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“Oh, Mother, you’ll never guess! You’ll never guess in century of guessing!” Rilla cried out, sounding so much as she had as a little girl, for a moment, Anne could convince herself the War had never happened and that somewhere in Rainbow Valley, Walter sat writing a crown of sonnets in his leather-bound journal, his face dappled by the light, back braced against the bole of a birch tree, his grey eyes unfocused as he searched for his next word.
There was still a white stone in the graveyard. Shirley was in Toronto, having refused (albeit politely) to return to Glen St. Mary, much to Susan’s dismay, and Jem walked with a pronounced limp, his uneven gait announcing him as much as Mary’s voice.
There was a mystery there, Jem and Mary Vance, but Anne couldn’t see any way through it and Gilbert, lying beside her in bed, both of them tired but sleepless, told her not to try. Jem had seemed less removed, less falsely cheerful lately, and had begun talking about the medical course again, perhaps a specialty in obstetrics, a hospital practice. As far away from men dying in battle as he can get, Gilbert had observed and Anne had recalled Joyce’s little face, white as a mayflower blossom, and held her tongue.
Rilla, remarkably, given her exuberant entrance, had done the same in the absence of Anne’s response. Miss Oliver had left Ingleside some weeks ago, so there was no one to suggest Rilla either elaborate or calm herself, as her likeness to a whistling copper tea-kettle was increasingly pronounced.
“If I’ll never guess, dear, you must tell me,” Anne said. It was a relief that Rilla could still be the young girl she ought to be, for all that she wore Ken Ford’s diamond ring on her finger and was capable of a brisk, warm matronliness when it came to raising Jims, now reserved for the writing of letters to his new British stepmother and clucking over the missives she received.
“Faith Meredith has eloped!”
Anne did admit to herself she would never have guessed that, because for all her imagination, she wouldn’t have guessed something impossible.
“But, Rilla, Jem is with your father today, doing the Lowbridge rounds. Susan and I packed a lunch with plenty of pie for Dad and some of that flapjack Jem took to after being in England,” Anne said. He’d been in hospital in England, recovering from the injuries he’d sustained at the Front, in the prison camp, during his escape, none of which was spoken of. Only flapjack and stewed tea and how no cook in England was a patch on Susan and that you may tie to, uttered with some semblance of his old roguish humor.
“I didn’t say she married Jem, Mother!” Rilla exclaimed. Her cheeks were pink and her eyes were bright. She had a look of Gilbert at his most delighted about him, an expression Anne remembered from their childhood. Anne opened her mouth to speak but Rilla interrupted.
“It’s Bertie Shakespeare Drew! Faith Meredith is Mrs. Bertie Shakespeare!” Rilla said.
If Anne hadn’t already been sitting down, she would have, suddenly and gracelessly. As it was, the shirt she’d been mending fell from her lap.
“That’s—why, Rilla, are you sure?”
“I heard it directly from Mary Vance,” Rilla said, lifting a hand to stop Anne from speaking. “And Miss Cornelia Bryant. You know Miss Cornelia has no taste for gossip. Miss Cornelia’d heard it from Mrs. Meredith—”
“Poor Rosemary,” Anne said, before she could stop herself.
“Why poor Rosemary? I suppose they thought Faith and Jem would make a go of it, at least, perhaps Reverend Meredith and Mrs. Meredith did, but the War’s done funny things to people and Faith and Jem, they just didn’t fit any longer,” Rilla said. Sometimes, Anne felt Rilla reminded her of someone she couldn’t name and realized her youngest daughter spoke with the wisdom Anne’s own mother might have had. Plenty of folks in the Glen would find such a thought eerie, but Anne was comforted, for all that she ought to be the one offering a thoughtful explanation rather than receiving it.
“I suppose I meant the surprise, an elopement—”
“They must not have wanted to wait. Or were afraid someone would try to talk them out of it. Bertie’s mother maybe,” Rilla said.
Rosemary or her father, Anne thought. Jem, if he’d been given the chance, perhaps. Perhaps not, if Rilla was correct.
“Bertie Shakespeare Drew,” Anne said. “I remember when he was born. He’s just Jem’s age.”
“He’s not much like you remember him, Mother. He’s all tall and stalwart now and they say he’s going in for engineering, that he learned quite a bit in France, found he had a talent for that sort of thing. And his ears don’t stick out quite so much anymore,” Rilla said.
“There’re more things on heav’n and earth,” Anne said, mangling the quote a bit, fairly certain Rilla would not correct her. “D’you suppose Faith calls him Bertie? Or his full name—it’s quite a mouthful.”
Queenly Faith Meredith, the undisputed beauty of Glen St. Mary, who had a sense of humor but also a sense of herself as beyond any teasing, now to be Mrs. Bertie Shakespeare Drew. Anne smiled to herself and thought how Mary Vance would find a way to make Jem grin over it all. She’s lucky to get him, Mary would say, reversing the order the Glen would have assumed, and Mary, canny and unexpectedly kind, would have the right of it, perhaps.
Susan would be quite outraged and the pastry of her next pie might suffer for it, but Gilbert had always taken an unchristian glee in Susan’s outrage and wouldn’t mind the pastry being a bit heavier. It was still the best piecrust on Prince Edward Island, now that Mrs. Rachel Lynde was no longer living to give Susan a run for her money.
“Miss Cornelia said Faith was heard to call him Will, when she spoke to her parents. It’s after Shakespeare of course, and because he was so determined they marry,” Rilla said. 
“And because Faith wanted to,” Anne said. She wasn’t sure if she meant the elopement or the name, but it was all of a piece.
“Miss Cornelia said they’d gone to New York for their honeymoon and she hoped Faith didn’t come back with a bunch of silly Yankee airs but Mary and I didn’t think that was likely,” Rilla said, sitting down beside Anne, picking up the shirt and starting to sew.
“She didn’t come back from England any different, after all,” Rilla said.
“Except that she didn’t marry your brother,” Anne replied.
“D’you know, Mother, even without the War, I don’t think they’d ever have gone through with it, Faith and Jem,” Rilla said. “It was, how shall I put it, like a childhood fairy tale, the honorable knight and the maiden fair, all sorts of adventures they had in Rainbow Valley. They were always going to grow up. We all were.”
