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"Through rain an' wind an' weather
Hellbent for leather
Wishin' my gal was by my side"
The playing fields of the Markyate Cricket and Football Club. Samyang manual wide-angle lens at approx. F11.
Everyone that you love is dead
Unholy ghost of Crane's delirium!
Trace the fear of your silhouette
You wanted madness…
Undead Ahead!
Oh how the wind it whispers
The moonlit fog ignites!
With Lucifer as witness
The pumpkin rides tonight!
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave
Headless and hellbent for me!
(Head-less!)
(Head-less!)
(Head-less!)
(Head-less!)
Line the streets
Murder for keeps!
That's how you play trick or treat with a heart beat!
Bloody does he, bloody does he storm through the gate way?
Race the sunset, head for the bridge!
You cannot kill that which has
No soul or life to take
The blood of our beloved
The Hessian comes to claim!
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave
Headless and hellbent for me!
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on all hallows eve
This place is haunted!
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on all hallows eve!
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave
Headless and hellbent for me!
Live or die in the tale of the midnight ride
Where reality and superstition collide
Close your eyes, kiss your dearest Katrina goodbye
And beware of the tale, tale of the midnight ride
Revenge is cold and their heads will roll!
Menace in the moonlight!
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Lilith Czar - Diamonds To Dust
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Where do I go from here?
I stand behind the cage I built around my fear
This is the price I pay
And it's so hard
Everything turns to ash
When the smoke clears there ain't no going back, no
Maybe I'm scared of what I'll find
In this heart of mine
Every time I find something golden
I break away before it's even broken
I run to keep my heart from falling
Something that should last forever
Washed away like as if it never was
Here I go again turning diamonds into dust
Diamonds to dust
Is it my soul I can't trust?
Or am I hellbent in the way I self-destruct?
Grinding the reasons
To millions of pieces
And taking the blame for it all
Every time I find something golden
I break away before it's even broken
I run to keep my heart from falling
Something that should last forever
Washed away like as if it never was
Here I go again turning diamonds into dust
I don't wanna run from this, anymore
I don't wanna live like this, anymore
Anymore
Every time I find something golden
I break away before it's even broken
I run to keep my heart from falling
Something that should last forever
Washed away like as if it never was
Here I go again turning diamonds into dust
Diamonds into dust
Diamonds to dust
He looks so fluffy to be a mad squirrel that's hellbent on enslaving the human race to grow and harvest peanuts. This little fellow had very little fear of me. After I took this picture, I walked 2 feet alongside and it didn't move a muscle fiber.
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Fighting fate
It tries to pull us
Underneath
A feeling that takes us all inside its core
...
Hellbent
Lighting up the sky as we burn out
Don't let some Hellbent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
Taken @ Piazza Dell'Artista
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So who do I call now?
I'd give it all now
Just to be fightin' in the kitchen
Hearin' the crash of broken dishes
Thought it was bad then
This heartache is hellbent
I'd fall asleep to the television
Drown out the sound of your voice missin'
Now I'd do anything for you to yell at me
You left so quietly
But your silence is deafening
Is love, sweet love. and Peace. You can come to Loch Shiel and stand at the Acharacle jetty and experience total peace, away from the noise of a world hellbent on destroying Life. It's calm, quiet, a joy to experience life without a worry what the rest of the world is doing. Except of course, I do worry for the future and what the idiots elsewhere will deliver upon us.
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief. People! People in the place where I hide at the bottom of the cliff! How did this happen? Nobody ever comes here. But bold as brass on the rocks opposite me was a family group in a place where the only people I’d ever met before were almost exclusively the ones that accompanied me there for a sunset shoot. In fact, in my past wanderings I’ve met more seals than humans down here.
A week before the visit, I’d made a pact with myself as Britain blistered under a red hot sun. While the dry spell had seemingly lasted almost forever, a lifelong experience of our famously fickle climate told me it would have to break eventually, no matter how much our hellbent mission to turn the world to dust might be influencing things. And Tuesday appeared to be the day if the BBC Weather Forecast was to be believed. I checked the “Clear Outside” app for a second opinion, and made a mental note; thunderstorms expected in the morning. All I’d need to do was ensure the batteries were charged, appear by the coast at the appropriate time, and then pray that my hunch wasn’t a misplaced fantasy. A few weeks earlier, I’d been lying on my back on the living room floor, my legs raised onto one arm of the sofa as I recovered from a twenty-seven mile charity hike, while outside the light did magnificent things on the western horizon, courtesy of the tempest that had given us a full and thorough hosing more than once on the long day’s walk. “Ooh look at that light!” Ali cooed as the inert heap in front of her groaned pitifully in response. It was all I could do to raise myself high enough to peer through the window at the concert of colour towards the west and groan again. Not for the first time this year had I been rendered incapable while the best of the evening light did its stuff outside.
So despite there being no clear evidence of what might lie in wait, we headed down to Godrevy. With only a couple of days left before the schools were due to close for the summer and the annual inflow of humanity to hit warp speed, the car park was already looking decidedly full as we arrived. As so often happens when we go together, Ali headed towards the dunes with the dog, while I made my way towards the lighthouse and the incoming tide, eventually deciding it might be a good evening to descend my increasingly less secretive cliff. For an hour I entertained myself here, trying to ignore the dozen or more visitors that had somehow found the gateway to my world. While I watched the setting sun weave a watery orange trail directly to my feet, everyone else seemed to be more interested in the small number of grey seals, pairs of bobbing black eyes peering straight back at us across the water with undisguised interest, just as they always seem to. For a moment I thought about changing lenses and trying to photograph one of my aquatic friends instead, but then I remembered that I prefer to see your wildlife shots in these pages. Mine rarely inspire me I’m afraid, and if I can’t buy into them, then I can hardly expect you to either.
Despite the shock of having to share the place, it was developing into a rather enjoyable session, but one where I was conscious that the place in which the sun was due to set, so close to the lighthouse meant that a second composition was on the cards after I’d finished here. In a sense I’d witness two sunsets, one down here, and another from up on top, but I’d have to move quickly, and when the time arrived I packed my camera away and made my way to the base of the cliff, briefly turning around and cursing loudly. Fortunately the only people who were still around to witness my bout of self admonishment were a couple who’d spent their entire time staring at the seals. I’d already got some worthwhile images, good enough to share here in fact, but now the light had done exactly what I was hoping for, in this precise moment delivering the best show of the entire evening. Right now, I was in No Man’s Land, caught between my two vantage points as a fusion of vivid pinks and oranges painted the sky behind the lighthouse, the sort of colours that almost defy belief when you examine the images later on. A snap decision later I skipped up the cliff side like a teenager, scampering along the narrow path to the thankfully empty ledge I’d settled on for the second part of the evening. Amazing where the burst of energy comes from when it all kicks off. That brief spell of stunning light had already begun to wane, but the sky was still providing more than enough interest and now I finally did make that swap over to the new lens.
