In the beginning Marvel created the Bullpen and the Style.

And the Bullpen was without form, and was void; and darkness was upon the face of the Artists.

And the Spirit of Marvel moved upon the face of
the Writers.

And Marvel said, Let there be The Fantastic Four. And there was The Fantastic Four.

And Marvel saw The Fantastic Four.
And it was good.


- - Stan Lee

Avengers: Destiny Arrives by Liz Palmer


Chapter 1



Hovering dead in space, the ship was ablaze. Lights were blinking on and off as its power systems began to fail.

A voice called out to anyone who could hear them, pleading for help.
Begging for mercy.
"This is the Asgardian refugee vessel Statesman. We are under assault.
I repeat, we are under assault!
The engines are dead, life support is failing. Requesting aid from any vessel within range.
We are twenty-two jump points out of Asgard."




The ship responsible for the destruction of the Statesman dwarfed the vessel, menacing as it hung, its curved wings enveloping them.
The colossal ship was the Sanctuary: II—
the base of the galactic "Mad Titan,"
Thanos.




"Our crew is made up of Asgardian families.
We have very few soldiers here.
This is not a war craft. I repeat, this is not a war craft. "




Aboard the Statesman, a figure emerged from the destruction.
"Hear me, and rejoice."

Ebony Maw strolled through the wreckage.
His flat, elongated face had sunken eyes and wide lips that stretched across a mouth that rarely
smiled.
Tufts of white hair swept down the back of his head.

His tight black robes were trimmed in gold,
and these, along with his dark pants
and heavy boots, left only his face and hands visible.



He pressed his hands together,
his long fingertips touching gently,
as pale and wrinkled as his face.
His voice was unnervingly soothing given the chaos that surrounded him.




"You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan."
He stepped over several bodies, all badly wounded.

"You may think this is suffering."
Heimdall, former keeper of the Bifrost, grunted, bloodied and bruised as he tried to lift himself.



Blood ran in his eye as he collapsed back down,
mentally praying to Odin and the All-Fathers of old.


"No."
Ebony Maw looked to the heavens, his voice raised.
"It is salvation."





As Ebony Maw ambled among the dead and dying, the remainder of the Black Guard followed behind, putting those clinging to life out of
their misery once and for all. Considered his "siblings," they were all found and raised by Thanos,
taken from their home worlds as the Titan
continued his march across the galaxy on a mission.



A mission that only and his disciples could fathom as just and noble.

There was Proxima Midnight, her horned head and deep-set eyes glowering as she held her
electric staff, charged and crackling.

The lithe Corvus Glaive, looking like a dark hooded elf, held his double-ended spear by his side, ready for a fight.

Cull Obsidian's huge frame dominated above them all, deadly techno-hammer gripped in his hands as he snarled, his scaly skin and
bone-ridged head striking fear into the survivors who dared look upon him.




"Universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice."
Ebony Maw looked into the eyes of a gravely wounded Asgardian, his face softening.


"Smile,"
he said, as the dying woman heaved her last breath.
"For even in death, you have become Children of Thanos."

Ebony Maw joined the Black Guard as they surrounded their prisoner—
Loki, the God of Mischief himself.




Loki gave Ebony Maw a withering stare when Maw was finally done pontificating, but then slid his gaze to the figure that loomed above all else.



The figure that these enemies called "Father": Thanos.
His purple hide-like skin was covered in battle armor, his helmed head revealing cold, dispassionate eyes.
And for the first time in his life, Loki decided
to remam silent.





"I know what it's like to lose,"
came Thanos's measured, gravelly voice
as he looked down at the wary, yet still defiant Loki.

"To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless."




Thanos looked down at the broken and battered figure at his feet and lifted Thor from the ground as if he were a rag doll.



Then, Thanos effortlessly closed the space between him and Loki, while holding a squirming Thor closer to his adoptive brother.





"It's frightening.
Turns the legs to jelly.
But, I ask you,
to what end?

Dread it.

Run from it.

Destiny arrives all the same.
And now it's here.
Or
should I say,
I am."




Thanos dramatically lifted his hand to reveal that it was gloved in gleaming gold:
the Infinity Gauntlet.



Forged with six settings, one on each knuckle and a larger one on the back of the hand.



Each setting was designed to hold an Infinity Stone, one of which he already possessed.

The violet glow of the Power Stone pulsed as he flexed his fist and curled his fingers.
"You talk too much"
Thor spat:
blood dripping from his mouth.




Loki's eyes flicked from Thanos to Thor:
his mind reeling with clever misdirects,
resourceful trickery, and possible escape routes.




"The Tesseract."
Thanos's voice was matter-of-fact.
"Or your brother's head.
I assume you have a preference"


Loki's face remained strategically expressionless as he appeared to weigh Thanos's proposition.



"Oh, I do"
said the God of Mischief his voice daring.

"Kill away."





Thanos bit back his surprise at Loki's apparent indifference to his adoptive brother,
and without breaking eye contact,
he tightened his hand into a fist:
and placed the Infinity Gauntlet on the side of Thor 's face.

The Power Stone lit up upon contact, and smoke instantly began to rise off Thor's searing flesh.




As Thor's cries echoed through the broken craft, Loki's false bravado faltered.
He shook and battled to stay in control of his emotions, positive Thor could withstand any punishment, as he'd done so many times
before.




But Thor's heightening screams quickly became unbearable, and Loki came to realize how wrong he'd been.
As Thanos looked on, Loki's red-rimmed eyes flashed in fear.
This was not like those other times.
He could endure this no longer.




