Relationship Chicken (pt 3)
Beta Read and Edited by, Evelyn.Kingsley.
A/N: The song I linked below doesn't belong to me in any way, but it is something I think fits the vibe of this chapter.
As a long-living god or demi-god, depending on who you ask, Loki had many memorable moments. These included the first time he was able to successfully use a seidr, successful pranks played on both Thor and others, the first time someone sought his company both for pleasure and outside of it, any moments spent with his mother, and so many. Yet the moment Ava allowed her hand to take him, almost every other moment became second to this. Little to Loki's knowledge, this very moment would be one that would spark many moments like this, that this was only the first of many, yet for Loki at the time, this was enough. He finally had a fighting chance to win her over to prove his undying affection; all he needed to do was seduce her.
A task that wasn't out of Loki's range of expertise, for in his days before the "accident" and far before Thanos had taken him, Loki had managed to seduce several people into his chambers. Whether that be for pleasure only or for short-lived romantic flings, the recipients range from various types, maidens, non-maidens, soldiers, and royals, some more innocent than others, all with the promise of consent and mutual benefit, both inside and outside of pleasure. To Loki, seducing was in his nature, almost as if it was deeply rooted in his DNA, yet Loki knew she was different. Every tactic that Loki had ever known failed on her, as she always seemed to have a bickering response to it, something he had initially taken as avoidance, but perhaps there was more to it. Maybe if I play into it will better my chances, he thought, already trying to devise a plan, at least until he was interrupted.
"Hello, Mcfly, is anyone in there," the voice called out, snapping Loki out of his thoughts. He shook his head as he seemed to recall where he was and who he was with.
"Yes, and I don't particularly prefer being referred to as a fly." Loki's face was already back to its usual seriousness, his arms crossed against his chest.
"It's just a saying, you know that, right?"
"Of course, I know that," Loki spurted out, acting as if he had known when honestly he hadn't, but he couldn't let her know that. After all, lacking common knowledge didn't seem to be a particularly attractive Midgardian trait, with those like his brother at the time being seen as himbos or lacking knowledge because of it. While Loki would at times make snipes at Thor's lack of strategy or call him an oaf, Loki knew far better than anyone else that his brother was no himbo. What he lacked in Midgardian knowledge he made up for on the battlefield, being equally as skilled as Loki and knowing who to hit and at what time. Loki would never admit that to Thor; after all, he didn't need him getting a giant head more than he already had. This is a factor in the next part of Loki's response. "I was just making sure you knew it," Loki blurted, another lie slipping out of his tongue, though coming out as natural as ever. He wasn't the god of mischief and lies for no reason, though the irony of it did get to Loki at times.
"Whatever you mischief." Ava gave Loki a skeptical look, almost as if she knew he was lying, yet that was the end of it. As she quickly changed the subject. "So, how do you propose to seduce me?" Her arms crossed, very relaxed, almost as if she thought he couldn't do it. Through it was that question that made Loki want to spiral back into his thoughts and plan for centuries how he would properly do it, just as he had done previously. The problem is he didn't do that with her, and he didn't have centuries to analyze her every move, then come up with a plan that fit it. He had to seduce her in a matter of hours. A task, while not foreign to him, would prove to be particularly difficult, her need to bicker with him always coming back. He hadn't expected this much resistance to the idea when he had seen the opportunity initially focused on the fact that he had it and less on what it truly entailed. Yet with that came a thought that Loki had never really considered before. Perhaps I could go along with it and factor it into it, and it would make things easier. While to someone on the outside, Loki's thoughts might've seemed like forever, to him, it only took a moment or two. Yet it appeared Ava saw this as too long as she already had something else to say. "Cat got your tongue mischief?"
At this, Loki was once again snapped out of his thoughts as he began to draw his familiar mask, for anything else seemed to only confuse her. "Never, my darling."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Positive. Prepare to be seduced properly, my lady." Loki got out of his seat, going to where Ava sat, bowing down and holding his hand out to her. Much like he would do if he were asking her for a dance.
"So I am your lady now?" Ava took his hand into hers, something that Loki hadn't expected but didn't mind.
"You've always been my lady."
At this, a light chuckle escaped Ava's lips, a laugh that Loki longed to hear more and savored. As he rarely seemed to be on the receiving end of it, with their usual bickering banter usually being at the forefront more. "I bet you say that to all of them."
"No, just you."
"Ah, so no soon-to-be princesses, not even another prince?"
Hearing that comment struck Loki as a surprise. He hadn't expected her to know that side of him. He had never hidden it, though it still seemed to surprise people. "You know?"
"I had a hunch."
"Did you?" Loki is very much curious as to how she had known.
Ava let out a shrug on her shoulders as if this was a usual topic amongst them and not the first time they had discussed this. "You never struck me as the type to be fully biased into one gender, not to mention you are a shapeshifter."
"That I am, my lady. And how about you?"
"I can see the seductive appeal of it, though it's not my preference."
"I see, but if I were to change into my female form, would you be attracted to me?" This was a question that had been somewhat lingering in the depth of Loki's thoughts, one that he never saw a chance to ask until now.
At this, Ava put a finger to her chin, and Loki could almost see the gears in her head turning as she honestly considered the option. Loki is curious about what she would have to say, ready to note it for later if need be. "Perhaps, who could say?"
"You wouldn't be against it?"
"Why would I be?"
"Some people think it's odd that I can switch between genders."
"Why you are a shapeshifter. It's in your nature to watch to switch."
"Some don't see it that way, and some see it as me wishing to be in one form over the other."
"Do you have a preference in your forms?"
"I typically use a male form, as you see, though I do admit the female side does come in handy at times, if you know what I mean," Loki responded with a wink and a wiggle of his eyebrows. Could I be any more foolish Loki wondered after hearing those words come out of his mouth.
"My, isn't someone going all in?"
"As if you are any different, darling? We both know you are far less innocent than you appear."
"Aren't I?"
"Whose to say, though I am quite jealous of those who had the chance to ravish your form before I." Loki's voice remained as sultry as ever, yet inside; he wasn't as seductive as his thoughts still seemed to have no mercy on him. Ravish her form? What's the best you could come up with? Way to be subtle, mind, Loki thought, his thoughts still as self-deprecating as ever. Yet rather than be discouraged or call him out for his corny lines, Ava seemed to be taking it in stride.
"If you were to properly seduce me, perhaps you would get that chance."
At this, Loki was once more interested as he leaned closer to her. "Oh, are you putting the offer on the table, darling?"
"Perhaps."
"You know I have never been one to refuse such a feast," Loki said with a lick of his lips. His eyes were full of lust, yearning, and pinning as Ava once more seemed to unlock something more to Loki, something that he hadn't even known. Loki's following line was unexpected. "Perhaps I should take a bite beforehand." His mouth opened almost as if he was about to do something, at least until Ava used her free hand to put her fingers on his lips.
"Not just yet, mischief."
"Oh, and why not?"
"I recall hearing someone say they were going to seduce me and be the best date ever?"
"I did promise that, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did so seduce me mischief."
"Those are fighting words, my dear."
"Oh, because all I hear is talk and no bite." Ava went so far as to putting her hand to her ear, looking around.
"Fine, prepare to be seduced."
"Ready when you are."
At this, a smile began to grace Loki's lips, for Ava seemed to lack knowledge of what she was getting herself into, but Loki knew precisely what she was getting herself into. He just hoped she was as prepared as he was. "Then allow me to lead the way, my lady," Loki said with another bow, his hand still in Ava's as he led them out of the area they were sitting towards the door, both unsure of what was coming next and eager at the same time.
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Okay, I need to talk about Earth vs The Spider (2001) real quick…
•It’s not really a remake of the 50s movie, just shares the name.
•Was produced by STAN WINSTON as a part of his Creature Feature set of films (which I have not seen outside of this one, though I am trying to track down a copy of She Creature -otherwise known as Mermaid Chronicles part 1: She Creature (for some reason)-).