“Get the lens,” said Lee. “You’ll only lose the drone; either that or you’ll get caught between two stools and fail to get a shot at all. It’s an outstanding bit of kit. You won’t regret it.” It was a conundrum I’d been considering for some time. Ditch the superb, but unused 60-600mm wildlife lens and swap it for a drone, or throw in the third party 100-400mm lens as well, get the one that everyone swears by and forget the aerial option entirely. I asked Ali what she thought, and while she is unable to comment on the relative virtues of telephoto lenses, she agreed that a drone would only invite some future disaster on a lonely clifftop. I decided they were both right. I could almost see that drone, floating helplessly out of reach on a frothing sea, being pecked at by petrels and adding to the world's pollution problems. I'd made the right decision. And now on my ledge I reached inside the bag for the subject of the majority vote; the most expensive lens I’m ever likely to own.
It’s a shot I’ve had in mind for a few seasons in truth, but one I’ve never quite got around to taking. In high summer, the sun creeps around the back of the lighthouse, moving briefly to its right hand side, before soon after the solstice it reverts to its normal place, gradually heading back towards the distant headland and then onto the bluff over Carbis Bay as winter sets in. The huge range of exactly where the sun goes down is just one of the reasons I keep coming back, and with the lens ready to do its work I was finally in a position to take a shot that had only existed in my imagination up until now. It would have been even better if I’d been in position a few minutes earlier as the light went completely bonkers, but the effervescent pink glow behind the big orange fireball that was on the verge of departing behind the customary bank of low cloud was enough to add something extra to the final result. I’ve had worse evenings here. I’m going to keep scanning the weather bulletins for those storms, that’s for sure.
My advisors were right by the way. That lens is even better than I’d hoped it would be. I’m glad it was in the bag for this visit. It takes great wildlife images, even if I still can’t persuade myself to share them. Although there are plenty of gulls in the shot if that counts. Wish I’d had this lens earlier. Sometimes you just need to cut out all the nonsense in the middle and get the gear you really want in the first place don’t you?
Tucked deep within Southwestern Minnesota’s Coteau des Prairies, the Rapid City Pierre & Eastern’s Huron Subdivision meanders around geologic obstacles sculpted by the natural might of glaciation some ten thousand years prior.
The circuitous trackage outside Lake Benton was selected by Charles W. Irish and his team of surveyors for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in the early 1870s, who sought the most efficient route into new markets throughout present-day South Dakota. Today, RCPE isn’t hellbent on the livestock business or prospect of Black Hills gold mining as 19th-century CNW was. Rather, a steady flow of agricultural carloads, such as grain and ethanol, has generated enough traffic to warrant three weekly round trips between Mankato, MN, and Aurora, SD. Today’s MMNAU is a fairly sizeable train, and is making good time across the road.
This segment of the CNW was once known for a fleet of Alco locomotives, captive to these rolling hills and open prairies. The subsequent formation of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad would then usher in a reliance upon Electro Motive products, many of which can still be seen today sporting the livery of a new owner.
However, with hand-me-down GE C44-9Ws arriving to undermine the railroad as a purely EMD operator, scenes across this Class II’s 743-mile network will soon look much different. With changes on the horizon, I’ve been diving deeper into the history of power currently rostered by RCPE.
Interestingly, all three EMD SD40-2s in this consist spent time on the Union Pacific’s roster to some extent. Leader RCPE #3458 was built for UP in March of 1979 in what would be their largest order of the model.
Trailing SD40M-2 MNA #2762 has been roaming the RCPE system since its former owner, Missouri & Northern Arkansas, was absorbed by the rail conglomerate, G&W. Originally built as a straight SD40 for UP in December of 1966, this unit is slated to be scrapped nearly sixty years after rolling off the production line.
The third and final unit powering the westbound freight, RCPE #3444 was built in August 1978 for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. Starting life as MKT no. 605, this locomotive was part of the Katy’s first order of SD40-2s, with four additional orders from La Grange placed between ‘78 and ‘81 for a total of 37 units. The 605 was later renumbered to UP 3814 after the company assumed control of MKT in 1988.
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Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave, Headless and hellbent for me
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” - Proverbs 18:10.
Next year the little St Matthias Church at Windermere on the Tamar River in northern Tasmania will celebrate 180 years of worship. In Australia that is quite a milestone. But at no time in this history has the future of the church been so at risk - and from within.
You see one of the legacies of the Gaunt family was to gift the church to the Anglican denomination. And in recent years they have been hellbent on selling off as many properties as possible. All in the name of funding for redress of sexual abuse in the church. A reasonable enough cause except for two things: (1) Local communities are being punished for crimes committed elsewhere and are losing their parish churches, and (2) Only a fraction of this money is being used for this case, the rest goes into consolidated revenue. www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-27/anglican-church-sales-brin...
Well the local community fought back. They raised sufficient funds to buy the church from the denomination, even though it is still being serviced by Anglican clergy (work that out!). At around the same time the parishioners had to deal with the theft of a priceless old relic. www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-17/stolen-relics-leave-parish...
But they are a tough minded lot at Windermere, and they keep this church running on love. God bless them.
I made a similar comment when I posted this picture of the gorgeous little wooden church up for sale in George Town.
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But there are broader issues at stake here people. It is all fine to preserve old church buildings as residences or even art galleries. But then, where do people go as places of contemplation and reverence? Surely we need sacred spaces in which people of all faiths can find the holy.
Good girls don't cry
And good girls don't lie
And good girls justify but I don't
Good girls don't die
And good girls stay alive
And good girls satisfy but I won't
They tell me I'm hellbent on revenge
I cut my teeth on weaker men
I won't apologize again
And
I never had a taste for liars
Or the uniquely uninspired
Cause I don't need to be desired
Metallic days seemed to have passed
according to watchful Oak boughs
those heavy hellbent times laid sway
to forgotten smiles that could always arouse
a deeper interest
strength thus harnest
for the good of the world around me
sanpo suru...omoide desu
it all becomes a whirl of emotion
could life settle for anything less
than the governance of choice
in the survival of a lone voice
what flew East has returned
is it in the air or of the air that makes or breaks us
a fissile of Spring from frosted encroach
the elixir of life eternally wondrous
give upon a hope some ferment
esté libre, without lament
in pain the mind travels freely
it's mountainous, forested...a harbour of destiny
linguistic, uncomplicated, light and true
all we ever sought, for all the world our trustee
physical incapabilities inspire plentiful thought
beyond all the healthy world ever taught
can I ask for one more climbing dream
before laying down to the dusk of no hidden, gentle relief
contorted vocabulary doesn't help sentencing movement
nor the dictum of foregone conclusions of belief
so, a relevant standstill speaks
at which point, pain no longer shrieks.
by anglia24
10h30: 08/04/2008
©2008anglia24
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I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin'
Don't let some Hellbent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along)
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone?)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance.
Real People Series ~ Candid Street Photography
8:00am I made a snowman
8.10am A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snow woman
8.15am So I made a snow woman
8.17am My feminist neighbour complained about the snow woman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere
8:20am The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and ranted it could have been two snow men instead
8:20am The transgender man/woman....person they/them/it asked why I just didn't make one snow person with detachable parts
8:25 The vegans at the end of our road complained about the carrot nose , as veggies are food and not for decorating snow figures with
8;28 am I was now being called a racist because the snow couple is white
8:31 The middle eastern gent demanded the snow women be covered up...or he would throw yoghurt over them
8.40. The Police arrived saying someone had been offended
8:42 The feminist neighbour complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it only depicted women in a domestic role
8:43 The Council Equality Officer arrived and threatened me with eviction
8:45 TV News crew arrived from the BBC and I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow women? "Snowballs!" I replied and now I'm labelled a sexist
By 9:00am I was on the News described as a suspected terrorist, racist, mysogynistic homo/transphobe, nonesensibility offender, hellbent on stirring up trouble during a difficult climate change.
