ˢᵗᵃʸ ᶠʳᵒˢᵗʸ, ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˡᵉʳᵗ.

indie DWAYNE HICKS from aliens. canon divergent. 18+. selective. private. sideblog to twicebaited.

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i didn’t want him to be a side blog anymore, so he’s been moved. same url’s, and threads are carrying over! thank you!!!

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i didn’t want him to be a side blog anymore, so he’s been moved. same url’s, and threads are carrying over! thank you!!!

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i didn’t want him to be a side blog anymore, so he’s been moved. same url’s, and threads are carrying over! thank you!!!

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i didn’t want him to be a side blog anymore, so he’s been moved. same url’s, and threads are carrying over! thank you!!!

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i didn’t want him to be a side blog anymore, so he’s been moved. same url’s, and threads are carrying over! thank you!!!

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should i move hicks to his own blog or keep him here on this sideblog? i’m not really sure, kinda indecisive about it. i made him the sideblog because i didn’t want to ignore him and i was worried i wouldn’t want to go on him if he was his own blog, but now that i’ve been writing him -- i kinda feel he deserves his own blog? i feel like i already decided, but i do appreciate any input! 

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i love the like little details michael biehn put into his protyal of hicks. just little fucking background things get to me. the way he lifts his head, or watches people with those thinking eyes -- or the way he mocks vasquez when she says “i just need to know one thing, where they are.” that you wouldn’t exactly notice unless you were looking at him but they’re still there. 

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god hicks is just so fucking soft spoken in (almost) everything he does. when ripley points out that hicks is next in chain of command he stares at her for a second before a little bit of a resigned “yeah . . yeah, that’s right.” leaves him. and it’s so soft. it’s so -- just. fuck. like, yeah. you are right. i’m in charge here. but then as soon as burke turns around and says “he can’t make that kind of decision, he’s just a grunt. uh -- no offense.” and the camera pans back to hicks, you can see in his eyes and his facial features that there is offense taken. because he is in charge, and either way he doesn’t like the way some executive acts like he has the right to push him to the side like he, and all the other members of his squad, mean less than he does just because he has the weyland-yutani name to back himself up.  so he proves that he does have chain of command. he makes a point, that ripley is right. that he knows what he’s doing, and nothing some tight tied executive can say will change that. this is a military operation, and he is in charge.  just the soft spoken, but still sassy way he says “i say we take off; nuke the entire site from orbit. it’s the only way to be sure.” and the little head nod towards ripley gets to me every time. her smile, his mannerisms. never raising his tone to an aggressive state, he can get his point across just god damn as well like this. and he does. 

[thefilmfatale]

The knife trick scene in Aliens was not in the original shooting script. According to Lance Henriksen (who played the android Bishop), the adding of Hudson’s (Bill Paxton) hand to the knife trick was discussed with almost everyone, except Bill Paxton (x).

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❝ i believe in some things. ❞

american gods sentence starters. | accepting. 

THE smoke drifting out of his mouth clouded his vision for a moment as he watched her. his cigarette dangled between two fingers as he listened to her speak. blowing the last bit of smoke out past his lips, he looked down at the ashtray before him. she believed in SOME things? what a comment. licking his lips slightly, he flicked some ash away and kept up his relaxed posture over the table. “like what? some kind of god, or people?” 

[night-dawn-day]

I like to keep this handy… for close encounters.

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DWAYNE angled his head away from her for a moment, the light laugh that found it’s way bubbling out of his throat was almost foreign to him. how long had it been since he laughed? he had a distant memory he didn’t want to think about at the moment tugging at the base of his scalp. he ignored it. no need to dwell on the PAST and things that he couldn’t CHANGE. pressing forward was the only option, and the light laughter that echoed in the empty hanger was the current present.  “where did you find that?”  HIS voice was soft. it wasn’t a whisper, but the tone was calm. gentle almost. a stark contrast to the current situation they were in. to anyone else, this was the time for SCREAMING. for PANIC. for TEARS.  ( the memory of a man he’d risked his life with time after time again flooded in. ) ( hudson deserved better than what he got.                                         damnit, will. ) COOL and calm eyes were back on her after the chuckles subsided. he watched her for a moment, a serene smile on her face. glancing back down at the item in her hand, he couldn’t help it. he’d seen them in stores before, but he never expected to find one on an outpost like this. especially not in pieces. the humor was such a change to the situation, that the grin did not leave his face.  “that’s part of a sexbot.”