•Has some AMAZING practical effects (and some iffy CGi, but that’s thankfully used sparingly)
•And is just an all around fun monster movie that hardly anyone talks about, but considering it’s kinda difficult to find I think that’s understandable to some degree
If you look this film up (especially on YouTube) you’ll pretty much find a few trailers, a review here and there & the specific fact that Pedro Pascal is in it. Yeah, no kidding, THAT Pedro Pascal. He only has a few lines and is in one scene, so don’t get too excited. He’s real young too, and decked out in goth attire (though not as adorable as Robin Lord Taylor in The Melancholy Fantastic, a film I need to finish).
I find this lack of attention to be a complete shame. The movie is fun and interesting.
If I were to boil it down for a simplistic pitch, I’d call it basically ‘The Fly but for Spiders’ / ‘Spider-Man version of Brightburn’ (a darker take on a well known superhero concept). Or perhaps a light cross between the two.
The movie stars Devon Gummersall as Quentin Kemmer, a security guard at a high-tech biochem lab who, after a break in and the tragic death of his partner, gets injected with an unknown substance that will hopefully grant him superpowers based off spiders. This train of thought coming from the fact that he’s a big comic fan (specifically the movie’s own version of Spider-Man ‘The Arachnid Avenger’ - oh, and his dog’s name is Thor by the way). He has the hots for his apartment complex neighbour, Stephanie (Amelia Heinle), a nurse, who very much reminds me of an other-world Denise Richards. Stephanie is a nice lady who can stand up for herself and him against some street trash who often loiter outside their building. Their romance is sweet and personally I wanted them to make it through everything.
Now, considering I brought up The Fly before, I don’t think their relationship is as emotionally driven or memorable as the one between Seth Brundle & Veronica Quaife, but for an essentially made-for-tv movie, I think they did pretty good.
Dan Aykroyd is also in the movie as well. He plays a grizzled cop named Jack Grillo, who’s been copping (hah) some sh!t from some of his peers because of an incident involving the death of his own partner, which still has him shaken. Theresa Russell plays his alcoholic and entirely-too-flirty-with-other-men wife, Trixie, who’s all but having it off with another officer (an officer that is the main source of ire for Grillo - or, in the words of Marty McFly “he’s an asshole!”). Theresa Russell also made an appearance in Spider-Man 3 as the Sandman’s wife, so there’s that weird little connection.
Oh and John Cho is here also. Another young face. He plays the owner of a comic shop and is Quentin’s only other real friend.
The movie follows Quentin as he undergoes his metamorphosis.
At first he tries to go the Spider-Man route by going after nasty people and saving Stephanie from being assaulted. He sets up a hidden security camera outside his apartment door and even starts sleeping on a hammock, mimicking spider/superhero behaviour. His senses become heightened and hell, he shoots webbing (not out of his hands/wrists though). But he also begins to get hungry and go through physical changes and his story slowly devolves into fighting with his nature and his humanity.
As previously stated, really none of the concepts in this movie are particularly new. You’ve seen it from The Fly (man is turned into big-ass humanoid insect and loses himself to it) to even Brightburn (what if Superman was evil and his gifts actually had a sinister nature to them?). Basic stuff when it comes to inverted Superhero stories.
However…
The way the movie itself goes about things is what makes it interesting, at least to me. It holds a 4.3/10 on IMDB and I don’t believe that’s entirely fair.
Horror, sci-fi, superhero flick with a dash of action and a mandatory splash of romance. With a little bit of cop stuff thrown in for good measure.
Now, I don’t know about you, but that sounds like an awesome time to me. Right up my alley.
The way the movie opens and how the music is initially orchestrated makes it feel very much like early Spider-Man comics. Kinda cheesy, very light and fantastic. And that’s how Quentin himself goes about everything at first. It’s only when he begins to change and the spider within him starts to emerge that the character and movie follow suit with its tone. Like everything becomes a tad pricklier as events goes on.
I won’t spoil the whole thing, not yet. I’m planning on making a video about it at some point (once I get my YouTube Channel up and running - please go and follow me, I’ve only got my early editing videos up right now, but I really would appreciate it, especially for what I’ve got coming up!). I’ll only go over general things for the moment.
Dan Aykroyd is really good in this. It’s a serious role for him, and he carries it so well. There are times when he has to get emotional and he performs it really well. You feel for him, especially when he’s interacting with his wife who has severely fallen out of love with him (to put it lightly), but he hasn’t given up on her yet. You kinda just wanna give him a big hug and tell him to drop her, cause she’s holding him back and he can do better. He plays the grizzled cop who isn’t seen as top notch anymore convincingly too. He carries a unique authority with him but there are elements of vulnerability when he lets his guard down behind closed doors. Honestly, Dan Aykroyd as an actor would not be the first person I would think of for a role like this off the top of my head, but he truly does excel here. Especially when he could’ve coasted and probably would’ve been fine. Not like this movie is something terribly high end.
Then it comes down the the main character, Quentin. The actor, Devon Gummersall, does an absolutely terrific job here. Before this, I hadn’t seen him in or known about him from anything else. He was in the show ‘My So-Called Life’, which I’d never heard of and has appeared in film and tv here and there, but, from what I can tell, nothing major. This is one if his, I believe, few starring roles and he really does do a magnificent job.
You believe him as this nice, kinda shy, very soft person who just wants to make a difference and gather up the nerve to ask out the chick down the hall who he’s been crushing on.
The movie starts with him getting ready for work, feeding his dog, chatting with the local homeless drunk and talking with Stephanie. He gets embarrassed when she does much of the biting back at the resident hoodlums who harass them and walks off on her (admittedly kind of a ‘really dude?’ moment). He feels like he doesn’t have any power or ability to truly fight back. And when his partner is killed during the break in at their work, he is completely devastated as he was quite close with the man. In an almost daze he walks into a destroyed lab that he and his partner had surveyed earlier (musing on the spider experiments), and lets himself get injected with the unknown stuff that the scientists had been pumping from one spider to another.
Not a great plan, typically.
Dude doesn’t know if that stuff would just completely melt his insides or give him a super-disease or what.
But, either way, the transformation is a slow one and, jumping ahead here, when we finally do get the physical parts, they’re pretty goddamn incredible.
I honestly wish there was more of them. They come in close to the third act and he doesn’t go full-spider until the last maybe fifteen minutes.
I wanted more. But hey, that’s just me.
The Fly doesn’t have a complete monster spectacle until the last ten minutes and that was pretty friggin’ awesome. But, I think the reason why I wish there was more in Earth vs The Spider, is because the transformation isn’t physical for the longest time here. Unlike The Fly. Not saying that’s a detriment. But I would’ve loved for the Stan Winston team to have flaunted their fantastic practical work a little more.
You see corpses in here too, emaciated like the fluids have been sucked out - they somewhat resemble mummies. This was cool and I definitely wanted more of it. Hell, a character even shoots himself to avoid this fate (being eaten). But we never see Quentin feed. We only ever see the aftermath. Personally, I would’ve LOVED seeing Quentin completely lost to his new and terrifying nature, feasting on helpless victims. I’m a sucker for monsters, what can I say?
The use of CGI, like I briefly mentioned at the start, is a little off, but thankfully applied sparingly.
As an example; there’s a moment when four Chelicerae (fangs, jaws, pincers - according to Wikipedia) forcibly grow out of his mouth. He’s looking in the mirror when this happens and we see it head-on in a really weird and fast CG effect. When we next see him, the actor has two practical appendages attached to his mouth (moving too). I’m happy they don’t rely on the CG. They employ it only when necessary.
All throughout the movie, Quentin makes you feel sad for him and even root for him much of the time. Sometimes you have to give him an eye roll or two, but for the most part, you’re on his side. And it is sorta heartbreaking when he starts to change (his behaviour, namely).
One criticism of Brightburn is that the personality change in the main character comes a little too swiftly, and there’s not enough transition.
I don’t believe that’s necessarily the case for Earth vs The Spider.
It’s not nearly as emotional or, for lack of a better term, deep as The Fly, but Quentin does start off as such a sweet person who’s just that little bit frustrated with life and his role in it. He’s innocent.