9:10 I was asked if I had any accomplices, and as a result my children were taken away, screaming, by Social services.
9.29 Far Left protesters and activists offended by everything I said or did marched down my road demanding for me to be arrested
By noon it had all melted.
Moral. There is no moral to this story. It is what we all have become because of snowflakes
With the pleasant roar of double 567's running all out, a westbound flies under a classic "Q" style signal bridge. One more stop and they will be at their final destination. Behind the Long Island's Alco powered trains, the BN was my second most favorite commuter operation.
Hellbent Brewery, Seattle Wa.
Feb. 24, 2016.
Impossible SX-70 Color Film, Polaroid SX-70.
'Roid Week 2016 (Spring) - Day 1/1
For millennia, the Ducican Kingdom has flourished under the rule of the Waterthorne royal family. Following the end of a civil war a few decades ago between the seven different houses united under this kingdom, there has not been any conflict in years.
But it seems like the peace has come to an end.
Ever since the current queen banished her son Jilan Waterthorne from the kingdom, things have been shaky. Jilan has struck a deal with an old enemy of hers, and the two have been gathering an army to take over control of the throne. Despite her staying confident that the two won’t pose an actual threat, the entire kingdom is able to see almost the entire royal guard getting killed in a siege with the enemy.
-The villains
Zardica: Once a loyal advisor who worked right alongside the Queen of Ducican, now a dark Sorcerer with an intense hatred for the royal family after an unknown event split the two apart. Following years of intense studying into Dark Magic, her once beautiful skin has now turned almost completely pitch black.
Jilan Waterthorne: For years, Jilan was seen as a worthy successor to the throne of Ducican. But his entire reputation fell apart on the night that he attempted to murder his own mother and current queen of the kingdom, Meyse Waterthorne under the point of view that his mother had ruled for long enough. After a lengthy trial, his mother decides to banish her son from the kingdom for good. Without any food or money, Jilan gets put outside the walls of the kingdom and is left wandering in the dark forests for days on end. This ends when he meets a dark Sorcerer named Zardica who holds an equally big grudge against the queen of Ducican. She strikes a deal with Jilan, where on the condition that she will get complete access to the countless magic artifacts stored in the vaults under the Waterthorne castle she is willing to help the Paladin take over the throne.
-The heroes
Sodma Longclaw: A Tabaxi Fighter, who after the tragic death of her family during the civil war ended up as a refugee in Ducican. Despite her species often being looked down on by most citizens of the kingdom, she was eventually taken in by an old material arts teacher who taught her how to defend herself with the use of a scimitar. Years later, following the murder of her teacher by an unknown assasin, Sodma decided to venture outside the walls of Ducican to take revenge for her mentor.
Telthryl: A Dwarf who spent most of his life in the mines under Ducican as a miner until a few years ago. One day, while Telthryl was mining for valuable ores in the mines, he accidentally discovered a cave with a dragon sleeping in it. After further mining woke the beast up, the dragon went on a rampage through the mines resulting in the death of every single one of Telthryl’s fellow mineworkers. Hellbent on avenging his fallen comrades, he abandoned his profession and taught himself how to use a big double-sided axe. Upon returning to the caves and confronting the dragon, he was able to become one of the first people to single-handedly take down a dragon in years. Following this achievement, Telthryl became a Barbarian and made it his profession to take down dangerous creatures.
Katjasik Hallowridge: A Human Bard who values music over everything. Despite being raised in a family filled with famous Clerics, Katjasik had more interest in the magic of music. After discovering an old musical instrument in the cellar of the Hallowridge mansion, he decided to pursue a future in studying music. His parents were far from happy with this decision though; after a heated argument about him not becoming a Cleric like all of his ancestors, he got kicked out of the house. Despite him having to sleep on the streets for a while, eventually he found a lot of success in performing in local bars for money. After learning how to use his music to cast spells too, he joined up with Telthryl and Sodma to form a ragtag group of mercenaries.
Following the defeat of the royal army, the queen of Ducican has no choice but to ask for mercenaries to defeat the evil forces. The group who succeeds in doing so, will be rewarded with a third of the queen’s wealth. Because this reward is one too big to pass up on, Somda, Telthryl and Katjasik decide to take on the task together.
Will these three brave heroes be able to stop Zardica and Jilan from taking over the kingdom? Only time will tell.
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My entry for BrickStudios D&D contest on Instagram.
We left home as the Coronavirus madness was about to overtake the world and came here to Vik. And settled in Smidjanbrugghus it was hard to imagine our society was hellbent on getting toilet rolls at any price. sat in a brew pub with amazing big grilled burgers the tendency was to drink and drink the sense of freedom you find here away from the madding crowd. I know we could have stayed until closing time....we wanted to...the , beer, food and atmosphere was so good and sod the expense of craft beer at £8 a half litre and a burger at £20....will life be worth living if the world shuts down?
We took a mad cap drive up a snowy hill above the town of Vik and grabbed a few shots in the bitterly cold wind. This, just another phone shot for the moment.
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Mr Baba Siddiqui sitting MLA Mumbai Congress I/ NCP combine , won from the Vandre Constituency with a very slender margin defeating Advocate Ashish Shelar , since the results were announced there was some inter party skirmishes but the immediate arrival of the Mumbai Police saw calm and a greater calm prevailed at Bandra Bazar Road..basically it is vested interest bent on disturbing the canvas of peace of Bandra the Queen of Suburbs.
I did not shoot any pictures and thanks to the presence of the cops who were near my shop, there was a total ban on bursting of crackers..so the Congress Party NCP are back at the helm..let them bring constructive hope and solve the grievances of all concerned.
I met Advocate Ashish Shelar BJP who thanked me for shooting his rally..and hoped better luck in the next hustings and had the best regards for the winning candidate..
Now my poem
Ya Khuda
Break Dance
of Democracy ends
with your blessings
with your grace
the voter
the winner
to the Vidhan Sabha
sends ..
the loud mouthed losers
totally quiet
into the darkness blend
they have other jobs
to tend
choked
on the political
river bend
so many
fences to mend
for the sake
of the populace
their supporters
their friends
time to shake hands
make amends
the city
more important
than self on
good governance
good law and order
depends
please think
of the voters
in the hot sun
old poor very poor
who voted for you
some with their backs bent
some who never got their
voters cards were hellbent
the healing hand
is back in power
the homeless dont
torment
breaking their shanties
their tents
fires of divide and rule
dont foment
be kind to the north indians
treat them as
your own brother
without any evil intent
a new order
of peace hope and harmony
you must invent
thank them
with a nice Diwali present
I haven't done this for a little while, and thought I'd do it again.
This is my cover for my first volume of Daredevil stories, called " Anatrofí̱ ." (if you didn't know. :P)
So I'm gonna steal something from Brandon (The Filmgmr) and give a quick synopsis of this Volume.
