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forgotten valentines - p.parker x gn!reader

posted feb 1st, 2024 8:14 am.

heres the first day of my countdown to valentines day! whether ur single or just love these silly characters, i hope u enjoy :)

summary: upon the couple stumbling home from working late, reader and peter both realize they've forgotten all about the heart shaped holiday. Not proofread, may have use of Y/n.

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It was nearing 10 pm when you finally made it home, wanting nothing more than to sit down and use your boyfriend as a human-weighted blanket, but just as you opened the front door you heard shuffling down the hall of your apartment complex, turning to look who was coming and seeing the boyfriend in question, Peter sighed heavily once you both made eye contact, earning a chuckle from you as you entered your apartment, Peter following not too far behind. 

“That wasn’t planned?” you joked quietly, turning on a few lights so it didn’t feel so late that you’d have to whisper. Peter’s quiet laugh filled your ears as he headed for the fridge, opening it up with a sluggish movement. “No, fate just keeps on tugging us towards each other” He teased back, pulling out two sodas before shutting the door with his elbow. 

You pulled off your coat, abandoning it by the door and making yourself comfortable on the couch. Peter soon joined you after taking off his own coat and shoes, he handed you one of the cans, already opened. You leaned into Peter’s side, causing him to throw his arm around your shoulders happily. The clock read 10:12 PM as you flipped through the channels trying to find something to watch. 

“There is a lot of 50 Shades of Grey going on,” Peter said upon realizing how many channels had the 50 Shades movies playing along with every other channel playing romcoms and old romantic dramas. “Yeah, what’s this all about?” you wondered out loud, then the realization hit.

“Oh my god, Peter it’s Valentine's Day!” You sat up, looking at Peter with wide eyes as he checked his phone and his jaw fell, matching your expression now as the date confirmed it. 

“I didn’t even realize it was February” Peter whispered, thinking out loud as you stood up, his eyes following your movements. “Okay, well, we’ve got 2 hours left,” You said, watching him nod in response. 

“It’s too late to grab flowers and chocolate” Peter’s voice was laced with a guilty tone as he spoke, remorse-filled puppy eyes staring up at you. You smiled down at him, hands coming to rest on either side of his face, “That’s okay, it’ll all be on sale by tomorrow morning” Your reassurance and soft touch brought a smile to Peter’s face, “besides, you’re here and not out there” you motioned towards the window, exposing the city of queens who didn’t get the privilege of Spider-man tonight. 

Because you did.

“Will you be my valentine?” Peter asked with a goofy grin on his face, that only grew when you laughed, giving him the exact reaction he had wanted. You nodded, “I’d be happy to be your Valentine, Peter” He smiled at you in return, standing up and causing you both to be nearly chest to chest with the action. 

“C’mon, then, we’ve got a date to prepare for” Peter whispered, planting a kiss on your forehead before leaving the soft moment, walking back to the kitchen. You smiled, abandoning the two barely touched soda cans as you switched off the TV and went to look for a Vinyl to play on your old record player. 

Neither of you had the sharpest memory but that never stopped you from being a damn good team, and times like these always did so well at reminding you both of this sweet fact.

The soft and not-too-loud music filled your small apartment once you finally made your decision. You made your way into the small kitchen as Peter rustled around the pantry looking for something to cook, “we could do pasta!” he exclaimed, too excited about finding something to make, before closing the pantry door and setting the bowtie noodles on the counter, turning to look for ingredients for the sauce. “What kind are we making?” you asked with an amused look on your face, hopping up onto the counter as you watched Peter move around the room. 

“Whichever kind we have the ingredients for,” Peter said, laughing with you as you slid off the counter despite having just barely sat down. “I’ll boil the noodles” Peter hummed in acknowledgment of your announcement, the sound of him clumsily moving behind you filled your ears and blended perfectly with the music, this was perfect. 

“Spaghetti it is!” Peter mumbled to himself before turning around, standing directly behind you as he went to turn on the burner beside the one you were using to boil water. You couldn’t have missed his hand resting on your side if you tried, even if he didn’t squeeze lightly every few seconds. Peter stood there longer than he needed, watching the flame on the left burner while you poured noodles into the pot on the right burner. 

“Just makin’ sure you’re doin’ it right, doll,” Peter explained with a small smirk on his face as if he was reading your thoughts. You scoffed, smiling, “Why don’t you start the sauce so we can have dinner before midnight, yeah?” You asked in a similar teasing tone, not even attempting to hide your heart eyes as you glanced at him. Peter laughed in response, nodding and turning to continue his job for dinner, leaving the spot where his hand sat on your side feeling cold and empty despite your hoodie covering it. 

You both stood wordlessly as you worked, eventually stopping the right burner and allowing Peter to help you drain the water with a strainer before mixing the noodles in with the sauce, “10:57, I think we’re doin’ pretty good on time, what do you think?” Peter smiled at you as you pulled out two bowls, “I think you’re gonna burn our only food option if you don’t turn off the stove” you teased, before smiling back. “We just make a good team” Your second response was more genuine, earning a nod as Peter looked away to turn off the left burner, his smile softening. “Yeah, a great team.”

Together you both set up the table, giggling when Peter ran off to get the candle before setting it down in the middle. “There’s just something missing,” Peter mumbled, watching you sit down at the small table just enough for two people, which is all you needed. 

“I’ll be right back” Before you could argue Peter had run off again, this time to your shared bedroom before stumbling out a few moments later tugging on his suit. “Peter, what are you-” “Don’t start eating yet!” he pointed at you, pulling on his mask with one hand, ignoring the sound of your laughter as he struggled. You watched with an amused expression as he left out the window, the clock now reading 11:09, it’s still early enough to wait so you took it upon yourself to get up and light the candle, along with getting out anything you had to make the rocky road ice cream in the freezer more fun and setting it on the counter.

The sound of the window closing caught your attention, “Look! Ice cream bar!” You said, smiling proudly at your presentation before turning back to your boyfriend just as he pulled off the mask, out of breath and a proud smile settled on his lips too. 

“Look!” he imitated your tone, pulling flowers from behind his back, a little droopy and absolutely taken from your upstairs neighbor, Mrs. Baker’s windowsill, but still perfect. “Flowers!” he finished, both of you laughing before you pulled out a mason jar, filling it with water, and setting it beside the candle. Peter put the 4 dainty white daisies in, smiling at you as he pulled your chair out for you. 

“I love the ice cream bar,” He praised your work, sitting across from you while immediately reaching for your hand, and you happily gave it to him. “I love the flowers,” You responded, honey dripping off the words with how sweet you spoke, blissfully happy in this moment.

“This is perfect! Who needs plans for Valentine’s Day when we’re as great as we are!” Peter said, almost moaning as he finally took a bite of his food. You laughed at his reaction before trying your own. “Last minute dates are our thing, so.” You teased, earning an unserious glare from your guilty boyfriend. 

“I love them though” You reassured, squeezing his hand. 

Peter squeezed back and leaned forward as if to tell you a secret as he softly spoke, “I love you” His gaze was as loving as ever and it was all yours, it was as if he was telling you with his eyes that it always would be. 

“I love you more”

“Impossible”

His immediate response was too cute to argue no matter how badly you wanted to, but instead, you leaned forward just enough to plant a soft kiss on his lips. Peter sighed at the sweetness of it all, closing his eyes and shaking his head as you sat back down. 

“Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetheart”

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[capricornmuffins]

Majorly in need of Kendall’s improved and sweet birthday please!! 👀🎂❤️

Anything for you, lovely!! Thank you for the inspo as always! ❤️❤️ this is fluffy and also a little angsty because ken and Rava are separated at this point in the timeline and I have no self control. I’m sorry this got so long!

Summary: A happier birthday for Kendall. Set a few months before the pilot.

Some smuttiness under the cut also!

Anyway, Don’t Be a Stranger

“Hey!” Her warm smile greets him when he answers the FaceTime. “Happy birthday, grandpa.”

“Yeah,” he scoffs, unfastening the tie he put on. Too stuffy. “Thanks. 39–fucking prehistoric.”

“Did you get your AARP brochure yet? Or is that the big 4-0?”

“Uh huh. Laugh it up. You’re next.”

“Hey, I still have 4 months to go, so. You’ll always be old first.”

“Oh, that’s nice. You uh—you better have a great present for me. To make up for this fucking harassment on my birthday.”

“Who said I’m getting you a present?” She asks, brow raised.

He huffs a laugh. It’s too easy to fall back into their usual banter—he never knows quite where to draw a line.

“What are the kids doing?”

“Getting ready for school, but they want to say hi—hey, guys? Daddy’s on the phone.”

“Happy birthday daddy!” Sophie practically screeches on the other end. Her crooked smile makes Kendall’s heart constrict. She grows every time he sees her—which is admittedly less these days. He’s burning the candle at both ends, getting ready to take up the mantle at Waystar.

Only a few more months to go til Dad’s 80th. The final countdown.

“Thanks, baby girl. You pick your dress out today?”

“Yes! It’s my new one from Auntie Shiv.” She hands the phone back to Rava so she can do a twirl.

“Wow, look at you! Auntie Shiv picked out a beauty. You look great, sweetie. What’s Ivey doing?”

“He’s here—he wants to say hi,” Sophie passes the phone to Iverson.

His baby boy. His son. His legacy.

“Hey buddy!”

“Hi daddy,” Iverson waves, pushing his too-big glasses up the bridge of his nose. Kendall aches.

“You all ready for school?”

“Uh huh.”

He hears Rava whisper to him offscreen.

“Happy birthday,” he recites dutifully.

“Thanks, bud. Hey—I got a new Lego set for us. It’s that Spider-Man one you wanted.”

“Cool!” He nods enthusiastically, a genuine smile lighting up his little face. “Will you help me build it? Like last time?”

“Sure will. I think you’re gonna like this one even better.”

“Hey, Ken—we have to run—“

“Oh, sure—have a good day at school guys. I love you.”

“Bye daddy,” The answer in unison.

“Hey—one sec,” Rava comes back on.

“What’s up?”

“I know you have them this weekend, so I haven’t asked. But—do you have any plans tonight? For your birthday?”

“Um—“ He wishes he could say he was throwing a cool party, or even just having dinner at Dad and Marcia’s. He should just lie, because his actual plan of working as late as humanly possible and passing out is pathetic even to him.

“I’m sure you probably do—“ she goes on, almost nervously.

“I um—yeah, I don’t, actually. Been a lot going on at work, you know, with everything. So—I was just gonna work late.”

There’s an almost pitying look in her eyes that makes him feel even worse.

“Well, if you don’t feel like being at the office for 14 hours, I was wondering if um—maybe you’d want to come over for dinner? With the kids?”

“I—wait—really?”

“Yeah—I would have asked sooner, but um—I don’t know. I figured you’d have plans.”

“Yeah,” he scoffs. “I’m uh—I’m in really high demand.”

She laughs a little. “You usually are.”

“Yeah—I don’t know about that. But um—sure, that sounds great. Really great.”

“Yeah?” She looks relieved. As if he’d say no to her. “You wouldn’t rather be out with the guys?”

“Come on, no way.”

“Okay,” she smiles. “Okay, good. You think you can get here for 6:30? They usually eat at 6, but I know it’s not easy getting out early around there.”

His mind flashes to the nights he wasn’t home until 9 or later, too coked up to eat the food she’d leave out for him. He screws his eyes shut and lets it pass. Bad, bad times.

“Yeah, no, that’s fine.”

“You sure?”

“I think they can let the birthday boy out early. I’ll be there.”

“Great. I’m glad we’re doing this. It’s been a little while since the four of us had dinner together…” she trails off.

“Uh huh. Yeah, this is good. And hey—thanks, Rav.”

“Yeah, of course. See you tonight.”

It’s his second birthday since they’ve been separated. Last year was spent in a black hole of depression after she left with the kids. She took them to her parents, brought him to rehab, and left him with the promise that this whole thing was temporary. Just so he could completely focus on his sobriety.

They’d get through it, she said, but she needed time. How much more fucking time did she need?

This time last year, he hoped he wouldn’t see 39. The sky fell and fell and fell. He’s better now — rehab and therapy have stuck. He’s learned to live with the pain, like some incurable disease. But the hole in his heart is still there, it scabs over and the slightest misstep reopens the wound. He’s all scar tissue. She still hasn’t come back to him fully, only in late night phone calls and the occasional dinner hand-offs that feel like explicit trysts.

But now, she’s finally throwing him the life vest. He’s fucking taking it.

————

He spends the last hour of the work day anxiously checking his watch. He needs to be en route to Rava’s by 6 and he’s determined to get there on time. He’s going to prove to her that his head is clear, that he can be the man she needs again. To prove what a good father he is.

“Hey, dad—“ he sticks his head in to Logan’s office. “I’m heading out.”

“Bankers hours today?”

“I’m uh—I’m having dinner with Rava and the kids.”