"All right, stop!''
Loki yelled, his voice a frustrated roar.
Thanos removed his hand, and the Stone dulled. Loki closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief at Thor's now quieted screams.

His head still gripped in the Titan's viselike hand, Thor coughed an explanation at Thanos.



"We don't have the Tesseract.
It was destroyed on Asgard."
Loki looked up with an expression Thor knew all too well.




Thor looked in horror as his half-brother lifted his hand and the gleaming blue cube that was the Tesseract appeared from thin air.


Thanos smiled as Thor flared with his one good eye.


"You really are the worst brother,"
Thor sighed.




For his part, however,
Loki remained confident, walking to Thanos,
Tesseract in hand.

His voice was steely and resolved.
"I assure you, Brother,
the sun will shine on us again."





Loki halted,
steps away from delivering the Tesseract to Thanos, his face resolute.






Thanos gave him a cold stare and laughed.
"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian."
Loki lifted his chin stubbornly.
His mouth curled into that know-it-all grin.





"Well, for one thing, I'm not Asgardian.
And for another..."

His eyes lit up as the trickster god revealed the ace up his sleeve.
"We have a Hulk."

Margot Robbie is perfect for the role but just in case she gets a last minute change of mind Vanessa is a good second choice.

"The Spider"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZqB5Z75zI&pp=ygURUXVpY2tzaWx2ZXIgc2NlbmU%3D




This sequence reportedly took 30 days to shoot. Director Bryan Singer talks about the state-of-the-art technology they used in filming the scene. Phantom cameras, that shoot 3000 frames per second, were used to capture the action.30 May 2016

TheMaterialist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZqB5Z75zI&pp=ygURUXVpY2tzaWx2ZXIgc2NlbmU%3D




This sequence reportedly took 30 days to shoot. Director Bryan Singer talks about the state-of-the-art technology they used in filming the scene. Phantom cameras, that shoot 3000 frames per second, were used to capture the action.30 May 2016

I swear I didn't really know the amount of work that went into these kind of scenes till I watched a video where they were dissecting different speedster scenes and the work that goes into their filming blew my mind. Before they even shot the first episode of the flash they were driving around the entire city, through every nook and cranny with a camera in the front of their vehicle to get the entire shot. They had to do the same thing at night again 😑.

SOZINN:




I swear I didn't really know the amount of work that went into these kind of scenes till I watched a video where they were dissecting different speedster scenes and the work that goes into their filming blew my mind. Before they even shot the first episode of the flash they were driving around the entire city, through every nook and cranny with a camera in the front of their vehicle to get the entire shot. They had to do the same thing at night again 😑.

It takes a lot of work to entertain people.

Nuggets of wisdom from High Harry.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKgXFtjw0PA&pp=ygUKSGlnaCBoYXJyeQ%3D%3D&noapp=1

How’s the spider verse??

leetylee:
How’s the spider verse??

They are all awesome flicks.

Captain America Elevator Scene.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF38tMQ7HaE&pp=ygUeY2FwdGFpbiBhbWVyaWNhIGVsZXZhdG9yIHNjZW5l

Agree?

SOZINN:
Agree?

I agree,
it reminds me of Ultimate Spiderman.

Magneto Escapes from a Prison made of Plastic.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ileo0d25lHM&pp=ygUWbWFnbmV0byBlc2NhcGVzIHByaXNvbg%3D%3D

TheMaterialist:



I agree,
it reminds me of Ultimate Spiderman.

Nice, for me, it comes in second. The ability of Tom's suit to contract its eyes is something I really like because, it improves how the user's emotions are conveyed.

SOZINN:



Nice, for me, it comes in second. The ability of Tom's suit to contract its eyes is something I really like because, it improves how the user's emotions are conveyed.

Tom Holland's mask also reminds me of Deadpool.

Dormammu,
I've come to Bargain.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrHTR22pIhw&pp=ygUbRG9ybWFtdSBpdmUgY29tZSB0byBiYXJnYW9u

Loki Season 2 Official Trailer:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dug56u8NN7g&pp=ygUVTG9raSBzZWFzb24gMiB0cmFpbGVy

Secret Invasion Summary:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8z4CNl25YM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka325APiuaI&pp=ygUdbWFydmVsIGNhc3Qgc3R1cGlkIHF1ZXN0aW9ucyA%3D

TheMaterialist:
Secret Invasion Summary:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8z4CNl25YM

this serie is a disappointment to me...very boring and unnecessary.... Agent Hill would have been a good foil going forward...

MSGAMBLE9:
this serie is a disappointment to me...very boring and unnecessary.... Agent Hill would have been a good foil going forward...

I agree,
Maria Hill deserved better.

TheMaterialist:


I agree,
Maria Hill deserved better.

She would have useful with the renegade group been formed by Gen. Ross, what an Inglorius end.


Even Mendelson who is important to Captain Marvel / Kree arc...we are left with uninspiring G'ia.

MSGAMBLE9:
She would have useful with the renegade group been formed by Gen. Ross, what an Inglorius end.


Even Mendelson who is important to Captain Marvel / Kree arc...we are left with uninspiring G'ia.

I guess they wanted to terminate her contract.
They usually find silly ways to kill actors when their
contract is about to come to an end.

I know we are all MCU people here, but please give a brother a view and like my work here. Inspiration from Hans Zimmer's work on DC's Man of Steel. Thanks guys.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VZeP-hBmsM

So, loki is the life tree