Synopsis: Matt Murdock, a bright young man looking to effect the world he lives in by being half of the dynamic duo of Nelson and Murdock - Attorneys Avacados At Law. Murdock, along with his best friend and partner, Foggy Nelson win their first big case, making a name for themselves. Little did they know that this would send trouble their way. Matthew, though by day is a man known by playing by the rules, becomes a man hellbent on making New York a better place, or more specific, the place he grew up known as the worst part of New York. Hell's Kitchen. With the training of another blind man named Stick, Murdock becomes a man you really don't want to see in the reflection of a window. But if you see him, your head might end up in that window. So beware of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen!
Union Pacific CA-11 caboose No. 25821 passes Geneva Steel in Lindon, Utah the afternoon of March 16, 1990.
It’s hard to imagine that the wire and post fence will last as long as the wall, and the life of both pale into insignificance compared to the age of the landscape beyond.
The wall is about a millionth of the age of Chrome Hill, and despite our short existence on Earth we seem hellbent on wrecking it.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Thank you to my sponsor #error for the clothing in this photo.
Today's world is full of things to be afraid of. We have 24-hour news cycles hellbent on telling us of all of the scary things going on in the world. I think in a lot of cases we are paralyzed from actually experiencing life on the off chance something 'bad' may happen. The thing is, by living in this fear we miss out on all the good things that absolutely will happen too.
There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to stop observing what is happing around you and decide to be an active participant in the life experiment. Reach out and touch it.
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Drone: BONDI. V.I.P. Drone - Black
Clipboard: [vaak] Clipboard and pen
One of my absolute favourite wildflowers, though my local council seems hellbent on mowing it down !
Years spent in regret
With a gun to my head
I fucking bitch out on the last breath
Hellbent
I want my revenge
I want blood on my hands
I will take what's fucking mine
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taken at sunny's
scene:Medicated
Alter Ego: Tomb
Name: Reese Mitchell
Allegiance: Villain
Powers:
* Super Strength and Durability
* Highly advanced healing factor and stamina
* Regeneration of limbs and organs
Weapons: None
Key Weakness: He's quite slow because of his great size.
Origin:
Back in 1966 Reese Mitchell was a Metahuman Heavyweight Boxer, for years he was the boxing champion until his early retirement. This was because of the mobster, "Loudmouth" who was taking high stake bets on Reese winning matches and making a profit from his victories. With this money Loudmouth purchased illegal weaponry and was able to bribe police officers to get away with these criminal antics. Feeling responsible for this happening Reese took it upon himself to personally take down the Mobster and challenged him to a one on one in the ring in front of the public, which Loudmouth surprisingly agreed to. The night before the fight Reese was attacked in his home by a large group of thugs who were hired by Loudmouth that overpowered him using unique tranquillising guns supplied by T.O.X.I.N.
Reese was then taken to Loudmouth who monologued about what happens when people call him out on his activities and gunned down Reese mercilessly. To hide the body he had his goons throw him into his privately owned construction site and buried his corpse in cement. The next night Loudmouth showed up at the arena in front of hundreds of spectators who waited to see him get what he deserved only for him to win the fight because of Reese, who failed to show. However Reese did not in fact die, thanks to his regenerative abilities (which he did not know about) his fatal injuries had fully healed and he was revived back from the dead. He then broke out of the concrete with his super strength and emerged differently, the concrete stained his skin grey and he became hellbent on killing Loudmouth without caring about the consequences.
Months later Reese would become one of 'Plagues' henchmen going by the name, "Tomb" to get close to Loudmouth (who occasionally met with Plague) but discovered more about the criminal underground that alarmed him. A much bigger threat had risen to power that made Loudmouth look like a mere pawn in the criminal game but he wouldn't let that stop him from getting his revenge. Due to Reese working for Plague it is customary for him to have a rat near him at all times so that Plague (who can see through the eyes of rodents) can keep an eye on what his henchmen are doing. He also hauls a custom crate/coffin on his back whenever he's 'working' so that when the day comes he will finally get his revenge on Loudmouth and bury him alive.
Death has always a rough topic for me, I've been faced with it many times. So was a friend of mine, Peter Parker, as well as his.. ‘Brothers’. They were clones of him, perfect copies made from his DNA. One of his brothers was a man named Kaine. Today is the anniversary of his death. I had tried to warn him about how death works with people like us, but he just brushed me off like I was just a crazy old fool.
Kaine and I were a lot alike in a way. We were both outcasts from society, shunned to the side just because we were different. Thinking back maybe my method was a little extreme and that may be why he didn’t believe me. Around two weeks after Kaine became Spider-Man, I kidnapped him and brought him to my bunker.
Long Ago…
I walked into his “Cell” if you could even really call it that, it was a fully furnished specially designed room outfitted for someone like him and I who have a connection to the Spider Totem.
“How are you doing?”
“Just dandy.” He says sarcastically.
I enter the passcode on the keypad on the glassdoor. Compressed air shoots from the area as I open the previously tightly sealed door. I walk in and help Kaine up.
“Who the hell are you?” He demands.
“Ezekiel Sims, I am a friend of Madame Web and Peter Parker. I have brought you here to warn you about the Inheritors and a man named Morlun.”
“Yeah, Madame Web told me about him. He killed me before she brought me back.”
“It's not just him we have to worry about. He has an entire family, all hellbent on destroying people like us. When we die, they feed on our energy.”
“Why do I need to know this?” He asks.
“Because I've been monitoring your endeavors as Spider-Man, and you're putting your life and those you care about at risk.”
“I'm out there saving the city!” He yells, “And you're sitting in this bunker watching? People die because of your inaction. I'm out.”
“Fair enough.” I say while making no attempt to stop him. I unlock the door for him, and he exits through the vault door on the ceiling.
A Woman around his age walks into the room.
“You need to go about this differently Ezekiel. Kidnapping people and dragging them to the bunker doesn’t exactly give them a reason to believe you.”
“How long have you been up, Cindy?”
“Long enough. Sounds like you scared him off.”
Present Day.
He didn’t believe me or adhere to my warning, later that year... Kaine Parker died. I've been up all night, sifting through the footage of the battle, and I'm starting to see something strange. A silhouette. I zoom in a little more. Upon further inspection, I see a pale man, with long black hair.
My blood chills as the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up.
I call for Cindy, and she walks into the room.
“What is it?” She asks curiously
“It’s Morlun. He's in the footage. He probably sensed Kaine's energy. He's going to feed.”
“Jesus Christ. We need to lock up the vault!”
“No. This time we fight. For Kaine. I couldn't save him, but we can still avenge him. Morlun had something to do with it, I know it.”
“How do you reckon we defeat him?”
“We need to find Parker and Madame Web.”
I emerge from the vault with one thing in mind, finding Kaine's home. I need to wear something other than my usual clothes if I'm going to be swinging around these streets. I speak into my earpiece.
“Cindy, you there?”
“Yeah.”
“Can you search through the previous residences of Peter Parker?”
“Yeah, give me a second. Ha, here it is. The apartment of Gwen Stacy Parker. Ditko Avenue, South. I'll give you more immediate directions when you're close.”
I roll up my sleeves, and cavities open up from my wrists.
“Haven't used these in awhile.”