Logan’s face is stony.

“For my—for my birthday.”

“Uh huh,” he looks like he wants to say more, but remains impassive. “Well. Good. That’s fine.”

“So I’ll—I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Well, when you’re done there, if you want to come by for a drink—you know, for your birthday. Marcy and I will be home.”

“Oh, yeah. Sure.”

“Good. Give the kids my love, won’t you?”

He’s no longer looking at him, attention back on his screen. Dismissed.

“Yeah, of course. I’ll bring them by soon.”

“Happy birthday, kiddo,” he says, still not looking up.

“Thanks.”

He feels light as he gets into the idling Mercedes.

“‘Sup, Fikret.”

“Evening, Mr. Roy. To Rava’s as planned?”

“Please.”

He puts on his headphones to decompress from the day, stomach fluttering in anticipation of seeing Rava and the kids. Their absence has taken up permanent residency in his ribcage and he can’t shake it loose. It’s ever-present, the weight of his fractured family. His failure. Loneliness.

But today he feels hope, because he knows they’re getting back together. She’ll see that everything will work out. They’re just going through a rough patch right now. He has to pay the toll for his sins.

“Thanks Fikret,” he nods as he steps out of the car. Rava’s new building feels tall and looming and unfamiliar.

She buzzes him up and opens the door herself instead of her usual housekeeper. His heart almost leaps out of his chest at the sight of her. She’s casual in faded jeans that hug her perfectly, and a fashionably slouchy white sweater. She’s done her hair and makeup though — he tries not to feel too good about it.

“Hey,” she greets him with an easy smile, the one that sucks the air out of him.

“Hey,” he tries to sound chill, but he feels like he just ran the fucking New York Marathon.

He clocks her taking in his Brioni suit with a flicker of satisfaction.

“You look nice,” she says.

He leans in to embrace her, his confidence growing. Her sweater is soft, tangible against his fingers, grounding him. But the scent of her Jo Malone is still a gut punch, so he’s careful not to inhale too deeply.

She rubs his back, almost absentmindedly, before pulling away.

“Thanks. So do you.”

“Oh, thanks. I’ve been running around,” she waves him off. “The kids are so happy you’re coming.”

“Really?” He smiles, daring to let himself be cheered at the thought.

“Mhmm,” she gives him a funny look. “Did you think they wouldn’t be?”

“I mean—I dunno. We FaceTime almost every day. I’m not that exciting.”

“You’re their dad, Ken,” she reminds him gently. “They always want to see you.”

He nods, swallowing a lump in his throat.

“Hey, guys? Dad’s here!” Rava calls out up the stairs. The sound of barreling footsteps echoes from the second floor.

“Don’t run down the stairs, please,” she adds. “This spiral staircase is a fucker,” she says to him.

“Architectural Digest’s wet dream, though,” he notes.

“Hi daddy!” Sophie appears at the top of the stairs, consciously making an effort to walk slowly.

“Hey, there’s my best girl,” he opens his arms to her. She hits the last step and launches herself into him.

Iverson follows behind, nudging himself into Kendall’s side.

“Hey, slugger,” he ruffles his hair, pulling him in for a hug.

Sophie wraps her little arms around his neck and looks at him earnestly, the way she has since she was a toddler.

“Daddy, we’re making you a present. Me and Ivey have to finish it. Okay?”

She reminds him so much of Rava, all soft eyes and self-assurance and abundant affection.

“Whatever you say, wild honey-pie.”

She kisses his cheek, making him want to sink to the floor and weep.

Iverson stays quiet, looking at the ground. His boy, a piece of his soul, who’s so much like him in every way he almost wants to shake it out of him, like a fucking genetics Etch-A-Sketch.

“How was school today, guys?”

“Good. We learned about presidents. I said that you know the President in real life,” Sophie informs him.

“Oh yeah? You remember meeting him a few years ago? When you were like—“ he puts his hand down by his knee. “Yay high?”

“Uh huh,” Sophie nods. “He was weird.”

He and Rava both snort.

“Yeah, uh—he is kinda weird, huh?”

“Grandpa likes him,” Iverson comments.

“Yeah—Grandpa likes everyone.” He means it as a joke. Rava raises an eyebrow, and he shoots her a look.

“Hey,” she intercedes. “You wanna guess what’s for dinner?”

“Uh—how about….” He looks between Sophie and Iverson. “Spaghetti worms?”

“No!” T hey giggle.

“No?” He smiles. “Huh, okay. Dirt cake?”

“Daddy,” Sophie rolls her eyes fondly.

“Okay, okay. Tell me.”

They both look at Rava and shrug.

“I had Margareta make your favorite filet. You know I’m hopeless with a steak.”

“You—you did?” He prickles with pleasant surprise.

“Well yeah! You have to have your favorite meal on your birthday,” she smiles.

Fuck, he loves her. This feels like how it used to be. He wants to say fuck the dinner and lay her down on the countertop—

He exhales heavily, expelling the pent up emotion from his lungs.

“You are fucking hopeless with a steak.”

“Little ears,” she nods to the kids, but there’s a glint of humor in her eyes.

“That’s a bad word,” Iverson informs him.

“I know, I’m sorry buddy. That doesn’t mean you get to say it, okay?”

Iverson nods.

They spend the next hour at the dining room table. His appetite has returned more recently, particularly now that he’s clean. It’s been a long time since he’s tasted a homemade meal, usually preferring takeout sushi if he isn’t at a business dinner.

“No steak for you, Soph?” He asks.

“Her friend Avery Bancroft is a vegetarian, so…” Rava offers.

“Oh, right. That Bancroft?”

“Uh huh.”

“Red meat is gross. It’s all bloody,” Sophie wrinkles her nose.

Iverson picks at his plain pasta.

“How’s your pasta, Ive?” He asks.

“Good. I put butter on it now.”

“Awesome, bud.” He thinks that’s the right answer.

“Mom, Ivey and I need to go finish daddy’s present.”

“Okay, go ahead.”

“Can’t wait,” he calls after them.

She clears their plates, and he helps stack the dishwasher, despite Margareta hovering nearby.

“You want some coffee?” She asks.

“Uh…yeah. Sounds good,” he smiles.

He sits down at the island as she sets to making them coffee. She doesn’t ask him how he takes it, but still makes it perfectly.

“You remembered,” he notes.

“I’ve been making your coffee for like, 15 years. Have you figured out how to use your machine yet?” She teases.

“Fuck off,” he laughs. “And no. Carla handles that…”

“Helpless,” she rolls her eyes. He tosses a sugar packet at her.

“What’s new with you? How’s work?” He asks, trying to keep things on neutral ground.

“It’s good—you know, the usual. Taking on more projects lately than I normally would.”

“What, you strapped for cash?” He jokes, trying to keep the bitterness out of it.

“Ha ha. No, I just…need to throw myself into things right now.”

“I uh—I get it.”

“But hey, I got you something.”

“You—you got me something?”

“It’s um—it’s nothing crazy. Just a card.”

She procures an envelope from the basket on the granite counter, simply reading Ken.

The card is simple, almost generic. Not much like the Husband birthday cards she used to thoughtfully pick out for him, making sure the words aligned with her feelings perfectly.

But he opens it, and lottery tickets fall out. He chuckles, remembering the year she started adding them to his birthday gifts as an inside joke. They were engaged at the time.

Happy birthday, Ken. I’m so proud of all the work you’ve put in this year. I hope 39 is happy and healthy! Love, Rav

Love.

He’s touched. He holds the lottery tickets in his hand. If you win, you have to leave Waystar and start a rival company, she used to say. They’d spend all night coming up with names and business plans.

“Never did win any of these.”

“Maybe this’ll be your year,” she smiles sadly.

“Thank you, Rav. You didn’t have to.”

She shrugs. “It’s still your birthday.”

“Dadddy!” Comes Sophie’s voice from the top of the stairs. “Close your eyes!”

“Okay,” he plays along, covering his eyes. He can’t see the smile on Rava’s face, but he knows it’s there.

He hears their footsteps come into the kitchen.

“Okay, open!”

Sophie is proudly holding up what looks like an art project, a poster with all kinds of construction paper shapes glued to it. There are 7 or 8 pictures of him and the kids, and a couple of the 4 of them, glued haphazardly around the construction paper. Stickers dot the borders.

At the bottom, I LOVE MY DAD is written in Sophie’s messy handwriting. They’ve both signed their names.

Kendall can’t speak. He feels like he’s been broken in half.

“Do you like it?” Iverson asks, proud of his handiwork.

“Guys—“ he chokes out. “I love it. This is so great, thank you. Wow. Come here.”

He scoops them both into each arm and hugs them against him. They nuzzle into him and he tries desperately not to let his eyes well up. He might be failing.

Rava unexpectedly joins the hug, wrapping her arms around all of them.

“We saved the best for last,” she says.

“There’s more?”

“Cake!” Sophie and Iverson chorus.

———

After they eat cake, and the kids have showered and gone to bed (Ken even got to tuck them in), he and Rava are sitting on her couch.

“This is the best birthday I’ve had in a while,” he says. “Last couple of years have been—“ he doesn’t need to finish the sentence. She knows. “Thank you.”

“I’m glad we could do it.”

“And, hey, this place looks great,” he looks around the vast living room. His unofficial, non-legally-mandated child support is clearly doing it’s job.

It’s surreal that she has a whole

new home, with new furniture and art on the walls and sculptures on the coffee tables. But he still sees traces of their life before—there are scattered pictures of him with the kids, of his arms around a radiantly pregnant Rava, of him holding Iverson in the hospital when he was born.

He thinks of his own home, their home, that still carries her ghost. He can still smell her on his sheets, hear her stilettos on the marble entryway, feel the indent on her side of the bed.

“Oh, thanks! Yeah—I actually brought in a decorator this time around.”

“What? Given up your interior design side hustle?” She’d always insisted on decorating their previous homes herself, filling them with familiar touches.

“Yeah, I just—I didn’t have it in me for this one,” she shrugs. There’s sadness behind her nonchalance, and he feels it in his bones. He can fix this.

“Rava—it doesn’t—it doesn’t have to be like this,” he looks at her earnestly, trying to reach her the way he used to.

“Ken,” she sighs.

“Seriously—hasn’t this little trial separation gone on long enough? I mean, come on.”

“You’re doing so well. You’re sober and getting ready for the big job—I just—I think you should stay focused,” she puts a hand on his knee.

“I am—I’ve turned things around. I’m good. I’m in a really fucking good headspace.”

“I know,” she pats his knee. “I meant it—I’m really proud of you. I want you to be happy.”

“But I’m not—I’m not like— happy happy. Not without you. Or them.”

She closes her eyes and sighs. When she opens them, they’re glassy.

“You still have them, Ken. They adore you.“

It’s a small comfort.

“I know, but I mean—are—are you happy? That they have to FaceTime me every night instead of us all being together? Do you like going to sleep alone every night?”

“Well it’s not ideal, obviously, but—“

“Because I fucking hate it, Rav. It’s been awful without you.”

She looks pained. “I’m sorry. I am. Believe me—this hasn’t been easy for me either.”

He wants to dispute that, but then he remembers the first few months of their separation. When she’d call him at 2 am. They’d stay on the phone in silence until she fell asleep. Sometimes he’d hear her crying quietly.

“I can do both, now. I can focus on being the big boss and you guys. That’s all that matters to me.”

She brings a hand gently to his face, cupping his cheek. He leans in to her touch.

“We can’t keep doing this,” she protests, but it’s half-hearted.

He leans in closer, eyeing her lips. He wants to suck her in until she’s absorbed into his bloodstream.

“Do you—do you still love me?” He asks tentatively. He’s both confident in and terrified of her answer.

She pulls back a little, removing her hand.

“That’s not fair.”

“No—I’m sorry. I know.”

“It’s not that simple.”

“Okay, sure. But it is. I mean, do you still love me or not?”

She bites her lip, nodding imperceptibly. He catches it nonetheless. His heart leaps. She still loves him. He feels that pesky glimmer of hope again.

“That’s—that’s never been the issue.”

“Then what the fuck are we doing?”

“We’re doing the right thing.”

“How? That doesn’t—that doesn’t even make any sense? How can us not being together be the right thing?”

“You know why.”

“I’ve done everything you asked. I went to rehab. I’m sober. I’m in therapy.”

“Ken,” she clutches at his hand. “I’ve already gone through one devastating breakup here, okay? I can’t do it again.”

“But we wouldn’t break up again. I’m better now. We’re still not—I mean, we’re not like, really broken up. We’re just taking a break.”

“Okay Ross,” she laughs a little.

“Hey,” he leans back in, close to her face. He looks into her eyes. “I still love you. Okay? I love you.”

“You can’t just say that,” her voice wobbles.

“It’s the truth, baby.”

He can see the walls crumbling within her. He leans in even closer, forehead resting against hers. His lips a millimeter away from brushing hers.

