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popculturebuffet · 3 years

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Blog Updates: New Patreon Stretch Goals, Patreon Exclusive Reviews, New Story Arcs and Other Stuff

MHello everyone. For those of you seeing this through other tags my name is Jake. I do reviews on here that are usually full sumaries of an episode of a tv show or comic, with jokes and analsyis throughout. I’m doing this post as i’ve recently revamped by patreon a bit, check out VIA THIS LINK if your curious. I also have some other stuff going on with the blog that I thought might intrest the general public and especially you lovely followers. Thank you guys so much. Your support means a lot and feel free to interact with this post and any of the reviews. it’s always a pleasure. Leave your comments whatever. So let’s start with the patreon stuff

You Decide the Next Patreon Exclusive Review!:

Yes YOU will decide the Patreon Exclusive review for May. How? It’s simple: i’m currently reviewing the Lilo and Stitch crossover episodes, the first two this week with the American Dragon Jake Long crossover “Morpholomew” done yesterday, the Proud Family episode “Spats” coming later this week, and “Rufus” (Kim Possible) and “Lax” (Recess) coming next week and the week after that respectively.

As a way to gage intrest in the shows crossed over, and if I should review some of them on their own, i’m going to be watching the notes, and after the first week i’ll record how many a review got. This way the first review dosen’t get an advantage over the last and so on. Whichever episode gets the most votes wins and it’s show will get two reviews: One exclusive to Patreon in may you can check out for just a buck, and one for all of ya in June. So if you want to dragon up, get louder and prouder, check out what the sitch is, or have some recess, keep an eye on my blog and check out the review. Like it reblog, it, both. This is all in your hands. And if this little contest works out I may do another one like it in the future.

New Patreon Stretch Goals!:

For those unfamiliar with Patreon it’s a site that helps creators like me get paid for their work, used by such luminaries as Linkara, Pushing Up Roses and greatest of all Rifftrax.

Stretch Goals are an amount of money I get a month from patreons, that’s readers like you paying me. Even a buck a month would help a lot and help me put out a reviews and LIVE off doing this. But it’s a two way street so in order to entice you lovely people into paying me for doing my job and my passion with these reviews, i’ve updated the tiers, adding a wider and better range of rewards. I’m currenntly up to 15 dollars a month, or close enough that i’ve acitivated those rewards. And if you help me hit these tiers EVEYRONE gets PUBLIC, on here, for free reviews. Thanks to my lovely patreons Emma and Kevin you all are getting reviews of the first 5 Ducktales episode, aka Legend of the Golden Suns, with the second coming as soon as I finish this post. Even a buck helps us reach closer and for your dollar you get access to the discord, exclusive reviews, and to pick a short any time I review a bunch of shorts. And with Goofy’s birthday coming up next montha nd Donald’s after that, now is the best time for that. 5 dollar patreons also get one review as month, with 10 dollar ones getting two. You’ve already probably seen some of these: Kev has used one of his a month to have me review a house of mouse episode every month, and newest patreon and longtime friend Emma is using them to have me review the netflix dr. seuss adaptation “Green Eggs and Ham”. So whatever YOU want me to review I will and you’l lhelp unlock even MORE great reviews. So what do you get if you hit the goals? I’m glad you asked.

We’re up to 15 so next is...

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Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy: And since neither of these have helped me so far and stepping back into Amity Park made me realize how much I love the series, even if it’s creator is a 80 tons of smug asshole packed into a t-shirt he thinks is cooler than it is. So it only felt right to add the ghost boy to the tier and the best way to kick that off is with it’s second best, and only barely second behind Reign Storm, episode: The Ultimate Enemy! Danny finds his future is imperfect and must battle his own evil self! If you want my thoughts on one of the series finest hours, then help me hit 20 bucks a month to keep making content.

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Snotgirl: I’m saving this one for this tier. Reviews of each collected volume of snotgirl, Bryan’s first ongoing series, all three so far and any more to come about, unsuprisingly, a hot mess of a person, this time who might’ve done a murder. You know instead of defintely did a murder but in self defnese and with a longsword.

Gravity Falls Season 1!: One of Disney’s finest finally on this blog. All season 1 episodes reviewed in some way in some shape in some form. Star Vs Finale Arc!: You’ve heard me bitch about the problems in Tom’s story, and wil lcontinue to. Now see the terrible way everyone elses ends! From an amazing build up to an awful finish, see reviews of Every story relevant season 4 episode from Butterfly Follies to Cleaved that won’t already be covered in my tom retrospective. It’s a road to crushing disapointment, come on inside!

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Gravity Falls Season 2: Buillding on the first reward Gravity Falls Reviews will go beyond the first season and finish the job. From zombies, to dipcifica, to ford to weirdmageddon, I’m doin it all.

40 Dollar Tier:

Two HUGE Disney Focused Comics Retrospectives!

Darkwing Duck: In addition to the show, i’ll start reviewing the awesome follow up comic that got me into it. From the start to both finishes: the unathorized crossover finale and the sadly short lived sequel series from joe books, the worst mistake disney ever made that wasn’t racist, before Artemis Fowl said hold my beer. Also the short lived Ducktlaes series because why not.

The Incredibles!: The Family Dynamic! A comprehensive retrospective featuring reviews of the movie, the Mark Waid followup, the sequel that ignores said followup and the incomparable Christos Gage’s followup to THAT movie. Also that wonderfuly awful failed tv pilot bob made that he and lucius did a mst3k of.

45 Dollar Tier:

Disney Flims Lilo and Stitch a Thon: All four lilo and stitch movies, Lilo and Stitch, Lilo and Sitch 2, Stitch and Leroy and Stitch! All the hawaii, aliens and sequels you can handle!

Amphibia Season 1: I’ve done Season 2 as it comes out, i’ll be doing the same for season 3, so help me get here to see the start at least once a month, but two at a time!

50 Dollar Tier: The last one for now. I’ll probably go to 10 dollar tiers after this.

The Owl House Season 1: While I wait for the second season to start so I can cover it, have me do the rest of season 1! The only exceptions are the already covered Enchanted Grom Fright and the earmarked for pride month wing it like witches!

The Two Loves and 87 Mistakes of Mordecai: A regular show romancetrospective, as we go through the downs, ups, higher ups and crushing lows of Modercai’s romantic arcs from regular show. His crush on margert, making his move, moving on, moving on to cj, and then the horrible cluster fuck I’ve talked about nonstop and will again and again as one of the worst romantic arcs in memory as they shot the relationship in the foot head and groin! Force me to relive it all!

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Other Stuff:

Finally outisde of Patreon, that was the main reason for this, I have news on my various arcs. For one thing i’ll be trying to keep the pace better, so expect at least one entry a month for ones i’m doing on my own time like the tom retrospective, life and times and Scott pilgrims. Ones kev does will be done weekly to keep my wallet afloat.

I also have two more retrospectives incoming! The first is paid for by Kev: I’l lbe tackling ALL THREE SEASON 2 ARCS OF DUCKTALES 2017. After the headache of trying to cram the della arc into three weeks to keep up with the lena one, I decided i’td be better for pacing if I did all three at once and kev agreed to it, if using his patreon reviews to cushion the blows. So starting next month i’ll be covering the Louie, Della and Glomgold/Owlson arcs, swapping between them in episode order. With that I should be FAR closer to having covered every ducktales episode. Granted i’ll still have 17 to cover, but it’ll make that much more managable.

The second comes in June specifically timed for Pride Month. With Scott Pilgrim Wrapping up in August just in time for the movie’s anniversary, I decided to start covering another one of my faviorite comics of all time. It’s time to transform, roll out and make this precoius it’s Transformers More than Meets the Eye! For those of you unfamiliar it’s an idw comic that follows a rag tag group of transformers, about half of them gay or gay coded, on a mission to find the lost knights of cybertron and bring ballance to a post war cybertron.. which quickly devloves into hyjinnks with a side order of heartrending deaths and charcter development... and references to dexy’s midnight runners.

