female a confused look. "Belle, you alright?" [Name] asked as the blonde female hesitantly nodded her head. Forcing a smile on her lips as she briefly sent Jim a look, only to see the dark haired man giving her a glate and mouthing something that made the blonde female terrified beyond imagine.
"Y-yes! Why won't I be?" Belle nervously laughed as she took her order off the tray and shakily drank her tea as [Name] sent her an unimpressived look that means he did not believe her but he just nodded his head and let the subject down. Instead, the [Hair color] haired man turned his attention to Jim who was he had caught trying to take a piece of his cheesecake.
"Jim! Mind you're own food!" [Name] whine as the dark haired chuckled as he successfully took a piece of the cheesecake and ate it quickly. Sending [Name] a grin as he innocently shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't knwo what you're talking about darling," Jim weakly defended himself as [Name] whine again about how he should mind his own food. The two plafully banter as Belle who had silently watched the scene bit her bottom lip.
She was scare-- no, she was terrified. What Jim mouthed to her was:
"Speak no evil or you'll die with the devil," as he had his thumb ran crossed his neck like he was slitting it. An obvious threat to keep her mouth shut or she'll die.
He loves kisses
[Name] was smiling softly as he lovingly watch the dark haired man reading a book beside him. The two were sitting in a cousy couch of the livingroom of their shared home. The television was on as [Name] watching a movie before he looked and admiring the man beside him. His arms pulling Jim closer to him as the dark haired paused his reading to look at [Name] with a raised brow.
"What?" Jim asked. The dark haired man only saw [Name] still having that smile on his lips. "You alright, darling?" He asked.
[Name] nodded his head as he placed a soft kiss on Jim's forehead. The dark haired man couldn't help but smile at his actions as he leaned more close to the other and place a kiss on the other's lips.
The kiss was soft and sweet. A bit innocent which was rather ironic as one of the two was very dangerous and was anything but innocent, yet the kiss they convey was simple and innocent. Full of love to the other.
"I love you," [Name] had said as they parted from the kiss. The other man merely chuckle as he decided to give a quick kiss again to the other.
"Love you too, darling," Jim had purred as he softly sighed and placed his head on the other's shoulder. Feeling [Name]'s arms pull him closer as Jim read again on his books.
He loves hugs
"Darling?" Jim called as he opened the door to his shared home with the [Hair color] haired man. Closing the door as he went inside, Jim took off his black coat and placed it on the coat rack. There was a scent in the air that made Jim hum in content.
"I'm home," he sang as looked around and tried to find the other man.
"I'm in the kitchen dear!" He heard [Name] had shouted as the dark haired went to where he was. As Jim arrived, he stopped at the doorway of the kitchen and leaned to the side as he crossed his arms onto his chest. An amused smile on his lips as his eyes watched [Name]'s figure who was cooking. Explaining the aroma that the dark haired man had smelled when he opened the front door seconds ago.
[Name]'s back was turned to face Jim's as he was cooking something really nice. He was barefooted which Jim immediately noticed as he also wore a grey shirt and sweatpants as he cooked.
"My, you cooking for me? I have such a lovely househusband," Jim had teased as he heard the [Hair color] haired man chuckle and turned his head and sent Jim a grin.
"Of course, just for you dear," [Name] pipe as he flip the bacon he was cooking. Jim giggled as he decided to walk towards the other man. Immediately wrapping his arms around the [Hair color] haired man's body when he had neared. Placing his head in [Name]'s back as the latter hummed.
"Missed me that much, dear?" [Name] had chuckled as Jim let out a hum.
"You have no idea, darling," Jim muttered as the [Hair color] haired softly smile at his words.
The two stayed silent for a minute or so as Jim continued to embrace [Name] while the other continued to cook. Making sure the bacon wont get burnt.
"Bacon for lunch?" Jim had asked when he had peaked at [Name]'s shoulders. The man cooking merely chuckled at his question.