“Ken, please,” she whispers. “Don’t.”

He pulls back, stinging like she’s slapped him.

“Okay, fine. I won’t—if you don’t want me to. I’ll stop. I’m—I’m sorry.”

She searches his eyes and he feels heat rising in his cheeks. She always makes him feel raw and exposed.

To his surprise, she grabs his face and brings her lips to his.

He hungrily grabs at her and she climbs clumsily into his lap. Her hands run through his hair while his travel up and down her back. He can feel her smile into the kiss, making him do the same.

This feels good, this feels right. He can feel himself coming back to life.

He skims his fingers under her sweater, making her shiver. She begins to undo the remaining buttons on his shirt as he moves to the button of her jeans. He’s already hard as a fucking rock as she wiggles out of her jeans, grinding against him. The feel of her wet cotton panties makes him moan in her ear.

“Rav,” he growls, fingers threaded in her hair, gripping at her scalp.

She pulls off his shirt, running her hands over the planes of his chest, down his stomach, like she’s reacquainting herself with the feel of him.

“Touch me,” she whispers, nibbling his earlobe, the spot she knows drives him crazy.

He indulges her command.

They end up on the floor of the living room (the couch was nowhere near big enough) while the kids still sleep peacefully upstairs.

They’re spent, panting and sweaty. Her hair is stuck to her forehead, and he brushes it aside. She shoots him an almost-nervous smile. He squeezes her into him.

“That was—“

“Yeah—wow.”

“That was fucking interstellar sex. Holy shit.”

“Yeah—what was that new move? Have you been using it lately?”

“Oh, yeah. I’ve had a lot of dates to practice it on.”

She narrows her eyes, and he basks in her hint of jealousy.

“With uh—with Pornhub. And my right hand. Or your nudes.”

She laughs, whacking him in the stomach. He grunts exaggeratedly, curling in on himself. “You should delete those.”

“Easy, killer. You know I’m fragile right after I cum.”

“Mhmm,” she grins.

“You think they heard us?” He nods at the stairs.

“Nah. They’re hard sleepers.”

“They get that from you. A fucking freight train crashing into the bedroom couldn’t wake you up,” he recalls, making her snort.

“Iverson is like you though,” she says. “He has trouble falling asleep sometimes. Gets jumpy. He needs to be woken up gently.”

“Yeah, there’s no waking you up gently. I used to have to practically toss you onto the floor. Dump water on your head and shit.”

“Shut up,” she laughs again, resting her head against his shoulder. “You never did that.”

“How would you know? You fuckin’ slept through it.”

He grins at her laughter. It’s the kind he used to be able to pull from her easily. He wants to drink it up, snort it like powder.

“Okay, stop. We’re actually gonna wake them,” she’s wiping tears of mirth from her eyes.

“Should we—“

Before he can say should we go to bed, his phone vibrates from the pile of their clothes. Her smile fades a bit.

“Sorry, one sec—“ he rummages for his pants, pulling his iPhone out of the pocket.

“Fuck. It’s Dad. Just—just let me get rid of him,” he promises, pleading with his eyes. Her smile is gone, replaced with a resigned look on her face.

“Hey, Dad.”

“Are you still coming?”

“Oh—shit, sorry. I forgot. I’m still at Rava’s.”

“Uh huh. Marcy and I are going to bed. So don’t bother.”

“Fuck. Sorry dad. I’ve been spending time with the kids—“

“Right, sure, sure. Good.”

“Yeah?”

“Uh huh. You have a good night, kiddo.”

“Uh—thanks, Dad. Hey, um—“

Logan’s already hung up.

“Well, fuck. Whoops.”

“What’s up?” Rava asks, covering herself with a blanket from the couch.

“I told Dad I’d stop by tonight, after this. But—“

“Oh. Right.”

“Yeah it’s—it’s fine. Whatever. I’d rather be here, obviously. I just didn’t think we’d—“

“Yeah, I—me either. Maybe we shouldn’t have—“

“Hey, no no. I wanted to. You have no idea—“

He reaches for her before she can slip out of his grasp again. She looks hurt.

“It’s just—it would have been nice to—I don’t know. Not make plans with your dad overlapping dinner with us. That’s all.”

“Hey, come on. It wasn’t like that. I told him maybe I would, if I wasn’t—if you didn’t want me to stay long.”

Her eyes soften. But she picks up her clothes and starts to get dressed.

“Rav,” he can feel the magic of the last hour fading away, and he clings to her arm. “Please. Let’s just—let’s go to bed.”

She rubs a hand over her face. “I don’t want the kids getting the wrong idea—“

He feels the air deflate from his lungs, crushed.

“Right,” he scoffs.

“No—Ken, not like that—“

“Uh huh. No, sure. Sure.”

“I just—I don’t want to rush into things. I’m trying to set boundaries.”

“Oh, yeah, well. I’d argue that me being inside you is not a great fucking boundary?” He spits.

“I know, I know. I just—when I’m with you—you know? When I’m with you—“ she trails off, looking anguished, grabbing at his hand.

He sighs, anger releasing.

“I know.”

“It’s been so hard,” she wipes at her eyes. “It’s not fair. It fucking sucks.”

He’s caught off guard and a little indignant. She thinks it’s been hard? His anger flares up again, withdrawing his hand.

“This whole fucking thing was your idea. You wanted this.”

“Yeah, but I didn’t—want this. This wasn’t in the fucking vows, you know?” she sighs, defeated. “I can’t rehash this all again.”

“Uh huh—maybe pass it off to your therapist. I’m gonna go.”

“Kendall,” she puts a hand on his arm. “I don’t want to ruin this—tonight felt like we were a family again.”

“Yeah, it did.” He feels cagey, like he needs to pace.

“Can we not—can we not leave this angrily? Please?”

She looks down at the ground, still wrapped in the blanket. She chews a nail nervously—an old habit. He feels a pang of guilt, and his anger deflates.

“I’m sorry. I’m working on not reacting emotionally,” he parrots his therapist calmly.

“I know. It’s okay.”

“I’m gonna—I am gonna go, actually. I’m sorry. I just—I’m sorry, Rava.”

“I know,” she placates. “You’re okay.”

He nods, willing it to be true. He takes her card and the kids present.

“I’ll um—I’ll see you Friday. For pickup.”

“Yes—let me know what time works.”

“Yeah, will do.”

She cautiously wraps her arms around him, rubbing his back. He sighs, returning the hug.

“I’m sorry,” he says again.

“It’s okay. You’re okay. Happy birthday.”

Late that night, he’s laying in bed. He feels shitty. He’s hovering over their text thread, wishing he was in bed with her. He fucking hates all of this.

He clutches the kids gift close to him, like if he holds it tight enough, their belief in him will rub off.

As he debates calling her, because he’s desperate for her comforting words, he sees that she’s calling him.

“Hey,” he answers in surprise. “I was—I was thinking about you.”

“Me too. I um—can we—“

“Uh—yeah. Yeah, of course.”

“Okay,” she sounds relieved.

He closes his eyes and lays the phone down next to his head, each of them falling asleep to the sound of their breathing.

#succession fic #Kendall Roy #Rava Roy #kenrava #kendall x rava

[yes-i-am-happyaspie]

Face First(aid) by happyaspie

Part 22 of Sicktember 2021-2023

No Archive Warnings Apply | Rated T | Word Count: 3,069 |Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Sick and Injured

Summary: While out on patrol, Peter decided he might not be feeling all that well. Eventually, he decides to swing home but his stomach is iffy, his body aches and his brain is a bit sluggish. As a result, he ends up slamming face first into a billboard, creating an explosion of pain around his nose. His AI was quick to alert Mr. Stark and bring up an ETA countdown in the corner of his HUD. He can’t decide if he was annoyed or relieved.

“Hey, Kid. Does your face hurt?”

Sicktember 2023 Prompts:

- Sick and Injured - "I could Really Use a Hug Right About Now"

[Excerpt below the cut]

It was relatively early in the evening when Peter left for patrol. He suited up and crawled through his window before shooting a web toward the nearest building. His stomach did a tiny backflip as he propelled himself forward but he didn’t think anything of it. May was out of town and he’d just eaten an entire double pepperoni pizza by himself. He’d not even bothered to take into account that he’d been feeling a tiny bit off all day. Whatever that was, he hadn’t quite been able to put his finger on it. Therefore he’d deemed himself healthy enough to go swing around the city helping the little guy.

By the time the clock struck eleven, Peter realized he’d not eaten anything since dinner. That was an odd occurrence on any given day. Generally speaking, no matter how much food he stuffed into his face he was always ready for more within a few hours time. Especially while he was active. He paused atop a water tower, crouched down so he could survey the city while trying to self-scrutinize. He wasn’t particularly hungry. He was oddly tired, though. And as he sat there, he started to realize his joints were starting to become a little achy. He was just starting to think that perhaps he should call it a night when his spider-sense flared beneath his skin. 

“Oh, come on!” he grumbled to himself. He immediately swung down, ignoring the way it made his head swim, and landed casually near the broken glass. “You’ve had all night to break into this store, but you waited until I was ready to go home to do it? Not cool, Man.” The bad guy whipped around brandishing a gun. Peter instantly shot a web to rip it from his hands. “You definitely do not need one of those. And while we're at it, you really shouldn't be taking stuff that doesn't belong to you.”

“What are you? My mother?” the bad guy asked while darting toward a jewelry case. He never made it there. Peter shot three more webs successfully sticking the guy to a fancy sunglasses display.

“You should probably look for a better side hustle. This one's clearly not working out for you,” he quipped before requesting his AI contact the local police.

As he climbed up the nearest building he sighed. “Time to go home, Karen,” he said, hoping nothing pressing would pop up on his way there. Fighting the one guy hadn't been much of a chore but his body was protesting it anyway. He wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed and sleep for the next three days. He scratched the back of his neck where sweat was starting to collect and rolled his uncomfortable shoulders. “I’m not sure I’m feeling so hot.”

“On the contrary,” Karen cheerfully declared. “Your body temperature appears to be mildly elevated.”

“Great,” Peter clipped with faux enthusiasm. Though the presence of a fever, even a little one was enough to confirm what he already suspected. He was definitely sick. “Just what I wanted to hear.”

“My protocols don’t require me to inform you or anyone else of your body temperature unless it reaches one point five degrees above your average reading,” Karen replied. “Would you like for me to adjust that parameter to one degree?”

“No, Karen.” Despite the mildly uneasy feeling that was settling in his stomach, he chuckled.. “I was being sarcastic.”

A full minute passed before Karen responded. “Sarcasm has been noted.”

[Continue reading on AO3]

#happyaspie writing #sicktember 2023 #peter parker #tony stark #bruce banner #irondad and spiderson #spider-man #iron man #sickfic #injury #vomiting #blood #marvel #mcu

[crisispider]

Ship meme - you know who gimme the spiderhawk same brain mans

My thoughts on ANY SHIP - Accepting - @oceansfirst

Who’s the cuddler? Starting off strong with the same hat boys, they are obviously both the cuddlers. Touch being such a big part of their love lanuages it only makes sense that they are finding any reason to be touching. Peter will even find little moments, light brushing of hands, little touches to the back to let him know he is walking by, burying his face into Clint's hair when he just needs a moment to GROUND himself again. It's so INGRAINED into their relationship that they are constantly reaching out for each other.

It's a comfort thing, to know that they could REACH OUT for the other at literally any time, it didn't matter what was going on, even if they were in a FULL BLOWN FIGHT one of them can reach out for any sort of touch whether it's a full hug, or just the slightest of hand holding or just a soft hold of a cheek? or a forehead to a shoulder? ALWAYS THERE. Even if they are mad it's just a 'hey i still love you i'm not going anywhere but like you are still a jerk and wrong about this' WHICH IS WHY CLINTON FRANCIS BARTON PULLING AWAY IN CERTAIN AUS IS LIKE A KNIFE STAB IZZY. Who makes the bed? Look at them. Do they look like men who makes beds? I MEAN LIKE COME ON NOW. Who wakes up first? Peter and Clint live off a vicious cycle of man in their 40s trying to be a 20 year old superhero, they are CONSTANTLY napping, and never actually full sleeping. UNLESS SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO THE GYM IN THE MORNING LIKE MEANIES WHO HATE THEIR SPIDERS. (except when you don't and make pancakes instead that is acceptable) Who has the weird taste in music? Clint probably says Peter, but Pete is convinced it's a weird competition to see who can find the weirder song to jam out to and act like it's normal, like a weird game of nerdy chicken. (You know the one gay cowboy song from tiktok? You don't think that was on blast in the barton-parker home? Silly. Who is more protective? HA. HA. HA. Now don't quote me on this. But I have a feeling that these two? Oh it's an equal amount of terrifyingly protective, but Clint has the more morally gray area to REALLY FUCK SOMEONE UP if they hurt peter in any real way? Oh. OH. (which like peter just feels is hot so.) Who sings in the shower? SAME HAT BOYS. Always singing idiots. And if clint is trying to claim he won't sing silly fun songs with his boyfriend then clearly he just hates his boyfriend, we don't make the rules. Who cries during movies? Peter is a chronic crier at sad movies, I mean just look at him, and if Clint ever does... well that is for Peter to know and he is keeping that info to himself kay thank you. <3 Who spends the most while out shopping? Now when you say shopping... do you mean weird competition and bragging rights over who had managed to find the coolest things for cheap? PICTURE IT two carts, lined at the start of a dollar store, a countdown and they are SPRINTING to see what deals they can find, all the cool dumb toys you parents always told you that you couldn't have? BOUGHT. Funny named candy? BOUGHT. And then they take their haul back to an apartment and just share in their spoils like the dollar store kings they are. Who kisses more roughly? You would think Peter because of the strength, but it's absolutely a tie. They are just so ALL IN. SO DESPERATE FOR LOVE kind of guys that they just can't help it. Who is more dominant? Switchy bitches be switchy, and i feel like it comes a lot from just the fact that they both so desperately want to take care of the other, to be taken care of? to love and to be loved. So whoever is doing the taking care of at any time is the one is more dominant. My rating of the ship from 1-10. 1000/10. Me? Refusing to use the actual scale for all of these? More likely than you think.