Even during his transformation, you can tell he’s fighting it and is frightened. He sends his dog to Stephanie at one point because he doesn’t want the little guy hurt.
There’s even a point where he asks out loud (to no one in particular) for someone to stop him. He’s hungry, he’s changing. He doesn’t want to hurt anyone but he’s slowly losing himself to his new nature. He hangs on to his humanity for as long as he can, but that doesn’t stop him from webbing people up and killing others.
On a somewhat lesser note, I feel like this guy could really thrive in the general Monster Fandom. Especially Monster Fkers. He starts out as a really sweet and bright-eyed guy, only to turn into a viscous creature who is tormented by his own self. His character is perfect for sympathy but also the thrill of fright.
Or maybe that’s just me.
[Wouldn’t completely classify myself as a Monster Fker, but I try not to discriminate either. Far as I’m concerned, enjoy what you enjoy - just don’t force it on others or bring others down because you don’t agree - so long as nobody’s getting hurt everything’s cool.]
((And if you’re into more submissive men like I am, that little moment in the movie when he’s lying down on his bed worried for Stephanie who’s trying to get into his apartment and his shirt is open so you can see he’s actually got chest hair and isn’t waxed…does certain things to you -just setting aside the fact that his stomach is mutating and pulsating and doing weird sh!t (lookin’ like a baby alien got lost) ~ or maybe you’re into that, I don’t know-))
Anyway, on another side note, been thinking of writing something for him.
Actually, been thinking of writing stuff for a ton of characters. I started out my internet interaction days writing FanFiction (no, I’m not going to direct anyone to it, I’d prefer to live in my preteen-to-teen shame by myself so that I don’t die early of embarrassment).
And I always enjoyed it, writing I mean, but I’ve been wanting to try my hand at actual reader inserts for the longest time.
My tastes in fictional men have tended to fall towards the severely underrated kind. So much so that there’s either nothing or very little for them out there (the movies or the characters).
I actually wrote a Duane Bradley from Basket Case reader insert little over a year ago. That’s another guy who doesn’t get nearly as much love as he probably should. It’s probably really clunky, but if anyone wants to read it, definitely let me know.
But yeah, anyway, back to Quentin.
I feel his character would do well in the monster loving community.
Doesn’t hurt also that the actor is pretty easy on the eyes too.
I personally did my Ace (Grey?) thing where I didn’t notice how cute he was until I started to like the character more (after watching the movie for the third time).
I’ve reached this point where the movie won’t leave my head and I’ve begun casually looking through the actor’s filmography to see if there’s anything else that piques my interest.
But yeah, anyway, I think that’s the majority of what I wanted to get out here.
The movies pretty damn good and I highly recommend you track it down.
I have the same need to bring this film to people’s attention as I do for Dead & Breakfast (2004) (that’s another fun flick).
So I will definitely end up making videos about both movies.
Hell, I might even do another breakdown post for Dead & Breakfast specifically just so I can get my core thoughts off my chest.
So, Earth vs The Spider (2001)…
What do you think about it?
Have you seen it?
Do you want to?
By all means, let’s discuss.
I’ve really come to love this movie and I hope I can bring it to more people’s attention!
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So, blorbos.
Around the time I got the Tumblr app on my phone, I started seeing the word "blorbos" being thrown around.
First time I saw it: "What's a blorbo?"
Saw it a few more times and discerned the definition through context clues: "Okay, so it's the new hot buzzword in internet slang."
So then I knew what it meant, but I didn't really care.
Then I thought about it, and I realized – I do care about blorbos.
Because I myself have blorbos. I have lots of blorbos. Star Wars blorbos, Star Trek blorbos, Firefly blorbos, Marvel blorbos, DC blorbos, POTO blorbos, blorbos from other movies and TV shows, book blorbos.....
So many blorbos.
If I tried to list all my blorbos we'd be here all day. But I'm gonna share a sampling just to give y'all an idea how many blorbos I got.
Star Wars blorbos:
My Star Wars blorbos are probably half the list. I'm just gonna share like 20 here but there's lots more.
Obi-Wan
Anakin/Vader (That there is a whole can of worms upon which I will not elaborate at this time.)
Padmé Amidala
Satine
Ahsoka
Plo Koon (Plo'buir!)
Captain Rex
Commander Cody (NGL, the whole 501st and 212th, really. Heck, all them clone bois is my blorbos. Except Slick. Even if I kinda understand where he's coming from, he's still trash.)
R2-D2
Luke
Leia
Han Solo
Chewbacca
Lando
Finn
Rey
Poe
BB-8
Din Djarin
Grogu (AKA Baby Yoda. And he's totally Yoda & Yaddle's secret love child. I know it, you know it, we all know it.)
Boba Fett
Fennec Shand
I'm gonna stop with the Star Wars blorbos now. But that's just a few of my very favoritest Star Wars blorbos. There are many more.
Star Trek blorbos:
I have a lot of Star Trek blorbos too.
Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Uhura
Scotty
Sulu
Chekov (Original and Kelvinverse versions of all the above.)
Captain Archer
T'pol
Trip Tucker
Riker
Data
Picard
Janeway
That's enough for now.
Firefly blorbos:
Do I really need to say it?
The entire crew of Serenity. They all my blorbos.
The entire show got shafted.
Marvel blorbos:
Tony Stark/Iron Man
Steve Rogers/Captain America
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Bruce Banner/Hulk
Thor
Loki(Not a villain. He's Chaotic Neutral and he's my blorbo.)
Nick Fury
Coulson
Spiderman (Tom Holland Spiderman is the best Spiderman. Fight me.)
And more.
DC blorbos:
Not as many as I thought, really.
Clark Kent/Superman will always be my blorbo.
Lois Lane
Bruce Wayne/Batman
Wonder Woman
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
Barry Allen/Flash
Cisco Ramón
There's some more.
POTO blorbos:
Not that many, but they my blorbos.
Erik (Gerard Butler.🔥😍)
Christine
Raoul(Blorbo who needs attitude adjustment, but still blorbo.)
Madame Giry
Meg
Carlotta(It's complicated. Ask me later.)
Mostly the obvious, except Carlotta.
Other movie and TV blorbos:
There's lots.
Marty McFly
Doc Brown
Clara Clayton (Back to the Future)
Mark Watney (The Martian. Could also count as a book blorbo, but I saw the movie first.)
Neil Caffery
Peter Burke (White Collar)
Horatio Caine (CSI Miami)
And lots more.
Book blorbos:
Do I have book blorbos? Yes I absolutely do have book blorbos.
The Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Ned Nickerson (Nancy's boyfriend)
George Fayne (short for Georgia)
Bess Marvin (her and George are Nancy's BFFs. Squad goals.)
Lassiter (Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey)
Romeo & Juliet
There are more. Book blorbos take more thinking to think of.
All this is just the tip of my blorbo iceberg, and look how long this post is already.
Long live the blorbos.
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Character ask:
A little variety, I think.
Steve Rogers
Erik Lensherr
George McFly
Crowley
Steve Rogers - My favorite headcanon is that Steve is extremely shy with girls romantically but extremely slutty with men. Like, yes, he's bisexual, but one is just so much easier for him to talk to.
Erik Lensherr - I like him for Jewish reasons, so my headcanon for him is that he goes through different periods with his faith like I do lol. He's understandably not very much of a believer because of the Hoiocaust, and I think he'd fit in GREAT at the Humanistic temple I went to, but I think that having superpowers and being aware that Thor is literally fighting Loki across town while he's having tea with Charles, makes him go through periods where he's like "Well MAYBE G-d exists or something" and he starts shul-hopping and getting into Kabbalah just in case it has any relevance to Marvel's zillion dimensions and wizard magic.
George McFly - Got extremely into hippie alien ascension stuff in the 1960s. There's absolutely an alternate universe where he became a cult leader but that's a WIP I only have part of plotted out, lol
Crowley: Has a lot more humans on his payroll than just Shadwell. Most of them are running aggressively fakenewsy social media accounts. Yes, on all sides of the politicial divide. If you asked Crowley what his actual political views were, he'd probably point to Vermin Supreme. That doesn't keep him from adopting whatever opinion is the most obnoxious in any given situation.