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“i’ve seen aliens before, but nothing like this.” THE room they were locked in was something that felt safe enough to hicks at the moment. he could see the tracker laid out on the table before him, tapped into an on position, facing the only conceivable way into their current haven. it was the most comforting thing he currently felt. ashing the cigarette in his hand, the smoke drifted out of his mouth almost lazy as he looked back towards palmer.  “have you?”

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i don’t know why thinking about hicks laid out on a bed, mid morning sun coming in soft, just sheets draped over him and a cigarette in his outstretched hand just slowly burning with his eyes closed is such a good thought

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“Hicks was shown to be able to sleep during a turbulent planet side drop, showing he was almost always calm, even in troublesome situations.“

hicks voice: boy, i am a walking xanax

[theafictionado]

There are characters you like but then there are characters you end up thinking about in the middle of the night with a cosmic ache in your chest because they resonate with you so much

[divinitysquander]

AMERICAN GODS SENTENCE STARTERS

episode six - a murder of gods.

❝ you saved me. thank you. ❞

❝ you already know my name. ❞

❝ what are they ? ❞

❝ oh motherfucker, you never just answer a fucking question ! ❞

❝ that’s not a question, ___ , a question would be: what do you believe you saw ? ❞

❝ i don’t know what i believe. ❞

❝ it was a warning to me, and a sacrifice to them. ❞

❝ sacrifice ? like –– like what, for –– for a god ? ❞

❝ what’s a god ? can we even know they exist ? people believe things, which means they’re real. that means we know they exist. so what came first ? gods ? or the people who believed in them ? ❞

❝ where was all this before i met you ? ❞

❝ there’s always a window. but people are frightened to look through it. it’s safer in the prison cell. ❞

❝ we’re not safe now. ❞

❝ who are you ? ❞

❝ i believe in some things. ❞

❝ your wife obviously has a temper. not used to getting her way, huh ? ❞

❝ your dearly departed has departed and i suggest we should do the same. ❞

❝ was she a ghost ? i mean, do you think you saw a ghost ? ❞

❝ you know, you’re not questioning any of this. i’m questioning everything right now. ❞

❝ i’m not so young nor so narrow to assume the dead are dead, and there’s no spectrum or spectral in between. in my experience, the dead that aren’t rarely come back without purpose. ❞

❝ her purpose was to let you go, now get in. ❞

❝ now you’ve seen who’s after us, and you know what they’re capable of. you can hang around here if you want, but i’m getting out of here. ❞

❝ fuck ! where the fuck is my car ! ❞

❝ yes, it does belong to the dead woman, i am the dead woman. where’s my fucking car ? ❞

❝ first piece of luck i’ve had in days. ❞

❝ worse things out tonight than you. ❞

❝ isn’t she lovely ? ❞

❝ i’ve done the math. this times that equals you’re a cunt, divided by the only way i’m gonna get what i need is if you give it to me equals the only way you’re gonna give it to me is if you don’t need it. ❞

❝ like my friend jesus christ, the only thing you need, ___ , is resurrection. ❞

❝ did you just name drop jesus christ like you know a guy who knows a guy ? ❞

❝ i can be very convincing. ❞

❝ is this you being convincing now ? because you suck at it. ❞

❝ i’m trying to convince you to live. real living. not whatever rot living this is. ❞

❝ why don’t you put that on your fucking scales and weigh it ? ❞

❝ what the fuck are you ? i mean, what the fuck are any of you, but first, tell me, what the fuck are you ? seriously, what the fuck are you ?! ❞

❝ please stop stealing my cab. ❞

❝ i have been traveling in the direction of mecca for days, looking for a jinn. ❞

❝ i’ll tell you where to find a whole murder of gods, demi and otherwise. every god damned one of them. ❞

❝ i know a charm that can lift grief from a grieving heart. ❞

❝ do you know a charm that can stop bleeding ? ❞

❝ i know a charm that can cure sickness and pain and a charm that can turn away the weapons of enemies. i know a charm that can heal with a touch. ❞

❝ excuse the cold hands. ❞

❝ there’s always been a god shaped hole in man’s head. trees were the first to fill it. ❞