#oceansfirst #I think about them a normal amount i swear to god #[ ◉¯] ✧˖° → I handled it like a champion. [ Inbox Interactions ] #[ ◉¯] ✧˖° ♡ → There’s a little bit of loser in us. Being a loser with you doesn’t suck [ Clint || Oceansfirst ]

[twistedtummies2]

The Devils I Know - Number 25

Welcome to “The Devils I Know!” For this spooky time of year, from now till Halloween, I’ll be counting down My Top 31 Depictions of the Devil, from movies, television, video games, and more! Today’s Devil is a Marvel to behold. Number 25 is…Mephisto, from Marvel Comics

It stands to reason that comic book superheroes would have to face the Devil at some point. In fact, throughout both DC and Marvel comics, just to name two, there have multiple demons and devil-like characters throughout their many series and issues. We’ll get to DC’s chief Devil in the future, but for now, let’s focus on Marvel’s arch-ruler of Hell: Mephisto.

Now, I’m going to be up front and honest…I haven’t really read very many comics with Mephisto. Again, I’m actually not that well-versed in comics THEMSELVES, I mostly know things about characters from other media. And unfortunately, Mephisto is one of those characters who hasn’t necessarily been treated that great in other media: he’s never shown up in any TV shows properly (somewhat surprisingly), and so far the only movies he’s been in were the two Ghost Rider films starring Nicolas Cage. And while both of those takes on the character were played by good actors (Peter Fonda for the first, Ciaran Hinds for the latter), neither picture did the character any favors. Although I DO want to say that Fonda’s Devil in the first film was, for me, the best part of a generally bad movie. Well…him and the Spiderbait cover of the song “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” but that’s another story. The character has had some better success in video games – perhaps most notably “Marvel: Ultimate Alliance” and the “Marvel vs. Capcom” series – but ultimately, it’s the comics where he shines most, and I just haven’t read many of those. HOWEVER, based on the ones I HAVE read, it’s really a shame Mephisto hasn’t popped up in more places, because he’s honestly one of the most fiendish villains Marvel has ever had. Intricately tied to the origins of Ghost Rider, and a frequent nemesis of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer alike, Mephisto is one of the most impactful adversaries in the comics themselves. He is the classic Devil, so to speak: a vengeful and devious creature of fire and spite who loves to tempt mortals to the dark side, offering them wonderful things for a terrible price. Perhaps his most infamous appearance so far, outside of Ghost Rider, was the highly controversial storyline “One More Day,” in which Peter Parker (of all people) made a deal with Mephisto to alter all of space and time…and if you thought things went badly when he tried something like that in the movie “No Way Home” with Doctor Strange, you ain’t seen NOTHIN’ unless you read that storyline. Seriously, Peter, that was…a really, REALLY bad decision, I’m not backing you up there. Nope. Controversial stories aside, it really is a shame Mephisto hasn’t shown up in more stuff, because with what I’ve read, he’s a very fun and delightfully scheming version of the Devil, as well as an incredibly powerful adversary. He was actually able to very nearly beat FREAKING GALACTUS in one story, I’m not joking. He’d be higher on the list, if I just had more familiarity than I already do with his comic book portrayal. As for DC’s Devil…well…again, that’s another story.

Tomorrow, the countdown continues with Number 24! HINT: “One of these things is not like the others.”

#top 31 devils #the devils i know #number 25 #october special #halloween advent calendar #countdown #list #fiction #comics #marvel #mephisto #ghost rider #spider-man

[theultimatefan]

FAN EXPO Portland Returns to January 12-14 With Trejo, Cox, D'Onofrio, Cullen, Lee Among First Stars

Fans of all things pop culture across the Pacific Northwest have marked their calendars for the return of FAN EXPO Portland, set for January 12-14, 2024, at the Oregon Convention Center. With the three-month countdown officially on, a few fan favorites, including Danny Trejo (Machete, The Book of Boba Fett), the "Daredevil" tandem of Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Cullen (Transformers) and Jason Lee (Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous), are already on board as the first to commit to what will be a star-studded celebrity lineup.

FAN EXPO Portland features the biggest and best in pop culture: movies, TV, music, artists, writers, exhibitors, cosplay, with three full days of themed programming to satisfy every fandom.

Danny Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions, from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are well recognized in Hollywood and beyond. He has starred in dozens of films including Desperado, Heat, the From Dusk Till Dawn series, Con Air, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, the Spy Kids movies, Machete and many more.

Charlie Cox has had more than 40 screen credits, with his role as “Matt Murdock” on “Daredevil” (reprised in “She-Hulk” and Spider-Man: No Way Home) the most prominent. He gained wide notice for his portrayal of “Owen Sleater” in the HBO period drama “Boardwalk Empire” and played the lead role of “Michael Kinsella” in the AMC+ crime drama series “Kin.”

In addition to starring as “Wilson Fisk” opposite Cox in the Netflix series “Daredevil,” Vincent D’Onofrio has a resume of more than 100 roles, most popularly as the lead detective “Bobby Goren” in the long-running NBC drama “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” His notable film credits include Full Metal Jacket, Dying Young, Men in Black, Mystic Pizza, Jurassic World and The Break Up.

Peter Cullen is a voice actor in 200+ films and TV shows, notably portraying "Optimus Prime" in numerous iterations of the "Transformers" franchise. Some of his other well-known works include roles in "Winnie The Pooh," "Chip 'n' Dale," "The Flintstone Kids" and dozens of others.

A native of Southern California, Jason Lee is a photographer, producer, director, and actor. Having established a successful career as a professional skateboarder during skateboarding's pivotal late 80s and early 90s period, Lee would go on to pursue acting, which would lead to working in film, television, and voiceover, and with such directors as Kevin Smith, Lawrence Kasdan, Cameron Crowe and Rebecca Miller.

Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, and Ultimate Fan Packages for FAN EXPO Portland are available now. Advance pricing is available until December 28, 2023. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for comic creator guests, voice actors, and cosplayers.

Portland is the second event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

#comiccon #portland #fanexpo

[danieladkinsblog]

Big Bang, Multiversity, and the futility of Multiversal Classification

It seems like every few years, there’s a new *thing* that finds itself at the forefront of pop culture. And in 2022, the word you couldn’t escape from was “multiverse.” Marvel Studios’ release of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness led them to officially christening their next saga as “the Multiverse Saga”. The genre-bending indie film Everything Everywhere All At Once became a critical and commercial hit. Dungeons & Dragons released their new Monsters of the Multiverse bestiary. And Warner Bros. tried to get that sweet, sweet Super Smash Bros. money by making a video game where Bugs Bunny and Jon Snow can fight Steven Universe and the Gremlins.

And in the midst of all of this, DC Comics released yet another fucking event comic about a multiversal Crisis. 

To say that the recently-concluded Dark Crisis event (later rebranded to Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths in a move that makes my eyes roll into the back of my head) was underwhelming is generous. Aside from some pretty solid one-shots reimagining various members of the Justice League, the story has been both bloated in content and completely empty of substance. In many ways, it’s a microcosm of the many issues that have been plaguing DC Comics for several years now. And perhaps the best representation of that is this week’s tie-in release: Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1, written by Mark Waid and drawn by Dan Jurgens.

Waid and Jurgens are, of course, longtime creators for DC, with tenures at the company stretching back nearly 40 years, working on some of the defining stories for the biggest superheroes in the world. And while Waid did briefly leave the company due to disagreements with editor/publisher Dan DiDio, he was quick to return following DiDio’s ousting. And I think it’s notable to point out that the series that marked his full return - Batman/Superman: World’s Finest - is a retro-throwback that focuses on the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight in an earlier phase of their career, with Dick Grayson still serving as Robin with the Teen Titans and an overall aesthetic and tone homaging the Silver Age. Don’t get me wrong, the book is excellent, and probably my favorite thing DC is publishing right now. And the fact that it has Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain (aka, the best art team working in mainstream comics right now) doesn’t hurt either. 

It’s essential to keep this in mind when looking at Big Bang. The issue’s story (a word I use very loosely) concerns Barry Allen/The Flash and Wallace West/Kid Flash traveling through the multiverse looking for the Anti-Monitor. As they run (literally) through the multiverse, Barry narrates that he’s been cataloging the various Earths and reflects on their differences. This is accompanied by panels depicting events occurring on each Earth and helpful caption boxes establishing each Earth we see. And that’s the real reason this comic exists. This isn’t a story. It’s a checklist. 

Now don’t get me wrong, it’s a nifty checklist. But that’s all it is. Waid even admitted in an interview with Gamesradar that this was part of an overall edict at DC to be more organized with the multiverse, eschewing the more laissez-faire approach of recent years. 

In looking at this, I can’t help but compare it to the last time there was an alternate Earth checklist tie-in to a big multiversal story: The Multiversity Guidebook by Grant Morrison, with art by a murderer's row of collaborators. Like Big Bang, it uses a frame story as an excuse to chart the then-nascent 52 Earths of the DC Multiverse, which had been reintroduced thanks to 52, touched on briefly in Countdown and Final Crisis, and been shaken up once more in the wake of the New 52 reboot. However, rather than being a simple tour through different realities, it uses its descriptor of “Guidebook” to actually delve into the multiverse on a level that hadn’t been explored before, including a map outlining the 52 worlds, short descriptions of each world, some worlds left blank, and small glimpses into not just the worlds themselves, but the people and stories that populate them. It’s crucial to note the ways that Morrison et al are sure to leave lots of openings for other creators to fill in the sandbox and create new worlds, or expand the stories of characters Morrison only briefly outlines. But the most significant difference between Morrison’s approach vs Waid’s? 

One word: innovation. 

Knowing the multiverse was going to be limited to a finite number of Earths, Morrison was keen to not simply recreate worlds from DC’s past, but make sure that each Earth had a distinct vibe and potential for making new things. And even worlds that paid homage to those of the past (Earth 4, Earth 5, Earth 10) were given overhauls to better carve out their place as unique settings in this burgeoning cosmology. Morrison even left several worlds listed as “undiscovered” so that future creators could add their own takes to the multiverse. (In the middle of writing this, I received my copy of the Absolute Multiversity, which also includes even more notes that Grant had for the Guidebook and they absolutely deserve a more in-depth piece at some point. Suffice it to say, it makes the way certain later creators approached this material even more disappointing.)

Waid’s approach, meanwhile, doesn’t really create anything new. Those undiscovered worlds? Filled in with a bunch of Elseworld miniseries that DC released in the past few years. The Earths that go beyond the 52 are the similarly populated with recent additions to DC’s ever-growing catalogue of intellectual property. And if they’re not for recent releases, then they’re references to old Silver Age comics taking their designations from decade-old guidebooks. 

There are no attempts to innovate or elevate or do anything interesting at all, despite the fact that an infinite multiverse should be a gateway to endless possibilities. It’s just reduced to a bunch of numbers on a piece of paper so that nerds - represented on-page by the pre-eminent nerd of the DCU himself, Barry Allen - can check them off on a spreadsheet or a wiki page.

#dc comics #dark crisis #multiversity #mark waid #grant morrison #dan jurgens

[spiderman-nowayhome-release]

27/10/2021

Coming home in 51 days

#spider man no way home #spider man #spider man no way home release #spider man release #spider man no way home countdown #spider man countdown #peter parker #marvel #MCU

[funnyincorrectmcu]

No Way Home Spoilers

Tobey!Peter: Wanna know who’s to blame for your low self-esteem? Andrew!Peter: Yes! Tobey!Peter: *holds up a mirror* Andrew!Peter: *gasps* Tobey!Peter: That’s right. Andrew!Peter: Mirrors! Tobey!Peter: Exac--wait, what? No!