I then kick off my shoes and socks to expose my adhesive skin. I press my middle and ring fingers onto my palm, and a substance shoots from my wrist, and clings onto the side of a nearby building.
I pull on the web, and instantly fly to where it was stuck to the wall. I press my fingertips to the cold brick, and survey the area. I spot a building across the street that could give me an advantage.
I bend my arms and legs, preparing for take off, and leap into the air, feeling the wind flow through my stark white hair.
I land on the building, and begin to alternate my hands and feet, climbing the building’s wall. For some reason, this makes me feel so young, like it's before the accident all over again.
I reach the top of the building, and begin to run. My feet are probably torn up and bleeding, but the adrenaline blinds me from even noticing the pain, as I feel better than I've ever felt in my long life.
I prepare, and leap to the neighboring building, landing on the roof, and rolling to spread impact. I stop when out of the corner of my eye, I spot one light on in an otherwise pitch black apartment building. I begin hearing static in my earpiece until I focus and hear Cindy's voice.
“Ezekiel? Ezekiel? Are you -”
“Yeah, I'm here.” I say, cutting her off, and connecting back to reality.
“What happened?”
“I’m not sure, but I think I know where I need to go.” I say while getting up, preparing to head to the light. I shoot a web at the side of the building and land near the window. I peer my head in the window and see two people. A blonde woman, who I assume is Gwen, and Peter, and that’s when I decide to crawl in.
They both notice me, with extremely different reactions. Gwen screams at the top of her lungs, while Peter stands up from the couch, presenting his hand as a greeting. I shake it, and he smiles. I notice streaks on his cheeks, it looks like he was crying. I turn to my left, and see mascara flowing from Gwen's eyes. I see her holding an infant wrapped in a red blanket. There are pictures of a man who looks like Peter, but with a little more scruff and scars. Kaine.
“I'm sorry for your loss.”
“Thanks, Ezekiel. Means a lot.” Peter says, as Gwen bolts out of the room, sobbing.
Peter continues. “Why are you here, though?”
“Because I have a debt to pay. Do you know where Kaine kept his suits?” I reply.
“I know just the place.”
End of App
When I heard Payton dropped Spidey, I was surprised, and saddened. But we all lose interest sometimes. I decided to apply for the role after dropping Captain America. But instead of using the “teenager turned into Spider-Man from accident”, I decided to put my own spin on the mythos by using Ezekiel Sims, a character I've always been interested in. Thanks for reading!
More shark bait?
For those encountering this photo via Explore, it's a post to the "Guess Where NYC" group, wherein group members are supposed to figure out where in New York City this illuminated corner is located.
The kids are finally off to bed and Rockstar is quietly playing his guitar. Mara enters the living room to answer the rest of his burning questions.
As she takes a seat next to him on the couch, she begins to explain that Brickwood City was once a peaceful city but has grown corrupt under the influence of a crime boss only known as Mr. Pink, who leads a powerful criminal organisation, hellbent to take over the city.
"Before City Pizza I was working as a humble nurse for City hospital. But i grew tired of the lies and being pressured by my superiors not to reveal the truth that innocent citizens were brutally assaulted by bent cops."
"So I eventually quit and began my own pizza place."
Rockstar replies, that it was very brave of her to make that decision...
Mara also tells Rockstar that she knew him as one of the few good and trustworthy City policemen who helped her and the community out on many occasions.
As most City policemen in this city are corrupt and in league with Mr. Pink and his criminal organisation.
Surprised to hear that he is a cop in this town Rockstar asks Mara if there are still more good cops out there.
Mara replies; "Well... I know only one... your police partner Ben!"
Rockstar remembers having a best friend named Ben from his own reality.
"Could it be him? Are there other versions of people I know in this world?"
History
Early Life
Mera was born to King Ryus and his wife in the kingdom of Xebel, one of the seven Atlantean kingdoms of old which had split off from the main Atlantis during the event that swallowed the continent into the deep.
When Mera was young her mother died, and her father was left alone to raise her. One night Ryus took Mera out of the kingdom to see their ancient enemy Atlantis up close, where she was disgusted by its beauty, believing it didn't deserve such luxury.
Mera was incredibly close with her grandmother - Lammia, who trained the sea beasts used in Xebelian wars. Mera was forged into the perfect warrior over years of her life by her father's chief taskmaster- Leron. and was taught the royal secret of hydrokinesis.
Meeting Aquaman
As a young adult, Mera was promised to be wed to the military chief Nereus by her father. Ryus believed that vengeance should be exacted on Atlantis, and so tasked Mera with finding and assassinating the King of Atlantis, after returning from her job she was to marry Nereus.
Before she left, Mera was given a Shell of Sounds by her father, this device contained a message for Mera from her mother which she was to open after making it to the surface. With fury and hatred in her heart, Mera set out to find and execute the King of Atlantis.
Upon reaching the surface she asked a group of sailors where she could find the King of Atlantis. The sailors showed Mera a newspaper article of the supposed King of Atlantis - Arthur Curry/Aquaman, whom Mera learnt was a hero instead of a tyrant.
Eventually she found him rescuing wounded whales and was completely taken aback by his kindness. Impressed by her hydrokinesis powers, Arthur asked Mera to join him for lunch, which she agreed to. Arthur asked her what the shell around her neck meant, making her realize she hadn't listened to her mother's message yet.
In the message, her mother told Mera that she should make her own path in life instead of following the demands of her kingdom. Taking this advice to heart, Mera gave up on killing Aquaman and instead fell in love with the hero.
The Trench
Having decided to completely abandon Xebel to pursue a life on land with Arthur, Mera helped defend Amnesty Bay when it was attacked by a carnivorous underwater species called The Trench.
Mera and Aquaman followed the Trench, which had taken hostages to the Marianas Trench. There they discovered the predators dying out and desperately trying to feed their children in the remnants of an Atlantean craft.
Mera and Arthur saved the captives, and Aquaman reluctantly caused the Trenches' extinction by pushing a tectonic plate over the Trenches' lair to prevent further loss of human life. After this incident, Arthur and Mera adopted one of the victim's dog and named him Aquadog.
Shortly after, Mera was arrested while buying dog food when she broke the arm of a man who grossly harassed her. Although she initially struggled, Mera willingly gave herself up when she heard police chatter of a hostage situation she thought she could stop.
When the police got to the crime scene, Mera broke out, apprehended the criminal, and fled the scene. Later, a woman named Jennifer Posey, who had seen Mera get arrested, visited the hero and volunteered to get Mera supplies whenever necessary, as she knew what had really happened at the store and supported her.
Atlantean Invasion
While Mera and Aquaman were investigating some abnormal undersea activity with Batman in Gotham City, a giant wave began to emerge and threaten the city. Arthur believed that the wave was his brother's doing, following the Atlantean War plans against the surface.
Mera attempted to keep the wave back but was overwhelmed by its size. Arthur went to meet his brother the Ocean Master, who ordered war upon the surface due to a U.S. submarine firing on Atlantis. Ocean Master banished Aquaman and several other members of the Justice League to the Marianas Trench for opposing him, forcing Mera and Cyborg to rescue them.
After the heroes were saved, the Justice League unleashed the Trench to hold back the invading Atlantean army and stop Ocean Master's plot.