Not Walter, Anne’s heart said. Not Joyce.
“I’m glad of Ken’s name, anyway. And don’t worry, I wouldn’t elope for anything. I want our families around us, as many as we can get, even if we have to wait. We’re rather good at that,” Rilla said. She’d finished the one shirt and picked up another. She peered at it, frowned. “I can’t think what Dad does to his clothes—”
“I’ve made up a thousand stories to try to explain that and I still don’t think I’ve figured it out,” Anne said. “Some things, my darling girl, are beyond explanation.”
This one's for @freyafrida because I didn't manage to squeeze Faith/Bertie Shakespeare into my Jem/Mary fic...
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gogandmagog · 1 month
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DIANA, teasingly: “You, anyhow. I saw you kissing Faith Meredith in school last week ... and Mary Vance, too.”
JEM:- “For mercy’s sake, don’t let Susan hear you say that. She might forgive it with Faith but never with Mary Vance.”
— The Blythes are Quoted by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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mzannthropy · 6 months
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Mary Yellan and Jem Merlyn of Jamaica Inn are such a good gothic romance, but they don't seem to get a lot of love. Maybe they're not that well known, which is a shame!
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scrollboss · 1 year
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Pixel art display video highlighting some different Black game, comic, and toy characters.
Thanks to WizzyWhipitWonderful for allowing me to use that great BGM track!
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rinadragomir · 7 months
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15 Reasons to read Sword Catcher
1 - DRAMA, no one stopped Cassie so she had an opportunity to show off. Royal intrigues, criminal secrets, whispers of forbidden magic which is about to return
2 - bisexuals💙💜lgbtqia took over this book and refuse to leave, good for them
3 - perfect multilevel world-building, CC spent lots of time exploring historical materials, complicated fantasy series and it shows. Makes your brain work, which is always a plus
4 - Will/Jem vibes between Kel/Conor🥺
5 - enemies to lovers to enemies to— they're driving me INSANE
6 - POC characters, two of the main characters have brown skin, the queen has black skin, lots of characters whose appearance is probably inspired by people from the Middle East. Asian killer girl, my beloved🫶✨
7 - Political games, if you loved Game of Thrones/ House of the Dragon/ ARCANE, you'd love this one too!
8 - A high delusional society coexisting with a much poorer majority. Provocative grotesque parties/ fancy balls VS Brutally beautiful criminal city/ local dance holidays with magical roots
9 - The main girl is apparently Cordelia/Catarina's lovechild. She came here to show her dangerous dance skills and heal you🤗. Everyone is scared of her and she's scared of her weird dreams about sex & apocalypse🤔
10 - Main character being a sweet silly cinnamon roll...but like "randomly criminal whore" edition. He's either too smart or too silly & horny, no in the middle. Always kind🌻savage little marshmallow that needs to be held and protected
11 - Glittery outfits, Bridgerton X Euphoria? Marie Antoinette X Great Gatsby?
12 - Magic, necromancy 🔮🪦 Magic was common centuries ago until it became too powerful and destructive, which is yay for me, but for some reason, no-no for everyone else. The last battle between enemies/lovers and boom👁️👁️the land was destroyed, magic is gone. Which is what legends say. BUT IS IT GONE THOUGH🤨
13 - "I know we've just tried to kill each other/threatened to kill, I know this is our third meeting, but what about a kiss?👉👈" AND IT'S ABOUT AT LEAST TWO COUPLES
14 - You know that character, who's like mysterious✨ minor/third main character✨he lives in an emo mansion and feeds all stray kittens🫶and everyone who bothered him was killed brutally or disappeared under mysterious circumstances for some reason...oh these silly little coincidences☺️
15 - because I ask you🥺
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qbdatabase · 8 months
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trans male rom coms !! or any trans rom coms if there are not that many published !!! happy endings please !!!
so these might not all be romantic-comedies, but they are all Romances with a happy ending or Happily For Now, to the best of my knowledge; italicized titles are ones I've read myself and recommend as a transgender man
Contemporary Romance
(YA) Spy Stuff by Metzger, Matthew J.
Finding Your Feet by Lennox, Cass
(YA) Something Like Gravity by Smith, Amber
Don't Feed the Trolls by Kudisch, Erica (questioning masc NB)
(YA) Felix Ever After by Callender, Kacen (demiboy)
(YA) Stay Gold by McSmith, Tobly (hate crime, but happy ending)
Make a Circle by Joyce, Elliot
Cat's Got Your Heart by Zero, Jem
Life Underwater by Metzger, Matthew J.
Walking on Water by Metzger, Matthew J.
Reverb by Zabo, Anna
(YA) Meet Cute Diary by Lee, Emery
(YA) The Passing Playbook by Fitzsimons, Isaac
(YA) May the Best Man Win by Ellor, Z. R.
(YA) Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story by Patel, Sonia
(YA) A Million Quiet Revolutions by Gow, Robin (t4t)
(YA) Sharing Secrets by Metzger, Matthew J.
Coffee Boy by Chant, Austin
(YA) Rebel Boys and Rescue Dogs, or Things That Kiss with Teeth by Shrum, Brianna R.
(MG) On a Summer Night by Vidrine, Gabriel D.
Their Troublesome Crush by West, Xan
Acoustics by Price, London
(YA) The Feeling of Falling in Love by Deaver, Mason
(YA) Beating Heart Baby by Min, Lio
Welcome, Caller by Wright, M. Dean
Chef's Choice by Alexander, T. J. (t4t)
(YA) We Go Together by de Niverville, Abigail
(YA) If I Can GIve You That by Bulla, Michael Gray
(YA) Always the Almost by Underhill, Edward
A Shot in the Dark by Lee, Victoria
Historical Romance
The Companion by Ottoman, E. E. (t4t4t poly triad)
(YA) Self-Made Boys by McLemore, Anna-Marie
The Doctor's Discretion by Ottoman, E. E.
Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Paranormal Romance
(YA) The Heartbreak Bakery by Capetta, A. R. (NB x trans-masc)
(YA) Help Wanted by Emery, J. (questioning F, could be NB or ftm)
A Knight to Remember by Simkiss, Ceillie
(YA) Venom & Vow by McLemore, Anna-Marie
Mystery Romance
The Queer and the Restless by Ripper, Kris
(YA) A Fine Bromance by Moss, Christopher Hawthorne
full notes on representation and publishing info at qbdatabase.com
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CANON POLYCULE SHOWDOWN
this is a contest for canonically confirmed polycules or polycules that have a lot of hints to a possibility of them being canon, even if the authors might not have intended that way!
Beware of spoilers!! Some of these only become polycules later in the media they're from, and some of the descriptions describe a tragic fate for the polycule, so keep in mind there will be spoilers
rules can be found here
bracket can be found here
honorable mentions can be found here
links for all the match ups as they go live can be found in the MASTERPOST. it will be updated each round, but i will also tag every round to make them easier to find
help me w descriptions for the honorable mentions!
Round 2 part 2 finished.
Round 3 will go live on May 19th!
(#canonround2 or #pollycule if you want to search for the polls)
tags:
#canonpolyculeshowdown - for relevant updates and the polls
#pollycule - (yes double L) specifically for the showdown polls, to make it easier to find. doesn't include the prelims cause I only thought to add this after, sorry
#canonpropaganda - for, well, propaganda. ill post asks, reblog posts and maybe reblog reblogs
#honorablemention - for the ships that did not make it in (i will still make a post introducing all of them)
#tournamnt poll - the generally agreed on tag for blacklisting purposes. let me know if i forget to use it! i cant edit polls but it will remind me for the following round
#canonroundN - N being the number of the round we're in. so, for example: canonround0, canonround1, canonround2, etc. from the quarterfinals onwards, they'll also include the specific tag (#quarterfinals, etc). Check the post's tags for that ome if you want to look at all polls from that round!
list may be updated as needed.
if you submitted something that did not get in, nor was it posted as an honorable mention, and you wish to know why, feel free to send an ask.
LIST OF CONTESTANTS:
Nathan/Vlad/Ursula (Hunger Pangs)
Rilla/Arum/Damien (Penumbra Podcast)
Nathan/Gabriel/Annalise (The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself)
Ben/Ryn/Maddie (Siren Freeform)
Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (High Noon Over Camelot)
Quanxi/Pingsti/Cosmo/Long/Tsugihagi (Chainsaw Man)
Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow)
Caleb/Astrid/Eadwulf (Critical Role)
Sadie/Walt/Anubis (The Kane Chronicles)
Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala (Sense8)
Princess Glisselda/Seraphina/Lucien (Seraphina)
Tess/Jacomo/Margarethe (Tess of the Road)
Logan/Jean Grey/Scott/Emma (X-Men)
Uzui/Hinatsuru/Makio/Suma (Demon Slayer)
Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus (Hades)
Dianda/Simon/Patrick (October Daye)
Haruka/Michiru/Setsuna (Sailor Moon)
Asmodeus Alice/Clara Valac/Iruma Suzuki (Mairimashita, Iruma-kun!)
Aizo/Yujiro/Hiyori (HoneyWorks)
Kyle/Rogelio/Lonnie (She Ra)
Dashawn/Steve/Jose/Cupe R III/Otto/Arturo/Gregory/Quackers McQuack (Bojack Horseman)
Fluorite (Steven Universe)
Miss Piggy/Kermit/Gonzo (Muppets)
Sherlock/Watson/Mary (Sherlock Holmes movies)
Ichika Hoshino/Saki Tenma/Shiho Hinomori/Honami Mochizuki (Project SEKAI)
Tree Trunks/Mr. Pig/Alien Husband (Adventure Time)
Daniel/Sam/Jack/Teal’c (Stargate SG-1)
Mukai Naoya/Saki Saki/Nagisa Minase (Kanojo mo Kanojo/Girlfriend Girlfriend)
Eddie/Venom/Anne/Dan (Venom)
Peter Quill/Aradia/Mors (Guardians of the Galaxy)
George/Gilda/Thomas (Design for Living)
Leif/Thorn/Kale (Leif and Thorn)
Kieran/Ray/Gemma (Trigonometry)
Eugene/Rapunzel/Cassandra (Tangled the Series)
Jack/August/Rina (The Wicker King)
La’gann/Coral/Rodunn (Young Justice)
Syenite/Innon/Alabaster (Broken Earth)
Enrique/Hypnos/Sofia (The Gilded Wolves)
Max/Jack/Anne (Black Sails)
Pyrrha/Commander Wake/Gideon the First (The Locked Tomb)
Neptune/Venus/Jupiter (We Know the Devil)
Quincey/Jack/Arthur/Lucy (Dracula)
Amber/Reese/David (Adaptation)
Will/Tessa/Jem (The Infernal Devices)
Kieran/Cristina/Mark (The Dark Artifices)
Winter/Moon/Qibli (Wings of Fire)
Camille/Nyra/Dendro (Muted)
Sasha/Anne/Marcy (Amphibia)
Neal/Peter/Elizabeth (White Collar)
Turtle Heart/Melena/Frex (Wicked)
Emiya/Saber/Rin (Fate Stay/Night)
Sofiane/Victor/Luisa (Mortel)
Taylor/Theo/Josey (3)
Jack/Emma/Izzy (You Me Her)
Keiko/Miles/Kira (Star Trek)
Jade/Dave/Karkat (Homestuck Epilogues)
Anzu/Kazuki/Junta (Romantic Killers)
Shikimori/Izumi/Ai (Shikimori is Not Just Cute)
Camina/Michio Pa/Josep/Serge/Berthold/Oksana (The Expanse)
Breq/Mercy of Kalr/Seivarden/Ekalu (Imperial Radch)
Roguish Semiotician/Infamous Mathematician/Player Character (Fallen London)
Alphonse/Seth/Listener (Bittersweet)
Storm/Helen/Mira (Love and Luck Podcast)
Nicky/Joe/Andy/Booker/Niles (The Old Guard)
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Into the Spider-Verse: Spider-Ham (Marvel Tails #1 and Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #15) (Comissioned by WeirdKev15)
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Hello all you happy webheads and welcome back to Into the Spider-Verse, my look at the origins of every webslinger from the landmark film in the build up to Across the Spider-Verse. And it's bittersweet to be this close to the end of the web here: i'm proud of myself for this project and kev for having cooked it up as it allowed me to really dig into my love of spider-man, and comics in general, with new ideas and even possible new retrospectives wholesale coming out of this.