#tobey maguire #andrew garfield #spider-man #peter parker #spider-man: no way home #no way home spoilers #spider-man: no way home spoilers #and so #the countdown begins #it's almost available for streaming!! #who's ready??? #anyways this is accurate #my headcanon? #tobey and andrew's peters just hang out all the time now #and tobey is constantly trying to boost his self-esteem #i just #anyway #i love them #I WANT THE MOVIE ON DVD!! #NOW PLEASE!! #lolol #mcu #mcu incorrect quotes

[multi-media-marvel]

Welcome To No Way Home Week! I Thought I Should Do A Countdown To Spiderman No Way Home, Looking Back On The 3 Decades Of Spidermen

Day 1: Parkour Peter (The Best Spiderman Jumps)

#marvel #mcu #spiderman #the amazing spider man #marvel gifs #gifset #countdown #spiderman no way home #no way home week #day 1 #compilation #disney+ #spiderman homecoming #spiderman far from home #tom holland #tobey maguire #andrew garfield

[oceanusborealis]

The Films from 2021 That Put Some Fun Into Our Lives

The Films from 2021 That Put Some Fun Into Our Lives

We looked at the films that hit us in the feels with emotions in our last awards. Now it is time to hard pivot to the other side of the spectrum with a look at the films that were a riot of fun. So today, I take a moment to champion those films that brought the joy, whether through upbeat action, one laugh after another, or that silliness that brings a smile to your face.I planned to keep all my…

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#Awards #Best of #Countdown #Fun #Godzilla vs. Kong #Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard #In the Heights #승리호 #Licorice Pizza #Mortal Kombat #Space Sweepers #Spider-Man: No Way Home #The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard #The Map of Tiny Perfect Things #The Mitchells vs. The Machines #Venom: Let There Be Carnage

[perplexedhare]

What's wrong with No Way Home

*Warning, spoilers ahead*

So here comes the conclusion of this trilogy. Well, wow... Jon Watts managed to surprise me on this one. It took him three movies but he finally understood that when you go to the theater to see a Spider-Man movie, you want to see Spider-Man and not an Iron-Boy devoid of everything that makes the character so popular ! He finally understood that Spider-Man is a generational model that shows the passage to adulthood, with the dramas and injustices that go with it ! He finally realized that Spider-Man is in essence someone who can put his happiness aside to do the right thing and not a kid who is so selfish that he gives a weapon of mass destruction to a stranger to flirt with his crush ! He's realized that what's important about Spider-Man is his sense of responsibility, finally ! I also want to point out that Holland is still excellent and that the rest of the cast is doing pretty well.

Only... There's everything else. And it's really mediocre. First I'll talk about the visual aspect. As expected with Watts, the staging is always so miserable and uninventive. It's at best forgettable and at worst badly done, especially in the action scenes which are badly edited, badly framed and lacking of any interesting visual idea or iconization. The film includes great villains with various abilities and nothing is exploited. It doesn't have one memorable shot, no interesting ideas when hell, they have Electro, Sandman and not one but three Spider-Men...

I will allow myself a comparison with what has been done previously to illustrate my point :

In this movie, Spider-Garfield saves Michelle who falls from a scaffold, the reference to Gwen is voluntarily assumed and is a personal accomplishment for this Peter. In the idea, it's appreciable but in the execution, it's a shame. In TASM 2, we already have a work on the tension. Peter is weakened by his fight against Electro, he is confronted to Harry in a closed and fragile environment where he is not at his advantage while Gwen is threatened. We then move on to a sequence that raises the tension to its peak with a stressful theme that sounds almost like a countdown (which fits well with the place where this scene takes place), neither one nor the other refuses to break, so it's the environment that breaks, leading to the fall of Gwen.

And it becomes beautiful. The slow motion is superbly handled, the web taking the shape of a hand and the melancholic music give a poetic touch to the scene, in addition to effectively conveying Peter's emotions while he wears his mask and the many gears falling everywhere transmit the panic that Gwen and Peter feel, illustrating the emotional chaos they feel during these few seconds. Then comes the moment when the latter's web reaches her, the music suddenly cuts off and we hear Gwen's spine snap. It's shocking, emotionally powerful, and we owe it to the well crafted direction. In No Way Home ? Michelle falls off a scaffold and Spider-Garfield saves her. And that's it. Yeah, it's filmed in the most insipid way possible when it's supposed to be an important achievement for this Peter, it should have been a grandiose moment for him and us but it's just a totally forgettable scene.

And since I was talking about the environments, I'll continue on this path. It's amazing how bland they are. A fight on a bridge ? Unbelievable, I've never seen that before in any MCU movie ! The one with Electro, we're right next to a forest and it doesn't bring anything creative and for the climax, it's one of the biggest wastes of the movie. We talk about a fight on the Statue of Liberty and they hide it during the whole climax to concentrate on some fucking scaffoldings. The only scene that makes a difference is the confrontation between Spider-Holland and the Green Goblin on the shield of the statue which forms an arena but the direction does nothing to make it really interesting and it's too short to be appreciated.

It's also incredible how much the writers wrote this script with their asses :

- Why Strange who was one of the most responsible heroes in Infinity War is now dumb enough to agree to manipulate the minds of seven billion people ?

- How can a spell that manipulates people's memories break the Multiverse? What does this have in common ?

- Why does Sandman agree to join the Green Goblin after his speech about their powers being gifts ? He never gave a damn about keeping his powers, the only thing he cares about is his daughter ! And why does he fight against the Spider-Men in the climax ?? He was never a bad guy, in SM3 he reluctantly hurt people to save his daughter and only joined Venom because he was desperate.

- Strange's spell is supposed to bring back people across the Multiverse who know Spider-Man's identity. So what the hell is Electro doing here ?

- Ned whose powers come out of nowhere and who can open portals in a day when it took Strange weeks to do it.

- Peter who knows about Norman's alter and lets him walk around Happy's apartment with all the other antagonists, while there's a high tech technology right next door. Instead of... I don't know... keeping him imprisoned until the cure is ready ? How convenient for the scenario.

- Since when did Sandman and the Lizard die fighting their respective Spider-Man ?

- Peter's plan makes no sense. So okay, he cures them. But then what? For all we know, they'll be sent back to the point in the timeline where they left. So that means Octavius will return to the moment his machine went out of control, and the now-human Electro will return to the moment his energy body was torn apart after his final battle. Which means that they will still end up dead. So thank you Marvel for destroying Octavius' superb original conclusion for a repetitive redemption that adds nothing and has no emotional weight.

- How can Octavius' mechanical tentacles absorb nanotechnology ?

- Apparently, finding a way to reverse Sandman's condition can be done in a matter of hours, and by people with only rudimentary scientific knowledge.

- Electro has absolutely not the same personality as before.

- Norman now refuses to obey the Green Goblin, whereas in his film he was terrified and submitted to him.

And I can go on like this for a while. They really take the spectators for morons and despite that, there are many who applaud by saying that we should don't care about the inconsistencies since there is Tobey and Andrew, it's hilarious.

The dialogue are poorly written, especially in the moments when the scenarists try to explain to us who these characters from other universes are, with exchanges that don't sound natural at all and that make exposition in a terrible way.

As for the humor, it's the usual Marvel humor that is there to break the seriousness of a scene because you see, we are all kids, if we don't have the right to a joke every three minutes, we are bored. A humor that is also used to mock the characters (like with the gag about Octavius' name) because the producers don't assume the fantasy concept of their productions, so they play the cynicism card by mocking their own movies. Which is a problem because laughing at characters for whom you are trying to create empathy, concern, in other words an attachment, is counterproductive. It leads to a detachment in the spectators, we are pushed to disdain these characters and this kind of films.

So if I summarize, the script is stupid and badly written, the action scenes are awful and have no inventiveness, there is no identity in the direction, the decors or the colorimetry, the fan-service makes many inconsistencies and brings nothing in this opus, the dialogues are very lame and the humor is bad. I find disturbing that so many people are acclaiming this movie as the best Spider-Man movie or even the best movie of the year when the global result is so bad. The only hope I have is that the next trilogy will probably not have Watts in command anymore since he will already be busy ruining the Fantastic Four.

#spider man #no way home #mcu phase 4 #spider man now way home spoilers #peter parker #norman osborn #flint marko #max dillon #curt connors #otto octavius #spider man no way home #doctor octopus #electro #sandman #the lizard #green goblin #gwen stacy #andrew garfield #tom holland #tasm 2 #anti no way home

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IronDad fic recs

Here. I’m a french reader, but I’ve read A LOT (like...a lot) of IronDad, so, eventually, here my fic rec. (I tried to class it by categories, but well...) (it’s gonna be very long, guys)

 Peter Parker has anxiety 

Don’t let me get me, by hopeless_hope 

He picks up his phone and sends a quick text. "hey, happy! i’m not feeling too hot today, so i think i’m gonna have to cancel. tell mr. stark i’m sorry!"

He stares at his phone, waiting for a response. It never comes, and Peter sighs sadly. There was a part of him, a small part, that really hoped he was wrong. His insides burn, and he curls up tighter into a ball and turns off his phone.

(No one’s going to try to contact him anyway.)

or

Anxiety has a way of convincing Peter that everyone hates him. Tony has a way of proving him wrong.

Midnight Oil, by @jolinarjackson

After everything that has happened to Peter over the last year - or five, really - he shouldn’t be worried about something as mundane as the ACT. When he fails it, though it sends him into a spiral of self-doubt, which only gets worse when Peter realizes that he doesn’t seem to be able to fix whatever is broken.

Tony Stark has anxiety 

do you even remember what the world looks like ?, by @iron--spider

Tony’s heart has been working on overdrive since this whole thing started. Friday has a countdown clock plastered on the heads up display, but it feels like hieroglyphics to him at this point, like some ancient language he could never master.

Because when Peter Parker is missing, things start losing their meaning real quick.

“Should be around here,” Rhodey says on the com. May is still on the other line, listening in, because once a certain amount of time goes by without word from Peter, things move into Extremely Worried Aunt territory. They’re already in Tony Is Panicking territory, and when both of those territories overlap it’s never a good time for anybody.

Time? What the hell is time? His mind is blanking numbers out entirely. Minutes are seconds are hours are years.

not like megatron, by @iron--spider

“Hi! This is Peter Parker, I can’t get to the phone right now, so leave a message and I’ll call you back later! Hopefully not too much later, but don’t get your hopes up!”

Tony knows that message by heart. He’s heard it hundreds of times, in a greyer world, and it sends shivers down his spine as he climbs into the car.

He doesn’t think about that place. That half-world. No way, that’s done, that’s over, that’s history.

“Hey, kid, don’t you know it’s bad etiquette to go and disappear on your birthday? Not allowed, really, really bad vibes from the universe. What’s going on with your suit? I wasn’t watching. Nope. Just got an alert. What’s going on? Uh, call me back.” He clears his throat and hangs up like a moron, driving out into the street.

Hypothermia trope (i really like it so if you have any suggestions...)

i knock the ice from my bones, by hopeless_hope

Peter tries to move his legs through the water, dread filling him when they don’t move, and he just hangs there, doing anything and everything he can not to focus on the feeling of ice clinging to his bones. He feels sluggish, the world blurring around him, and he rests his head on the ice, not even registering the cold anymore.

He’s just so damn tired.

“PETER!” he hears someone yell, but it’s all muffled, and he lazily drags his eyes up to see a figure descending towards him.

Somewhere, in the back of his mind, he thinks, This is not how my vacation was supposed to go.

or

While on what's supposed to be a relaxing vacation with the Starks, things for Peter quickly go south, and he finds himself on thin ice. Literally.

Ice Ice Baby, by @wolfypuppypiles

If Tony, Bucky or pretty much anybody that knew Peter had seen him that morning they would have smacked him upside the head. Helping people was great, everyone should give it a go, but when helping people puts you in danger it’s not so smart anymore.

AKA Peter can't get from Avenger tower to the subway without giving his winter clothes to homeless people and ends up with a severe case of hypothermia

Candle in the Window, by @madasthesea

Finals are over and Peter just wants to go home. The weather has other ideas.

Burn This Out, by @ephemeralstark

It's summer and Peter is free to be Spider-Man all day which is great, but it's summer and Peter is out as Spider-Man on the hottest day of the year which is not great.

Or, Peter gets heat stroke because he can't thermoregulate and things could not go worse for him.

(yeah, it’s not an hypothermia, but it’s linked to the fact that Peter can’t actually thermoregulate)

Post-Endgame (really like this trope too lmao)

the first birthday after, by iron_spider 

(Endgame spoilers. But The Thing doesn't happen.)