"Why not?" [Name] had said. Taking the bacon off the pan with a spatula and onto the plate that was placed on the counter beside the stove. Turning off the stove then as he slowly faced Jim who loosened his hold on him for him to move.
"Well, I miss you too dear," [Name] had said to Jim's words awhile ago as he wrapped his arms around Jim's body. Tightly hugging the dark haired man as he then placed a soft kiss on Jim's forehead.
"Now, come on," [Name] had said as he unwrapped his arms off Jim's form and was about to turn to grabbed the plate filled with bacon to go to tha table to have some lunch with his lover when Jim still had not let go of him. Instead, the dark haired man hugged him tighter and put his head on [Name]'s chest, listening to the other man's heartbeat.
Jim's actions made [Name] raise a brow as he looked at the dark haired man. "You can let me go now, dear," he had said as Jim did not paid mind to what he said.
"Jim?" [Name] softly called out to the dark haired man as Jim held him tight.
"Can we stay like this for a moment?" [Name] heard Jim muttered as a soft smile formed on the [Hair color] haired man's lips. Wrapping his arms back around Jim's form as he held the man tight.
"Of course, dear," he had softly muttered.
He loves [Name]
"[Name]!" Jim whined as he saw the [Hair color] haired man just innocently smiled at him. The two were outside, walking in St. James' Park. Trying to enjoy the two's day with walking outside for some fresh air. No evil schemes (Jim said it will be tomorrow). No consulting detective to deduce the latest crimes or to figure out who this "live ine pet" that Jim Moriarty have. No other criminals asking for help to the dark haired man.
Just the two spending time with each other's presence in the lovely park.
"Jim!" [Name] imitated Jim's tone as the said man sent him a pout and a soft glare. Causing him to chukle a bit.
"Don't tease darling," Jim had pouted as [Name] laughed and gently placed both his hands on the dark haired man's cheeks and booping his nose on Jim's. Initiating a bunny kiss which made a smile threatening to form on the dark haired man's lips.
"Stop being so cute darling," Jim had softly whine as [Name] laughed and shake his head at Jim's words. Loving looking at the dark haired man in the eyes as he grinned.
"Says the one who is being adorable with pouting," [Name] retorted as Jim rolled his eyes but smiled.
"I love you darling," Jim had said as [Name] smiled at him. Softly kissing Jim's lips as he then muttered his reply.
"I love you too dear," [Name] had said as he wrapped his arms around Jim's while the other did aswell. Jim wrapping his arms on [Name]'s neck as he hugged the other tightly. Fully content with each other's embrace.
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maryseward666 · 7 years
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KORN Drummer RAY LUZIER Doesn't Know What 'Nu Metal' Is
RARE BLACK METAL COLLECTIBLES
Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock conducted an interview with KORN drummer Ray Luzier after the band's March 12 show at Alcatraz in Milan, Italy with HELLYEAH and HEAVEN SHALL BURN as the support acts. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On KORN's 2016 "The Serenity Of Suffering" album: Ray: "I'm very proud of it. 'The Serenity Of Suffering' we started writing, me, Munky [James Shaffer, guitar] and Head [Brian Welch, guitar] around June of 2015. We started writing little ideas and riffs, then we'd go on tour. Then we'd get back together in Los Angeles and write a couple more riffs and go on tour. This happened a lot. Then we compiled a bunch of songs and finally it was time to bring in a great producer. To me, this album had to have the right producer on it. It just couldn't have just anybody. To make a long story short, Nick Raskulinecz has always been a fave of mine. We looked at several guys. But, Nick, there's a reason the FOO FIGHTERS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ALICE IN CHAINS, RUSH, DEFTONES, his list is just huge. I remember hearing the 'Snakes & Arrows' RUSH album and I'm, like, 'Wow, they sound like young guys again. There's this new energy about it.' I looked at the album and it was 'Produced by Nick Raskulinecz.' I heard 'Diamond Eyes' by DEFTONES and I'm, like, 'They sound amazing' and it was produced by Nick. I thought 'Something is up with Nick besides the FOO FIGHTERS.' Once we got together with Nick, he trimmed the