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The Rise Of Iron Maiden
Chapter 7: The Time Heist
Word Count: 2.5k
Originally Requested by: @amateurwriterbigdreamer
Previous Chapter: Whatever it Takes
A/N: pretty short chapter, but shits about to go down. Also literally everyone’s adopting Tye, he just keeps getting passed around
You blink, and you’re somewhere in New York City. You look around, recognizing what was happening; this was when the Avengers first became a team. You looked to Apache Chief, Iron Man, Captain America and Ant Man for orders.
“All right, we all have our assignments. Two Stones uptown, one Stone, down. Stay low. Keep an eye on the clock.” Captain America said.
“Alright, you two know how to get to the Sanctum from here?” Your dad asked as he retracted his helmet to look you both in the eye.
“Got it, dad.” You nodded, retracting your own helmet.
“Isn’t this so cool? We just time traveled!” Scott whispered to you two.
“Easy there, Marty McFly.” Tye pat his shoulder.
“Focus please?” Tony snapped at you.
“We’ll get the Time Stone, don’t worry.” You reassure him. “You gotta remember we can handle ourselves, dad.”
“I’m well aware you can handle yourselves.” Your dad said before opening his mouth to add a snarky comment.
“Go.” Steve ordered you.
You nod and turn to leave, then rushed to your dad and tackled him in a hug. He was surprised at first, thinking you were still angry with him about the past couple of years. Your hug was an apology, which he graciously accepted and held you close.
“I love you, dad.” You whispered.
“Love you too, kiddo.” He squeezed you slightly before letting you go. “Now get out of here. We’ve got our reality to save.”
You nod before following Tye, looking back one last time. You run along the streets, chaos surrounding you as Chitauri attack civilians. You don’t worry about them though, your only goal being the Time Stone.
“So you know how to get there right?” Tye asked as you both ran. “Cause I don’t know where I’m going!”
“It’s just up ahead! I can see the cafe Eduardo...” you trail off, remembering the date you went on when this all started.
“Hey, don’t worry.” Tye told you as you both ducked when a truck was thrown your way. “Think about how close we are. We are so close to seeing everyone again.”
“I know, I know.” You nod as you both stand back up.
“Now lets go get that Stone.” He holds his fist out to you, and you fist bump before darting off again. You activate your helmet and grab Tye’s hand, then fly up when you see the Sactum. The door had rubble all around it, but you figured there would be a roof exit.
You land behind a bald lady in yellow robes, fending off Chitauri with the same magic you saw Doctor Strange using.
“I'd be careful going that way.” Your and Tye spun around when she spoke. “We just had the floors waxed.”
“Uh...ma'am, we’re looking for Doctor Strange.” You day awkwardly.
“You're about... five years too early. Stephen Strange is currently performing surgery about twenty blocks that way. What do you want from him?” She asked calmly.
“That, actually.” Tye pointed to the Eye Of Agamotto around her neck.
“Ah! I'm afraid not.” She shook her head.
“Sorry, but I wasn’t asking.” Tye said as you both moved towards her.
“You don’t want to do this.” She smiled, not even moving back.
“You’re right, we don’t.” You say as you make a grab for the Eye of Agamotto. “But we need that stone, and I don't have time to beat it-“
She swiftly shoved you back, and you watched as you floated out of your body. You stared in shock, horrified that she just did that. Tye watched with his jaw dropped, backing away from the lady.
“Let’s start over shall we?” She asked.
Your astral form looked at Tye’s regular one, then down at your body lying on the floor.
“Um, why didn’t you push his soul out of his body?” You sassed, irritated.
“His astral form is different from yours. I simply can’t.” She shrugged.
“How’d you know that?” Tye’s eyes widened, now thoroughly creeped out.
“Look, lady, we need that stone.” You glared at her.
“Please.” Tye added.
“I'm sorry, I can't help you, Y/N and Tye. If I give up the Time Stone to help your Reality, I'm dooming my own.” She sighed as she started to walk away.
“With all due respect, I'm not sure the science really supports that.” You said as you followed her.
She looked at you for a moment and raised an eyebrow, before creating a projection to represent the flow of time.
“The Infinity Stones create what you experience as the flow of time. Remove one stone and that flow splits.” She flicked the Time Stone projection away and showed a black stream, indicating a point of divergence. “Now, this may benefit your reality, but my new one…not so much. In this new branched Reality, without our chief weapon against the forces of darkness, our world will be overrun. Millions will suffer. So, tell me, child of Stark, can your science prevent all that?”
“No, but we can erase it. Because once we are done with the stones, we can return each one to its own timeline at the moment it was taken. So, chronologically,” you grab the Time Stone projection and put it back. “...in that reality, it never left.”
“But you are leaving out the most important part. In order to return the stones, you have to survive.” She said, still not convinced.
“We will.” Tye said sternly. “We promise.”
“I can't risk this Reality on a promise. It is the duty of the Sorcerer Supreme to protect the Time Stone.” She shook her head again.
“Then, why the hell did Strange give it away?” Tye raised his voice in frustration.
She finally turned around to face both of you, eyes wide in surprise.
“What did you say?” She asked.
“Strange, he gave it away. He gave it to Thanos.” Tye told her.
“Willingly?”
“Yes! I watched him!” You insisted.
“...why?”
“I have no idea!” You shrug.
“Maybe it was a mistake.” Tye said. “But he did.”
“Or I did.” She sighed, then pushed you back into your body.
“Oh, that’s much better.” You sigh as Tye helped you up. You watch as she opens the Eye of Agamotto, the Time Stone glowing green.
“Strange is meant to be the best of us.” She mumbled in thought.
“So he must have done it for a reason.” You nodded.
“I fear you might be right.” She said as she gave you the Time Stone.
“Thank you.” You smiled at Tye in relief and victory.
“I’m counting on you, Y/N and Tye. We all are.” She said, watching you take the Time Stone like a first time mother giving her child to a babysitter.
“Ready?” You asked Tye as you both prepared to go back.
“Hell yeah.” He grinned.
You grabbed each other’s hand in a handshake then pulled each other into a one armed hug, patting each other on the back. Then you hit a few buttons on your watches, and you were sucked back into the present day. You both retract your helmets and look around, seeing everyone also doing the same.
“Did you get them all?” Bruce asked as he rushed up to meet you guys on the platform.
“You telling me this'll actually work?” Rhodey asked happily.
“Wait...where’s mom?” Tye asked, staring at the spot where she used to be standing between him and Clint.
“Clint? Where’s Nat?” Bruce asked as everyone stared at him for an answer. He didn’t say anything, his eyes clouded with mourning. Tye fell to his knees and you tried to catch him, and you stared at him in shock when you saw a single tear fall down his face to the floor. You had never seen him cry, hardly ever show emotions at all. Your own sadness also dragged you down, but you had to s strong.
“We should...get out of these suits.” Rocket mumbled after awhile.
You all got out of your time suits and handed them off to Rocket and Scott, and you, Tye and the remaining Avengers were led out to the lakeside by Tony. You hugged your dad and silently cried, everyone else standing and staring at the water.
“Do we know if she had family?” Your dad asked as he rubbed your back to comfort you.
“Yeah. Us.” Steve mumbled.
“What?” Thor asked, confused.
“I just asked him a question–“
“Yeah, you're acting like she's dead. Why are we acting like she's dead? We have the stones, right? As long as we have the stones, Cap, we can bring her back, isn't that right? So stop this shit. We're the Avengers, get it together.” Thor snapped.
“We can’t get her back.” Clint shoot his head.
“What?”
“It can’t be undone.”
“I'm sorry. No offense, but you're a very earthly being. Okay? We're talking about space magic. And "can't" seems very definitive don't you think?”
“Yeah, look, I know that I'm way outside my paygrade here. But she still isn't here, is she?”
“No, that's my point–“
“It can't– be undone. Or that's at least what the red floating guy had to say.” Clint became angry and started shouting. “Maybe you wanna go talk to him, okay? GO GRAB YOUR HAMMER, AND YOU GO FLY AND TALK TO HIM!”