The rain falls harder and Tony turns, his neck creaking and cracking, and he sees Peter asleep over by the window. He’s holding a small, flat box, and he’s slowly slipping to the right side of the easy chair he’s in.

Tony thinks about letting him sleep, but he finds himself speaking anyway. “Pete,” he says, his voice rough and raspy.

Peter immediately startles awake. “Happy Birthday,” he says, almost like he’d fallen asleep practicing it, planning to say it as soon as he woke up. He blinks at Tony, shivering a little bit, and then he smiles. “Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday.”

Tony snorts, smiling back. “Thanks, bud,” he says.

Second Best, by Rowan_M

Tony had adjusted to parenthood quickly when Morgan came along, and was always conscious of making sure Peter isn't left out ... Almost always. When Peter gets hurt while taking care of Morgan, Tony obsess over his daughter and takes his anger out on Peter, without even checking to see if he was okay. Steve finds Peter later that night in serious pain and in need of immediate medical attention.

Or, Peter gets hurt while taking care of Morgan and Tony basically ignores him.

when you’re feeling empty keep me in your memory, by JkWriter

after everything with thanos he forgets it's his birthday. he just assumed everyone else did too.

All For You, by @ironxprince

Three weeks after the snap that saved the world, Peter learns he was the reason behind it. He learns that Tony risked death, and now has to live with the ramifications, both physical and mental, all because of him.

This doesn't sit right with him.

you save everybody, but who saves you ?, by @iron--spider

Tony doesn’t sleep, because he can’t, because too many things are plaguing him, most of all where Peter is and what he’s doing. Tony has a good view of the hallway through the windows to his room, and he stares and stares until his eyes cross, until he hallucinates, until he knows he’s going insane.

He sees Peter sneaking into the med bay at about four in the morning.

The kid’s mask is off and he’s got two short, harsh slashes across his cheek, and he’s bleeding from a slice across his neck. His suit is ripped in a few places and he’s holding onto his middle, and Tony can see his hands are shaking.

It’s like something splinters in Tony’s already broken brain, like his world narrows and there are hazy edges, both weakness and strength entwining in his veins when he sees Peter struggle up onto one of the beds in the main atrium, starting to tend his wounds without calling anybody to help.

BAMF Peter Parker 

Pizza, a Movie, and... an Attempted Kidnapping ?, by Pogokitten

“Tony. We’ll be fine,” Peter tells the man for what must be the tenth time in the last half hour.

Peter’s sitting on the couch of his and May’s apartment and building Legos with Morgan as they both watch their father’s methodical, yet anxious, pacing. He’s dressed to impress, as is Pepper who is watching the scene slightly exasperated.

“Are you sure? We can ditch the gala, kid. Just say the word,” Tony offers, halting in front of his kids.

Or: Tony and Pepper leave Peter in charge of Morgan while they go to their first gala since the third snap. Peter is expecting a calm night in with his adopted sister, but some thugs throw a wrench in his plans.

he’s good like that, by @iron--spider

“Get the hell outta here, boy,” the man says. “Or you’re gonna watch your boss die in front of you.” Then he grabs Tony by the shoulders hard, and shoves him down to his knees. The gun is louder now, like it’s filled with words that are eager to be shouted, and Tony winces when he feels the barrel press against the back of his neck. His knees weren’t ready to hit the ground that hard, and he tries to keep the pain from reaching his face.

He must fail, because Peter looks pissed.

“You’re not gonna shoot him, mister,” Peter says, somehow still trying to maintain a respectful tone, despite the clear anger written all over him.

stark robotics and technology conference, by @iron--spider

Peter leans against the wall while Tony chooses their floor, and the doors close. “Do you, uh, want me to do some interning stuff? Like go and get you coffee? Make sure the, uh—programs are all ready? Make sure the paintings are straight in the ballroom? Make sure the chairs are—”

Tony snorts. “Kid, I just thought you’d enjoy this. May told me about when it came through Queens but you two couldn’t make it because she was working and didn’t want you to go alone, and I thought, after all the shit you’ve been through lately, that you deserved something fun. No interning for you. That’s just an excuse.”

Peter remembers that. It was six months after Ben died, and he wasn’t gonna bother May too much about the conference. He didn’t know how much tickets cost anyways, or if kids his age could even go.

He really hung onto the idea of Iron Man after Ben died. Peter held him closer than ever.

Peter and Tony fighting 

dinner and a jailbreak, by killerqueenwrites

“I’m not your kid!” Peter shouts.

“Don’t walk away from me, I’m not done–“

“You’re not my dad!”

Peter fitting in after the Blip isn't as easy as Tony hoped it would be. He wants his kid back, but they can't seem to stop fighting.

and then Peter goes missing.

my old man, by parkrstark 

"I just want to help you. I want to help you understand what's wrong here and how to stop it. I used to be the same way until my father showed me how to be a man." He glanced back at Peter to sneer. "He's old enough to know better by now, but it's not your fault you didn't know how to teach him." "Teach him what?" Tony asked even though he didn't want to know the answer.

"Discipline, of course," Junior said with a wink.

--

Tony takes Peter on a weekend trip to try and change his mind about college and things go wrong. Then, they go even more wrong.

Between how it is and how it should be, by @frostysunflowers

''Doesn’t Captain Rogers ever…wonder,'' Peter winced as he fumbled for the right word, ''where you are?''

Bucky smirked. ''Steve’s a regular mother hen. Used to be me that worried about him.'' He gave Peter a pointed look. ''Better question is, isn’t Stark wondering where you are?''

Soulmates trope 

presumed dead, by killerqueenwrites 

Tony gets his first soulmark when he’s fifteen, his second when he's thirty. He's forty-six when his third appears, and forty-eight when it fades to grey.

did you see the flares in the sky ?, by justt-ppeachy

‘hi’  

One simple word was displayed proudly on the inside of his right wrist. Tony wasn’t sure when this word showed up or how long it had been there.

A line formed underneath the word and Tony could almost feel the pressure on his arm from the marker his soulmate was using to push one phrase from their skin into his.

‘i loev yu’

The letters were written slowly and messily as they showed up upon his wrist while he watched in disbelief. Not sure if he was hallucinating or just going insane, Tony rubbed at the writing, wondering if they would disappear once he looked again.

The words were barely recognizable, but they were still the best thing Tony had ever seen.

IronDad Fluff (yeah)

peter wearing tony’s hoodie, by killerqueenwrites 

Tony’s used to his clothes going missing. His MIT hoodie doesn’t often leave his closet, though, which is why he notices its absence straight away. There’s a lifetime of safety and comfort in this old hoodie, for both of them, and that’s all Tony could ever wish to give Peter.

Career Day, by @superhusbands4ever

“Hey, sorry I’m late,” Peter’s enhanced senses picked up the familiar voice from outside the door. “I had a meeting this morning and then I got lost looking for the class… anyway, I’m here for Peter? Peter Parker?”

He frowned at hearing his name, still unsure what exactly was going on. He watched as his teacher continued to stand and stare out the door for a minute before seemingly remembering herself and taking a step back.

“Of course! If you could just go sit next to him until your turn, he’s in the back on the right side.”

The man stepped through the door and Peter gaped with the rest of the class as Tony Stark, in his signature suit and goatee, sporting a pair of red sunglasses and carrying a suitcase walked through the door.

Kryptonite, by forensicleaf 

The kid is acting weird.

Tony tries to figure it out.

father’s day, by @iron--spider 

It’s Father’s Day, and Tony never really had a father. Not in the real sense of the word, not in the way that counts.

Peter Parker doesn’t have a father, either. Not anymore, anyway, not since he was little, and the amount of years that have passed since then outweigh the amount of time he got with Richard Parker.

Tony wouldn’t call himself Peter’s dad. He wouldn’t, he doesn’t, he doesn’t think of himself that way, no way, no way.

He stares at himself in the mirror. He pulls down on his cheeks, makes his eyes water. He runs his hands over the roughness of his jaw and sorta hates everything about himself right now, because he’s acting like a goddamn idiot. It’s Father’s Day and he’s not a father. He doesn’t know why the hell he’s pining for something that isn’t his, shouldn’t be his, can never be his. He isn’t a father, he isn’t Peter’s father, so there’s no reason on God’s green earth for Peter and him to do something for Father’s Day.

ain’t no valley low enough, by @iron--spider (yes, again, ‘cuz she’s the best)

Peter snorts. “You know I didn’t apply anywhere in Florida.”

“Please, kid, you know all you have to do is write a beautiful essay with my recommendation attached to it and you’re in. You’ve got the scores.”

Peter has a list. Of all the places he applied to, all the places he got into. A lot of it was encouraged by the adult role models in his life, some of it by Ned daydreaming about places like California and Colorado. Mostly, Peter just applied everywhere he could think of, because he’s known for a long time that Tony was gonna help May pay for it, and he didn’t wanna limit his options. Thinking about college has been strange for him, strange to the extent that he had a full blown panic attack about it in the middle of Avengers taco night last month. He can’t really understand it, doesn’t get why it feels like the end of the world—because he’s experienced the end of the world, and it’s not which campus has a bowling alley and which school has circus classes. But he nearly blacked out all the same, sobbed in Tony’s arms on the balcony until Tony proposed this. The road trip.

and when it’s hard, i’ll place your head into my hands, by hopeless_hope

“Tony,” Pepper sing-songs to get his attention. “Your mother hen is showing.”

“What?” he snaps indignantly. “I am not a mother hen. This is just... concern. Of the average kind. Perfectly normal.”

“Of course,” Pepper humors him, and he shoots her a dirty look as he types out a quick text to Peter.

or

It's been five days since Tony's heard from Peter, who's away at college, and Tony is not coping well. (Neither is Peter.)

Peter likes cuddles (and Tony too, but he always denies it... until he can’t)

my arms will hold you (keep you safe and warm), by parkrstark 

“So, you’re telling me your body...is going through Oxytocin withdrawals?” Tony asked slowly.

“Cuddle withdrawals,” Peter corrected him. “Mr. Stark cuddles.”

TW : Rape/non-cons

make me strong, by parkrstark 

It all started when Tony introduced Peter to Skip Westcott. He just didn't know until it was too late.

(There is a lot more, but I can’t find it rn ;-;)

5+1 

5 times peter clung to tony, by parkrstark 

... and the one time tony clung to him.

You are my Dad, you’re my dad, boogiewoogiewoogie, by Hittinmiss

“Peter? What’s going on kid?” Tony asked, him popping up on the phone’s screen.

“Hey da-” Peter started automatically before immediately noticing his mistake, the look on Ned’s face proved that yes, he almost called Tony Stark dad. He needed to try recover quickly because the look on Tony’s face seemed confused, especially with his slight pause. “-aaaaaamn Mr. Stark I really like your shirt. Where’d you get it?”

Smooth.

---

5 times Peter called Tony Dad and the 1 time Tony called himself Dad

5 Times Tony Took Care of Peter..., by As_Clear_As_Crystal 

“Think if I coded a sign into your suit that says ‘Baby on Board,’ maybe criminals wouldn’t be so enthusiastic about murdering you?” Tony asks airily, poking at the bottom of Peter’s foot.

Peter halfheartedly kicks at Tony with his toe. (“That’s offensive, Mr. Stark.” )

- - -

aka: Five times Tony took care of Peter, and one time Peter took care of Tony.

5 times Peter is stuck with Tony, by @iron--spider

(...and one time he’s stuck alone.)

“I wonder if Pepper’s reported me missing yet,” Tony says, with an exaggerated sigh. “I wonder if this is some kind of scheme to kidnap me or something.”

“I think the ride’s just broken,” Peter says.

“Today of all goddamn days,” Tony says, exasperation clear in his voice and in his eyes. “Ruining our trip—”

“It’s not ruined,” Peter says. “Look, we’re hanging out."

“Real quality time,” Tony huffs. “Us, a few other trapped members of the general public, and a handful of animatronic pirates. Drunk pirates. Repeating themselves.”

5 times tony forgot peter was just a kid, by @parkrstark

...and the 1 time he didn't.

Or the one where it was hard for Tony to remember that the kid fighting next to him was still just a kid.

can i get a good night’s sleep ? can i PLEASE get a good night’s sleep ?, by peterstank 

The doors open and there’s Peter, perched on a gurney with his shirt gone and a whole lot of blood staining his side. He’s bent awkwardly, clearly trying to feel his way around whatever wound he’s got.

“Um,” Tony says, approaching, “What.”

Peter looks up and—yeah, he’s lost a lot more blood than Tony had originally thought. His face is completely fucking drained. “Hey,” he says, offering a jaunty wave before returning his attention to his side. “I got shot.”

“Oh!” Tony nods. “Oh, okay. What the fuck, kiddo?”

or: five times peter doesn’t sleep + the one time he does

Five Times Peter and Tony Had Each Other’s Back, by Sahiya

... and One Time They Needed Help.