fat, so to speak. Like, 'This riff is not that good. Let's mix this riff with this song.' The outside ears has to happen. Sometimes you get too close to your music when you're writing it; you get too personal. When someone comes in and sometimes hurts your feelings. You don't [just] want to hear, 'Hey, that's a good riff. That's a good lick.' He did such a great job at it. I think there's no fillers on the new record; it's all quality. The production had to be really good. Josh Wilbur came in to mix it and he just nailed it. Think about it, we can play amazing, but if it's mixed wrong and the levels are unmatched… Josh really captured the power of KORN, the low end, the old-school sound, but today's sound mixed together. I'm very proud. Please go buy it!" On how his role in KORN has evolved since joining the band as a session drummer in 2007: Ray: "A lot of people don't know that I was a session guy for many years in Los Angeles. I made my living doing that and then I started joining national bands. I did Jake E. Lee from OZZY OSBOURNE for three years. I did David Lee Roth from VAN HALEN for about eight years. I was the original drummer in the band called METAL SHOP that turned into STEEL PANTHER. I did that for about five and six years on and off. Just through the years, and I have a lot of failed, original bands. I wanted to do the dream, just like KORN. My original bands in L.A. would get really close to getting a record deal, and then nothing. You work really hard, you're selling out clubs, you're promoting, but we just didn't have what it took. I found that joining national bands that are already established was easier for me to make a living, to pay my bills, and I didn't starve anymore. Joining a band like KORN is not like joining David Lee Roth or ARMY OF ANYONE, my last band. It's very special, it's a very unique animal. When all the bands in the '90s came out, SOUNDGARDEN, ALICE IN CHAINS, STP [STONE TEMPLE PILOTS], PEARL JAM, KORN came up through the center and said 'No, we sound like this. We don't sound like anybody.' They're five kids from Bakersfield and they had their own unique sound and it's magical. There's a reason that it appealed to the masses and did so well. "Coming into a band like this, I was looking at it like 'Okay, I'm a touring drummer. They hired me to do this.' A year went by, two years went by, and then in the third year, in '09, they said, 'Hey, we want you to stay in the band. We want you to be a member.' I was like, 'Me?' They said, 'Yeah, we want you to be a part of this.' I was blown away. It really took me years to get my identity in the band, because you don't just join a band like KORN. I don't care how technical you are, how your skills are, how much experience, you have to 'get' the band, you have to understand and get inside the music. It's about emotion and feel. Although I have a lot of technical ability and I know how to read and teach music… all that doesn't matter. It's here in the heart. It took me many years. It's funny because these guys are so great and patient with me. Everything I do, Jon [Davis, vocals] goes, 'Just feel it. You're thinking about it too much. Let it go. Be a part of it.' It took me years, but then five or six years ago, I really started synching into it. It's such a great place to be in. everyone is just focused on music and family. There's no drama or B.S. This is their twenty-third year." On whether he considers KORN to be a "nu metal" band: Ray: "To me, I don't know what that is. Anyone could make a style up. I don't know… all of these emo [bands], I don't get it. To me, KORN is KORN. It's its own thing. It's hard rock, it's metal, it's hip-hop, it's funk…all of this stuff wrapped into one. It's not just aggressive metal music. I can't call it metal, but hard rock doesn't fit either. It's KORN. It's the style. [Laughs]" KORN and STONE SOUR will join forces for a summer tour, set to get underway June 16 at the USANA Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, Utah and then continue through early August. Presented by Live Nation, "The Serenity Of Summer" tour will be rounded out by support from Japan's female-fronted BABYMETAL, southern rapper YELAWOLF and ISLANDER (June 16-25), followed by a second leg (July 19 - August 2) which will see KORN joined by SKILLET, YELAWOLF and DED, creating a versatile bill reminiscent of KORN's famed "Family Values" tours in the past.
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