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At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.   At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.  At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.  At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. 

Never tell yourself you missed your chance. 

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough. 

MARVEL 

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My Loki/Sigyn fanfiction masterlist:

Falling Rating: Explicit (NC-17) Warnings/Notes: It belongs in the same universe as the other fic, as there is a reference to this happening, but it can be read completely separated. Sigyn has just announced her engagement to Theoric, and Loki decides to pay her a visit to convince her of the grave mistake she’s about to make.

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The Shadow Of Your Heart Rating: Mature. Warnings: Sexual innuendos (no explicit sex) / blood / violence / torture. Loki and Sigyn have known eachother since childhood. Tired of waiting, she gets engaged to another man, but Loki won’t accept it, and tricks Sigyn into marrying him instead. Will they get through married life, children and Loki being falsely accused of murder?? FINISHED!

Ch. 1: A Falling Star Fell From Your Heart Ch. 2: I Can Hear Your Heartbeat Ch. 3: My Own Secret Ceremonials Ch. 4: The Breath That Passed From You To Me Ch. 5: Some Say It’s a Blessing, Some Say it’s a Curse Ch. 6: Dissolving Like The Setting Sun Ch. 7: Are You Strong Enough To Stand Protecting Both Your Heart And Mine Ch. 8: You’re My Head, You’re My Heart Ch. 9: Drag My Teeth Across Your Chest To Taste Your Beating Heart Ch. 10: Found a Place To Rest My Head

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Long And Lost Rating: Mature. Warnings: Sexual innuendos / mentions of torture and brainwashing. Victoria is an exile, banished to Earth 300 years ago. As part of her banishment, she lost most of her powers, until the one who bound her magic died. She had been working on and off for SHIELD, where she made some acquaintances.With an intergalactic war looming over the universe, the Avengers need all the help they can get. She must make the choice to go back home and face her past, and see someone who she never thought would see alive again. Notes: The prologue is set right before Avengers. The first chapters are set after Civil War. Chapter 4 and on are set during Ragnarok.

Prologue Ch. 1: Some Things You Let Go In Order To Live Ch. 2: The Monument Of a Memory, You Tear It Down In Your Head Ch. 3: I Am Teaching Myself How To Be Free Ch. 4: Lost In The Fog, These Hollow Hills Ch. 5: Can The City Forgive? Ch. 6: All Those Bridges Now Old Stone Ch. 7: It’s Been So Long Between The Words We Spoke Ch. 8: If You Could Just Forgive Yourself Ch. 9: And Then The Sea Swept In And Left Us All Speechless Ch. 10: The Air Is Full Of Various Storms And Saints Ch. 11: The Guillotine Hums, My Back’s To The Wall, Go On Let It Fall Ch. 12: And Now I’m Reaching Out With Every Note I Sing Ch. 13: Something Broke In Me And I Wanted To Go Home Ch. 14: I Never Thought That I’d Be Facing a Sea That’s Bluer Than The Tide Ch. 15: What Kind Of Man? Ch. 16: No More Dreaming Of The Dead Ch. 17: Is It Too Late To Come On Home? Ch. 18: Your Heart Is The Only Place That I Call Home Ch.19: I’m Trying To Find The Meaning: Let Loss Reveal It Ch.20: I’ve Always Been More Comfortable In Chaos Ch.21: A Sign That Read: The End Of Love

FINISHED!

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Howl RATING: NC-17 Summary: Loki and Sigyn have been apart for far too long. After Loki messed up big time, he enlists Stephen Strange’s help to finally meet with Sigyn on Earth, if only for a few hours. They have to make the most of it before Strange kicks him off the planet again. Explicit version of what happens between chapters 13 and 14 of Long And Lost. It’s best to read the whole series.

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Peter Parker: -on meeting Loki, offers his hand- Hi, I’m Peter!

Loki: -shakes his hand- Loki of Asgard.

Peter: Aren’t you like…a bad guy?

Loki: It varies from moment to moment.

Peter: So like…on a scale of one to ten, ten being the worst evil imaginable, like…killing puppies, and one being I’ll spit on your hotdog…where are you right now?

Loki: …maybe a three?

Peter: Cool. Lemme know if it gets above a six.

It was hard living around these heroic Avengers, hard trying to stay close to Thor. And when he felt his need for mischief rise too high, when he felt exasperation with these Midgardians turn too close to spite, he would casually say “Six.” to the young man, or sometimes “Seven.”

Just imagine loki teaching Peter how to take people down just by tricking them with words.

And if Peter is ever upset or depressed or something Loki would do his damndest to cheer that kid up because kids should be kids!

and then Peter’s Instagram just is taken over with selfies of him and Loki. Loki starts showing the pics off to in Thor cause there’s more pics of Loki and Peter then there are of Peter and Thor.

Loki training Peter to be better at shooting his webs on moving targets cause no one else has has as good of eyesight as Loki does and Peter needs proper training.

Tony: I bought you a dog haven’t you always wanted a dog?

Peter: woah Mr. Stark thank you, that’s—

Loki: look Peter! I got you a baby bilgsnipe!

Peter: Oh my god Mr. Loki that’s so cool what even is tha—

Tony: Hey Peter! Check this out! I got you a Lamborghini!

Peter: Mr. Stark I don’t even know how to dri—

Loki: Young Peter! I got you a sword made by the greatest dwarves on Nidavellir!

Peter: What am I supposed to do with a sword—?!

Tony: Peter I adopted you!

Peter: o_O

Loki: …

The Jotun are enslaved on Asgard. Wanting a better life for her son, Loki’s mother sends him a basket down a river and then Frigga finds him and realises this baby is Seidr sensitive and can be disguised as Aesir. So Loki grows up as a second Aesir Prince

Years later he comes in contact with a Jotun (maybe a sibling?) and his skin turns blue. He then leads a mission to free his people. He brings things like a plague of ice into Asgard and tells Thor “Let my people go”

(PS. This idea came to me while listening to “The Plagues” and I imagined Tom singing it)

loki’s hair is a gift to this world