But before we can end this ride, we still have one Spidey to cover, who after our previous spider-persons adventures with crackers and milk, their predecesors literal oppisite sex clone, mob goons without fear, rock n roll pop art halluciongens in your giant spider mecha, and giant spiders stripping you naked, one man comes along to say..
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Yes it's time for the debut of Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham a
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And i'm sure many of you, both those familiar with the comics and those who just watched the movie, are asking the same question: why. The answer is simple. Way way back in the 1980's, Marvel had a new animated arm, Marvel Productions, which was a massive deal, producing both GI Joe and Transformers, which both started as comics first to promote the upcoming toylines, as well as Dungeons and Dragons, My LIttle Pony Tales, Muppet Babies, Jem and the Holograms, Kid N Play and the Biker Mice From Mars. There were also of course marvel cartoons like Spider-Man(the 80s one), Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, The Incredible Hulk, the more popular Incredible Hulk and the infamous and destined to be covered Pryde of the X-Men Pilot.
So naturally Marvel wanted more ips to feed into the almighty merchandising machine, because shockingly, companies have ALWAYS wanted every dollar they can get out of making more and more adaptations as long s they can afford it. So two writers set to work to spitball this: They were Tom DeFalco, a longtime spider-man editor who would go on to write the guidebook I had as a kid that really got me into the comics and taught me a lot about his rogues gallery and more importantly would write the book himself briefly, being the one to crystalize Mary Jane's tragic Backstory and her knowing Peter Parker is spider-man all along. WIth him was the wonderful Larry Hama, at the time writing GI JOe for marvel.. and at the time of this writing STILL writing his continuation of that continuity for IDW as he should. Hama deserves all the credit for setting the foundations of the GI Joe universe most adaptations follows and for writing one hell of a comic in the process, and not one to rest on his laurels would later have the defining run on Wolverine's solo book.
So as you can imagine when these two legends get together.. they created a simple but enduringly weird joke that has lasted decades. It's a concept that just works: Spider-Man.. but he's a funny animal. Weirdly though Marvel Animation passed on it, not wanting anything to do with it despite the fact that in a time when Garfield was at the peak of his powers and they'd be making muppet babies, funny animals were a VERY easy sell. Seriously why Marvel Animation was so stupid is a riddle for the ages but Marvel liked printing money, so they put Porker in a one shot, Marvel Tails, parodying the marvel reprint mag marvel Tales. That said DeFalco didn't expect much from it and was suprised months later when the higher ups asked for another issue. He explained it was a one shot.. and then they asked when the next issue was and he got the memo. While DeFalco wrote the one shot that launched the character he freely admits he's not the one who made him a star. That honor goes to Steve Skeates. Skeates had been a mainstay in the industry, paticuarlly having a run on Aquaman i've been trying to read for some time that really launched the character to new heights before Superfriends would shove him back to the depths for a while. He was burnt out on the industry and freely admits he wouldn't of done the book for Larry Hama if it was any other book, but felt the format allowed him to do a throwback to the kinds of books he liked writing while still throwing in plenty of comedy to keep it fresh. The result was pretty great, with Skeates wisely having Porker's various foes not be the obvious joke of being the animals they resemble, for instance the Vulture being a possum in a buzzard suit instead of a vulture.
And we'll be seeing that contrast between Porker's humble one shot joke beginings and evolved more nuanced parody as unlike most of the characters featured... Porker didn't get his origin story for a while. While most of the spider-persons got there's in their very first appearance or arc, Porker's origin didn't come about till late in his solo books run. So today we'll be looking at both his first appearance in Marvel Tails, and his origin story in Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham #15 under the cut!
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Spider-Ham begins his career in a typical spider-man setting: stopping a typical gang of thugs with ease and some quips. But it's not long before we get into one of the weird things about this story, something that just dosen't really work with it: Captain Americat. Cap is pictured here as Peter's steadfast partner and a reporter at his paper and none of this works. Now this is an AU, it COULD work and the idea of steve and peter being closer partners and steve mentoring him is great, just as the idea of Tony mentoring him was a brilliant one the movies captalized on. But here it's just treated as a normal thing without really being used for a joke that this is so unusual. A large part of this is something that's easy to forget as it hasn't been true about the character since the early 2000's. Spidey.. used to be a bit of a loner when it came to the rest of the Marvel Universe. Granted he was the kind of loaner who had an entire ongoing dedicated to him teaming up with other heroes and a tv show where he had two super college roomies he'd fight crime with, but when it came to consistant teamups his only real super friends were the fantastic four and in a few years Daredevil. Spider-Woman existed, but Jessica was largely her own thing by design, with only the name in common and wouldn't really become an ally or even friend of peter's till they were in the avengers together. Peter would have team ups but he really wasn't super close with the rest of the marvel universe. This changed in the early 2000's as his joining the new avengers gave him a lot of new allies in the marvel universe: He'd be on the new avengers until Brian Micheal Bendis left the book, he joined HIckman's avengers for the first arc, with Doc Ock taking his place, and joined the Mighty Avengers and Mark Waid's avengers afterwords, only in the last few years taking a break from the group entirely, ironically as his MCU counterpart became heavily associated with them himself. Not only that the dawn of the spider-verse and miles migrating to become the 616's second spider-man, meant peter soon had a spider-family.
Even now in his current tirefire of a solo i've been purposfully avoiding but suspect i'l lhave to confront some day, he has Ms Marvel, soon to be thrown in the fridge, Norman Osborn, long story, and his current girlfriend the black cat. Peter's no longer the solo operator he once was.. but back then it's very weird fo ra parody of the character to just.. casually hang out with Captain America regularly and this angle was wisely dropped.
This isn't the only weird thing in this issue either. For some reason rather than pulling from peter's many rogues, the issue has him face the Masked Marauder, some punk ripping off a super high tech arcade. It comes off more like a Scooby Doo Mystery complete with various red herings and the actual culprit showing up early on. He's not even the main threat as the everlovin hulk is also shoved into this issue. His origin is a little neat, with Bruce Bunny being an arcade game maker who gets shoved into a cabinet.