Clint’s face fell, grief clouding his judgement. You blinked away tears and let go of your dad, moving to stand next to your friend, who’s eyes never left the water.
“It was supposed to be me. She sacrificed her life for that goddamn stone. She bet her life on it.” Clint’s voice cracked.
Bruce grabbed a bench, and in a burst of anger, he hurled it clear across the entire lake.
“She's not coming back. We have to make it worth it. We have to.” Bruce clenched his fists.
“We will.” Steve reassured him.
During another long stretch of silence, Tony motioned for you to follow him. You left the dock with him, Thor, and Steve, leaving Clint, Bruce and Tye alone. They need more time than you, since they were all closest with her.
Flashbacks of Natasha raced through Tye’s mind, his brain still hardly comprehending she was gone forever. He thought about the first time he called her mom. The day she taught him how to shoot a gun. When they watched old football games together and cheered, despite already knowing the outcome.
“You called her mom?” Clint said as he stood next to Tye, Bruce still pacing behind them.
“Yeah. She said I could.” Tye said quietly.
“Didn’t know you two were so close. Even before the Snap.”
“You were gone.” He said bitterly. “You wouldn’t know.”
Clint was about to retort, but shut his mouth. The kid was right. He was gone. He left them. He left Natasha. He left Tye.
Before the Snap they were close, Clint always helped Tye work on his speed and accuracy. They were sarcastic together, and would play pranks on the rest of the team together. Clint accepted Tye into his own family, since the kid never really had one.
“I’m sorry, Tye.” Clint said after awhile. Tye didn’t answer, but didn’t protest when Clint draped an arm around his shoulders.
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You watched as your dad and Dr. Banner start to place the Stones in the new gauntlet, carefully and and nervously.
“Boom!” Rocket shouted from beside you, Tony and Bruce both jumping and whipping around to glare at him. Rocket and Tye snickered to each other, then laughed loudly when Tony threatened them.
They bring the gauntlet to another room, where everyone gathered in their usual superhero suits.
“All right. The glove's ready. Question is, who's gonna snap their freaking fingers?” Rocket asked.
“I’ll do it.” Thor said.
“Excuse me?” Scott asked.
“It’s okay.” Thor shrugged, and moved towards the gauntlet.
“No, no, no, whoa. Stop. Stop. Wait a sec. Hey, hey–!” Everyone shouted at him.
“Wait, wait, Thor, just wait. We haven't decided who's gonna put that on yet.” Steve held him back.
“I'm sorry. What, we're just sitting around waiting for the right opportunity?” Thor asked.
“We should at least discuss it.” Scott said, Rhodey agreeing with him.
“No, no, sitting here staring at that thing is not gonna bring everybody back. I'm the strongest Avenger, okay? So this responsibility falls upon me. It's my duty.” Thor insisted.
“Thor, this isn’t about that-“ you start.
“It's not that– Stop it! Just let me!” Thor started to tear up. “Just let me do it. Just let me do something good. Something right.”
“Look– It's not just the fact that that glove is channeling enough energy to light up a continent, I'm telling you, you're in no condition.” Tony explained to him.
“What do you– What do you think is coursing through my veins right now?” Thor asked.
“Cheez Whiz.” Rhodey mumbled, Rocket elbowing Tye as they both snickered.
“Lightning.” Thor snapped at them.
“Yeah.” Tony sighed.
“Lightning won’t help you, pal.” Bruce said, everyone turned to him. “It’s gotta be me.”
Everyone stared at him.
“You saw what those stones did to Thanos. It almost killed him. None of you could survive.” Bruce told you.
“How do we know you will?” Steve asked.
“We don't. But the radiation's mostly gamma.” He moves towards the gauntlet. “It's like...I was made for this.”
“Good to go, yeah?” Your dad asked.
“Let’s do it.” Bruce nodded.
“You remember– everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago and just bringing them back to now, today. Don't change anything from the last five years.” Tony instructed everyone.
“Got it.” You nodded.
Everyone suited up and prepared, you held up a shield for you and Tye as Rocket hid behind both of you.
“F.R.I.D.A.Y., do me a favor and activate Barn Door Protocol. Will you?” You asked the AI system.
“Yes, boss.” She said and the facility goes into lockdown.
“Everyone comes home.” Bruce whispered to himself as he puts on the gauntlet. He grunts in pain when the power surges through his veins, making them glow.
“Take it off! Take it off!” Thor shouted.
“No wait!” Tye shouted.
“Bruce, you okay?” Steve asked.
“Talk to me, Banner.” Tony said calmly.
“I’m okay. I’m okay.” Bruce nodded.
You kept the shield up when he snapped, screaming in pain. He passes out, the gauntlet falling off his hand, and Clint kicked it away.
“Bruce!” Steve shouted.
“Don’t move him.” Tony ordered.
“Did it work?” Bruce asked weakly.
Scott walked to the window, seeing plants and birds. A smile makes a way to his face. You followed Clint when you heard his phone ringing, joy overwhelming you when you saw his wife’s name. Your phone was on the counter next to him, and a moment later you saw ‘Lalo’ on the screen.
“It’s Jaime.” Tye pulled out his own phone from his pocket.
“It’s Eduardo.” You smile, and you both answer your phones.
“Y/N? Y/N!” Eduardo shouted in panic.
“Eduardo? You’re alive?” You smile, tears pouring down your face.
“Guys...I think it worked.” Scott alerted you all.
“Princesa, tell me you’re okay!” Eduardo shouted.
You didn’t get the chance to answer, when suddenly, the compound exploded.
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marvel characters as john mulaney quotes
tony: i’ll keep all my emotions right here. and then one day, i’ll die.
steve: i don’t care for these new nazis and you may quote me on that.
thor: you know those days where you’re like, “this might as well happen”?
bruce: my vibe is more like, “hey you could probably pour soup in my lap and i'll apologize to you.”
natasha: sometimes babies will point at me and i don't care for that shit at all.
clint: everyone get out of my way! i just want to sit here and feed my birds.
peter p: i have had a very long day. i am very small. and i have no money. so you can imagine the kind of stress that i am under.
sam: something happened here. you hope it's a miracle, but probably not.
bucky: when i’m walking down the street, no ones ever like, ‘hey look at that man.’ i think they’re just like “woah! that tall child looks terrible! get some rest, tall child! you can’t keep burning the candle at both ends!”
peter q: like, we would just go see movies. any movie. like back to the future. that was a movie everyone could see. kids could kinda see it. great movie, right? i rewatched it recently. it's a very weird movie. marty mcfly is a 17-year-old high school student whose best friend is a disgraced nuclear physicist. and, i shit you not, they never explain how they became friends. they never explain it. not even in a lazy way, like, "hey, remember when we met in the science building?" they don't even do that. and we were all fine with it.
gamora: some people give off a vibe of, right away, they’re like, “do not fuck with me.”
drax: and then i said “no.” you know, like a liar.
t’challa: you have the moral backbone of a chocolate eclair.
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What Not To Do in Avengers: Endgame
There’s a lot of theories floating around about what might happen in Avengers: Endgame, the just trailer-ized sequel/part II thingy to Avengers: Infinity War, and the end of the line one way or another for a lot of MCU characters. Some of these theories are wishful thinking and some are a little out there, but few are talking about the biggest issue concerning this movie: it would be very, very easy to ruin it. The hype is huge at this point, and Marvel and the Russo brothers need to deliver a movie that feels like it has impact, even if it IS all grown adults in tights punching other grown adults in tights.
To wit, here’s what needs to NOT happen in Avengers: Endgame. Don’t...
Return the “really” dead characters to life
At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos managed to accomplish his most cherished goal: figuring out which insurance provider really does offer the best choices for himself and his family. He was so happy about this that he was all eureka and snapped his fingers, and half the population of the universe died. This included most of the heroes in the MCU.