Peter is Tony’s Biological Child

I Had the Dream Again, by Skeeter_110

Peter calls Tony in the middle of the night crying.

Congratulations, it’s a Boy, by capiocapi 

"Sir, I have the results.”

“Okay, Jarvis. Hit me.”

“It’s a match. 99.9% chance that he is your biological son, which is the percentage needed to be recognized by law as a biological parent.”

Tony’s stomach did a funny swooping dance. “Great. Congratulations to me then, eh? It’s a boy.”

You Are My Sunshine, by @iamconstantine

Tony Stark had always been a man of science and he always would be. It was his personal and fundamental belief that everything had an explanation. His eventual encounters with Norse gods, alien life, and sorcerers did kind of quake this a little bit, but still.

One thing that had always confounded him as the one thing that had no scientific explanation was fate. Murphy’s law, Finagle’s law, the butterfly effect, the domino effect, the snowball effect, and the wisest of all: “Shit happens.”

So how peculiar was it that one of the greatest things to ever happen to him began with a tray of champagne?

Serie i love you more than anything, by @iron--spider 

The highs and lows of Tony unexpectedly becoming a single dad at 31– from Peter’s early baby years, all the way past the defeat of Thanos

May’s abusive boyfriend trope 

A Peter Parker Problem, by @spagbol99

Peter Parker was back from the dead. At least that is what everybody told him. He'd been snapped out of existence until some sort of time travel and an active death wish by his mentor had saved him and the universe. Just your average sort of life for a 16 year old from Queens.

Peter comes back to find May has a husband and a kid. A new family he has to fit into. But he has done it before, he can do it again.

The only thing that feels solid is Tony: the Blip and fatherhood have mellowed him and Peter loves the bond they have now. He knows Tony would be there for him through anything. But Tony needs to focus on his own recovery - not small time Peter Parker problems. When things at home take a turn for the worse, Peter decides that he'll handle it himself. He is Spider-man. He's been to space and fought aliens. He can get through anything. After all, if May is happy, he is happy, right? Right?

(again, I’ve read a lot more but can’t find it...)

Peter Parker Whump (everyone’s favorite trope)

Danger Pizza, by alice_in_ink

The window was pushed open, and Iron Man’s head popped into his bedroom. “Here’s where I’m confused—why lock the front door but leave the fire-escape-accessible windows unlocked?” He clambered through said window. “Seems like a safety hazard.”

Peter eyed the metal suit as it straightened to a standing position. “Did you break into my window to kill me?”

The face plate lifted, and Tony’s eyes quickly looked over the teen. “Christ, kid. It looks like you’re halfway there.”

...

A wild night on patrol leaves Peter with a broken back, and boy, does he want to be able to move without dying. (So he calls Anthony Stark, obviously.)

If You Can’t Catch A Breath (You Can Take The Oxygen Straight Out Of My Own Chest), by @losingmymindtonight

"And I would hurry. Little Peter is about to be under quite a lot of pressure, and it might get a little hard to breathe.”

I’ve Got You, by @thedumbestavenger

Peter runs into a Copycat Vulture out on patrol, from there, everything escalates.

Meetings and Migraines, by AllThingsGeeky

Peter has another migraine at an unfortunate time and despite his best efforts he can’t ignore it forever.

The Most Important Thing In The World, by S0lstice

Peter’s door creaked and began to bend under the force of the crowbar and for the first time since regaining consciousness, fear began to press into him. Something very bad was happening and it was happening fast - too fast for his sluggish mind to keep up.

He went with his instincts instead, the first one always being, Help Mr. Stark.

Friendly Fire, by @jolinarjackson

Finding a careful truce with the government, the “rogue Avengers” are allowed to return to the Compound where they are put under house arrest. Peter coming to spend one week at the Compound during his summer break couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time as the opportunity to bond a little more with his mentor is overshadowed by a conflict he doesn’t quite understand. When he starts to develop a mysterious medical condition, however, the former team is forced to work together – not just to protect Peter’s identity from the DODC, but also to find the cause for his illness before it’s too late.

“He’s my kid,” Tony said, his voice hoarse. “He’s my kid and I failed him.” He covered his eyes and took a few deep, shuddering breaths. “All I ever do is fail him.” Natasha knelt down in front of him and cupped his face in her hands, waiting for him to meet her eyes before she said, “Right now, he doesn’t need you to fix this. He doesn’t need you down here. He needs you over there, in the medbay, by his side.” She thumbed tears from the corners of his eyes and ignored the ones running down her own face. “You haven’t failed him yet.”

alarm bells and panic levels, by @iron--spider

Tony lands heavy on the dock, the wood splintering hard under the metal suit. He’s having trouble breathing, his nose is bleeding, he most definitely has more than the recommended amount of broken ribs. But none of that fucking matters. The sky is clear, the assholes are down, but there’s one thing missing.

He looks over his shoulder when Rhodey lands too. His suit is dented in a few places but other than that he looks alright. His face mask flips up and Tony lets his mask retract.

“Where’s Peter?” Tony asks, his voice rough with the amount of yelling he’s been doing. Fuck these stupid assholes. They were supposed to go mini-golfing today. The kid had been looking forward to it for weeks.

Rhodey looks around, breathing hard through his mouth. “I thought you knew.”

there’s something wrong, by @iron--spider

“I’m sorry, Pete,” Tony whispers. “We should have checked you for something like this when we were resetting your arm and checking on the concussion. Goddamnit. We didn’t think.”

“He poisoned us both?” Peter asks, trying to open one eye to look at him.

“Yeah,” Tony says, brushing Peter’s hair back from his forehead. “He’s dying. He got the brunt of it, a nice fucking cocktail of bullshit, including mercury and a bunch of other toxic shit—”

“Am I dying?” Peter whispers, voice breaking.

Fitting In (Tiny Spaces), by aloneintherain

Peter's trapped beneath a collapsed building during a mission, hurt and unable to move. Luckily, his comm still works. Unluckily, the Avengers don’t realise how bad of a state Peter is in, and Peter isn’t inclined to tell them.

“Spidey, they’ve got reinforcements. We’ve hit a bit of a snag here, and I don’t think anyone will be able to help you for a while. Think you can sit tight while we deal with this?”

The pressure on his lower back and legs was becoming too much. Peter swallowed thickly, fighting down panic. He could handle this.

“Yeah,” Peter said. “I can do that.”

Collections/Series (’cause I could make an inventory of all @iron--spider stories, you know, but you have to read all of her work, if you haven’t yet) (God she doesn’t even know who I am)

iron dad bingo, by @iron--spider

stay at home, by @iron--spider

whumptober, by @iron--spider

Whumptober 2019, by @marvelous-writer

Day in the life of the Iron Family, by @marvelous-writer 

The Tumblr Archives, by @losingmymindtonight

Everything comes back to you, by @losingmymindtonight

Nice work, kid, by @madasthesea

Irondad Bingo 2019, by sahiya 

The Adventures of Spidy-son and Iron-dad, by eva7673

Tony adopts Peter (why everyone kills May, btw ?)

Accepting the Tides, by @emma--anacortes

Tony had dragged Peter from the depths of despair after May's death. It was normal that he'd grown to care a little about him, right?

Yeah, okay. He freaking loved the kid.

So naturally he would feel a little weird when Richard Parker randomly shows up in Peter's life. Naturally he'd feel protective, nervous, and confused because where has Richard been all this time? And why does Tony feel sick every time he sees him around Peter?

All he knows is if Richard hurts his kid, Tony's gonna give him hell.

Series Out of Darkness, by @starryknight09

“Is this Peter Parker?”

“Yes…”

“This is Dr. Nguyen. I’m sorry but your aunt’s been in an accident and we’re going to need you to come to Queens Memorial as soon as you can.”

Peter's life shatters with a phone call. The last person he expects helps him pick up the pieces.

#irondad #irondad spiderson #irondad fic #fic recs

[mylifeincinema]

My Best of 2021: Supporting Actress

My Best of 2021 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2021, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2021.

A quick note: I’m doing it again. Most of the years since I’ve been running this blog, I’ve written a blurb to go with each of my acting/directing picks. Last year, I decided to switch things up. Instead of the usual countdown style with a blurb for each one, I just presented the list to you all without comment, as I’d always done for Cinematography (letting the work speak for itself). I don’t know if this is how these acting and directing categories will remain, or if I’ll go back to the old ways (which is how My Top 10 Films of 2021 will still be presented), but this approach works for me right now. Go see all of these performances. They’re good... damn good. Also, I’m doing Honorable Mentions this year, which is something I don’t think I’ve done in a while. Why not, right?

There was some phenomenal work going on in 2021, and while my very favorite performances of the year didn’t happen fall in this category, the loving warmth and worry Balfe brought to Belfast and the oddball sense of foreboding Kathryn Hunter brought to The Tragedy of Macbeth were just a couple of the more immensely effective displays of the year.

Okay, it’s time…

My Top 10 Performances by a Supporting Actress in 2021!

1. Caitriona Balfe in Belfast

2. Kathryn Hunter in The Tragedy of Macbeth

3. Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog

4. Youn Yuh-jung in Minari

5. Cate Blanchett in Nightmare Alley

6. Judi Dench in Belfast

7. Ariana DeBose in West Side Story

8. Ruth Negga in Passing

9. Rebecca Ferguson in Dune

10. Frances McDormand in The French Dispatch

Honorable Mentions: Olivia Colman in The Father; Marisa Tomei in Spider-Man: No Way Home; Nina Arianda in Being the Ricardos; Margot Robbie in The Suicide Squad; Rita Moreno in West Side Story.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

Next Up: Supporting Actor; Directing

More of My Best of 2021...  

#movies #best of 2021 #movie #film #cinema #lists #mybestof2021 #supporting actress #belfast #caitriona balfe #the tragedy of macbeth #kathryn hunter #kirsten dunst #the power of the dog #youn yuh-jung #minari #nightmare alley #cate blanchett #judi dench #west side story #ariana debose #passing #ruth negga #dune #rebecca ferguson #frances mcdormand #the french dispatch

[twistedtummies2]

Top 12 Spider-Man Movie Villains

Well, today I went to see “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and I REALLY need to cheer myself up after some very bad news and stressful stuff that happened pretty much immediately after I got home from seeing the film, soooo…here’s a little something to get my mind off matters. :P

There have been nine separate theatrical Spider-Man movies (eleven if you count the two “Venom” films, and more if you count non-Spider-Man films that feature the character). One of the greatest draws to Spidey is his Rogues Gallery; one of Marvel’s best, and in my opinion, one of the few Rogues Galleries that can stand up to the awesomeness that is Batman’s Villainous Cadre of Crooks. Throughout these movies, we’ve seen a lot of these villains pop up, and had them treated in different ways. I decided it would be fun to give my personal ranking of them and see how they all stack up. For this list, I won’t be counting the non-Spider-Man films in the MCU, since none of them really feature Spidey-based villains anyway, and while Our Friendly Neighborhood Webslinger plays a big role in those stories, he isn’t the focal point for any of them. I WILL be counting the two Venom movies starring Tom Hardy, BUT I will NOT be counting Hardy’s Venom himself: he’s the protagonist of those pictures, and, at least so far, he hasn’t fought Spider-Man at all. I also won’t be counting Morbius, since that movie isn’t out yet, and whether Spidey himself has anything to do with it anyway has yet to be determined. (Plus, once again, he seems to be the protagonist in that case.) With that said, that still gives us quite a few pictures and bad guys to choose from, so let’s get started! These are My Top 12 Favorite Spider-Man Movie Villains.

12. Carnage (Played by Woody Harrelson). The first Venom was a hot mess of a film, and while the second is flawed, it’s a decided improvement. One of the best parts, for me, was the antagonist: the first film’s villain, Riot, was pretty unmemorable in my opinion, but in the second film, we got the more well-known nemesis Carnage. Portrayed by Woody Harrelson, the movie played Carnage exactly the right way: the character has always been one of the most purely evil and exceptionally violent monsters in Marvel history, and the film doesn’t pull punches, depicting Cletus Kasady as the sadistic, brutal, savage killer he’s always been. However, the film brings some empathy to Kasady, by having him in a relationship with another supervillain, Shriek, and plays a lot with the parallels between Kasady’s cruel cad and Hardy’s more morally ambiguous Venom. Harrelson does a good job, but the reason I place him so low is because, as great as it was to see Carnage in action, I felt there was more they could have done with the character than they eventually did. Still, it’s not a bad portrayal, just one that feels it had more potential than was ultimately realized.

11. Doc Ock (Played by Kathryn Hahn).

“Into the Spider-Verse” had multiple villains, and all three of its primary antagonists will be on this list. The first of those to appear is this gal, Dr. Olivia “Liv” Octavius, a female reimagining of Dr. Octopus. At first, the good doctor seems like a fairly unthreatening presence, nervous and eccentric but ultimately harmless. However, her true colors are ultimately revealed, as she’s able to switch on a dime from a quirky oddball to a stone-cold psychopath, with a violent edge. This was a fun and unique portrayal of the classic villain, but she ranks low because she only gets a few key scenes to truly shine, and ultimately plays second fiddle to other villains in the story. I feel she would have been more interesting if she’d really had a movie all to herself.