With Ocean Master captured and Aquaman restored to the throne, Arthur and Mera realized that the real person behind the war was Arthur's personal advisor and mentor Vulko, who hoped that the incident would incite Aquaman to return to his rightful place in Atlantis.
Return of the Dead King
Sometime after the invasion, Mera resided in Amnesty Bay, as she knew a princess of Xebel would not be welcomed in the kingdom of Atlantis. However, she was discovered and arrested for her previous assault charge. Mera fled from the police but encountered a mysterious man, who used ice manipulation to knock her unconscious.
Mera later woke up on a boat outside the Bermuda Triangle. Her kidnapper told her that he was the man who designed the imprisonment of Xebel, as he was Atlan the first King of Atlantis. Atlan wanted to use Mera to bypass Xebel's security. However, she escaped and attempted to warn the underwater city's inhabitants of the impending threat.
Upon getting to the bottom of Xebel she was greeted by Nereus, her former fiance, who asked her where she had been all those years.
Mera was deemed a traitor by Nereus after she told him about what had happened during her time on the surface. Before Mera could be arrested, Atlan broke through the barrier and froze all the people in Xebel including Mera.
Aquaman soon broke Mera out of her ice prison and began fighting Atlan while Mera began freeing the soldiers of Xebel. However, despite all this, the Xebelians sided with Atlan anyway as they saw him as their true king, forcing Aquaman and Mera to leave Xebel. Arthur and Mera attempted to warn Atlantis of the villainous king's return, but Aquaman was sent into a coma during a coincidental separate attack by the Scavenger. With their hero incapacitated and without a leader, Atlantis fell to Atlan.
Mera was imprisoned for six months, often going days without water as punishment for her escape attempts. Eventually Arthur returned and, together, he and Mera led a revolt and freed all of the imprisoned Atlanteans. Arthur forced Atlan into a lava bed where the old king melted away.
With their master defeated, Nereus and the Xebelians fled back to Xebel. As the threat was averted, Mera returned to Amnesty Bay to live her life of isolation but soon decided to rule alongside her partner, believing she could rise above the prejudice.
However, as she expected, she faced opposition. She would later survive an assassination attempt by xenophobic assailants loyal to Ocean Master and eventually brought them to justice.
Siren and the Coven
While investigating a collection of mysterious structures that appeared to kill anything they touched, Mera was kidnapped and held hostage by her sister Hila A.K.A. the Siren, and the Coven of Thule, who were behind the structures' sudden appearances.
The Coven were Atlantean warlocks who split Atlantis into two dimensions, where they could prepare for an invasion. Siren stole Mera's appearance using magic and ruled Atlantis for several months while she was captured, weakening it for the invasion.
However, eventually, Mera was able to break free and defeat her sister with the help of Garth, Tula, Swatt and Murk. With the help of their allies Mera and Arthur were able to destroy the Coven, ending their invasion.
Relations Collapse
Some time afterwards, Arthur asked Mera to be the face of the political campaign between Atlantis and the Surface World, which she accepted. Mera decided to fully embrace her new role as she donned the same Atlantean Chainmail as Arthur and began calling herself "Aquawoman", but this moniker was short lived.
While Wally West, the original Kid Flash, was escaping the Speed Force in what could be described as his "rebirth", Mera was brought to Paradise Island where Arthur proposed to her and the two became engaged.
Knowing of their engagement, Aquaman's arch nemesis Black Manta attempted to kill Mera to hurt Arthur. Arthur was able to defeat Manta, however the entire situation caused Spindrift - the facility where their fight was held - to lose its status as an embassy.
Due to this Mera and Aquaman traveled to the White House to discuss the problem with the President. Upon arrival, Arthur was arrested due to an American ship called the Pontchartrain being attacked by a group of "Atlanteans".
As tensions grew worse between Atlantis and the Surface World, Mera broke Arthur out of prison against his wishes. The pair fought off an entire U.S. battalion until Superman arrived on behalf of the government to stop them. Aquaman and Mera retreated into the water, but not before Superman encouraged them to fix the mess that had been created.
Arthur Usurped
At some point, it became clear that the people of Atlantis were displeased with Arthur and were planning a revolution to replace him with Corum Rath. After the coup started, Mera witnessed Arthur being seemingly killed by Atlantean soldiers and, for a period of time after this, went into a phase of mourning at the Curry lighthouse.
However this was short lived as Tula told her Arthur was possibly alive. Upon hearing this, Mera traveled to Atlantis where she used her powers for days, attempting to break through the Crown of Thorns, the invisible, magical barrier that had been placed around Atlantis.
Mera and the Justice League
Mera, while attempting to shatter the dome keeping her from her fiancé, was confronted by the Justice League due to the massive tidal waves she had unintentionally caused by her attacking the Crown of Thorns. After a lengthy battle between herself and the team, she eventually calmed down after hearing that her actions threatened millions of civilians.
Impressed by the extent of Mera's hydrokinetic abilities and her excellent skills in combat, Batman invited Mera to join the League as a temporary replacement for Aquaman until they could find a way to help him.
While working as a member of the League, Mera had a number of adventures on the surface world. She joined them in battle with Shirak, and also faced the time-displaced descendants of the Justice League. This undertaking led to Mera's encounter with her daughter from a possible future, Serenity.
The descendants of the League traveled back to the past in order to prevent the uprising of The Sovereign who had ravaged their futures.
Returning to rescuing Aquaman from the man who usurped their kingdom, Mera approached Garth - the former Aqualad - and pleaded with him to use his potent magical abilities against the Crown of Thorns. Knowing what was at stake, Garth agreed to help Mera bring down the Crown.
Mera successfully infiltrated Atlantis using a magic necklace Garth gave her, but the the item had an unexpected side effect that permanently removed her ability to breathe underwater, forcing her to flee to the surface.
During the invasion of the Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse, Mera and the rest of Atlantis were changed into fish monsters known as Dead Water by the Drowned. She was returned to normal when the Dark Knights were defeated by the Justice League, with Aquaman, alive, among them.
Reclaiming the Throne
Mera survived another assassination attempted, this time by the villainous Eel. The assassin was hired by Corum Rath, the current ruler of Atlantis, who was threatened by the former queen's attempt to depose him.
Mera Queen of Atlantis
Mera also lost a fight to Ocean Master, having returned from his multi-year absence and declared that instead he would depose Corum Rath and take his rightful place as Atlantis' ruler.
After some level-headed discussion, the enemies decided to team up against their common foe.
Mera and Orm worked together to convince Nereus, Mera's ex-fiance and head of the Xebelian military, to aid them in deposing Rath. Nereus reluctantly agreed to help, but only if Orm was assured to get the throne, since he did not trust Mera.
In an attempt to show her worth through combat, Mera challenged Orm to a fight in a Xebelian arena where, by the skin of her teeth, using everything she had, managed to best the Ocean Master and become the true heir to the Atlantean throne.
In the months since Mera's departure Atlantis grew worse. Corum Rath had been corrupted by the Abyssal Dark, a foul magic which helped build Atlantis.
The dark transformed Corum into a hideous creature hell-bent on the destruction of Atlantis as he believed Atlantis could only be great again if it were reborn in the ashes of tradition.
Aquaman, working as a freedom fighter, led a last resort attack against the mad king in which his trident was shattered by the dictator.
