Matt the Bruins

For reference, here's a fairly early Marvel panel depicting Ben and May at the wedding of Peter's parents:
 

 
There was clearly supposed to be a substantial age difference, in the ballpark of a generational one.

Char-grilled shark steaks over fried rice. I like eating something that might just as happily eat me if given the chance.
 

Char-grilled shark steaks over fried rice. I like eating something that might just as happily eat me if given the chance.
 

For those jonesing for Lovecreaftean deities and creatures, Arcane Enemies already has the Champions universe take on that sort of thing in the chapter about the Kings of Edom.

I suspect, based on the Suicide Squad reshoots and some executives' seeming awareness of people complaining about grimdark, that the typical Zack Snyder murderfests will include tacked-on, juvenile attempts at sarcastic one-liners which will land like lead balloons, Two Broke Girls-style.
 
Since at least the late 70s when I stated reading Avengers and Iron Man comics?

For reference, here's a fairly early Marvel panel depicting Ben and May at the wedding of Peter's parents:
 

 
There was clearly supposed to be a substantial age difference, in the ballpark of a generational one.

Reminds me of the original Simonson run on Thor that had the original Secret Wars. He did a total, iirc, of 3 panels, 1st showing Thor and the others entering a gate, 2nd showing the empty gate with a caption saying something like "something momentous happened", the third showing them returning. He then ignored it and resumed his ragnarok storyline.

CA:TFA used the Cosmic Cube. Red Skull always seems to be chasing the Cosmic Cube. That it houses one of the Gems came later in the development cycle.

Another perfectly "natural organic way" to do it is to produce a team movie first, and then if it is successful, spin off solo movies for each of the other heroes after that. Let's not make the mistake of thinking that just because the Marvel approach has been successful that it is the only way to go about it. The X-Men movies were pretty successful before they spun off Wolverine (and by extension, Deadpool), for instance.

DC didn't have to copy Marvel's approach of giving each signature character his/her own movie before putting them together in the team movie, and I'm not convinced that any of the DCEU movies would have been any better off had they done so. As I see it, the core problem isn't a lack of architectural patience, but that DC is creatively misguided (in terms of tone and characterization), and that infects everything they've done so far. Maybe Wonder Woman will be the turning point, but my sneaking suspicion is that Justice League will return to the same joyless, grimdark mode of storytelling as the other films, and the WW film will be the lone beacon of light in the DCEU.

Yes, the DCEU is already crappy enough he won't be able to damage it much more than Snyder, Goyer, and Ayer already have!

It'd be a crime to cover up that much Pretty.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

There were significant, season-defining consequences that came out of the Buffy musical episode:
Buffy reveals that she was yanked out of heaven by her friends, sending her best friend into a guilt-driven spiral of self-destruction. Buffy trades one big secret in for another as she takes the first steps in a torrid (horrid?) sex tryst with her arch-nemesis. Buffy's father-figure essentially abandons her in the belief that his presence is preventing her from fully maturing. Tara discovers she's been the victim of a mind manipulation spell cast by her lover, ultimately leading to tragedy. When she sings the song I'm Under Your Spell, the dramatic irony of its dual meaning is heartbreaking. Xander and Anya's engagement unravels from the FUD revealed/expressed during their I'll Never Tell number. Once More, With Feeling was not merely a fun little episode with a few songs thrown in, it was a major pivot point of the season's narrative, and a life-altering moment for nearly every main character. Every word of every song was a vital part of the engine that propelling those events forward. Joss Whedon was a huge fan of Sondheim and devoutly studied the form for many, many years. He may have been a first-time composer, but he was no amateur.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

I haven't watched it yet, but he looks like Hyde from That 70s Show.

Not for Shou-Lao. 

Inclusion

Sorry, but I'm afraid not. Even if it remains my primary work focus for the foreseeable future -- and I intend for it to -- there's still a lot of work left. But I'm going to finish it, come Hell* or high water.
 
Fortunately, with the exception of Celtic, the "big" mythoi are all behind me. Most of what I have left is comparatively minor -- though that doesn't mean that I can skimp on the research for any of them. Sometimes even a small mythos requires a lot of reading.
 
Here's what I have left to do, roughly speaking:
 
1. Research and write all the chapters for mythoi I haven't yet covered.
2. Read all my "general" books on mythology. In some cases this will mean skimming through a book, in others I will have to read through reference books one entry at a time looking for obscure gods I've missed somehow. So it'll take awhile.
3. Read all the mythology books I've acquired since I began work that I haven't yet read. This will serve as a way to go back through the book and "double-check" to make sure I've got things right (in a sense, #2 fulfills this purpose as well).
4. At this point, with the manuscript finished (including appendices), I can contemplate running a Kickstarter for the project. Preparing for that will require some work, of course.
5. Getting the artwork and layout done. Then I have to do the Index, which is going to be an absolute nightmare due to all the weird names and words used.
6. Getting the book printed, shipped to me, and then shipped out to KS backers and whatnot.
 
So, like I said, a lot left to do. But I'm having an absolute ball working on this book, and do not intend to stop.
 
*:  Or other underworld of your choice.

Glue traps are just cruel.  I like the nonlethals, you just have to take the critter over to someone you don't like and release it there.

Yikes, best wishes to Hyper-Man for a speedy recovery.

Anxious to see your revised build, H-Man!

Kat Dennings only has two talents and they aren't in her acting.

Lord knows if I'd had to spend years of my life listening to Kat Dennings give line readings I'd have moved Heaven and Earth to avoid signing up for another round. Just sitting through four hours of hearing her attempts at wacky sidekick comedy thud to the ground left me wanting to sew her mouth shut.