The result though just isn't that funny. Ther'es a good joke about steve stashing his shield in his coat
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But otherwise i'ts just kinda.. there and didn't leave the best first impression back when I first read it. It's nicely drawn, but dosen't have much actually to say or any really satire of the character. It's clear they had the name but no idea what to do with it. THe backup is pretty funny though, the weird Goose Rider, take a while guess, who just.. spends it riding around, thinking about grabbing a burger, and dealing iwth shouty civlians and some random doofus called chainsaw. This satire.. actually works as from what I can tell Ghost Rider's early rogues gallery before his reinvention in the 90's wasn't all that impressive with few exceptions. It's more what I wanted. Thankfully when Peter got his title shot, things perked up and by the time we get to his origin... we get something delightful.
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As you can tell both by the cover used for this review and from the title, this one's a parody of spider-man no more. Even if you haven't read the story (I've only read the iconic issue iwth the cover), you've doubtlessly seen it's cover, and the various homages to both that and the shot of peter throwing his costume in the trash and walking away, both by spider-heroes and the rest of the marvel. It helps that Sam Rami choose it as the backbone of Spider-Man 2 and ended up making an even BETTER version of the story in the process. Even Miles had his own version of it after his mom died and he blamed himself for it since the second ultimate venom was the reason she died. If you've read more recent comics and seen Rio alive and well that's because Miles befriended the Molocule Man, a very shy man with the power to control molocules... which shockingly for comics has been treated every bit as horrifyingly powerful as it should since his introduction, with MM's only real wekaness being his crippling neurosis. So when the universe died and was put back, Molocule brought her back as a thank you present. I had a point here.. ah yes.. I love the Molocule Man and feel he's a highly underated character. Oh that with the severe stress and sacrifice of being a spider-man, it's not a huge leap to have that moment of doubt. And it's an even shorter leap to take that moment and parody it and Peter's angst for all it's worth. We open with J Jonah Jackal hooking himself up to an idea machine while his three young wards, the junior newsboys watch. They are Jermiah Jackal, JJJ's snooty nephew, Bunson Bunny, our resident nerd who talks in big snetences and Upton Adam Stray, a combination of a black sterotype and
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If your getting some deja vu from a rich magnate having three young sidekicks who both acompany him and try to steer away his worse instincts, one of whom is jonah's literal nephew.. GOOD. It means you have good taste and also get the bit. Spider-Ham has a bit of the old Scrooge McDuck stories in it's dna, simply adding spider-man and his rogues to the mix, and really JJJ is such a perfect fit for scrooge and Peter for Donald, that I can't blame both writers for dipping into this formula when it fits spider-man shockingly well now he's a pig.
This issue is written by steven Mellor, who took over the title later in his run, but like Skeates does a really fun job with it.
With Jonah having peter come to the clubhouse to view an idea he came up with that involves the kids
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Peter deals with typical spider-man things. That is trying to get a date with his ex Betty Bat. It goes about usual for peter
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Also as you might have noticed, hilariously, Peter Porker looks a LOT like John Mulaney, despite having been created only one year after John was born. I mean he's also a talking pig but the hair is distractingly like his future voice actors and I love it.
Baby P decides to handle this like a mature, rational young swine
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Before bemoaning that he's still single.. what I like is that Mellor both really gets how Peter Parker Mopey Rants work, and milks it with everyone starring not sure what to do as peter ineternally rants and the janitor eventually asking him to leave as he's getting his tears on the floor. Peter then reflects back to his origin, the reason we're here. And even for a talking pig.. peter's origin is hilaroiusly bizzare. It's my kind of weird shenanigans. Okay so in this version Peter.. was a spider, which is clever enough.. but May was a mad scientest who befriended peter and showed him her new invention: a fission powered hairdryer. It made her radoactive, it wasn't good.. and well... I can't say what happens next and have most of you belivie it actually happened so here's photographic evdience.
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This.. this is comedy gold, and clever as all hell. Just deciding to have may be radioactive nad bite peter. It's as nuts as it is brilliant and I love it. So we get the standard origin moments of Peter testing out his powers.. and we also get a nice gag out of him bending a pipe in the original amazing fantasy #15
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Peter returns to find may basically the dodering old lady sterotype she was in earlier spider-man comics, and decides to look after her and not tell her the truth, as well as put his powers to use. Peter's genius in this version is also from the bite and thus Spider-Ham is born
After running into flash thompsons counterpart, who sadly isn't named flash beagle, we get jonah's meeting where he's dressed himself and the boys up in superhero outfits and ...
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To become Black Beagle and his beagle brigadeers. Peter is dragged along for this and this.. is easily the weakest part of the issue. While the idea of Jonah becoming a hero himself is great and has been used well, here it's just kinda there and is mostly a setup for them to befriend "Andy Warthog" and see a bunch of celebrity pastiches. It's a boring page or two
Thankfully it picks up with a delightful parody of one of my faviorite spider-man rogue as the Hobgobbler crashes the party! God bless this pun. He kidnaps one of the celebrties and we get a ncie character moment. Despite how silly this character and his origin are... it's still neat to see the core of spider-man.. is still present.
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No matter the universe, no matter who wears the mask... they can't turn down responsiblity. Try as he might.. Peter just can't let someone else get hurt if he can help it and that's what makes spider-man the hero we love so much: that drive to help people no matter what it takes. It's what makes a spider-person what they are wethere they be man, woman, ham or nb.
So Peter naturally wins, in a nicely drawn fight, cooks the turkey and drive sJonah home. He WANTS to just get some deserved sleep but Aunt May has other plans.. thankfully said plans give our hero his much deserved happy ending. Action is already his reward.
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As you can probably figure, this issue is a massive improvment and it's clear even with two diffrent writers, the full ongoing got the concept better and more importantly had more fun with it. The result.. is fucking great. Also the puns. Dear lord the puns. And that's not getting into the backup which has the scavengers fight kangaroo the conquerer. Who damn well better be among the council of kangs. At any rate this issue was greatr and even with the brief slowdown, is a great issue, not only getting me reintrested in this run, but also showing off just what you can do with a parody: have it be both heartfelt and clearly get what it's making fun of while still being great.