When all seemed lost Mera arrived with the war hosts of Xebel to even the fight against Rath and his forces. In the final fight, Rath was defeated and his magic corrupted, turning him into a fish. Taking pity on him, Aquaman used his powers to commanded him to leave Atlantis and continue his new life among the other fish.
While celebrating their victory, all of a sudden the ground began to shake and Atlantis began to rise. Arthur told Mera that during his fight with the Dark Multiverse invaders he had worn a set of the reality-altering Tenth Metal armor and made a wish.
He had wished for a place that existed between the two worlds of land and sea, a place where he could live his life happily. Arthur's wish had been granted in the worst possible way, Atlantis had risen out of the water and onto the land.
The Suicide Squad Strikes
Sitting directly in the middle of Europe and the United States, Atlantis was immediately viewed with caution by the surface dwellers, many nations preparing for war.
Determined to prove that Atlantis meant no harm, Mera invited the Secretary of the United States to attend her coronation as Queen.
After her coronation, Queen Mera spent no time sitting idly in her throne waiting for her problems to sort themselves out, immediately scheduling a private meeting with U.S. ambassadors in order to quell the fear and distrust felt by many on the surface world. She also tasked many of her laborers to rebuild the parts of Atlantis destroyed during the civil war.
During the coronation, a secret penal black-ops team known as the Suicide Squad was sent by American xenophobic extremist Admiral Meddinghouse to destroy the kingdom.
Fortunately, Aquaman caught wind of this and led his former Undercurrent forces against the Squad. Disgusted that a member of the U.S. Government was attempting to destroy her city, Mera rose the water levels around America's coasts, threatening to sink America into the deep if they did not back down.
Fortunately Aquaman was able to stop the Squad and, in the aftermath, America and Atlantis returned to their fragile state of alliance. Admiral Meddinghouse was swiftly arrested on charges of high treason for sanctioning the mission.
Drowned Earth
Sometime after Mera's coronation as queen, the waters began to rise once again. However anyone who touched the water was turned into an aggressive sea beast hellbent on destruction.
Mera evacuated the civilians into the upper part of the city while Murk and the Drift attempted to hold off the infected. Ondine informed Mera that the oceans were rising all across the globe, with both humans and Atlanteans facing extinction.
After comforting some civilians, Mera contacted the Hall of Justice to see who of Earth's heroes remained alive. After a moment Batman answered her call and told her that Arthur had gone missing during a mission to the Arctic six hours prior and that the current crisis was probably alien in nature.
Mera held back the water from Atlantis as much as she could but failed to contain it all, and most of Atlantis' citizens were transformed into sea beasts. Out of options and time, Mera headed to the highest spire of Atlantis where Orm was kept locked away. Breaking through the wall of his cell she asked him for help, when he agreed she gave the Ocean Master his trident back and the two formed another uneasy alliance.
Mera and Orm began fighting their way outside of the city, eventually making it to the memorial to the dead kings of Atlantis. There, a man named Captain Gall introduced himself as an alien sea god and one of the three leaders of the invasion known as the Triumvirate of Sea Gods.
Gall instantly overwhelmed the pair, forcing Orm to transform into one of the sea-changed before Mera escaped.
Mera traveled across the globe until she found Superman and the Flash being chased by sea-changed heroes. After saving the pair from the clutches of Swamp Thing, she used a magical crown she acquired to teleport them to the location of an Atlantean weapon that could stop the invasion.
Discovering they were too late, Mera, Flash and Superman were met by Black Manta, who revealed that it was him and his allies in the Legion of Doom who had summoned the Triumvirate to Earth.
Mother Shark
When Mother Shark restores Arthur Curry's memories, it is revealed that Arthur actually survived the alien invasion and returned to Mera. However, they kept it a secret from the rest of Atlantis.
Mera stops them from being romantic to talk about the politics of Atlantis and how the Widowhood wants her to marry. Arthur confesses his love for Mera once again, again proposing they get married, but Mera is hesitant with all the drama they've endured. However, she then reveals she's pregnant.
Arthur affirms that he loves both Mera and their unborn child but, afraid that he won't be able to give his child the life it deserves, asks to go home and think. Mera, unhappy that she and her love don't seem to be on the same page, loses control, attacks Arthur, and is later found by the Widowhood and Atlantean guards.
Amnesty,Finale: Xebel's Daughter
As Mera's pregnancy progressed, Arthur returned to life and Amnesty Bay, however, he did not go to Mera nor she to him. Arthur's nemesis Black Manta destroyed an ancient Atlantean historical site to draw Mera to the surface, where she and Aquaman met and wordlessly reconciled.
Manta attacked the pair with Mecha Manta, provided by Lex Luthor. Mera and Arthur's new sidekick Jackson Hyde destroyed Mecha Manta with a giant electrified hydrokinetic construct of her, but the huge amounts of power she was forced to use put her in a coma.
She was rushed to an Atlantean hospital and gave birth shortly afterwards to a baby girl, who was named Andy.
The Wedding
Mera reawakens after 10 months in a coma. With the ruse of a fake wedding to Vulko she calls to Atlantis the leaders of the 7 underwater kingdoms. Prior to the wedding, she has the entire widowhood arrested.
Once all 7 kingdoms are assembled, to their surprise, Mera announces that she was dissolving the Atlantean monarchy and that she intended to hand power to the people. Orm attempts to take power for himself, however, Orm and his forces are stopped by Aquaman, assisted by the Justice league and the Sea gods.
Following this, Mera finally embraces her daughter, as she and Arthur settle down in Amnesty Bay. Soon afterwards Mera and Arthur marry in the presence of their family and friends, in what was originally planned as a welcome back party for her.
Following the abolition of the monarchy, Arthur and Mera intended to hold themselves apart from Atlantis to allow the city to govern itself, but they were forced to intervene when the Frost King's forces attacked the city during what was intended to be their honeymoon.
Arthur journeyed into the city's heating vents to meet with the Fire Tolls who lived in the tunnels below Atlantis, hoping they could be an ally against the Frost King. Originally Mera agreed to stay behind to guard Andy but quickly followed him, arriving in time to save Arthur from a Fire Troll with a hydrokinetic attack.
The Trolls were in awe of this and swore loyalty to her. With her army of Fire Trolls, Mera and Arthur defeated the ice creatures attacking Atlantis.
Aquamen
After abdicating the throne, Mera devoted herself to promoting democracy within Xebel and encouraging unification with Atlantis.
She had some success but was unable to get the Xebelian Guard to end the conscription of children. She also helped Jackson's mother Lucia, a refugee from Xebel, sneak Xebelians out of the city and secretly settled them in Amnesty Bay without Arthur's knowledge.
Mera was scheduled to speak at a peace conference in Xebel while Arthur was away on a mission to Mars. Jackson was framed for a terrorist attack and Mera helped him escape the city. Mera attended the conference as planned, which was attacked by a Xebelian terrorist group called the Xebelian Liberation Front.
She and the other delegates were saved by Jackson, Lucia and Lucia's secret daughter Delilah, but Lucia was critically injured and left in a coma. Mera gave an impassioned speech saying that they owed it to future generations to try to make a better world.