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twoidiotwriters1 · 4 years

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Written In The Stars LX (Harry Potter xF!Oc)

A/N: We are almost over with book three which is amazing but also a bit scary like wow this is really going by so fast h e l p -Danny

Words: 4,552

Warnings: Yelling at kids and a tad of violence

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Chapter Nineteen: A Window to the Past.

"I found this at the base of the Whomping Willow. Very useful, Potter, I thank you..." Snape threw the cloak aside. "You're wondering, perhaps, how I knew you were here? I've just been to your office, Lupin. You forgot to take your potion tonight, so I took a gobletful along. And very lucky I did... lucky for me, I mean. Lying on your desk was a certain map. One glance at it told me all I needed to know. I saw you running along this passageway and out of sight."

"Severus —"

"I've told the headmaster again and again that you're helping your old friend Black into the castle, Lupin, and here's the proof. Not even I dreamed you would have the nerve to use this old place as your hideout —"

"Severus, you're making a mistake, you haven't heard everything — I can explain — Sirius is not here to kill Harry —"

"Two more for Azkaban tonight," The man didn't care to listen. "I shall be interested to see how Dumbledore takes this... He was quite convinced you were harmless, you know, Lupin... a tame werewolf —"

"You fool– Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?"

Thin, snakelike cords jumped from the end of Snape's wand and twisted around Lupin's mouth, wrists, and ankles; he fell to the floor.

"NO!" Mel ran towards him at the same time Black started toward Snape, but Snape pointed his wand straight between Black's eyes and Harry grabbed her wrist before she could move further.

"Give me a reason," Snape threatened. "Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will."

"Professor Snape — it — it wouldn't hurt to hear what they've got to say, w — would it?" Hermione asked beside her.

"Miss Granger, you are already facing suspension from this school," Snape said harshly. "You, Potter, Dumbledore, and Weasley are out-of-bounds, in the company of a convicted murderer and a werewolf. For once in your life, hold your tongue."

"But if — if there was a mistake —"

"KEEP QUIET, YOU STUPID GIRL!" Snape shouted. "DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!"

"DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT!" Mel yelled back, snatching her wrist from Harry's grip and raising her wand before she could think it through. "DON'T YOU EVER CALL HER STUPID AGAIN OR I'LL–"

"WHAT?" He roared. "You'll knock me unconscious and then what, Miss Dumbledore?! The Headmaster will feel beyond proud once he finds out he brought up a scoundrel!"

"Better a scoundrel than a petty, feeble man!" Harry pulled down her arm harshly.

"What are you doing?" He hissed. "You believe them?"

"If Black were a dark wizard he would've tried to kill us already," She turned to the boy and tried to pull her arm away. "Let go."

"No."

"Harry, I'll hex you if I have to–"

A short chuckle let out Black's mouth, he was looking at her from the corner of his eye, without completely turning away from Snape.

"You are your mother's daughter, Mel. But this isn't worth an expulsion– lower the wand."

Mel wanted to hiss at him something like 'You really think I'll listen to you?' but Snape was faster.

"Vengeance is very sweet. How I hoped I would be the one to catch you..."

"The joke's on you again, Severus. As long as this boy brings his rat up to the castle, I'll come quietly..."

"Up to the castle? I don't think we need to go that far. All I have to do is call the dementors once we get out of the Willow. They'll be very pleased to see you, Black, pleased enough to give you a little kiss, I daresay..."

Black looked afraid for the first time that night.

"You — you've got to hear me out. The rat — look at the rat —"

"Come on, all of you," Snape ignored him. He clicked his fingers, and the ends of the cords that bound Lupin flew to his hands. "I'll drag the werewolf. Perhaps the dementors will have a kiss for him too —"

"The werewolf is my family and you won't drag him around like that," Mel growled, stepping forward between Lupin's body and the men in front of her.

Harry moved as well, but he crossed the room and blocked the door. He was a few feet away from her.

"Get out of the way, you're in enough trouble already," Snape spat. "If I hadn't been here to save your skin —"

"Professor Lupin could have killed me about a hundred times this year," Harry said. "And Mel about a thousand times more throughout her entire childhood. We've been alone with him loads of times, having defense lessons against the dementors. If he was helping Black, why didn't he just finish me off then?"

"Don't ask me to fathom the way a werewolf's mind works," hissed Snape. "Get out of the way, Potter."

"Stop calling him a werewolf, that's not all he is!" Mel's fist clenched. "He's as human as you are, and perhaps even better at it!"

"Perhaps," Snape said through gritted teeth, "they're right when they say women in your family go mental before coming of age."

She could've raised her wand and attack right at that instant... If it wasn't because Harry lost his temper at the same time.

"YOU'RE PATHETIC!" He yelled. "JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE A FOOL OF YOU AT SCHOOL YOU WON'T EVEN LISTEN —"

"SILENCE! I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT!"

"YOU REFUSE TO SPEAK AT ALL!" Mel argued back.

"Like father, like son! The both of you– have just saved your neck; you should be thanking me on bended knee! You would have been well served if he'd killed you! You'd have died like your fathers, too arrogant to believe you might be mistaken in Black — now get out of the way, or I will make you. GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

The children had raised their wands at the same time, all of them pointing at Snape. The man's body flew and crashed against a wall, blood starting to drip from his forehead. Mel's spell had come out stronger than expected, and if felt as if part of her energy had gone out with it as well.

"You shouldn't have done that," Black said. "You should have left him to me..."

"No offense, but you didn't have that under control," Mel stated, walking over to the bed and retrieving Snape's wand. "And he's right– I'm like my dad, I don't kneel for anybody."

"We attacked a teacher... We attacked a teacher..." Hermione panicked. "Oh, we're going to be in so much trouble —"

"You better take in the fact that we're expelled 'Mione," Mel shook her head, tiredly reaching for her uncle at the same time as Black.

They froze for a moment, then Mel nodded silently once and the man reached to untie her uncle.

"Thank you," He said to the children.

"I'm still not saying I believe you," Harry told Lupin. He looked at Mel, waiting for her opinion.

It was hard to wrap her head around it, but the way Snape had reacted was still fresh on her mind, he'd insulted her father's memory and if she was honest, if there was any chance that Lupin and Black could prove that what they did was right– if she could save Hermione from getting expelled (and to convince herself that her uncle was a good man) she had to take it.

"If he is who you say he is, then turn him back," Mel said in sort of child-like demand.

"All right, it's time we offered you some proof," said Lupin. "You, boy — give me Peter, please. Now."

"Come off it," Ron said weakly. "Are you trying to say he broke out of Azkaban just to get his hands on Scabbers? I mean... Okay, say Pettigrew could turn into a rat — there are millions of rats — how's he supposed to know which one he's after if he was locked up in Azkaban?"

"You know, Sirius, that's a fair question– How did you find out where he was?"

Black took out an old paper and showed it to them.

It was the photograph of Ron and his family that had appeared in the Daily Prophet the previous summer, and there, on Ron's shoulder, was Scabbers.

"How did you get this?" Lupin asked Black, thunderstruck.

"Fudge," said Black. "When he came to inspect Azkaban last year, he gave me his paper. And there was Peter, on the front page... on this boy's shoulder... I knew him at once... how many times had I seen him transform? And the caption said the boy would be going back to Hogwarts... to where Harry was..."

"My God," said Lupin softly, staring from Scabbers to the picture in the paper and back again. "His front paw..."

"What about it?" said Ron defiantly.

"He's got a toe missing," said Black.

"Of course," Lupin breathed. "So simple... so brilliant... he cut it off himself?"

"Just before he transformed," said Black. "When I cornered him, he yelled for the whole street to hear that I'd betrayed Lily and James. Then, before I could curse him, he blew apart the street with the wand behind his back, killed everyone within twenty feet of himself — and sped down into the sewer with the other rats..."