10. Electro (Played by Jamie Foxx).

Foxx first played Electro in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” and most people agree this wasn’t the best depiction. It wasn’t the worst, either: in his first appearance as the character, Foxx’s Electro is played up as an awkward, insecure fellow with a longing for acceptance and respect. When his idol spurns him, he goes on a path of vengeance that turns him from a sympathetic but strange character into a sinister, psychotic villain. In many ways, he’s similar to Jim Carrey’s Riddler from “Batman Forever”: a sort of “fanboy who goes too far” type. However, many felt his origins were rushed, his design has been polarizing, and it doesn’t help that he’s another case of a villain who’s sort of sandwiched in-between other antagonists, and therefore doesn’t get the most time to shine. HOWEVER, Foxx recently got to reprise his role in “Spider-Man: No Way Home;” for the sake of avoiding spoilers, since the film is only about a month old and I’m sure not everyone has seen it yet, all I’ll say is that they do a REALLY good job improving this character, while still sticking to the best parts of the source, and it’s really that film that allows him to rank in the top ten.

9. New Goblin (Played by James Franco).

In the comics, Harry Osborn becomes the second Green Goblin after his father…ahem… “retires” for a while. (Harry himself would eventually “retire,” and his father would take back the mantle, but that’s another story.) This concept was imagined in a special way in Sam Raimi’s original film trilogy, as in the third film, Harry becomes an original character christened “The New Goblin”: having the same basic weapons as his father, but without the enhanced strength and with his own very different costume. Franco has perhaps the best character arc of any Spider-Man movie villain, as Harry was a major player in all three movies of the Raimi trilogy, and had a pretty compelling story arc: a supporting protagonist in the first film, essentially the secondary villain of the second film, and finally coming into his own as a new supervillain in the third…for a time. Much like with Electro and Hahn’s Octavius, Harry AS the New Goblin is sandwiched between other bad guys, and he actually reforms by the end of the story. It was great to see Harry’s arc and Franco plays, in my opinion, the definitive take on the character, but I think I like Harry more as a character, in general, than specifically as a villain.

8. Prowler (Played by Mahershala Ali).

Another renegade from “Into the Spider-Verse!” I admit I don’t know too much about the Prowler from the comics, so I can’t comment on how well or how badly the character was handled here, but in terms of the film, this was a great antagonist. Essentially the secondary villain after the Kingpin (more on him later), this Prowler is revealed to be one Aaron Davis, the uncle of our main protagonist, Miles Morales - a young man who becomes the new Spider-Man of his world over the course of the story. Not only was the Prowler an intimidating and dangerous creature to see in action, but the personal ties make the character compelling over all, giving him a sympathetic side as he legitimately cares about his nephew, which makes his conflict with said nephew’s alter-ego all the more complicated. Mahershala Ali plays the role beautifully, and while, once again, he’s stuck in a pile-up of bad guys, he still manages to stand out in a big way.

7. Sandman (Played by Thomas Haden Church).

In my opinion, Church plays the best version of the Sandman put to other media, and I feel personally was the best part of Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 3”. In most incarnations, the Sandman is a pretty basic, thuggish sort with little to no sympathy at all, but in this movie, the character of Flint Marko becomes a far more tragic character. He is a hoodlum, but he’s not depicted as a simple lout: he’s a flawed human being, haunted by demons and with his own deep passions he wants to sort out. You feel sorry for Sandman, despite the threat he provides and the terrible things he’s done and does in the story. This was another one of the characters who returned in “No Way Home,” and I was glad that they made sure to stick to his more empathetic qualities, as he turns out to be one of the more reluctant and reasonable rogues in the story, while still proving to be a powerful menace. 

6. Kingpin (Played by Liev Schreiber).

While I’ve never been too crazy about Kingpin’s design in the movie (he looks like a building with feet), the actual depiction of the character is, in my opinion, a really great one. Played by Schreiber with the gusto of an old-fashioned mafia boss character straight out of a film noir, this Kingpin is equal parts humorous, tragic, and cold-heartedly nasty. He does some truly horrible things in this film, and has many legitimately menacing moments, but when you find out the REASON he goes to the particular extremes he tries in the story, you understand his actions and goals a bit better. The somewhat cartoonish demeanor of the character gives him a necessary light side, while never totally breaking his darker and deeper elements. A fantastic villain from a fantastic movie, and one of my favorite depictions of the nefarious Wilson Fisk to date.

5. Lizard (Played by Rhys Ifans).

While the second “Amazing Spider-Man” movie was another hot mess, I still defend the first film as pretty impressive. And part of this was because of its villain, Curt Connors, a.k.a. The Lizard. Portrayed by Rhys Ifans (an actor I personally really like and feel does a brilliant job with the role), the Lizard in this film basically stays true to his comic book roots: after Connors ingests a serum he was making for humanitarian purposes, the well-meaning scientist - who ends up becoming something of a second father to Peter Parker, I should add - transforms into a monstrous reptilian creature. The serum affects his mind, as well as his body, as Connors begins a reign of terror, planning to turn all of New York - and one day the world - into reptilian beasts like himself, believing this to be mankind’s evolution to a greater being. Equal parts understandable and depraved, he was stronger and faster than Andrew Garfield’s wonderful webhead, and turned out to be one of the most layered and frightening foes in any Spider-Man feature.

4. Doc Ock (Played by Alfred Molina).

Dr. Octopus is one of the few Spidey Villains who has appeared in two interpretations onscreen, rather than just one. (The others who have had this honor so far are Venom and Harry as the Goblin.) We already covered Kathryn Hahn’s portrayal from “Into the Spider-Verse,” now we’ll discuss arguably one of the most popular depictions of Doc Ock: that played by Alfred Molina. First appearing in “Spider-Man 2” - which, for a time, was widely considered the best Spider-Man movie ever made - this take on Doc Ock played a lot with his personal ties to Peter by making him a mentor to Parker, and also gave the character a sympathetic edge, as in this version, the AI of his tentacles actually ends up taking over his mind, giving him a sort of split-personality as they drive him to madness and criminal activity. While I’ve never been a huge fan of this element, I do still like Molina’s character overall, with his snarky wit and a viciousness behind his intellectuality. It’s easy to see why so many consider him one of the best Spidey Villains ever put to the screen, and why so many were so excited when he was set to reappear in “No Way Home.” (He’s a lot of fun in that movie, too.) Perhaps the most impressive thing about Ock, however, is his defeat: without giving away too many spoilers, in both films, his ultimate end only cements the gentler sides of the character, turning Doc Ock from a villain to a hero in his final moments. Again, I can’t spill too many beans beyond that (in fact, that’s probably enough as it is to make a few people cross about spoilers, I fear), but it only serves to make Molina a more complex character on the whole.

3. Mysterio (Played by Jake Gyllenhaal).

When “Far From Home” came out, everybody and their mother was telling me the same thing: “This is such a different take on Mysterio!” Some people saw this as a bad thing, others as a good thing. My response to all this, once the film came out was…really? What makes this one “so different”? I mean, sure, his BACKSTORY is different, but the character’s appearance, methodology, personality, even elements of his motivations and goals, all feel VERY much in line with the Mysterio we all know and love. That’s actually what I felt was most impressive about Gyllenhaal’s portrayal of this evil Master of Illusions. His origins were new, but everything else about the character mostly felt like a really true, fun, and interesting interpretation of the same character we all know and love. Far from being focused on what was lost, I was astounded at how much they KEPT from the source material. Plus, his actions lead to probably the best cliffhanger ending you’ll find in any Spider-Man feature!

2. Vulture (Played by Michael Keaton).

First of all, it’s Michael Keaton. That alone earns this villain a lot of brownie points. (Because Evil Birdman deserves it.) In direct contrast to Mysterio, Keaton’s Vulture changes a lot from the original character, in terms of his personality, background, appearance, and methods…but the changes are interesting, and the character is handled altogether so cleverly, it ultimately creates a villain who, if not better than the source material, is at least an equal to it. In “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Keaton’s Vulture is a former construction worker who, thanks to the superheroes who populate his world, ends up effectively out of a job. Bitter against society and the government, he and a crew of other rogues - including reimaginings of the Tinkerer and the Shocker - begin using scrap taken from “superhero wreck sites” (wherever a battle against aliens or super-crooks has taken place) to forge a criminal empire. Keaton was a fine blend of humanity and wickedness; he was ruthless, cunning, and a thorough scoundrel, but he had sympathetic motivations, a surprising tie to our hero, and a wonderful wit that made him endearing despite his evil nature. It’s a very unique depiction of one of the Wall-Crawler’s oldest foes, but a valid one, in my opinion.

1. Green Goblin (Played by Willem Dafoe).

This may or may not be a controversial choice. On the one hand, Dafoe’s Green Goblin has gotten some backlash over the years, with people criticizing the over-the-top performance of the character and the design of the costume, especially. Most seem to prefer Molina’s Doc Ock or Mysterio and/or the Vulture from the MCU films much more. On the other hand, however, there ARE still people who enjoy this villain, and just like Otto Octavius, when his return was announced for “No Way Home,” people got excited. No tonly that, but ever since “No Way Home” came out, everyone who saw it told me that the Green Goblin was their favorite of the villains featured, some even saying that the film improved on the character in some ways. I won’t comment on that front, but I will say that I liked Dafoe a lot before that. I never really minded the costume the way others seem to loathe it, and as far as the performance goes…the Raimi films were melodramatic in general, everybody, and the Green Goblin is a melodramatic character. I always felt Dafoe hit the right balance between deep menace and over-the-top theatricality, and he’s far more effective, in my opinion, than most give him credit. It also probably helps that I have a natural bias, since the Green Goblin is and was always my favorite Spider-Man Villain. So while this PROBABLY won’t be what EVERYONE feels, and I can understand that given the impressive power of those other villains, there is no doubt in my mind that Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin is My Favorite Spider-Man Movie Villain.

#top 12 #top #12 #countdown #favorites #best #movies #films #villains #spider-man #spider-man villains #marvel #marvel villains #movie villains #spider-man movie villains #live-action #into the spider-verse #no way home

[theultimatefan]

FAN EXPO New Orleans Returns Jan. 5-7; Trejo, Cox, D’Onofrio, Sackhoff, ‘TMNT’ Voices Among First

Fans of all things pop culture across the South and beyond have marked their calendars for the return of FAN EXPO New Orleans, set for January 5-7, 2024, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. With the three-month countdown officially on, a few fan favorites, including Danny Trejo (Machete, The Book of Boba Fett), the "Daredevil" tandem of Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio, Katee Sackhoff (Star Wars’ “The Mandalorian”) and four voice acting stars of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” are already on board as the first announced to appear in what will be a star-studded celebrity lineup.

FAN EXPO New Orleans features the biggest and best in pop culture: movies, TV, music, artists, writers, exhibitors, cosplay, with three full days of themed programming to satisfy every fandom.

Danny Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions, from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are well recognized in Hollywood and beyond. He has starred in dozens of films including Desperado, Heat, the From Dusk Till Dawn series, Con Air, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, the Spy Kids movies, Machete and many more.

Charlie Cox has had more than 40 screen credits, with his role as “Matt Murdock” on “Daredevil” (reprised in “She-Hulk” and Spider-Man: No Way Home) the most prominent. He gained wide notice for his portrayal of “Owen Sleater” in the HBO period drama “Boardwalk Empire” and played the lead role of “Michael Kinsella” in the AMC+ crime drama series “Kin.”

In addition to starring as “Wilson Fisk” opposite Cox in the Netflix series “Daredevil,” Vincent D’Onofrio has a resume of more than 100 roles, most popularly as the lead detective “Bobby Goren” in the long-running NBC drama “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” His notable film credits include Full Metal Jacket, Dying Young, Men in Black, Mystic Pizza, Jurassic World and The Break Up.

Katee Sackhoff’s credits include standout runs as “Bo Katan” in “The Mandalorian,” as “Starbuck” on “Battlestar Galactica” and a starring role in A&E's original series “Longmire.” Sackhoff, who turned heads as the hotshot pilot in "Battlestar" and as "Vic Moretti" in the western drama "Longmire," also has had recurring roles in "24," "Nip/Tuck," "CSI" and many other hits.

Barry Gordon (“Donatello”), Cam Clarke (“Leonardo”), Townsend Coleman (“Michelango”) and Rob Paulsen (“Raphael”) of the beloved animated series “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” will be headlining the voice acting area in New Orleans. The foursome appeared in hundreds of episodes of the classic show.

New Orleans is the first event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

#comiccon #new orleans #fanexpo