A few people, however, died without being subjected to The Decimation (that’s what Marvel’s calling it, a fact we know because apparently two or three people actually read tie-in novels). Of those, Idris Elba’s Heimdall will certainly not be back; he’s become a big star since he took the role, and a scepter through the chest was his ticket out of a bit part he’s outgrown. Vision will probably return in some capacity; the planned Scarlet Witch mini-series would be kind of bland without him as her partner, and his death came near the end of the movie, anyway.
Loki and Gamora had a bit more dramatic exit. Loki was choked to death slowly in front of his brother Thor in a surprisingly gruesome scene, having just made a brave-but-poorly-thought-out attempt to assassinate Thanos. He’s got a mini-series coming, too, but it really needs to be set in the past: his death was the perfect ending for his popular character, who always made the cold and calculating decision but ultimately died due to an act of emotional anger for his people and brother. Tom Hiddleston’s been seen on set, either because Marvel is faking us out or because a younger version of him is seen via time travel, but to undo his perfect demise would irreversibly cheapen his character arc.
A lot of people expected Loki to eat dirt in Infinity War, as he’d been taken about as far in his story as he could be. Gamora was another matter; pretty much nobody expected the death of the second-in-command of the Guardians of the Galaxy (she’s really the boss, of course, but it’s better to let a guy who calls himself Star-Lord have his fantasy). Even as she fell, we were all expecting a last-minute rescue. That it didn’t come shocked audiences, and should be left that way, especially considering her presence factored into the surprisingly emotional finale of IW.
Get too lazy with the time travel stuff…
Sure, the idea that the remaining Avengers will pull a McFly and go back in time to reverse the Decisnappation COULD just be what Marvel and the Russo bros want you to think is happening…but it seems likely it’s a factor. There’s no realistic way to fix what Thanos did, and time travel is the least bonkers unrealistic way, at least by movie logic. Now, pretty much everyone wants a cameo from Doc Brown. Right? No? That’s just me? But you could make a joke with Thor and the clock tower and the lightn…ok, moving on.
Maybe Chris Lloyd popping in is unlikely, but what is indisputable is time travel could really wreck the already sort-of-thin idea that we should care what becomes of these characters on a long-term basis. If Marvel isn’t kind of careful with the rules they set up, what’s to stop the characters from just bobbing around in time and undoing any serious failures? The extent to which the Avengers can toss time’s salad should be controlled within the narrative, so that they can’t just freely re-write the script.
…but don’t spend a ton of time on it, either
The time travel aspects should be both limited so as not to royally screw with the sense any of this matters, and not overly complicated. This will be the last appearance for Iron Man, Cap and probably Thor, Hulk and Robin Hood. While we don’t want their last bows to take a wheat thresher to the continuity, we also don’t want to get mired down in psuedo-science.
Give us a lame explanation for why Hulk is absent
I think it’s fair to say that Marvel has played incredibly loose in the way Bruce Banner’s relationship with his big green inner metaphor works. In Avengers he switched from the equivalent of a premature orgasm to total control when it was convenient to the plot, and “because the script says so” has pretty much dictated when Banner is and isn’t at the wheel ever since. I actually see this as one of the few really lazy weak spots in their characters: Hulk at his best has always been a metaphor for the monster inside, but the MCU has dropped the ball on that one in favor of more rah-rah moments.
In IW, you may recall the Hulk was turned into the equivalent of a stubborn turd, refusing to come out no matter how much Banner pushed. I speculated that it may be due to Hulk’s animal instincts telling him something about the situation Banner’s more controlled mind doesn’t know…but either way, there needs to be an explanation in Endgame, and it needs to be better than “because we said so”. There’s no indication of any more solo Hulk films or series, so this might be the last we see of the Jolly Green Giant. If Marvel were ever going to make his character halfway consistent, now’s the time.
Spend too much effort on the romances
By far, the most consistent example of “We don’t know where the hell we’re going with this” in the MCU has involved characters gettin’ it on. Thor’s Jane Foster got unceremoniously dropped because she was a very meh character and the person playing her realized she was Natalie Portman and had better things to do, while Valkyrie showed promise as a tougher lover for the Thunder God only to be written out of the movies off-screen. Hulk and Black Widow made enough sense but was poorly set up, came out of nowhere, and nothing was made of it in IW. Cap’s thing with Peggy Carter’s niece was forced and a little weird. And if you can tell me the name of Black Panther’s woman, you officially know more about this stuff than a guy who writes about it on the regular; she was so barely there they didn’t even bother to mention her in Avengers, and no one cared. Only Tony Stark and Pepper Potts have had anything like a relationship that makes sense, and they nearly dismissed that with an off-screen explanation, as well.
The next iteration of the MCU, with younger, fresher characters, should put more effort into developing lasting character relationships that aren’t bromances, and in fact could stand to give the female supporting characters a lot more development, in general. For now, though, they should write off the romantic histories of most of the old guard as a loss. I doubt anyone will notice.
Overemphasize Ant-Man and Captain Marvel
It’s always been clear, and the post-credits scene made it more so, that Captain Marvel, who will make her debut in her own movie in March, will be important in whatever plan is in place to stop Thanos. And the trailer for Endgame lets us know Ant-Man, or at least his access to the Deus Ex Machina that is the Quantum Realm, will also be vital. And both should be vital---to get the other heroes where they need to be. Although I like Anty Boy, he’s not the biggest name in Marvel, and Captain Brie Marvel Larsen is likely just starting her arc in the universe; there will be plenty of time for her later. This movie needs to focus on the last stands and swan songs of characters who have been with us almost since the beginning.
De-emphasize Hawkeye
If you’ve watched the trailer, by now you know Jeremy Renner’s Robin Hood (I think I made that joke already), who was totally absent from Infinity War, is back with a new, darker costume and what looks like a serious hate boner. In fact, he seems to have straight-up murdered the holy crap what is this out of a whole bunch of Yakuza goons in the middle of the street, which judging by Black Widow’s expression is either terrifying or shockingly arousing. For many, including myself, it was the most interesting reveal in the trailer, and the conclusion was immediately reached that his wife and children must have been Thanos-snapped. What else could cause the normally unflappable special forces dude to go goth and start shooting down people like dogs? He’s always been the most under-appreciated Avenger (check him in the first movie; he’s way more bad-ass than the others despite having no super-powers). This one needs to give him a proper send-off.
Avoid the consequences
Throughout this column, I’ve been emphasizing that the classic Avengers need to have a proper exit from the franchise. The most important aspect of that is to make sure that exit involves a heavy toll. They aren’t fighting for this city or even that planet, but for the whole of existence. Although most-if-not-all of their snapped friends will be returning, they need to pay the price to get that done; otherwise, this whole Thanos thing is basically a cartoon with no permanent consequences. This is completely essential to doing this movie right. Don’t chicken out, guys.
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Trump Vetoes Defense Policy Bill; Covid-19 Aid in Limbo - WSJ
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I Watch a Movie I Should Have Seen: “Red Dawn”
I knew this movie had to do with the Cold War fears of the 80s. I knew this was another Swayze movie. As I’ve had a pretty good run with the Swayz, I was excited about it. The only other thing I knew is that they yell “Wolverines!”
My thoughts:
We open with a lot of yellow text telling us the world is falling apart. Maybe would have been more palatable in a Star Wars crawl formation. I like my bad news fading into the far reaches of space.
Credits as we soar over clouds. The music is reminiscent of a happy western and not the end of the world.
Soviet paratroopers descend on a small town in Colorado and attempt a military stronghold. Everyone knows that the key to taking down the United States is taking control of remote parts of Colorado. Let’s say I’m being sarcastic and they did this in every town so it makes sense. There are about 35,000 towns in the U.S. If you send 100 soldiers to each town, that’s 3.5 million soldiers which is almost three times the amount of active duty soldiers we currently have. Then you have to factor in 35,000 planes to drop the soldiers in. That’s also almost three times the amount the U.S. has. This was a large undertaking and maybe they deserve to take over the U.S. for the amount of effort they put into it.
Swayze, his brother, Charlie Sheen, and his buds stock up at a local gas station/convenience store. They plan to hole up in the mountains until the war ends. This is a decent plan as long as they stay there and don’t get involved. Teenagers can’t be heroes. I fear they will get involved.