"Didn't you ever hear, Ron?" said Lupin. "The biggest bit of Peter they found was his finger."

"We've heard," Mel said bitterly.

"Look, Scabbers probably had a fight with another rat or something! He's been in my family for ages, right —"

"Twelve years, in fact– Didn't you ever wonder why he was living so long?"

"We — we've been taking good care of him!" said Ron.

"Not looking too good at the moment, though, is he?" Lupin insisted. "I'd guess he's been losing weight ever since he heard Sirius was on the loose again..."

"He's been scared of that mad cat!" said Ron.

"But Scabbers had been ill long before," Mel replied, knowing Harry and Hermione were thinking the same. "Remember? You bought the tonic for rats and that's how Hermione got Crookshanks..."

"This cat isn't mad," said Black. "He's the most intelligent of his kind I've ever met. He recognized Peter for what he was right away. And when he met me, he knew I was no dog. It was a while before he trusted me... Finally, I managed to communicate to him what I was after, and he's been helping me..."

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"He tried to bring Peter to me, but couldn't... so he stole the passwords into Gryffindor Tower for me... As I understand it, he took them from a boy's bedside table..."

"Oh, Neville..." Mel sat down on the bed, feeling really, really drained.

"But Peter got wind of what was going on and ran for it... This cat — Crookshanks, did you call him? — told me Peter had left blood on the sheets... I supposed he bit himself... Well, faking his own death had worked once..."

"And why did he fake his death?" Harry demanded. "Because he knew you were about to kill him like you killed my parents!"

"No, Harry —"

"And now you've come to finish him off!"

"Yes, I have," said Black.

"Then I should've let Snape take you!"

"Snape's a nasty man," Mel frowned. "They deserve to explain themselves– And that's all they've been doing since we got here, do you honestly think we're in danger?"

"Harry," Lupin urged, "don't you see? All this time we've thought Sirius betrayed your parents, and Peter tracked him down — but it was the other way around, don't you see? Peter betrayed your mother and father and killed Matthew in the process— Sirius tracked Peter down —"

"THAT'S NOT TRUE! HE WAS THEIR SECRET-KEEPER! HE SAID SO BEFORE YOU TURNED UP. HE SAID HE KILLED THEM!"

That one bit was true, but Black shook his head in what Mel could only think of as grief.

"Harry... I as good as killed them. I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me... I'm to blame, I know it. The night they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn't feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents' house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies... I realized what Peter must've done... what I'd done..."

Friends dead, children abandoned. All because he'd trusted the wrong man.

Mel understood, more yet, she felt it the same way she could feel whether if an artifact had dark magic in it or not. She could sense his innocence, he lacked the darkness needed to cause that chaos.

"Enough of this," said Lupin. "There's one certain way to prove what really happened. Ron, give me that rat."

"What are you going to do with him if I give him to you?"

"Ron, come on..." Mel pleaded, rubbing her forehead to try and disappear the weariness.

"Force him to show himself," Lupin assured him. "If he really is a rat, it won't hurt him."

Ron handed it over.

"Thank you."

"Ready, Sirius?" Lupin inquired.

Black silently asked Mel for Snape's wand. She gave it up.

"Together?" He asked quietly.

"I think so... On the count of three. One — two — THREE!"

A flash of blue blinded her momentarily as she heard Ron shouts and the rat's squeals, she heard them until they stopped sounded like squeals, and more like human yells.

He was a very short man, hardly taller than Harry and Hermione. His thin, colorless hair was unkempt and there was a large bald patch on top. He had the shrunken appearance of a plump man who has lost a lot of weight in a short time. His skin looked grubby, almost like Scabbers's fur, and something of the rat lingered around his pointed nose and his very small, watery eyes. He looked around at them all, his breathing fast and shallow. Harry saw his eyes dart to the door and back again.

"Well, hello, Peter," said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. "Long time, no see."

"S — Sirius... R — Remus..." Even Pettigrew's voice was squeaky. Again, his eyes darted toward the door. "My friends... my old friends..."

Black's wand arm rose, but Lupin seized him around the wrist, gave him a warning look, then turned again to Pettigrew, his voice light and casual.

"We've been having a little chat, Peter, about what happened the night Lily, James, and Matt died. You might have missed the finer points while you were squeaking around down there on the bed —"

"Remus, you don't believe him, do you..? He tried to kill me, Remus..."

"So we've heard. I'd like to clear up one or two little matters with you, Peter, if you'd be so —"

"He's come to try and kill me again! He killed them and now he's going to kill me too... You've got to help me, Remus..."

"No one's going to try and kill you until we've sorted a few things out," said Lupin.

"Sorted things out? I knew he'd come after me! I knew he'd be back for me! I've been waiting for this for twelve years!"

"You knew Sirius was going to break out of Azkaban?" Lupin frowned. "When nobody has ever done it before?"

"He's got dark powers the rest of us can only dream of! How else did he get out of there? I suppose He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named taught him a few tricks!"

Black laughed again, he sounded so animal-like that she shrunk in her place fearfully.

"Voldemort, teach me tricks? What, scared to hear your old master's name?" said Black when he noticed the way Peter had flinched. "I don't blame you, Peter. His lot aren't very happy with you, are they?"

"Don't know what you mean, Sirius —"

"You haven't been hiding from me for twelve years. You've been hiding from Voldemort's old supporters. I heard things in Azkaban, Peter... They all think you're dead, or you'd have to answer to them... I've heard them screaming all sorts of things in their sleep. Sounds like they think the double-crosser double-crossed them. Voldemort went to the Potters' on your information and Voldemort met his downfall there. And not all Voldemort's supporters ended up in Azkaban, did they? There are still plenty out here, biding their time, pretending they've seen the error of their ways... If they ever got wind that you were still alive, Peter —"

"Don't know... what you're talking about... You don't believe this — this madness, Remus —"

"I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat."

"Innocent, but scared! If Voldemort's supporters were after me, it was because I put one of their best men in Azkaban — the spy, Sirius Black!"

"How dare you," Black growled. "I, a spy for Voldemort? When did I ever sneak around people who were stronger and more powerful than myself? But you, Peter — I'll never understand why I didn't see you were the spy from the start. You always liked big friends who'd look after you, didn't you? It used to be us... me and Remus... James and Matt– Hell, even Emily had your back!"

"Me, a spy... must be out of your mind... never... don't know how you can say such a —"

"Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it! I thought it was the perfect plan... a bluff... Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they'd use a weak, talentless thing like you... It must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters– Not only that, but the youngest Dumbledores as well, father and daughter..."

Alarms were going off inside her mind but she felt too tired to fight them, she supported her head against Harry's side, still sitting on the bed, and closed her eyes for a moment.

"Professor Lupin?" said Hermione timidly. "Can — can I say something?"

"Certainly, Hermione," said Lupin courteously.

"Well — Scabbers — I mean, this — this man — he's been sleeping in Harry's dormitory for three years. If he's working for You- Know-Who, how come he never tried to hurt Harry before now?"

"There!" said Pettigrew shrilly, pointing at Ron with his maimed hand. "Thank you! You see, Remus? I have never hurt a hair of Harry's head! Why should I?"

"I'll tell you why," said Black. "Because you never did anything for anyone unless you could see what was in it for you. Voldemort's been in hiding for fifteen years, they say he's half dead. You weren't about to commit murder right under Albus Dumbledore's nose, for a wreck of a wizard who'd lost all of his power, were you? You'd want to be quite sure he was the biggest bully in the playground before you went back to him, wouldn't you? Why else did you find a wizard family to take you in? Keeping an ear out for news, weren't you, Peter? Just in case your old protector regained strength, and it was safe to rejoin him..."

Pettigrew opened his mouth and closed it several times. He seemed to have lost the ability to talk.

"Er — Mr. Black — Sirius?" said Hermione.