❝ mr. wood was the trees, mr. wood was the forest. see, he was a very old god who saw something very new. he saw a god fearing society turn towards complete industrialization. so what did he do ? he sacrificed his trees, he sacrificed his forest, and he became something else. ❞

❝ well, at this stage it’s ‘we’ll see’, or, ‘time will tell’, but if it’ll rest your weary head, then yeah, it’s gone. ❞

❝ religion inspires in those who fear nothing, fear of the gods, and using that fear requires a certain element of fucked up. ❞

❝ i’m not scared of anything anymore. ❞

❝ i’m scared you’re never gonna shut that flapping hole of yours. i’m sitting here having a fucking anxiety attack because i am genuinely terrified that you are never gonna shut the fuck up. ❞

❝ did you kill ___ ? i won’t tell. ❞

❝ my name is ___. or … it was ___. i do not know what my name is now. ❞

❝ i just realized that i’m never gonna see my mother again. i’m never gonna hear her say my name again. i’m never gonna eat her cooking again. ❞

❝ are you dead ? ❞

❝ this is my afterlife, ___. ❞

❝ did you pray for another life ? ❞

❝ i do not pray to ask god for things. i pray to thank god, for bringing me where i am. to this time, to this place, where i finally know what i must do in this life. ❞

❝ i pray i find ___. he is my afterlife. i knew him. we knew each other. and now i wish to know more. ❞

❝ people will defend the warm safe feeling their america gives them. they will defend it with bullets. ❞

❝ less a funeral than a celebration of a sacrifice. ❞

❝ if i know my friend, somebody got tossed into the volcano. ❞

❝ this was a human sacrifice ? ❞ 

❝ that’s him. head of the crowd. the one they flock to. ❞

❝ please, go in peace. ❞

❝ what rock did you crawl out from under ? ❞

❝ playing a little hide and seek. hiding from the proverbial them, and seeking … you. ❞

❝ i need you to believe in me. ❞

❝ i’ve heard your name on the wind. ❞

❝ we’re at war already, and we’re losing. you, me, all of us. they’re taking honey from our mouths. ❞

❝ i have no use for shame. ❞

❝ it’s easier to pass for the living in the dark, if i felt the need to pass. ❞

❝ your heart’s not beating for this life anymore, ___. this life is done. ❞

❝ that doesn’t obligate him to feel shit. ❞

❝ perhaps i misjudged the kiss. ❞

❝ death do us part, take the fucking hint. he’s gone. your man came, saw you, tasted death on your tongue, and he fucking left. ❞

❝ your kind of love, ___, is the worst kind of love of them all. you can love somebody even when you know they don’t like it. even when you know they don’t want it. ❞

❝ that’s some profound fucking knowledge for you right there, wrapped up in a quaint sexual metaphor. ❞

❝ people do tend to behave if they know they’re being watched. they like being watched. ❞

❝ somebody’s watching. somebody’s always watching. ❞

❝ what did you do to become the god of this little universe that you’ve created ? ❞

❝ you’re no stranger to sacrifice. ❞

❝ they don’t sacrifice anymore. not to me. ❞

❝ you could always sacrifice yourself. you’ve done it before. ❞

❝ you ever see a man hanged, ___ ? throat crushed, gasping for life. it’s a terrible way to find your faith. faith doesn’t have to leave the faithful dangling. ❞

❝ you are what you worship. ❞

❝ the power of fire is firepower. ❞

❝ not god, but godlike. and they believe. ❞

❝ god bless the believers. ❞

❝ i’ll make you a blade worthy of a god. ❞

❝ i know who he is, and who he’s always been. i can depend on that. ❞

❝ you’re not here at the moment. you’re distracted. i wonder why. ❞

❝ she’s out in the cold, but … she doesn’t feel it anymore. or maybe … maybe it’s all she feels, now. ❞

❝ they make blood sacrifices to you. ❞

❝ you could use a blood sacrifice. ❞

❝ you sold us out. ❞

❝ you saw what i was. i was a story people forgot to remember to tell. and they gave me a gun. they put power back in my hands. and i gotta tell you; it feels good. ❞

❝ i never needed my religion to be moral. ❞

❝ moralizing religions are materialistic ones. they all need their martyrs. ❞

❝ i’m laying down a curse. i’m cursing the whole fucking thing. ❞

❝ god is great. ❞

❝ life is great. ❞