Now there are Cuban troops in the town too. The screenwriters decided to have the invasion involve everything we were scared of in the 80s. I expect they will soon be joined by Iran and AIDS.
The Cuban colonel is straight out of a knockoff Street Fighter video game.
Swayze takes charge of the renegade woods teenagers even though one of the kids is Student Body President at the high school. Swayze has too much charisma. Even if you promise more vending machines in the woods and no tests, you aren’t beating him.
One month later and they are still in the woods. They have learned how to hide in plain sight by attaching small branches to their clothes.
To prove they are adapting to survival in the woods, C. Thomas Howell (Robert) shoots what appears to be a long-dead deer. Then, Swayze and Charlie Sheen make Robert drink the blood of the deer. Robert is now imbued with all of the power of a long-dead deer.
It’s bad enough that the Russians and Cubans are taking over the small town but they are driving around the mayor’s car! Truly a greater injustice than all the people they’ve murdered.
Swayze and Sheen’s dad is in a re-education camp. It’s located at a drive-in where they play stuff like “America is terrible” over and over. The dad decides to take this moment to explain to his boys that being a terrible father helped them stay alive. They, I guess, realize he’s right. He tells them to leave before anyone notices they’re there. Then he yells “BOYS AVENGE ME!” Terrible to the end!
They stop at a home to get supplies and they are given the task of taking care of the home owner’s granddaughters, played by Marty McFly’s mom (3M) and Baby from “Dirty Dancing.”
Back in the woods, the Wolverines (a name the teenagers gave themselves because it’s the high school mascot) kill three Russians who happen upon their location. Excrement. Just. Got. Real.
Robert watches his dad get executed as retaliation for the Wolverines killing the Russian soldiers. Robert wants to cry about it but Swayze won’t let him. Crying is a waste. That’s what Swayze’s newly dead, terrible dad told him.
The Wolverines set up a trap to kill a few more Russians and the screen tells us another month has passed. They had a very productive October fighting an army with eight people.
They find a downed colonel who tells them the rest of the U.S. is in bad shape. D.C. has been nuked. Allies won’t help. It’s up to this rag tag bunch of high school kids and Swayze. Good thing 3M and Baby are stone cold killers.
Things start to unravel as they tend to do when eight kids are fighting an army of hundreds. Helicopters come and kill Baby and Robert. Swayze promises her that they’ll meet again and dance in the Catskills.
Swayze and Sheen go on a mission to kill the leader of the town invasion. They take out a lot of soldiers and lure out the leader. Swayze sneaks up behind the leader and, much like his stupid, awful dad, announces his presence by saying “you lose.” This allows the leader to shoot him at the same time he shoots the leader. Road House Swayze would have ripped out his throat and moved on. This movie would have been so much better with Road House Swayze.
I did not really like this movie. I could not get past the idea that an entire army could not just go in the woods and take down a group of kids that wasn’t large enough to staff a baseball team. At least, most of the kids died. That made it more believable. I’m curious if the remake is better. It has Thor in it.
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How many works do you have on AO3? Sixty-nice. NICE.
What is your total AO3 word count? Oh I'm definitely not calculating that.
How many fandoms? On AO3 I have the MCU (I do count that as one), X-Men movies (which are a different studio even if they're the same aggregate universe), Good Omens, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Man from UNCLE (I count the movie and TV series as one because I only saw the movie because I liked the show), the Pendergast series, and a couple of odd one-shots like Les Miz, a Sherlock/H2G2 crossover, Mission: Impossible, and two fairytale stories based off songs. So that's 8 main fandoms, 4 smaller fandoms, and 2 that are basically originals. And of course I'm not counting stuff I wrote that's on Fanfiction.Net that I haven't transferred over to AO3 although I probably should if I can log in--I wrote stuff for Pokemon, Smallville, Star Trek, Animorphs, and Harry Potter as a baby fan, along with some I likely don't remember.
Top 5 fics by kudos: "Semi-Charmed Life," a Man from UNCLE movie fic that takes a highly unserious look at sex addiction: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4619289. I inspired a cross-stitch with this fic. Title inspiration: 3rd Eye Blind.
"Like Water Flowing Underground," a Back to the Future fic that takes all the "Marty not fitting into his well-adjusted rich family" angst I wanted to and puts it into a story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/296938 Title Inspiration: The Talking Heads,
"the whisper of the wind and the words of the woods," an MCU fic where Thor is actually a god and takes Steve to watch him end a drought: https://archiveofourown.org/works/406564 Title inspiration: Korpiklaani
"Kisses Like Awkward Flowers," an MFU (TV) fic I wrote for a Down the Chimney holiday fic exchange: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5416481 This is about as cute as I get.
"Stay Silent," a BttF fic I wrote in the Livejournal days that was inspired by a comic DrWorm drew: https://archiveofourown.org/works/452638 This might be as cute as I get, actually. The fic unfortunately doesn't have the picture. I had no idea you could do that when I uploaded it.
Do you respond to comments? I didn't used to, but now I'm generally trying to. Etiquette has changed.
Angstiest ending? "five uncontrolled experiements in runaway fission" straight up ends with Holtzmann dying of radiation poisoning: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7738957
Do you write crossovers? Occasionally. I'm more likely to sneak in a subtle cameo or make a reference than I am to write a traditional crossover.
Have you ever received hate on a fic? I wrote a fic for "The Giver" (on FFN) that was extremely mild Asher/Jonas that freaked a lot of people the fuck out. I wrote a Smallville fanfic that someone called a "spayed-feminist rant." I got a lot of hate behind my back for my George/Marty stuff but very little to my face. Someone fucking HATED the way I used Hebrew on an X-Men fic that they argued with me for multiple paragraphs about it. And recently I got a comment on that Bucky/Tony "Good Place" fusion prompt fill that read "go fuck yourself retard" from "stuckygirl" which really just made me laugh because who does that anymore?
Do you write smut? What kind? Oh yeah I write a lot of smut. It's about half M/M with the rest split evenly between F/M and F/F.
Have you ever had a fic stolen? I have never had my work stolen before!
Co-written a fic? Several, and it was always a fun experience! I used to write smutifc with DrWorm over IM and post it to a secret alternate Livejournal we shared. I've co-written Pendergast smut as well, lol, but it's not on AO3. On AO3, I've co-written one fic with Anakin McFly about tea and one with @iwilltrytobereasonable about friendship :)
All-time fsvorite ship? Looks like I've written more Illya/Napoleon fics than anything! They are honestly a very reliable ship--there is never anyone in the show as important to them as each other. Their relationship changes and grows over the course of the show, so you can write them as senior agent/younger agent, two people getting to know each other, boyfriends who adore each other, boyfriends who are getting really frustrated with each other and are at the point of having an actual rivalry, two highly competent and devoted partners who are everything to each other, MARRIED, exes reconciling, or you can have an AU where they hhhhate each other because Napoleon is a con man and Illya has Issues and make it into a movie if you like.
First fandom you wrote for? My FIRST EVER EVER fanfic that i posted online is now the basic concept for "Star Trek: Prodigy." I in turn ripped it off from "Space Cases." Who the fuck DOESN'T want to steal a spaceship with their besties?
Favorite fic you've ever written? how can you ask me to choose among my many, many children? this is so hard. uh, I think if I ever chose one fanfic to put in a published anthology of fanfic for a fandom it would be "Feather": https://archiveofourown.org/works/33363 It's a Pendergast fic I wrote for Yuletide and I'm really freaking proud of it. It came out even better than I wanted it to and expressed all of the themes and motifs I was struggling to articulate.