Black jumped at being addressed like this and stared at Hermione as though he had never seen anything quite like her.

"If you don't mind me asking, how — how did you get out of Azkaban, if you didn't use Dark Magic?"

Mel wanted to say 'Mione, always bringing up the best questions' but she could barely muster a smile. Merlin, why was she so tired?

"Thank you!" Pettigrew squeaked. "Exactly! Precisely what I —"

But Lupin silenced him with a look. Black was frowning slightly at Hermione, but not as though he were annoyed with her. He seemed to be pondering his answer.

"I don't know how I did it," he said slowly. "I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. That wasn't a happy thought, so the dementors couldn't suck it out of me... but it kept me sane and knowing who I am... helped me keep my powers... so when it all became... too much... I could transform in my cell... become a dog. Dementors can't see, you know..." He swallowed. "They feel their way toward people by feeding off their emotions... They could tell that my feelings were less — less human, less complex when I was a dog... but they thought, of course, that I was losing my mind like everyone else in there, so it didn't trouble them. But I was weak, very weak, and I had no hope of driving them away from me without a wand...

"But then I saw Peter in that picture... I realized he was at Hogwarts with Harry... perfectly positioned to act, if one hint reached his ears that the Dark Side was gathering strength again..."

Mel decided to believe them, she believed because they were okay with telling a truth that had weighed on them for a long time meanwhile Pettigrew was eager to squirm away from it, he seemed small and helpless, ready to jump on anyone's throat if given the chance.

"...ready to strike at the moment he could be sure of allies... and to deliver the last Potter and Dumbledore to them. If he gave them Harry and Mel who'd dare say he'd betrayed Lord Voldemort? He'd be welcomed back with honors... So you see, I had to do something. I was the only one who knew Peter was still alive..."

"It was as if someone had lit a fire in my head, and the dementors couldn't destroy it... It wasn't a happy feeling... it was an obsession... but it gave me strength, it cleared my mind. So, one night when they opened my door to bring food, I slipped past them as a dog... It's so much harder for them to sense animal emotions that they were confused... I was thin, very thin... thin enough to slip through the bars... I swam as a dog back to the mainland... I journeyed north and slipped into the Hogwarts grounds as a dog. I've been living in the forest ever since, except when I came to watch the Quidditch, of course. You fly as well as your father did, Harry..."

She finally looked up at Harry, he was holding Black's stare, no hesitation in his eyes.

"Believe me," Black was looking intently to the both of them. "Believe me. I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed any of them."

Harry looked down at her and she immediately knew what he was thinking. That ache on Black's voice... it resembled so much the one they felt whenever one of them was in danger– the anguish she drowned in when Harry was about to die in Salazar's chamber, or Harry's when he thought Quirrel had killed her.

"We believe you," Mel said. Harry nodded as a reply.

"No!" Pettigrew fell to his knees and crawled over to Black.

"Sirius — it's me... it's Peter... your friend... you wouldn't..."

"There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them," Black spat.

"Remus!" Pettigrew squeaked. "You don't believe this... wouldn't Sirius have told you they'd changed the plan?"

"Not if he thought I was the spy, Peter. I assume that's why you didn't tell me, Sirius?"

"Forgive me, Remus," Black pleaded.

"Not at all, Padfoot, old friend," said Lupin. "And will you, in turn, forgive me for believing you were the spy?"

"Of course," said Black, smiling weakly. "Shall we kill him together?"

Mel looked up. That wasn't what she was expecting to hear them say.

"Yes, I think so," Lupin replied lowly.

"You wouldn't... you won't..." gasped Pettigrew. And he turned to Ron. "Ron... haven't I been a good friend... a good pet? You won't let them kill me, Ron, will you... you're on my side, aren't you?"

"I let you sleep in my bed !" He exclaimed in disgust.

"Kind boy... kind master...you won't let them do it... I was your rat... I was a good pet..."

"If you made a better rat than a human, it's not much to boast about, Peter," said Black.

It was Hermione's turn.

"Sweet girl... clever girl... you — you won't let them... Help me..."

"Don't touch her!" Mel stood up but immediately regretted her decision as the world started to turn upside down.

Harry put an arm around her waist and called her name with worry. She didn't respond.

Pettigrew crawled over to them.

"Harry... Harry... you look just like your father... just like him... Mel..."

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HARRY? HOW DARE YOU FACE THEM? HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT JAMES AND MATT IN FRONT OF THEM?"

"Harry," Pettigrew, insisted. She felt her body being pulled away from the man, Harry's arms around her waist to keep her steady. "Harry, James wouldn't have wanted me killed... James would have understood, Harry... he would have shown me mercy..."

Harry ignored him, his attention still on her.

"Mel," He continued. "Talk to me..."

"I'm all right," She mumbled, fighting against her dizziness.

"You sold Lily and James to Voldemort," said Black to Pettigrew. "Do you deny it?"

"Sirius, Sirius, what could I have done?" Pettigrew finally burst into tears. "The Dark Lord– you have no idea... he has weapons you can't imagine... I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you, Remus, Matt, and James. I never meant it to happen... He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me —"

"DON'T LIE! YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY, JAMES AND MATT DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"

"He — he was taking over everywhere!" gasped Pettigrew. "Wh — what was there to be gained by refusing him?"

"What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terribly fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!"

"You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!"

"THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"

Black and Lupin stood shoulder to shoulder, wands raised.

"You should have realized," said Lupin quietly, "if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would. Good-bye, Peter."

Only then Harry returned his attention to the scene unfolding in front of him.

"NO!" Harry yelled.

Mel stepped away and sat back on the bed, Hermione immediately sitting beside her to see if there was anything she could do. At the same time, Harry had taken a few large steps to stand between the three men.

"You can't kill him... You can't."

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jeremiahwasajoker · 5 years

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5x01 (Year Zero): A Review

Hey guys! As you know, Gotham’s first episode of season 5 debuted on Thursday, and I AM SHOOK BEYOND BELIEF! I felt it was necessary to document my thoughts and reactions for this episode, so here I am. I wanted to gather all my thoughts on the episode in one place, just to clear my head out a bit and to share some theories and thoughts!

WARNING: This includes spoilers. If you have not seen the episode yet and want to avoid seeing any information about it, I would advise you to not look at this until you have done so. Without further ado, let’s get started!

So, first thing’s first: I want to give a shout out to Danny Cannon and Jessica Lucas. This was Danny’s last episode as an executive producer on Gotham, and the show would not be the same without him. As we all know, this is Jessica’s last episode, too, as Tabitha died. She was a strong, outstanding character that added that much pizazz to the show, and she will be deeply missed by not only me, but so many other fans who enjoyed her development and presence.

Also, I think it’s necessary to say thank you to all the departments of design, whether it be for the costumes, cinematography, etc. The costumes were to die for this episode! The visuals were stunning and movie-like! I can’t wait to see what else they do for these next 11 episodes coming up.

Next, I would like to review what I thought about some of the arcs of major characters and scenes that were incredible throughout Year Zero. They are in no particular order! Here we go!

“If it’s the last thing I do...”

Wow. Just wow. Erin Richards really did give me the chills with this scene. Her shouting into the camera was absolutely perfect, as we can see that she really conveyed Barbara’s grief of Tabitha’s passing in these twelve seconds. I was blown away. Not only by this scene, but even in the big fight scene that I’ll get to later. I know Barbara is not on the top of everyone’s list as their favorite, but I can say that I am so excited to see the rest of her arc. This scene really took the cake for me.

“Hope”

I would first like to say that I am a huge fan of Jim’s inspirational speeches throughout the series. This one was really a unifying moment for the GCPD, as they decided that they were going to do the best job they could, no matter what, to save the citizens of Gotham from the wrath of the villains. I think this was a really strong way to end the episode, and it makes me really hyped to see Jimbo doing the best for the citizens of the city.

