pretty lady

                               ❝YOU CAN’T KILL ME!❞

                                                                           indie frank woods

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“We had a deal.”

“You have all the weapons you need. Now fight!”

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

“We don’t keep things here that have no purpose.”

“For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.”

“I want you to dance.”

“You’ll never have me… ever.”

“Your fight for survival starts right now.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say anything!”

“Let the pain go. Let the hurt go. Let the guilt go.”

“Don’t ever write a check with your mouth you can’t cash with your ass.”

“I’m the star of the show, remember?”

“This can’t be. We did everything right.”

“We’re already dead.”

“I’m willing to give you freedom. Pure and total freedom.”

“He/she said everything would be okay.”

“I’m only doing this because you guys would get caught without me.”

“You have to live for all of us now.”

“You think you’re special, don’t you?”

“This was never my story. It’s yours.”

“I have seen some tortured souls in here.”

“Shut off that damn music!”

“All I require from you is a slither of a moment.”

“You’re suddenly not aware of what it is we do here?”

“It’s just us now.”

“Have you ever just wanted to just take something back? You know, something you said? Something you did?”

“Don’t close your eyes; I need you to look at me.”

“Send me a postcard from paradise.”

“You’ve got to promise me two things.”

“Oh, and one more thing…”

“It’s okay, it’s better this way.”

“You don’t want to be judged? You won’t be.”

“There is a way to fix anything.”

“If I say it’s over, we stop.”

“You simple inbred idiot!”

“Did you lose your fight, huh?”

“The dance should be more than just titillation.”

“What you’re imagining right now, that world you control? That place can be as real as any pain.”

“I’m gonna escape from here.”

“Don’t worry, I don’t bite very hard.”

“Kiss the neck. It works every time!”

“You’re the only one of us who ever had a chance out there.”

“Now listen, I’m gonna walk out there and when they come after me, you go, okay?”

*fandom crying voice* no… that’s wrong… they cant be platonic………. stop….. theres no proof…… ………. they look into each other in eyes and hugged like once ……. stop saying this fake thing….

It was an inner struggle that would never go away. It took him another moment to push himself up from the ground and stand upright. He leaned against the wall for a second before pushing himself away from it.

“Let me call someone up and I’ll take you to the place--” she calls up Peter and proceeds to explain the situation in a prompt manner. Of course he’s uncertain about the man she is with, but she is convincing enough. She gets the okay and the directions to the Night Nurse. Georgia Jenkins is there to welcome them and immediately directs the stranger to her examination room where she cleans him up and stitches the wound, applying a new bandage.

MARY JANE: I hate the three-point shot. It’s killing basketball as we know it. STEVE: Okay, don’t make fun of me…but explain the post up thing to me again…? MARY JANE: Your center takes the ball and he pounds it inside for a high percentage shot…or he can pass it to an open player if he’s double-teamed.

MARY JANE: It’s simple basketball, for crying out loud. STEVE: I just can’t get into basketball. I’m a baseball man…it’s timeless. It’s the same game now as it was before I was frozen. LUKE: Hello…designated hitter…? STEVE: Okay, I’ll give you that one.

STEVE: Hey, MJ…you want to see a great photo…? MARY JANE: Are you naked in it…? STEVE: Of course not. MARY JANE: Darn. MARY JANE: Is this you…with Joe DiMaggio? STEVE: Yep.

From the pre-Civil War days: MJ, Steve and Luke talk sports.

MOVIE EXEC: Tell her I don’t want some bimbo model with delusions of talent in this role! It’s too important!

(later)

Back Issue! #44 (Sept 2010), “FLASHBACK: Gwen, the Goblin, and the Spider-Fans,” by Karen Walker.

I know in fandom we like to talk up our favorites as being awesome and flawless and ur faves could never, and as a lifelong card-carrying member of fandom I’d be the first to say that kind of squee has its place. But this is a nice reminder that it’s often the imperfections that make a character more compelling.

But I really can’t get behind Gerry Conway’s logic that Gwen was too nice, too perfect, and too inescapably boring (and therefore: had to die). The Gwen Stacy of the earliest days was dramatically flawed – more accurately, dramatic and flawed, being a vampy sort who had more of an edge than MJ, if anything.  If there was a “problem with Gwen,” it’s that first Stan Lee and then Conway had trouble differentiating two female characters without taking the spark out of one entirely and ultimately, killing her off.

New York is overrun by demons, Mary Jane has a daring plan, and Peter has exquisitely unfortunate timing. Oh, and there’s this guy named Hal who repeats himself a lot.

MJ: Come on, guys, break those pipes.

HAL: What now, MJ? MJ: Hold off the slime stuff with the camera flash until we get out of this tunnel, Hal. HAL: Yeah, and then? MJ: Then with luck the tunnel will fill up with gas pretty quick. HAL: Yeah, and then? MJ: Then I’ll set fire to this scrap of cloth from my dress. HAL: Yeah, and then? MJ: And then I’ll toss it back in the tunnel and we’ll all duck for– Omigosh!

[Spider-Man and Hobgoblin tumble out of another tunnel, mid-brawl.] HOBGOBLIN: My demonic powers make me stronger than you, Spider-Man! You’re as good as dead! MJ: NO! [She throws her improvised match at Hobgoblin.] SPIDEY: [in thoughts] Mary Jane? HOBGOBLIN: My cape! Stupid woman, you set me on fire! SPIDEY: Good thinking, lady! That distraction helped me break Hobby’s grip! Let’s give him a chance to cool off... [He throws Hobgoblin down the same tunnel MJ was setting to blow.]

MJ: No! The tunnel’s full of gas! SPIDEY: Gas? Uh- SFX: *THAWA WHOOM* SPIDEY: –oh!