various sentence starters taken from the first issue of x-terminators (2022-23), the marvel comics mini-series by leah williams. feel free to change up pronouns and adjust wording to your preference. <3

there's a lot i need to catch you up on.‎ ‎ ❞

let me backtrack a bit.‎ ‎ ❞

just three gals with explosive powers kicking back and commiserating.‎ ‎ ❞

this book is gleefully transgressive.‎ ‎ ❞

ONE! WEEK! all you had to do was keep it in your pants for one week!‎ ‎ ❞

she means nothing to me!‎ ‎ ❞

well, walking in on you chatting up another woman in my own apartment sure means something to me!‎ ‎ ❞

it's not what it looked like! i swear!‎ ‎ ❞

[ name, ] please... we were just talking. we met at mr. b's and...‎ ‎ ❞

if anything, it just made me realise how much i love you.‎ ‎ ❞

please, not the vinyl—‎ ‎ ❞

it's over, [ name. ] bye.‎ ‎ ❞

crazy %&$#@!!!‎ ‎ ❞

[ name, ] what are you doing right now?!‎ ‎ ❞

my best, [ name! ] okay?! my %&$#@ best!‎ ‎ ❞

no, i mean— [ sigh ] sorry, i meant, are you busy right now? i could really use a girls' night.‎ ‎ ❞

[ name ] and i just broke up.‎ ‎ ❞

who?‎ ‎ ❞

[ name, ] my boyfriend. the guy i've been seeing for the past two months??? i told you about him.‎ ‎ ❞

invite anyone else you want.‎ ‎ ❞

i just... i need to be around friends.‎ ‎ ❞

drunk. i need to be drunk around friends.‎ ‎ ❞

well, i know [ name's ] not doing anything important right now.‎ ‎ ❞

%&!@#$ you.‎ ‎ ❞

thanks, [ name. ] i'll text you the address for mr. b's — it's a karaoke bar right around the corner from my apartment in west hollywood.‎ ‎ ❞

wanna go out with me and [ name ] tonight?‎ ‎ ❞

i got @#$&% to do.‎... like finishing my beer first.‎ i'll meet you guys there.‎ ‎ ❞

karaoke night at mr. b's bar! wednesday, 7 pm, ladies drink free!‎ ‎ ❞

you dumb bitches.‎ ‎ ❞

you dumb bitches. you should have told me the dress code was "depression".‎ ‎ ❞

you look like if barbie was a sex addict.‎ ‎ ❞

[ name, ] you look like the final stop on a bimboification spectrum.‎ ‎ ❞

i'll be honest, i'm going to drink until you carry me home tonight.‎ ‎ ❞

i'm in!‎ ‎ ❞

i'm already drunk.‎ ‎ ❞

and you look like glinda the good witch's porn parody. cheers, ladies!‎ ‎ ❞

cheers, ladies!‎ ‎ ❞

ugh, what was that?! why the @#&$! #$#@ was it gritty?‎ ‎ ❞

i didn't know tequila could have pulp... [ cough! ]‎ ‎ ❞

outta all the places you could've chosen in hollywood, why are we slumming in this dirty hole? where's all the sexy people?!‎ ‎ ❞

haha, i hate to agree with [ name, ] but yeah... what is this place?‎ ‎ ❞

now c'mon, i wanna dance. i made a whole playlist.‎ ‎ ❞

that's why she likes this place — they let her control the music!‎ ‎ ❞

my favourite dive bar! its charms will grow on you, i promise.‎ ‎ ❞

i dunno, i just like it here. it's like this place was made for me.‎ ‎ ❞

because there are never any people here!‎ ‎ ❞

just your dumb ass hunting for quirky-girl clout.‎ ‎ ❞

i'm recovering from recent heartbreak, [ name. ] so shut up and show me a good time.‎ ‎ ❞

y'know, [ name... ] i didn't know you were dating a vampire.‎ ‎ ❞

a bunch of vampires taking on a pair of ladies with light powers. guess they never claimed eternal life made you smart.‎ ‎ ❞