The Shootout

R.I.P. Tabitha Galavan. This whole scene, whether it be Bruce sneaking in, Jim and the GCPD fighting off Penguin and his men, the struggle between Oswald and Tabitha, or even Barbara’s rage was perfect. Jessica and Robin did a phenomenal job in this scene, as they showed that there wasn’t just a feeling of vengeance between the two, as their past has been pretty rocky. Barbara’s war cry gave me the chills, along with Oswald screaming in pain after being shot in the leg. (OW! That must’ve hurt a lot). This scene will definitely go down as one of Gotham’s most iconic.

Selina’s Suicide Attempt

This HURT so much. After hearing that she would have a suicide attempt this season, I was saddened, and assumed she would try to kill herself a different way than the way she did. I love Jeremiah so much, but the pain that Selina was going through was not worth whatever he was looking to do. Also, if she’s going to try to get revenge on him...oof. It makes me feel so conflicted! I know Camren said that this scene was one of the hardest to shoot, and I would like to say that she did an outstanding job with her performance. It made me so sad. Also, that nurse is creepy! There’s no way she’s not a Jeremiah follower in some capacity. (Look at her eyebrows!)

Ecco

A queen? She literally had the shortest scene in the episode, but shook me to my core. I was not expecting her outfit/hairstyle! I’m so used to seeing her with her hair in a bun, and I really like the look of the high ponytail for her. Also, the simplified version of the mummer costume was cool, it looks like just a leather jacket. She was so sneaky, and she doesn’t seem unhinged yet. It makes me wonder what will cause her to switch. Maybe it’s just a façade. Also, I love the jingle bells! I’m also glad she was doing work for her man, and I will say that her drawing was pretty good. Why the Jerome logo, though? I guess we’ll find out.

Since there were too many scenes for me to have the time to cover, I’ll have some honorable mentions! Edward the dog, Bruce vs. Scarecrow’s men, Scarecrow in general (he scared me), the flashforward to day 391, Bruce and Selina, Bruce and Jim, and the Riddler waking up everywhere.

Now is the time for a few comments and questions I have for the latest episode!

Who shot down the chopper? (I’m aware that literally everyone is asking this). Okay, so we only know three people who have access to an RPG: Penguin (who it wasn’t), Zsaz, and Jeremiah. Zsaz is actually a pretty good guess, I’d say, but something tells me it might have something to do with Jeremiah. I’d doubt it would be he himself, as he is a bogeyman this season, hiding within the shadows of Gotham’s discontent. (See what I did there?) I think it was Ecco. Maybe she needs to stock up on ammo, or needs to get food for her and Mr. J. She had access to the GCPD, so maybe she heard about it there? It’s a great distraction to steal stuff from Penguin or Babs, so I think it most likely was her. Also, she is doing Jeremiah’s dirty work, so it’s not out of possibility.

Who’s the Witch? I think the witch is Ivy. I mean, she’s been confirmed for 5x02, and she would have a motive for helping Selina. How that weird nurse would know? I have no clue. I used to think that when I read the synopsis for the next episode that Ecco would be the witch, as she kinda had those vibes with the mask and cloak on, but after seeing the stills and cast for “Trespassers”, I think it's Ivy.

Shoutout to my boy Jeremiah! I love the imagery of the map with the laughing face on it, as it kinda signifies that he’s literally ruling the city from underneath. I also love that his presence was felt throughout the episode, despite not being there for any of it in person. He’s going to be such an amazing villain this season, I just know it.

Who was the lady calling Jim? I heard things about a Theresa Walker this season, and apparently she has a big impact on the plot. Jamie Murray (who apparently plays her) was listed as one of the guest stars, but we didn’t see anything that had to do with her. Maybe it was her calling Jim? I don’t know.

If I had to sum up the episode with one Jeremiah Valeska mood, it would be:

I’m very happy with how this episode turned out!

What a strong way to start out the season. I know that I’ve seen most of the footage in Year Zero in trailers, stills, etc., but it still blew me away. My parents were also very impressed, and really amazed with how the episode turned out. (Which also made me happy!) I really can’t wait for next week.

Thank you for reading this! I hope you all had a wonderful time watching, too! I think I’m going to do one of these for each one that comes out. I’m so excited for the rest of the season! I hope you enjoyed!

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killer-barnes · 7 years

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Stutter

Peter Parker x Reader

Request: Yes

Summary: After being paired up together for a school project, Peter’s nerves are put to the test with the Reader he adores oh, so dearly.

Word Count: 3,761

Warnings: language, shy!peter, a little bit of soft peter (?) cuddle sesh, kissing (barely), er… school projects (ew ??).

A/N: Y’all, I frickin’ LOVE shy/awkward Peter, so hopefully I did this well enough. I too am awkward and quiet as hell, so I’ve added some of my own *spice*. For the anon that requested this, I might’ve changed a few things, so I’m sorry and hopefully you still like it. Also, I apologize I haven’t been posting a lot. Just started summer classes and got a job !!! Anyways, enjoy reading and feedback is always appreciated.

Walking quickly into Midtown High, Peter dashes towards his locker avoiding any shoulder bumps or accidental run ins with any bullies lurking the halls. Not only that, he was going to be late for his first period of the day, where he saw you. Now, he knew you had no idea who the fuck he was, but he didn’t care. Peter would rather lurk behind than face you with his undying confession of love for you.

How embarrassing would that be, amiright?

He loved to gaze at you from afar, sometimes catching your eye, only to think you were addressing to the person standing behind him. However, that wasn’t the case, but did Peter know that? Of course not. He was too entranced by the fact that you looked in his direction.

His thoughts of you are pulled away as the first bell rings and realization sets in.

Oh fuck, I’m late!

Rushing to get a good seat in his first period class with you, Peter sees one a few seats behind your gorgeous head.

Ned wasn’t in this class with him, nor the rest of his friends, so Peter was left alone. He didn’t mind it per say, but when it came to asking, answering, or talking, he would have an inevitable stutter that never disappeared. He knew his shyness definitely played a part and his constant need to check his phone in case of any spiderling activities, but fuck. When it came to talking to Y/N, he can’t even get a damn word out! It was like he suddenly lost the knowledge to speak. Peter thinks it makes him look pathetic and weak, but you absolutely adored it.

You didn’t know Peter as well as you wished, but every time that boy stuttered his way through a difficult question, your face would light up with the brightest smile. You thought Peter’s uniqueness and smarts was beyond this world. He deserves so much more.

Your own thoughts are pushed aside as the teacher strides into the room in a rush, desperately holding onto her coffee, briefcase, and purse. After managing a successful landing, the teacher grabs the white board marker to address the plans for today’s lesson.

Grabbing your planner to write down the homework, you hear an audible groan across the classroom from each student. As you lift your eyes to see what the teacher wrote, it says in all caps:

PROJECT: PICK A FILM THAT HAS BEEN OF GREAT INFLUENCE IN OUR WORLD.

“Alright, class. As you can see we will be beginning a new project as of today! It can be from any time period, so you all aren’t limited. I wanted to spice things up a bit and choose something that I knew you all would enjoy. Well, some of you at least,” the teacher explains, while another set of groans transfer throughout the room.

You, on the other hand, were excited! You’ve always been obsessed with movies and getting to a deeper meaning while watching them. You were a nerd on the inside, but never really wanted anyone to see that side of you. Before you decided on which movie you were going to do, the teacher continues, “also, this will be a paired project, so listen up and I will assign pairs, understood?”

As the students nod, the teacher begins listing pairs.

“Todd and Nick… Lisa and Michelle… Danny and Alison… Y/N and Peter… Roy an-”

Peter’s thoughts were soon erupted with anxiety and nervousness.

Y/N??

Out of everyone!?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I’m going to die, holy fuck.

I’m going to di-

Peter dumbly drifted off his gaze to Y/N who was already staring at him with a wave and a soft smile grazing their perfectly plump lips. Nervously ducking his head on his desk, Peter sighs.