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The advertisements feature Australians preparing for visitors to their country. It begins in an Outback pub with the barkeeper saying, "We've poured you a beer". Further imagery to a similar effect is then shown, including a young boy on the beach saying, "We've got the sharks out of the pool," and partygoers watching Sydney harbour fireworks saying, "We've turned on the lights". The commercial ends withbikini-clad model Lara Bingle at Fingal Spitstepping out of the ocean and asking, "So where the bloody hell are you?" The campaign received extensive press coverage both in Australia and overseas, particularly after it was banned in the United Kingdom. It enjoyed a mixed reception, being praised for its provocativeness and memorability but also being criticised as inappropriate for a tourism campaign. It was pulled in 2008, and its overall effectiveness has been debated. Controversy Parodies and influences Effectiveness of the campaignEdit On 6 December 2006, News Limitednewspapers around Australia drew attention to the campaign's shortcomings. The A$180 million campaign had hoped to attract visitors to Australia from Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom, but tourist figures show that during October 2006 the number of Japanese tourists visiting Australia fell by 5.7% in comparison with the same period in 2005. German tourists were down 4.7% and UK visitors dropped 2.3%, although there was a slight increase in tourists from the United States and also the People's Republic of China (where the advertisement was not screened). Critics argue that the expensive campaign failed to deliver the promised increase in tourist numbers, with then opposition tourism spokesperson Martin Ferguson saying "We've been told it was a huge success and generated all these hits on a website but the latest tourism figures show the numbers are down."[6] In March 2007 The Age newspaper credited the ad with a $1.8 billion increase in tourism spending, and Tourism Australia stated that the primary goal of the campaign was to attract higher-spending, longer-staying visitors, not just to increase tourist numbers.[7] After calling the ads "great" at the time of their launch when he was in Opposition, Prime MinisterKevin Rudd subsequently stated: "That campaign, every place I have visited in the world, has been basically described as an absolute rolled gold disaster."[8] See alsoEdit Shrimp on the barbie – another often-quoted Australian tourism sloganTourism in Australia References External links 19. debated. ControversyEdit The advertising campaign caused controversy in March 2007 when it was banned by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre in the United Kingdom, which would not allow the word "bloody" in television versions of the commercial. Following lobbying by Tourism Australia, including a visit to the UK by Australia's tourism minister Fran Bailey and Lara Bingle, the ban was lifted, although a 9pm "watershed" was imposed on television commercials in May. In March 2007, the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK ordered the removal of roadside billboards bearing the slogan. The ASA stated that it had received 32 complaints and warned Tourism Australia to refrain from using profanity in future billboards. Tourism minister Fran Bailey responded: "What an absolutely, incredibly ludicrous stance and a greater example of double standards you'd never find. Everyone is shaking their heads, especially as it's in a country where they allow the FCUK billboards. ... I mean what is it about our campaign that they find offensive? I just don't understand it."[1] The advertisement has also been banned by regulators in Canada, owing to the implication of "unbranded alcohol consumption" by the opening line, "We've poured you a beer". There was also concern in Canada at the word 'hell' being used as an expletive. It has been allowed to run with no adverse action in countries such as the United States and New Zealand. In Singapore, the advertisement campaign is presented as "So Where Are You?", with the words "bloody hell" removed. Parodies and 20. Parodies and influencesEdit Tony Blair, delivering a keynote speech during a visit to Canberra, said his first thought on arrival in Australia was "Where the bloody hell am I?"[2] Australian comedy writer Dan Ilicproduced and released a parody of the ad towards the end of March 2006. The parody uses the structure of the Tourism Australia ad to make satirical reference to current political controversies that might concern potential tourists. The parody was the subject of controversy when Ilic removed the ad from his company's web-site because Tourism Australia's lawyers had threatened legal action claiming the music "was infringing their copyright." According to Ilic, however, Downwind Media "commissioned [their] own song that is different in tune and tempo." As of 28 March 2006 four "new special edition versions" of the parody were made available for download. The Chaser's War on Everything released a similar version in their third episode with the slogan "So get your fucking arse over here!" to parody a perceived Australian propensity for vulgarity, and later took to the streets to see what tourists thought of similar campaigns which made extensive use of swearing. In New Zealand, the TVNZ series Faceliftparodied Australia's treatment of Arabs ("we've kicked out all the dirty towelheads") and Aborigines ("we've sent the cops up north to steal their grog and porn mags") ending with the question "so if you're not a wog or a chink or some other dirty towelhead, where the bloody hell are you?" The Coromandel region also released a parody with the words, "We're bloody well in the Coromandel." In the aftermath of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, British tabloid newspaperThe Sun advertised posters aimed at Australians and asking "Where the bloody hell were you?" in reference to the number of gold medals Great Britain won in comparison to Australia.[3] Ashes versionEdit An advertisement was produced to promote the Nine Network's television coverage of the 2006-07 Ashes series, in the style of this ad but on a cricketing theme (e.g., 'We've rolled the ground, we've put in the stumps'). The next sentence parodied the beer quote from the original ad but this time referencing the supposed English predilection for warm beer ("we've warmed up the beer"), then "we've hidden the sunscreen, and we've brought you some soap", and finally Australian captainRicky Ponting descending the steps of a cricket ground stating, "And we've been waiting all year". This ad also culminates in a bikini-clad Bingle asking "So where the bloody hell are you?" on the Sydney Cricket Ground, holding a cricket bat and wearing nothing but a green and gold bikini, white shoes, and leg pads. A coda is then provided byRichie Benaud saying "Marvellous".[4][5] Effectiveness of the campaignEdit On 6 December 2006, News Limitednewspapers around Australia drew attention to the campaign's shortcomings. The A$180 million campaign had hoped to attract visitors to Australia from Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom, but tourist figures show that during October 2006 the number of Japanese tourists visiting Australia fell by 5.7% in comparison with the same period in 2005. German tourists were down 4.7% and UK visitors dropped 2.3%, although there was a slight increase in tourists from the United States and also the People's Republic of China (where the advertisement was not screened). Critics argue that the expensive campaign failed to deliver the promised increase in tourist numbers, with then opposition t
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Franklin
Sebastian
Theodore
Percy
Top 10 Mythological Dog Names
Gods and myths inspired pet parents this year. Names are listed in order of popularity.
Zeus
Loki
Apollo
Thor
Odin
Titan
Hercules
Ares
Achilles
Ajax
Top 10 Nature Male Dog Names
These names are especially popular for huskies, pointers, retrievers, and hounds.
Shadow
Smokey
River
Thunder
Timber
Storm
Aspen
Huckleberry
Midnight
Snow
Male Dog Name Trends
We’re noticing some interesting trends, like the rise of -er names like Cooper, Dexter, and Tucker, as well as mythological names like Thor, Odin, Loki, and Zeus. In fact, Thor and Loki went up almost 50% in rankings from last year!
The classics remain in favor, of course, from friendly Max and Charlie to strong Rocky and Duke. All kept a spot in the top ten.
The three fastest-rising male dog names of the year were Chester, Finn, and Ollie, while Theo and Archie both debuted in the top 100 for the first time this year.
Human Names for Dogs
Dogs are considered family members, so human names have become very popular for pets. These days, in fact, you’re more likely to meet a golden retriever with a human name like Dylan than a name like Fido. You’ll see that reflected in our top male dog names list: six of the top ten are human names.
Your new dog could be an Eddie, a Theo, a Max—or a Kobe, an Ozzy, or a Bosco. From cute dog names like Taz or Otis to Irish choices like Murphy and Logan, the sky’s the limit when it comes to giving a traditionally “human name” to your dog.
Humor is another popular source of dog naming inspiration: Sir Barkley and Muttley Crue are both boy puppy names in our database.
A Great Dane named Chico? An American bulldog named Sparky? A small dog named Rocket? Why not?
Lastly, dog breeds sometimes shape dog naming choices. Huskies often sport Alaska-themed names like Juneau, while hunting dogs might get a “country name” like Dallas or Tucker. Retrievers love water, so an aquatic dog name could be a good fit for your new Lab or golden. We like Ocean, Jacques, and Captain.
Choosing a Name
Puppy names can be inspired by anything from food to pop culture to nature.
What’s most important is that YOU love the name. Every time you say it, you should feel a little spark of happiness. “That’s my dog!”
Try calling out your top choices as if you’re calling your new dog in for dinner, to return to you at the dog park, or to follow your cues in puppy kindergarten.
Once you find that perfect name, don’t forget to properly ID your pet to keep him safe (we love these customizable tags from Etsy with unicorns to introductory nametag prints).
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