...So Cates, I Have Questions?

...So Cates, I have questions?

I am waiting until the event is finished to do a super post on Donny Cates Absolute Garbage. Until then, Cates continues to show that he cannot form sequence of events and just throws scenes in for no reason.

In AC #2 and MM: AC #1, we were left with Miles becoming a symbiote host. Cates doesn’t use his pieces well because for one Eddie and Mac were safely away from the Carnage horde at the end of both issues. As soon as this issue picks up, Miles transformation is complete and he is suddenly attacking Eddie and the Carnage Cult is surrounding both again.

This sounds like a nitpick but as I pointed out in that there is a right way to chart action scenes in comics and I refuse to lay the blame at Stegman because he is simply providing the art to Cates’ script. Also it continues to be a problem in the book and it involves a major scene.

Why couldn’t Venom just do this earlier? Why bother with the several page melodrama of Eddie angering over letting Miles down when it was his fault that he got captured in the first place since you want to demand Scorpion to man up for no reason? Why is the Symbiote getting bold and basically putting himself in danger to just kill Osborn or is it Cletus...who the fuck knows anymore.

So Venom takes Carnage back to the warehouse and to safety to find this.

Now Spider-Man explains to Eddie that the Avengers know that he is helping which is okay. But I have questions because it obvious why a certain character is there. If Ben Grimm is there, why not bring in Reed Richards instead of Bruce Banner? Yes, Banner is a genius too but Mr. Fantastic has familiarity with symbiotes and alien biology. Banner’s field has to do with Nuclear Physics, Physics, and energy transference. This is just the writer assuming all geniuses are the same in order to display a pivotal scene that is complete macho bait.

Oh hey, remember when I mentioned Cates lack of sequence of events?

...How did Carnage find their hideout? How did Carnage sneak into the hideout and become a copy of Eddie and how did no one think to realize why there are two Eddies in the same building?

That is the sequence of events, fam. There are no missing pages. Carnage just finds Eddie and Peter(Eddie casually dropping Peter’s name and alias to a serial killer god wannabe) and there is no explanation at all as to how 2 geniuses and Eddie got caught so fucking off guard by something so simple to realize. It makes people look stupid.

And the edgy ass dialogue? “I am sex and violence?” Cringe as fuck(I am aware he is quoting a book but whatever).

I am not a Venom fan. I was roped in this shit show because it involved Miles and Andi. So dealing with Cates, who is being hailed for his ‘writing’, is like one massive disappointment after another.

The issue is that he is desperately trying to exonerate Eddie while making the Symbiote look evil. The Symbiote is bringing the worst of Eddie and it’s never Eddie’s fault ever. Like you see the scene where the Symbiote is trying to relieve Peter of the responsibility of bringing Symbiotes on Earth(a retcon that Cates made btw) only for Eddie to make the same mistake and manipulate Peter’s guilt for his sake. But does the writing ever call Eddie out? No.

The Symbiote is the wild one for wanting to kill Carnage while Eddie wants to protect his own kin as if those two ideas are at odds. All of the sudden, Eddie values human life because he has a kid now? And it’s not even human. Null/Carnage is literally killing swathes of people and taking over people’s bodies while infecting them with a codex. At this point, Null is a parasitic disease.

But Eddie doesn’t trust the Symbiote and feels like it’s trying to control him and manipulate his life so he just does stupid things due to this creator forced drama. And it is creator forced because it was Cates that made the relationship between the two abusive when there was no such tension earlier. You erased the one sole motivator of Eddie, his sister, and claimed that she never existed. You made it seem like it was the Symbiote that was giving Eddie cancer intentionally so Eddie would always need it. You made the Symbiote use Eddie’s DNA and rape and force impregnate his ex-wife because women in this series are only good when they are sex slaves to an alien cult, raped to have children of dubious consent, and just a lie of a manipulation. Honestly, Cates’ Venom run should be held in the same regard as One More Day and I say this as an avid Spider-Man fan.

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Far Cry 5 + ND : the characters’ reaction after finding out the Judge is the Deputy.

Posting two headcanons posts in a row because I just finished writing this and I absolutely love it. Just… thanks to the anon who requested this. 💖😭 Writing this made me really happy and I think I needed it.

Also, please request more stuff with Nick because I love writing about him omg.

Far Cry 5 + ND : The Characters’ Reaction After Finding Out The Judge Is The Deputy.