Orm attacked the United Nations Building but was foiled and captured by Arthur and Jackson. Shortly afterward, Jackson called Mera and told her that Arthur was secretly working with Black Manta and he needed to speak to the entire Aquaman Family.
He also asked her to bring an expert in Atlantean biology, so brought Stephen Shin in to consult. Jackson had brought the dead body of a man that Black Manta had supposedly killed and subsequently autopsied in Paris, and told them that when he had tried to arrest Manta for murder, Arthur had stopped him.
Garth and Tula believed that Arthur was trying to trick Black Manta somehow, but Mera admitted that Arthur had been acting strangely ever since he returned from Mars.
Doctor Shin examined the body and determined that the man had been born Atlantean but had been modified to be half-human, allowing him to survive on land without dehydrating.
He also had a transceiver installed in his brain, and they realized that the dead man had been some kind of deep-cover Atlantean agent. Suddenly Tula received a call from the surface that a house in Ohio had blown up and carbon had been left in the ground. The carvings were ancient Atlantean glyphs which read "Atlantis remembers" and the date of an oil spill which killed seven Atlanteans.
Mera realized there was more going on than they realized and went to Mars to speak with Frankenstein, who Arthur claimed to have been with while he was away, but Frankenstein told her that Arthur had been on Mars for only three hours and left again, despite being away from home for days.
When she returned home, one of her agents in the Atlantean Guard told her that Arthur and Manta had been spotted on the outskirts of Atlantis. She also learned that Jackson had gone to Orm's cell and tortured him for information, believing that he was behind the Atlantean sleeper agents.
Mera was concerned about Jackson's unusually aggressive and reckless behavior since Lucia was hurt, and called him to try and talk about it, but he would only tell her that he was in Gotham chasing down a lead.
She tracked down Arthur and Manta and demanded to know what was going on. Arthur admitted the truth to her: during his first reign many years ago, an Atlantean general named Mako took him to a hidden vault full of weapons developed for a potential war against the surface, and revealed that he had placed sleeper agents on the surface to retaliate in case the surface ever attacked Atlantis. Arthur had believed he shut the program down, but the sleepers had somehow been activated anyway.
Arthur met with the entire Aquaman Family and told them the truth about everything, including that he was working with Black Manta to stop the sleepers.
During the meeting Arthur revealed that he had lost some of his memories when he died and they had only just started returning, and Tula realized that Mera had been the one who killed him. Arthur told them all that he and Black Manta planned to use Manta's Orichalcum trident to deactivate the sleepers, but to do so they would need a broadcast tower.
Mera brought in Mister Terrific to design the tower, which she and Jackson would create from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean itself.
Mera and Jackson created the tower and began to broadcast the signal, although even with the two of them holding up such a huge construct was a great strain. Black Manta accidentally crashed into the tower while battling Orm's henchman Scavenger and knocked the trident out of position.
This forced Jackson to carry the trident back to the top of the tower and hold it in place, while Mera held up the tower alone. She eventually could no longer do it and the tower collapsed, but they managed to send the deactivation signal.
With the threat of the sleepers neutralized, Arthur gave Mera control over General Mako's vault and told her she could use or destroy the weapons inside as she saw fit. Mera was still angry with him for keeping secrets and lying to her, but before they could talk about it Arthur was called away by the Justice League on an emergency.
He left, promising they would talk when he got back. In the vault, Mera found a gauntlet which she discovered allowed her to use her hydrokinesis to heal.
The surface governments began debating a response to the attacks by the sleepers. Mera listened in on the meeting with hidden bugs, but just as they were about to vote to attack Atlantis, the world leaders all simultaneously received reports that the entire Justice League, including Arthur, were dead. Mera went to the dock outside the Curry Lighthouse to grieve, and Jackson came to comfort her.
Powers and abilities
As a Xebellian (a sub-race of Atlanteans from Xebel), she shares the common abilities of superhuman strength, speed, durability, and possesses the ability to breathe underwater. While on dry land, she possesses more acute senses that including limited night vision from her enhanced sight and more acute hearing compared to ordinary humans. In addition to her natural physical abilities, she possesses powerful hydrokinetic powers (called aquakinesis), allowing her to control bodies of water, create "hard water" constructs, and drawing water from other forms, including human beings. Her hydrokinetic powers also allow her to sense bodies of water, including what's in them. According to Corum Rath, she is considered perhaps the most powerful high-functioning aqua-kinetic ever recorded in the history of Atlantis.
In addition to her natural and hydrokinetic abilities, Mera is also an extremely proficient warrior; she is an expert in Atlantean-related martial arts and use of weaponry,[40] being skilled enough to battle Ocean Master in single combat. Mera was also trained in assassination and is considered a natural, proficient leader.
Weaknesses
As a natural-born Atlantean, Mera is prone to dehydration at a faster rate compared to ordinary human beings while on the surface. Powerful artifacts and strong users of telekinetic-related abilities (i.e. cryokinesis) can also resist and even negate her aquakinetic powers. Due to her abilities working through telekinetic connections, material that negates telepathic connections also disrupts her hydrokinetic powers. Earlier stories also placed some limits on her abilities such as susceptibility to lead.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Notable aliases: Aquawoman
Dead Water
Princess of Xebel
Queen of Atlantis
Publisher: DC
First appearance: Aquaman #11 (September 1963)
Created by: Jack Miller (Writer)
Nick Cardy (Artist)
Mera last seen in BP 2021 Day 32!
The Time Master known as Rip Hunter has gathered heroes and villains from the past, present, and future to protect all of history from Per Degaton, a time traveling evil mastermind hellbent on ruling all of time
Stephanus as a character is – besides being a god, hellbent on world domination, a loving father and prolly a bit nuts – first and foremost a scientist with an urge to know and to understand everything. So when I think of his study / lab, I think of the space of someone who has a lot of clutter from researching everything at once, a lot of books and other stuff and all ingridents you might need within reach of at least one surface used for essentially research itself.
So we have an update! Full write up on the blog (roterwolkenvogel.de/?p=1503) but you might as well just enjoy my hoard of knick knacks
The greatest enemies of the Brigade, united in an attempt to destroy them...
They are...the MACBETH SOCIETY
Individual origins are coming soon!
From L-R:
Maxi-Charge: She can control electricity. Pretty self explanatory
Zeitpunk: A time traveling, bio-engineered German soldier from WWII
Gatekeeper: Gateway’s nemesis, with a similar pocket dimension to her
Praeligo: The mysterious leader of the MacBeth Society, with the ability to control and extend the fabric tendrils around his neck
Drug Lord: A man hellbent on conquering the black market. His body can excrete a psychoactive drug which he can force people to overdose on just by touch
Altitude: He can make the air thinner around him, suffocating his enemies. A devastating power backed up by a stupid costume
Climate Commander: He can freeze things and fry them with a simple hand gesture, and is determined to end Permafrost’s life
A welded rail train leans into the high speed curve in Tilbury, Ontario back in July. The SD40-2 on point was recently brought out of storage and we were hellbent on chasing it. It was about 6:00am it was already hot and humid with the crew joking over the radio about losing their A/C if they had to stop for a meet; which they later did.
Train: CP CWR-02 with CP 5792 (SD40-2).
CP Windsor Subdivision
Tilbury (Chatham-Kent), ON.