I’m so fucked.

So. Fucked.

You were excited when you heard that you and Peter were paired together. He must have a stellar choice in movies, so you knew it would be a fun time. However, glancing towards him, you think he thought otherwise as he ducked his head from your gaze elsewhere.

Maybe he doesn’t like me…

Should I ask for a new partner?

I really want to work with him…

Once the teacher finishes reading off the pairs, she tells the class to meet with the designated partners to discuss an initial plan for the project since it is due in a few weeks.

Once again, the nerves set in making Peter not move a single muscle. After a few seconds of students moving around, he feels a presence behind him. It smells like a scent he never wants to forget. It’s you.

Sitting in the desk in front of him, you pull out a sheet of paper along with a pencil to jot down some ideas towards the project.

After writing some simple details like names and titles, you look up towards Peter, who is very red in the face.

Smiling at him, you begin, “hey, Peter! Did you have any ideas about what movie the project should be on?”

Peter’s throat closes up as he hears those words.

Hey Peter.

It’s ridiculous, he knows.

But it’s like he can barely breathe. You’re absolutely stunning. And you’re partnered with him. Man, this is going to be one boring, but crazy ride. Slowly lifting his nervous eyes, he begins to open his mouth, but is caught by the bell signalling next period. Peter quickly packs up his supplies and hurriedly runs out the door into the hallway.

“Okay, see you later, I guess,” you mumble, clearly to no one.

As Peter shuffles his way through the hall, he spots Ned and pulls him out of the swarming walkway of students.

“Hey, Pete. What’s up, man? You don’t look too good.”

Releasing a breath he didn’t know he was holding, Peter replies a million miles fast, “I just got assigned a project with Y/N. THE Y/N, Ned. Fuck, I’m so screwed! What am I going to do? I can’t even say a fucking hello without exploding into a series of stutters and incoherent noises! Shit, m-maybe, maybe I’ll just ask for a new partner. Y-Yeah, that’s what I’ll d-”

“The hell you will! You’re doing this Peter! You’re going to have to talk to Y/N some time, so why not take this opportunity? It may even turn into something else. Dude, you’ve got this. It’s Y/N for crying out loud. You know they don’t care about your stuttering and inability to make understandable conversations,” Ned replies reassuringly.

“Oh, wow, thanks Ned, really. God, you know what? You’re right. I’m going to do this. I can do this. I can do this? Ned I-”

“Hey! Y/N, how’s it going?” Ned shouts at you from across the hall, gaining the attention of the anxious spiderling standing directly in front of him with a frightened expression.

“Ned! NED! Dude! Oh, shit. Why did you do th-”

“Hey, Ned! Did you say something? I couldn’t quite hear,” you smile, glancing slightly to Peter.

“Huh? Oh, that wasn’t me. That was Peter! But, uh- I’ll see you two later, bye!” Ned smugly answers, knowing Peter will probably get him back later.

Confused, you turn towards Peter who’s staring at you with an agape mouth and red tinted cheeks, burning his face like a fire. Smiling, you ask, “so, what were you saying to me?”

Shifting on his feet and glancing around to find an escape, Peter sighs, knowing that Ned was right. Take this chance, and hey, if Y/N thinks he’s a freak, at least he tried.

Choking on his breath, he covers it with a cough, “uh- I-I, the project, uh, I wanted to t-talk about the, y’know, the project?”

Giving him another warming smile, you reply, “right, did you want to discuss it during your free hour? I think we have the same one. I usually see you in the library.”

His cheeks begin to burn again at the thought you noticing him. Pushing those aside, he takes a shaky breath and stutters, “y-yeah, I-I mean yes, yes we have the same f-free hour. Uh- we, we can meet t-there?”

“Of course! I’ll see you soon, Peter!”

After you leave, Peter rests his body against the sea of lockers across the wall. Damn, did that conversation take a toll on him. It wasn’t even 5 minutes long!

Groaning, he heads to his next class, wishing for lunch to appear before his eyes.

Once his dreadful and boring calculus class ended, it was time for lunch. Walking towards the cafeteria, Peter spots Ned at an empty table with his tray already touched with a half eaten slice of pizza. Setting down his own tray, Peter sends Ned a glare.

“You’re welcome,” Ned smirks.

Taken back, Peter puffs, “for what? Making me look like an utter lame ass, stuttering nerd in front of a beautiful, stunning Y/N? Oh, yes, then thank you, Ned.”

“Oh, hush. You wouldn’t of ever done it if I didn’t give you a little push. You can’t keep gawking at Y/N from afar forever, dude.”

Dreamily sighing, Peter takes a bite of his pizza.

“A boy can dream.”

As lunch was coming to an end, Peter realized he had one more period before he had to deal with Y/N and the project they were assigned together. He knew he had to mentally prepare himself yet again to be in your presence without becoming an utter mess. But he already knew there was no way around it.

The bell rings signalling the end of lunch. As Peter and Ned dispose of their trays, Ned turns back towards Peter before heading to their next class, “ready for some bomb-ass science shit?!”

With a smile, Peter rolls his eyes, ”Ned, I’m always ready for science shit. Let’s do this!”

Walking into Advanced Bio, they take their assigned seats, conveniently next to each other and wait for the assigned lab experiment for today’s class. The teacher loved the both of them, especially since they would always hang back to help clean up, while other students would flood out even before the bell would ring. Neither of them minded. Plus, they always had a little time after to do a few extra and fun experiments with the teacher since their next period was free block. Yes, they’re nerds and they know it, but that’s what makes them best friends. Ned is someone Peter can fanboy over the nerdiest things with without getting any judgement in return, since he in fact joins in on the fanboying. They’ve been inseparable for god knows how long, and Peter hopes to never lose what they have together.

As they begin the lab assigned, Peter’s mind drifts yet again to Y/N and the dreadful next period free block. Where it will be no one, but him and Y/N.

Alone.

In the library.

With Y/N-

His thoughts are interrupted by Ned snapping his fingers in front of Peter’s dazed expression.

“Let me guess, Y/N again? Dude, quit worrying, you’re starting to make me worry! Now, c’mon, let’s finish this lab, alright lover boy?”

Sighing loudly, Peter grabs the drops and adds it to the beaker as Ned records the results.

Hopefully he’s right…

As Bio was coming to an end, Peter purposely slowed his movements while helping to pick up any left over beakers or spills that might’ve appeared on the surface of the lab tables. He didn’t want to go see Y/N just yet, or at all for that matter. He knew he was going to be all over the place and just make a fool of himself. His mind was getting the better of him and Ned seemed to notice.

“Peter, dude. I know you’re stalling. Go fucking see Y/N! They’re waiting for you in the library. Don’t make them wait. I’ll handle cleaning up, alright? Now, go!”

Ned pushes Peter out of the classroom with those last words, making sure to shut the door behind him in case Peter tried to sneak in.

Fuck.

Okay, I can do this.

I can DO this!

I ca-

Peter is interrupted as he enters the library and sees you sitting quietly at a table with papers neatly surrounding you. Of course, Peter started feeling bad because he made you late due to his nervousness of being with you. Idiot

Making his way over to your table, he trips a little over the carpet below his feet, causing a blush to spread across his cheeks in embarrassment. Taking a breath, he reaches the table, causing you to look up in his direction with a soft smile.

“Hey, Pete! I got here a little early to get started. Here, take a seat and we can figure this project out.”

Slowly taking a seat and pulling out a laptop and notebook, Peter nervously laughs, “o-okay, great. Uh, h-have you- have you found anything yet?”

You furrowed your brows as you direct your attention to the notebook sat beside you filled with what looks like jumbled notes. You sigh, “well, I’m not sure. I’m a huge movie buff, but hmm, I personally think Star Wars has definitely shaped our world. I mean, who wouldn’t? But also movies like The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Psycho, hell, even Batman! It’s just so hard to choose, y’know? Oh, fuck. I-I’m rambling, aren’t I? What do you think, Peter?”