Kim Rye

From the first moment she sets her eyes on the silhouette, she knows it’s the Dep.

She doesn’t really know how to react because she’s just speechless.

So, one evening, when the Judge is alone in a corner of Prosperity, Kim takes Carmina with her and decides to introduce them.

She doesn’t confront the Judge about who they are.

“Hey, I just thought you might have wanted to meet my daughter, Carmina”

The Judge acts all nervous and she hears an anxious and nostalgic sob behind their mask.

“Someone really brave and caring helped us on the day of her birth.”

Carmina is weirded out by that comment. Like wtf mom ??

But at that moment, the Judge understands that Kim knows.

She takes their hand and the Judge squeezes it a little.

They’re happy to meet again after all this time, even if they both stay silent.

Nick Rye

Kim is the one who told him about it.

He’s hot with rage when she talks about how devoted they are to Joseph now.

“That’s bullshit ! After all this time, the Dep just betrays us like this ??”

So he goes to find them, determined to give them a piece of his mind.

But when he finds them, he suddenly recognizes all of their mannerisms ; the way they move, their hand gestures…

And he just breaks down in front of them.

“Hey, Partner,” he cries.

The Judge stops moving, shocked.

Nick sits next to them. He’s crying but acts like he’s not.

“It’s been a while, huh ?… You’ve seen- huh… You’ve seen your goddaughter ? She grew up quite a bit. Would’ve loved to have you around to teach her how to live… Kim says she makes her think about you, how you were back in the days… ”

The Judge puts their shoulder against Nick’s. He gives them a little push.

“We all missed you.”

They spend the whole night talking together… Or rather Nick talks and the Judge listen quietly, sometimes snickering or grunting a little.

The partners are back in business together.

Sharky Boshaw

It takes him a while to realize it.

But he slowly starts to notice how similar the Judge and the Dep are…

And it always seems like they’re trying to reach out to him ? But they never do it.

So he starts dropping hints about his suspicions when the Judge is around…

“Once, my best friend and I took back a whole outpost with nothing but our flamethrowers. It was wild, man. Do you… like flamethrowers ?”

“My best friend’s favorite weapon was a bow as well… What a coincidence, huh ?”

So eventually, the Judge understands what he’s trying to do and they reveal who they are to Sharky.

At which point he just hugs them. He’s a bit angry at them for disappearing for so long, but his happiness is just so much stronger that he can’t stay mad.

“Man, I knew it was you. I knew you couldn’t have died… You’re too awesome to die !!! We’ve got a lot of things to catch up on, huh ? Come on, let’s grab a drink.”

So the Judge follows Sharky and the spend the next few days together.

Sharky talks about the good old days or what happened to him after the Collapse.

He’s a bit frustrated that his best friend won’t talk to him (and he has tons of questions)… But they’ve never been a big talker so he’s just happy to have them by his side again.

Hurk Jr.

He sees Sharky hanging out with the Judge more and more so finally he wonders why.

“Sharky man, why are you hangin’ out with that weird masked dude so much ?”

“Hurk, that’s the Dep.”

“WHAT ?!”

Almost instantaneously, Hurk goes to find the Dep and make sure it’s them.

When he confronts them, the Judge nods quietly and Hurk just breaks down.

“DUDE, it’s really you ?? I missed you, man. All those crazy adventures we had ? Man, that was some good time. OMG, I’ve got a kid now dude. I’m a daddy ! You wanna meet Blade ? We could teach him some cool shit together !!!”

So the Judge follows Hurk and he introduce them to Blade. They’re really careful and afraid to hurt this little kid.

“Hey, I know you’re already Carmina’s godparent and all… But I was thinking that, maybe, you could be Blade’s too ? I don’t know man, I just want him to grow up as awesome as me and Sharky and… you. You know ?”

The Judge hugs Hurk. They’re crying behind their mask…

I LOVED WRITING THIS. 💖

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itsmeif

6 years ago

Your designs always have such lovely details. May I ask, how do you find the time to do so much intricate detailing? I feel like it takes me forever to do stuff like that and it's a bit discouraging. I end up sticking with simpler designs despite loveing more detailed designs. I've tried using custome brushes but your details look so much more natural.

it’s 50% me finding lazier ways to make details and 50% me just liking detail work a lot! here’s stuff that might make things easier for you tho~

Fancy Easy Lace (clarification! this is a FireAlpaca thing; make your life Super Easier by adding a Border Layer Mode if you’re using Photoshop!):