Next Time: The web ends as we look at the movie itself. Anyone can wear the mask but is one Miles Morales up to the task? Can he fill peter's shoes? Well yeah, I mean there's even a sequel, but it's still one hell of a ride.
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aithusarosekiller · 2 years
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TS songs as marauders characters (+ bugs and effie bc it is the added bonus we need)
I have reasons behind all of these
The Man- Regulus (trans reggie facing misogyny growing up? yes plese), Lily, Mary, Walburga (I think she would create a powerful spell with great potential and have to watch orion get credit instead)
Champagne Problems- Sybil, PETE, regulus
Right where you left me- Regulus :(
Lover- PETE (with Jem, Riah or Ben, it doesn't matter) Evan, Bugs
No body, no crime (I love this song)- I have a whole scenario with James narrating, Regulus as Este, Sirius as the sister, Barty as the husband and Evan as the guy he cheats on reg with...but the vibe of the song gives off mary idk
August- REGULUS (yes bc of that one fic I wrote)
Betty- James (again bc of the fic)
Cardigan- Barty (you get the idea)
Style- JEGULS SONG JEGULUS SONG! But also Marlene x Mary
Exile- another jegulus song? yes. but also prongtail
Red- regulus and dorcas
The way I loved you- JAMES
invisible string- c'mon, you just KNOW this is rosestarkillerchaser
You belong with me- barty
Willow- idk I get pandora vibes
Fearless- look, WYIDIAS has done a lot to me, okay? this belongs to reg
The lakes- REGULUS, Pandora, Bugs
All too well- regulus
cornelia street- regulus and oddly marlene
London boy- pete
Cruel Summer- I HAVE A WHOLE JEGULUS SCENARIO FOR THIS
Mirrorball- Sirius, Lily, Remus
Wildest dreams- I couldn't not pick Barty
Stay stay stay- idk but it kinda gives james...maybe remus idk
My tears ricochet- REGULUS
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singitoutgirl26 · 2 years
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I need good fanfic recommendations! Let me know the name of the fic, the author, and what platform it's on ( I prefer AO3 and Wattpad) and I'll give it a shot. I'll give most ships a shot once as long as they aren't creepy (adult x child fics make me uncomfortable). I've been obsessed with most of the pairings or characters since high school (helped me cope and get through it) so pls be nice to me lol
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
✨FEEL FREE TO SELF PROMOTE OR TAG AUTHORS FOR ME TO CHECK OUT✨
Current Obsessions:
HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE:
-willing to read almost any ship at least once unless it's an adult with a child bc fuck that
*Fuck JKR and Fuck TERFs*
•Good Slytherin Fics
•Regulus Black (could be an OC fic or could be a ship I don't have listed, I'm willing to read almost any ship at least once)
•Jegulus (James Potter x Regulus Black
•Wolfstar (Remus Lupin x Sirius Black)
•Rosekiller (Evan Rosier x Barty Crouch Jr)
•Regulus Black x Evan Rosier x Barty Crouch Jr. (You can throw James in too if you want)
•Dorlene (Dorcas Meadows x Marlene McKinnon)
•Pandora x Lily Evans
•Mary MacDonald x Lily Evans
•Drarry (Draco x Harry)
•Dramione (Draco x Hermione)
•Theomione (Theodore Nott x Hermione)
•Dreomione (Draco x Theo x Hermione)
•Theo x Draco x Pansy x Hermione
•Pansy Parkinson
•Theodore Nott
•Draco Malfoy
•Luna Lovegood
•Luna x Ginny
•Luna x Harry
•Luna x Blaise
•Tom Riddle
•Mattheo Riddle (someone's OC from a HP fic that I have a small obsession with)
•Lorenzo Berkshire (someone's OC from a HP fic that I have a small obsession with)
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
TVD/TO:
*Kol Mikaelson
*Rebekah Mikaelson
*Davina Clare
*Elijah Mikaelson
*Klaus Mikaelson
*Stefan Salvatore
*Katherine Pierce
*Tyler Lockwood
*Hayley Marshall
*Klaus x Caroline
*Kol x Davina
*Kol x Bonnie
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
PERCY JACKSON/HEROS OF OLYMPUS:
~willing to read almost any ship at least once tbh
-Annabeth x Percy
-Solangelo (Nico x Will)
-Thalia Grace
-Nico Di Angelo
-Leo Valdez
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
KANE CHRONICLES:
°Anubis x Sadie
°Carter x Zia
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
TWILIGHT:
(it might be trash but the fanfictions make me cackle)
*Jasper (but like as long as he isn't racist bc fuck that)
*Alice
*Jasper x Alice
*Alec Volturi
*Jane Volturi
*Demetri Volturi
*Benjamin (Egyptian Vampire)
*Embry Call
*Paul Lahote
*Quil Artera
*Leah Clearwater
*Seth Clearwater
*Jacob (as long as he respects boundaries and understands the word NO unlike the series)
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
THE SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES:
*Jessamine Lovelace
*Tessa Gray
*Jem Carstairs
*Will Herondale
*Sophie
*Cecily Herondale
*Tessa x Jem
*Tessa x Will
*Magnus Bane
*Izzy Lightwood
*Jace Herondale
*Alec Lightwood
*Clary Fray
*Simon
* Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern
*Izzy x Simon
*Alec x Magnus
*Jace x Clary
✨OC FICS ARE WELCOME✨
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charmtion · 1 year
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3 ships: jonsa, daemyra, & eddissy
first ever ship: mary x jem from jamaica inn, lol ❕
last song: coffee by sylvan esso
last movie: the pale blue eye
currently reading: bring up the bodies by hilary mantel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
currently watching: I just finished the latest season of ghosts, & am bereft
currently consuming: an ice-cold can of Coke 🧊
currently craving: a good bit of steak & also for my current book to never ever finish because then it’s onto the mirror & the light which means this blessed brutal trilogy is over; I am not ready for that; I will never be ready for that
thanks for the tag @chispas-and-broken-bindings; I tag @thistle-and-thorn, @semperlitluv, @scarliefrancis, & @nimfeach. ✨ x
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mzannthropy · 1 year
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Mary Yellan & Jem Merlyn, Jamaica Inn
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sobahan784 · 1 year
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🕺 Tech House Mix 016 (FISHER, Vintage Culture, Jamie Jones, James Hype, Sofi Tukker :)
Tech House Mix 016 is now online! This mix includes tracks by Fisher, Vintage Culture, Jamie Jones, James Hype, and Sofi Tukker. If you're looking for some amazing tech house music, then you'll love this mix! It features some of the best tracks from across the genre, and you'll be sure to enjoy every second! 