His dazed expression worried you. You shouldn’t of said all that. He probably thinks you’re some weirdo. Oh, fuck.

For Peter, however, it was entirely the opposite. When those words came out of your mouth, his mind went bonkers.

Star Wars ?!

Y/N likes STAR WARS ?

What even is life right now, holy shit.

I’m in love.

After fanboying, Peter realizes you were talking to him. He senses your discomfort when you offered your suggestions and he didn’t say anything back, being the idiot he is.

“Huh? What? I-I agree! You like Star Wars?” Peter quickly asked with a pink tint across his cheeks.

You scoff, “not like. LOVE! It’s been my favorite since forever. Definitely the originals though, those poor prequels. George Lucas tried…”

You look up to see Peter with his mouth agape.

With a worried expression you ask, “what?”

“N-No! I-I, sorry. I just didn’t expect someone like you to like Star Wars o-or y’know nerdy movies? I-I mean not that you wouldn’t be someone to watch those types of movies, you’re just s-so pretty and a-and not really nerdy. I-I mean-”

You chuckle at his adorableness, “it’s okay, I’m not one to advertise my nerdiness. So, Star Wars it is?”

With a tomato red face, Peter nods in agreement.

Rubbing your hands together, you form a plan, “alright, how about to really get the full effect, we watch the movie and take notes? I think that will help us rather than searching useless article online. What do you think?”

“S-Sure, yeah, uh- that sounds great! H-Hey, we can do it at m-my place. I- only if you want to, of course,” Peter manages to get out, much to his surprise.

Your smile brightens at his question.

“Awesome! That would be great, does Friday work for you? It’s only a few days away.”

“Y-Yeah, I-I mean, yes. That sounds like a plan!” He replies, stumbling over his words.

“Okay, do you want to exchange numbers? Just in case something happens,” you question, knowing that you just wanted to have his number to talk to him more.

“O-oh, right, yeah. Here,” Peter hands you his phone as you do the same, quickly entering your guys’ information. As you return each others phones, you graze fingers, causing Peter’s blush to arise again, this time deeper.

“I’ll see you around, Pete! Don’t be a stranger,” you add with a smirk as you leave the library.

Well, I’m still fucked.

A few days pass of nervous chatting and stumbled words as Y/N and Peter begin to build a friendship over likes and dislikes. Mostly over text, since Peter can barely manage a sentence without blubbering his words. You don’t mind though, you enjoy getting random funny texts with full understanding of the references he is trying to make. You can tell he’s still very nervous around you, but what did you expect? It doesn’t take a shy person a few days to get over it. Things like this take time, and you were more than happy to help him along the way. These past few days have really opened your eyes about Peter. He is such an adorable, loving, nerdy, and considerate person. Plus, what a fucking babe. Like, holy shit. You knew you shouldn’t be thinking this way, but you couldn’t help yourself!

And within these past couple of days, you’d see Peter in the halls with Ned and you’d give him a nice little wave. Of course, he would check behind him to see if it was really you addressing him. Once he realized, the same blush he always has would reappear across his cheeks. It was the most adorable thing and you loved getting out of him. He is too cute and precious for this world.

As the last few hours of Friday’s time arrives, you remind yourself of the plan Peter and you discussed last night over text. Going to your locker to pack some books needed for the weekend, you quickly shove them in and make your way over to Peter’s locker to wait for him. You both decided on walking together after school to his place to watch the movie. You didn’t know how long it was going to last tonight, so you brought a few snacks along, just to make the movie experience a little more exciting, even though Peter probably has this junk at his place.

You see Peter and Ned join the mass amount of students erupting the halls to get out of this hell hole to a weekend we all very much need. Peter’s eyes meet yours and he sends a little nervous wave towards your direction, which you immediately return. Ned is smirking at the both of you as you roll you eyes. He however, goes in another direction, leaving you and Peter alone for your exciting movie night project.

“H-Hey, Y/N. Are you uh- you ready to go?” He asks, nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

“Sure am. Lead the way, my good sir.”

He laughs at your response and guides you both through the crowd to the outside of the school.

“I-It’s only a few minutes away, s-so we can just walk. I, uh- is that okay?” Peter stutters.

“No worries. Gives us more time to gush over nerdy things!”

By the time you two get up to Peter’s door, you’re in tears about a joke Peter had made about some random thing from Biology today. His never ending nerdy jokes will be something you will forever cherish, no matter how lame they may be.

Grabbing your bag of goodies, you bring it to the couch and set it across the coffee table in front of the TV. Peter grabs the movies from his room a few doors down, letting you know he is going to change out of his school clothes. After you set everything out, you took out a notebook filled with the notes for the project as well as a pencil. Peter exited his room wearing a worn out grey tee with a soft looking pair of sweatpants. You wish you would’ve brought a change of comfy clothes, but you weren’t complaining.

Peter comes to join you at the couch as he sees the vast amount of goodies you’ve brought.

“Geez, we’re loaded tonight,” he adds with a breathy laugh.

“Hey, these are some solid movie munchies. Can’t go wrong with having too much! Plus, I’m a sucker for sweets. It’s pretty bad,” you mumble, knowing sugar is a weakness of yours, indefinitely.

Peter just laughs, taking a gummy worm from the packet as he goes to place the movie in the DVD player.

“Alright, let’s do this!”

After the first movie, you had taken a few pages of notes as well as finished a few packets of the sugary goodness you brought over. Peter, on the other hand, had been distracted by you writing down funny things in your notes referencing the characters, as well as your beautiful handwriting. Why was he swooning over handwriting? What the hell?

Deciding you had taken enough notes for now, you decide to relax a little bit and enjoy the movie. For some reason, it felt as if the room dropped a few degrees causing you to let out a couple shivers. Glancing towards Peter, he looked so warm and comfy, you just wanted to leap into his arms and snuggle deep into his chest.

Slowly, you started inching towards him, trying to not scare him away. After a few seconds of being shoulder to shoulder, you lay your head against his and slowly link your arm through his. As you do this, Peter stiffens, but eventually gives into your touch. However, his heart is racing a million miles.

Y/N is on my shoulder.

I REPEAT, Y/N IS ON MY FUCKING SHOULDER.

Am I dreaming?

Nope, nope definitely not dreaming.

It takes him a few minutes to relax his mind, but the feeling of you on him is so warm and comforting. His anxieties and worries soon leave and he’s calm.

After a couple of minutes of you resting your head on his shoulder, you slowly rise up, still snuggle more into his side.

“I’m happy we got assigned together, y’know. I’ve been meaning to talk to you for a while now, but I’ve been a little shy. I just didn’t know what to say to you…”

Peter is flabbergasted.

You’re being shy?

If this was being shy, then damn, what the hell was he being?

Turning to face you, he stutters in shock, “r-really? I-I didn’t even think you noticed me. I-I’ve always wanted to talk to you too, b-but, well, y’know. C-Can’t even get a word out!”

Quietly laughing at his reply, you squeeze your grip lightly, “yes really, you dumbo! Who in their right mind wouldn’t love someone like you?” you add, pressing a kiss to his soft cheek.

The small kiss sends shocks throughout his body as he feels a burning sensation prickle at every surface of his skin. The blush making your heart swell.

“God, you’re adorable.”

A/N: I apologize if the ending seems a bit rushed. But hopefully you all enjoyed! Thanks for reading.

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Iron Fist Rant

Alright, so, the more distant I get from having watched this trash fire, the less I liked it, and even though only maybe 3 people will read this, I’d really like to rant about it at length.

WARNING: This rant is long as hell and full of spoilers.