uh, let's go this way, buddy.‎ ‎ ❞

you know — from back when she was a vampire.‎ ‎ ❞

he'd told me it was a family heirloom. should have paid more attention to that, i guess.‎ ‎ ❞

oh... you poor thing... you're being used as bait to drive the other creatures into a feeding frenzy, aren't you?‎ ‎ ❞

well, that won't do. let's get us both out of here.‎ ‎ ❞

how am i supposed to get out of here if any movement wakes up you nasty ghouls!‎ ‎ ❞

shh, i'm thinking.‎ ‎ ❞

they want me to zig — so i'll zag.‎ ‎ ❞

what? no fair, my truck can't float over the gaps like that!‎ ‎ ❞

so?! who cares?! this is probably a simulation!!!‎ ‎ ❞

@#$! a dead end. i'm so sorry about this.‎ ‎ ❞

there! in the maze, three o'clock!‎ ‎ ❞

that's twelve o'clock.‎ ‎ ❞

no, it's dazzler! i swear!‎ ‎ ❞

put on your seat belt, idiot.‎ ‎ ❞

get in, loser! we're going to therapy!‎ ‎ ❞

i'll take that bet. twenty bucks says you're wrong and we mow down a #@$%&#@ ton of civillians.‎ ‎ ❞

we're all wearing seat belts, right?‎ ‎ ❞

we have to get [ name ] out of the car before it explodes!‎ ‎ ❞

honestly, it might be easier for me at this point to just wake up on krakoa.‎ ‎ ❞

you won't have any memories of this. don't you want to @#$%& these people up?‎ ‎ ❞

oh word. yeah. get me out.‎ ‎ ❞

there's... blood.‎ ‎ ❞

well, duh.‎ ‎ ❞

SPOILERS! If you have not seen the Black Widow film, please avoid this post!

The Avengers weren’t my first family.

I’ve lived many lives before.

Everything is upside down!

I want Mac and cheese!

Well, I want…champagne and caviar!

How long do we have?

I don’t want to go.

I want my song.

Mommy/Daddy you’re silly - we just left home!

Don‘t touch her/him!

I don’t want to go back there - I want to back to Ohio.

She’s/He’s only ____.

You were even younger.

Everything is going to be all right.

Because my girls/boys are the toughest.

Don’t do this.

It makes you look desperate.

I’m done running from my past.

You’re in my bed.

I wasn’t under the covers!

Everything all right?

Something about the Avengers getting a divorce?

I’m better on my own.

____? Seriously? What are you, 12?

It’s a real name!

What’s all this junk?

From the Budapest safe house.

Eyes on the package.

Free…the others.

Converge on team leader!

I’m pretty sure ___ doesn’t have jurisdiction here!

You should know I’m a better shot when I’m pissed off!

You’re not after me…

I know you’re out there.

I know you know I’m out here.

Then why are you skulking around?

I’m not sure if I can trust you.

Are we going to talk like grown-ups?

Is that what we are?

You’ve grown up.

No shit.

Question: what kind of bullet makes those holes?

Not bullets, arrows.

You brought it back?

I thought you would take it to one of your scientist friends.

You’re the only superhero person I know.

I kept checking the news - Captain America taking down the Red Room!

You didn’t mention ___’s daughter/son!

Wait, where are my keys?

Ah, bitch/bastard!

You stole a car at gunpoint!

Do you want me to un-steal it?

Do you have a plan, or should I just duck and cover?

My plan was to drive us away!

It’s a shit plan!

Yeah, I loved that I almost bled out. 

You’re going to give some big speech.

Speeches aren’t really my thing.

It could be fun.

You know, this is the first piece of clothing I bought?

What, that thing? What is it – army surplus?

I like your ___.

Ha I knew it! I knew you liked it, I knew it!

It’s your lucky day, ___.

Why do you always do that?

It’s a fighting pose – you’re a total poser!

Move your ass, Super Soldier!

This would be a pretty cool way to die...

How did you do it? How did you keep your heart?

Pain only makes you stronger, you taught me that.

Thank you, for your cooperation.

any starter ;)