► TRACKLIST: 00:00 Marie Davidson Feat. Soulwax - Work It 02:00 Marie Davidson Feat. Soulwax - Work It (Deeft, Sabadini Edit) 04:18 FISHER & Shermanology - It's A Killa (Extended Mix) 07:50 MC MAZZIE - Ele te Bota Soca Soca (Boa Noa Remix) 10:41 Sonny Fodera, Biscits - Perfect (Extended Mix) 14:13 FISHER - Ya Didn't 16:53 Sofi Tukker - Drinkee (Vintage Culture & John Summit Remix) 19:48 Cloonee & Wade - Mi Amor (Original Mix) 23:33 FETISH - Come Check This 25:38 Max Styler - Resist (Extended Mix) 30:08 Cloverdale - Threat Level Midnight 33:45 Tiga - Mind Dimension (Kölsch Remix) 37:00 Gekto - NON STOP 39:38 Oliver Heldens - I Was Made For Lovin' You 41:34 PAX - Snake (Original Mix) 43:23 FISHER - Palm Beach Banga (Extended Mix) 45:38 Duke Dumont - The Power 48:21 Jamie Jones & AMÉMÉ - Pliva 51:18 Julio Navas - Raw 54:18 R.E.A.D. - Where's My Phone? (feat. Sailor Jane) 55:47 Jamie Jones - My Paradise (Vintage Culture Extended Remix) 59:33 KREAM - Take Control (Extended Mix) 1:01:51 Biscits - Wait A Minute 1:04:06 Rebuke - Along Came Polly (Original Mix) 1:06:36 MARTEN HØRGER - Anøther Dimensiøn (Extended Mix) 1:07:00 Dave Winnel - Method (Extended Mix) 1:09:12 FETISH - Like It Rough 1:10:52 Joel Corry x Da Hool - The Parade (Extended Mix) 1:12:52 Ben Miller (Aus) - All I Do (Extended Mix) 1:16:00 Vintage Culture, James Hype - You Give Me A Feeling (Extended Mix) 1:17:15 James Hype - Dancing (Extended Mix) 1:18:34 Ferreck Dawn & Jem Cooke - Back Tomorrow (LP Giobbi Extended Remix) 1:21:18 Sofi Tukker - House Arrest (Extended Mix) This is a tech house mix playlist I recorded in Bali in December 2022.
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wqbytop150 · 2 months
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WQBY
Top 150 for the week ending March. 31, 2024 ... [Highest Position so far]
Outlaw Love --Brooke Eden (Dave Aude Remix) -1 [1]
Jet Plane --R3HAB, VIZE, JP Cooper -3 [2]
Houdini --Dua Lipa -2 [2]
Monster --A7S, ALOK -11 [4]
Weight of the World --Bonnie X Clyde -13 [5]
Slide Out --Life on Planets -6 [3]
When I Wake Up --Lucas & Steve, Skinny Days -7 [7]
Reckless Child --Milky Chance -10 [8]
She's on my Mind --Romy -5 [1]
I Don't Wanna Worry --NEEDTOBREATHE -8 [1]
Weak --Vintage Culture, Maverick Sabre, Tom Breu -4 [1]
You're Hired --NEIKED, Ayra Starr -9 [1]
Give Me --Will Clark, BURNS -15 [13]
Dirty Desire --Vicetone -12 [5]
Before You Go --Seeb -20 [15]
Lonely Dancers --Conan Gray -18 [15]
Make Me Your Mrs. --Mae Stephens -19 [16]
The Afterhours --Kyle Watson -17 [10]
Never Be Friends --Jost, Minogue -16 [1]
Low Again --Bakermat -22 [20]
Kissing Strangers --Usher -26 [16]
What If We Met --Ali Gatie -110 [22]
Young & Foolish --Loud Luxury f/Charlieonafriday -86 [23]
Mr. Useless --Shygirl, SG Lewis -28 [24]
Waterslides --Tiesto, Rudimental, Absolutely -23 [22]
Sleep Tonight (This is the Life) --Switch Disco, R3HAB, Sam Feldt -108 [26]
Heart Still Beating --Nathan Dawe, Bebe Rexha -14 [2]
Graveyard --A R I Z O N A (Shoffy Remix) -26 [5]
Anyone --Morgan Page -21 [2]
Texas Hold 'Em --Beyonce -24 [17]
It's Love (If we Get It Right) --Anthony Russo -31 [3]
Close Your Eyes --Lucas Estrada, Tribbs, Stephen Puth -29 [7]
Spicy Margarita --Jason Derulo, Michael Bublé -35 [7]
One On One --The Knocks, Sofi Tukker -32 [1]
All Fckd Up --Kapuzen -34 [9]
Both --Tiesto, 21 Savage, BIA -33 [4]
Bad Blood --Theresa Rex -38 [20]
Kill Anyone --Two Feet, Ari Abdul -30 [11]
Yes, And? --Ariana Grande -39 [19]
Good In Goodbye ---Frank Walker, Trivecta -48 [10]
Next Years Light ---Elliot Moss -40 [24]
You --Svidden, Seeb -37 [2]
Feels Like Us --GT_OFICE, Alwz Snny, Robbie Rosen -36 [6]
Do You Feel It --VAMERO, Cyril M. Mougleta -46 [44]
Flex --Tony Dark Eyes -41 [20]
Lift Off --Dombresky -42 [13]
Cutting Loose --Disco Lines, J. Worra, Anabel Englund -49 [47]
Dizzy --Sick Individuals, LOUI LANE -51 [48]
Triumph --Bishop Briggs -59 [45*]
Forever (Stay Like This) --Armin Van Buuren -53 [50]
Diamond Therapy ---Diplo, Walker & Royce, Channel Tres -45 [6]
Feel This Way --Victoria Nadine, R3HAB -70 [52]
Beat of your Love --Ownboss, LAWRENT feat/Ekko -65 [53]
ADHD --Mae Stephens -54 [53]
I Got Time --Brittney Spencer -55 [55]
Without You --Disco Fries, Lavish Life -62 [56]