Many of my problems with the show revolve around the characters. This is an especially heinous grievance since the other Marvel Netflix series have such strong, well-written characters (more often than not). In this case, there is only one character who is entirely consistent throughout the entire series, and it’s Joy Meachum. Joy’s decisions are the only decisions that make any real sense. Everything she does has a reason, even when she’s willing to betray Danny for the sake of her father. She has, after all, just found out that her father has been dead after she saw him die of cancer when she was 13 years old. Oh, and there’s Claire Temple, who has her own issues, but everyone else is a shitty character who is not consistent in any way at all.

We can start with the man himself, Danny Rand. So in the first couple of episodes, Danny is super interesting. Like, yes, there’s this problem with a white dude being raised by monks and using Eastern Mysticism to save the world in his own white way. Honestly, whatever, they give story reasons for him to be a white guy raised in a monastery. When he starts out as a barefoot, fish out of water monk in New York City who is often mistaken for a homeless guy, he was way more interesting. Honestly, this is probably a very Buddhist thing for him to do (forgive me, I don’t know as much about Buddhism as I should to make this claim, but I feel that his philosophy carries over somewhat with him in these beginning few episodes). I do know enough about Buddhism to know that his temper tantrum over not getting his half of Rand Enterprises isn’t in line with the philosophy he was supposed to have over the last 15 years or so. I know that his very sudden transformation from bare-foot, innocent, wide-eyes martial artist in the city into wealthy business man who buys an Aston Martin and lives in a penthouse apartment is extremely unrealistic. Sure, we see him making business decisions based on what is “right” and “good” and “just” or whatever, but there’s no fish out of water transition here. He has been gone from the world for 15 years in an inter-dimensional monastery. Granted, I don’t know what kind of technology was available to him there, but in his flashbacks we don’t see any of it. Yet he has no trouble adjusting to any recent technology, he has no trouble having to wear shoes, he has no trouble at all transitioning to CEO and majority shareholder of probably a Fortune 500 company. We see him shirk his duties often to go fight for justice, but there are no real consequences for this. Sure, the Meachum siblings get a bit salty, and he’s fired for like 3 episodes, but nothing lasts and he doesn’t really seem to care beyond his own white privilege birthright or whatever.

Then there’s Colleen. Boy do I have a problem with Colleen. As one of (arguably 3?) poc cast members, she seemed really shoehorned in. So we see this salty Chinese(?) lady putting up flyers in Central Park (or wherever) and Danny Rand immediately does the most racist thing he possibly can and starts speaking to her in Mandarin. Like?????? Fucking really???? And she was like “It’s been a really long time since I’ve spoken that, I speak Japanese these days!” Or... something. Honestly I didn’t go back and watch it, the show seemed really confused about her ethnicity. It’s as if the show writers were a bunch of white people who were like “She’s Chinese, or Japanese. Whatever, they’re the same thing, right?” and just went with that. So Danny asks her for a job, and she says no, and then she leaves. Then he goes and SEEK HER OUT like some creepy stalker weirdo, but we as the viewer are supposed to think this is okay because he’s our barefooted white hero. She, admittedly, is not okay with this at first. Colleen is this amazing martial artist who tries to give kids from bad neighborhoods structure and discipline. She, at this point, is extremely protective of them and loves what she does and is worried about losing her dojo because she can’t make rent. She tells Danny off, she is a good enough actress to make it clear that she wants nothing to do with him. I was convinced, we were all convinced, but he KEEPS. COMING. BACK. This is NOT OKAY. Listen, boys who might be reading this, if a woman wants you to go away, just fucking go away. I promise most women aren’t going to be the subject of weak writing and eventually decide they’re in love with you have have sex with you because you keep coming back to them. We kept seeing Colleen after this, there wasn’t any point until one time he returns and she just gives up ever getting rid of this asshole white guy. We find out she’s training Claire Temple to defend herself. Colleen decides she’s in love with Danny for some reason and they have sex-- even though he tells her all about his vow of chastity (another thing he just fucking stops having because what does philosophy matter for a fucking monk anyway, right?). I don’t have a problem with romantic subplots in shows. I like them if they’re well done (many these days are not, but still). This one was not well done. It really seemed like the original intention was for Danny and Joy to get together, they had a lot more chemistry and history. Colleen’s interest in Danny comes with a complete and random change of heart. She goes from being this badass, protective martial arts mom to the damsel love interest who didn’t know she organization (spoilers, it’s the Hand) she’s been apart of forever had a goddamn murder dungeon on the complex.

Let’s talk about that, shall we?

So, we meet Colleen’s sensei, a Latinx dude named Bakuto who is coded as villainous from the very beginning. To no one’s surprise, he is the leader of a splinter faction of The Hand who opposes Madam Gao’s way of doing things, it’s not important to this rant. What is important to this rant is that Colleen has been a part of this organization for an indeterminate amount of years and she INSISTS that this faction of The Hand is Different. She swears that they don’t like Madam Gao, that they don’t do stuff quite as shady as she does, that they all have normal jobs and they help people! To no one’s surprise (again), we find out about the murder dungeon: we find out about it through Colleen’s former students. There is nothing that could have convinced me that Colleen is the only member of this faction of The Hand who didn’t know about the shady shit that was going on in that house that NO ONE was allowed to go to. Really? You’re trying to sell me this badass, intelligent martial arts lady and she doesn’t know about the bad shit even her Different faction of The Hand is doing? She needs white goddamn privilege Danny Rand to show her? Give me a break.

Then there’s the huge plot hole in the form of Claire Temple. Now, I like Claire a lot. She’s cool, she’s capable, she is fairly well developed, I see why she has the following she does. However, Colleen and Danny decide that they’re going to go to China and take on The Hand at its source. Whatever, I don’t have an issue with that. What I do have an issue with is that Claire has Matt Murdock, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, on speed dial. Matt Murdock HATES The Hand. He is the reason that Claire even knows who they are. What I’m wondering is why she didn’t go “Hey, I know DareDevil, let me call him up and he’ll come with us. We probably need all the help we can get to take down this giant international organization.” And you know what would have happened? Matt would have picked up the phone, and he would have been like “The Hand? I’m already here outside of their compound, what’s taking you so long?” Like, I get that Marvel wants to give each Defender their own introduction, but it causes a lot of confusion as to why the one link between them, Claire Temple, seems to refuse to call one or a few of them up for help. Hell, even if she TRIED to get Matt on the line and it kept going to voicemail it would at least acknowledge that she tried and that we are, in fact, in a continuity here.

As far as Harold Meachum is concerned, the writers seemed like they were going for depth and complexity and just ended up with a clumsily written pseudo-villain. You start out thinking he’s on the side of the angels, because he wants Danny’s help to oust the Hand from Rand enterprises. He made a deal with the devil and he wants to try to trick the devil out of it. Fine. But then he mistreats his assistant and his son to a degree that we aren’t sympathetic with him. We probably shouldn’t be sympathetic with him, we think he’s working for the good of everyone, but then he’s this selfish person who wants what’s best for himself. Which, fine, but it really wasn’t played that way at all. His motivations came off as confusing, he was erratic and strange and not in any really convincing way. He waffles back and forth and many of his choices don’t seem to be consistent with... anything. Ward, his son, is the only person besides members of The Hand and, later, Danny, who knows that Harold is still alive from the majority of the series. We are supposed to believe that Harold has gaslighted his son into obeying his every command. Ward weakly tries to rebel against him to no effect. Ward is also erratic and strange, with many of his choices not being internally consistent with who I think he was supposed to be as a character.

Granted, some of the strongest scenes in the series are between Ward and Joy, but it isn’t enough to save it from all of the confusing random bullshit that happens as filler in the middle. Not only are the characters not all that well done, but man does this series get BORING in its middle episodes. Even season 2 of DareDevil kept me mostly interested throughout, and no one liked season 2 of DareDevil. I powered through to the unsatisfying ending, though, and after a few weeks of thinking about it, decided that I fucking hated the Iron Fist. It was bad. Don’t watch it.

#Iron Fist #Spoilers #Rant #Ugh

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