Gifs for The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

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Bobbi St Simone redesign for her Madame Majeure era bc every day of my life i think about how Jonas & the OSI set her up to crawl around naked in order to use her powers and designed her costume solely around honeypotting with no consideration of her actual Skills

design notes:

VENTURE WEEK DAY 6: PAST TIMES

"Thank you, Miss St. Simone...you won't regret trusting me..."

I'm stull taking art requests but I cba to draw Force Majeure so instead I'll throw out a couple of headcanons of what Force x Jonas would be like:

Arching Jonas is like,,, most villains goal back in the Golden years. Really covetted position because no one is doing super science like him. He is The Archetypal Protagonist. But he goes through assigned antagonists almost weekly. Some he beats legitimately, some quit, some mysteriously disappear once Jonas gets bored with them. Theres a reason for the giant Guild Handbook.

The Guild of Calamitous Intent realise they need someone to match Jonas's freak so they search out the highest ranking, most professional villain they have: Force Majeure.

They do a test run to see how it goes. Perfect cat and mouse, no one harmed, "fun" for the whole family (in fact this was the last time Rusty needs to be recloned, Force Majeure was very good at not killing him past the first time).

Force can actually hold his own against Jonas and they both understand the rules of The Game so Jonas actually starts enjoying it. And then more than enjoying it. He starts feeling weird about it :)

Mid villain monologue, tied up with Force yelling in his face he realises he's met his match. It's actually exciting he gets a boner. He's been bested and now actually has to put in some effort. Some wires in his brain are crossed. Danger = hot. And no villain had managed to make him feel like he was actually in danger of losing until now.

He starts actively seeking out Force Majeure, putting the rest of his team at risk to get into more close calls with him.

Their first kiss is the result of them wrestling over a bomb, both reduced to struggling on the floor trying to physically overpower the other to get the detonation switch. Jonas is pinned with Majeures forearm pressed against his throat and is so in his face that Jonass mind just starts mashing buttons. And the result is him kissing Force. It's a huge shock to both of them. Jonas manages to get a hold of himself long enough to take advantage of the shock to bite him, escape the pin and do the whole saving the day thing.

(updated as of 23 May 2026)

Danny is such a cinephile I thought I'd compile all his film recommendations in one resource post. He personally set me on the Alain Delon path and while I found Rocco And His Brothers too melodramatic for my taste, I've seen six other Delon films that just blew me away—Le Samouraï one of them.

He often cites inspirations when preparing for a project but I've been very careful to add only those he outright praises. Sometimes, you only like a certain aspect of a film—perhaps the aesthetic or the pacing—and not the film as a whole. Knowing how drastically tastes can change over the years, I also didn't include those he mentioned loving when he was still young, like Pulp Fiction. He could still like it but I just didn't want to make the assumption. Anyhoo, contributions (with sources) are most welcome. Will update this list with every addition. He's mentioned WAY more, these are just the verified ones.

MOVIE LIST WITH SOURCES:

NOTE: I second the ones highlighted in green.

To Be Or Not To Be (1942)

Shoeshine (1946)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The 400 Blows (1959)

Breathless (1960) ~58:18 of 1:08:18

The Apartment (1960)

Rocco and his Brothers (1960)

Le Samouraï (1967)

The Things of Life (1970)

The Emigrants (1971)

Cría Cuervos (1976)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Raging Bull (1980)

Paris, Texas (1984)

Festen (1998)

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Talk To Her (2002)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

The White Ribbon (2009)

A Prophet (2009)

Wild Tales (2014)

Boyhood (2014)

Force Majeure (2014) ~19:38 of 29:55

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Shoplifters (2018)

Parasite (2019)

Another Round (2020)

A Chiara (2021)

Past Lives (2023)

The Zone of Interest (2023)

Perfect Days (2023)