Rusty --Layto -58 [57]
Lie To Me --Jubel, KIDDO -60 [58]
More Baby --Chris Lake, Aluna -47 [5]
U Miss Me --Vicetone -43 [1]
Dark Skies --A RI Z O N A -44 [1]
How Do I Say Goodbye --Adventure Club, Delaney Jane -61 [58]
Raccoons --Caravan Palace -63 [63]
Progressive Heart --Pat Premier (Dave Aude Remix) -64 [64]
Underwater --Dubvision, Afrojack -66 [61]
You Know It --Gorgon City -67 [62]
In Your Arms --Jes Bays, Jem Cooke -68 [67]
Beautiful Things --Benson Boone -69 [68]
No Reason --The Chemical Brothers (Chris Lake Remix) -56 [31]
Rhythm Machine --Westend, Max Styler -50 [50]
Lil Tune --Gus Dapperton, Electric Guest -71 [71]
Home --CamelPHAT, RHODE (Vintage Culture Remix) -72
Other Boys --Marshmello, Dove Cameron -52 [1]
Lullaby --Britti -57 [33]
Fire --Alan Walker, YUQI, JVKE, (G)I-DLE -74
Take A Moment --ATB, David Frank -75
Mirrors ---Caravan Palace -81 [36]
Venemo --Sofi Tukker, &Friends, Mari Merenda -73
Say It Right --Dubdogs, Farfetch'd -91
Ride --Grant Brett -27 [27]>>>
Easy --3LAU, XIRA -76 [20]
Spend The Night --BJ the Chicago Kid -77 [3]
Lighter --Galantis, David Guetta, 5 Seconds of Summer -133
Some Kind of Static --Neil Francis, Alan Braxe -93
Premeditated --FETISH -107
My Body --Illusionize, Y&M -97
Come With Me --Claptone -95
Life Goes On --HU -98
Soultrain --Tripolism, Nandu, Radeckt -94
Love Me --INNA -100
Everything You Do --Afroki, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Aviella -99
Kettle's Up --Mahmut Orhan, Avelax, Botan -103
Broken By You --Alexander Stewart -132
Powerful Women --Pitbull, Dolly Parton -84 [15*]
The Pussy Song --Ken the Man -134
Out Loud --Cage the Elephant -130
Purple Irisis --Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton -85
Sorry Ain't Enough --Michael Gerow -79 [52]
Hanging On --A R I Z O N A -88 [1]
Dreamteam --Galantis, Neon Trees -82 [12]
Body Moving --Eliza Rose, Calvin Harris -83
Wanna --Paul Dally -87
Stress You --Lucas Estrada, SUPER Hi -88
Sorry Now --A R I Z O N A -89
Strangers --Kenya Grace -90
Space --Shane Codd -92
Me Before You --Bleachers -96
Dreams --Ali Farben, Maurice Lessing, Emma Wells -101
Might Just --Walker & Royce, James Patterson -102
She --Karin Ann (Benny Benassi Remix) -104
Murder on the Dancefloor --Sophie Ellis-Bextor -120
DFHMPU --Ari Abdul -105
What Do You Do For A Living? I Do My Best --Iamnotshane -109
Gravity --Matt Hansen -111
I Still Believe --Lacrae, for King & Country -112
Anthem --Diplo, Shram, Pony -128
***One, Two & 3 --Galantis -(new)
Cutting Through the Country --Medium Build -125
Missing You --Frank Walker, Nate Smith -147
***Lose Control --Teddy Swims -(new)
***Can I Have This Groove --Kenyon Dixon -(new)
***Count Me Out --Vicetone, Emily Falvey -(new)
***Fire In My Soul --Yulia Niko, Carn Crua -(new)
Regret The Morning --SILK, Mali-Koa -126
Kiss Me Better --Julie Bergan -127
Need Your Love --Ikay Sencan, KALUMA, Adam Woods -124
Good For You --Dimitri Vegas, Chapter & Verse, Goodboys -114
Fantasy --Cosmo's Midnight feat/Frank Moody -121
Without Your Love --Deorro, TELYKAST, Catello -129
Never Be Lonely --Jax Jones, Zoe Wees -138
Lucky --Dermont Kennedy -118
A Day In The Life --Apollo LTD -113 >>>
Run Free (Countdown) --Tiesto, R3HAB -115
High And I Like It --It's Murph, Evalyn -116 >>>
Something's Gonna Workout --Jai Piccone, 1tbsp -119.
OHH LA LA --Edris Elba, Sasha GiGi -122 [21]
Lead Me On --FLETCHER -123 [74] >>>
Follow You --Return of the Jaded, MELLY OHH -136 [79]
Everybody Knows I'm High --SHAED -137 [80]
The Tower --Future Islands -139 [48]
Loneliness ---Pet Shop Boys (Radio Edit) -140 [96] >>>
Pictures Of You --Anyma -141 [75]
Hustla --Francis Mercier, Emmanual Jai -142 [110^]
Beautiful Drug --Zac Brown Band (Avicii Remix) -143 [113^]
Lonely Nights --Papa Beats, J.O.Y. -144 >>>
Takin It Back --DJ Minx -145 [94]
Dance Is The Answer --Dubdogs, RUBACK, Ticon, Raja Ram -146 [57]
No Man's Land --Marshmello feat/Venbee -148
Run --ATB, NuAspect, Orem -149>>>
Checking In --For King & Country -150 [123] >>>
5 New on the Chart this week NO <> (re-enties) #117 One, Two & 3 #120 Lose Control $121 Can I Have This Groove #122 Count Me Out #123 Fire In My Soul
***New <> Re-entries >>>off next week {7^] debut position
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