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Friday, January 24, 2014

The Last Battle: Krypton vs Apokolips

It's done!  My first fully-fleshed-out Superman story.  Some of you might recognize the title of this one as belonging to my orcs vs men story.  When I remake that in the future, I'll likely give it the same name with a new subtitle.

I spent a bit more time on this one, teaching myself how to mimic the bubbles used in modern comics.  Either I have no idea how to search for it or there is a total lack of info about how to recreate the look!  I think I did a pretty alright job with that in the end.

I took another couple of hours rendering an animation (in Shockwave Flash format) of a rotation of the last panel.  It's a bit of a big file, but by the time you reach the end of the story, it should be loaded and playing.

Here's The Last Battle: Krypton vs Apokolips!

Long ago, quite some time before the hero known as Superman was born on planet Krypton, the tyrannical god of Apokolips known as Darkseid received a curious message.  Through an ancient mirror he'd seized as spoils a raid on a planet not far from his own, the invulnerable ruler was told that his fate was to engage with a man of great masculine beauty and superpowerful abilities.  The mysterious soothsayer, veiled in shadow, told Darkseid that this man was destined to be his slave for as long as he saw fit.  But only one of the two men could be dominant over the other.

"What you say is utter folly," Darkseid grunted, grabbing ahold of his ample package and giving it a firm squeeze.  "I am a god.  There is no other who can hope to stand against me, let alone defeat me."

"I see this man as not only able to defeat you, God of Evil, but quite capable of being your master for all time."

"ENOUGH!!" the Apokoliptian roared, sending his fist through the mirror and shattering it instantly.  Hundreds of glass fragments fell to the ground at his feet.

"When the two red planets align with the blue planet, your great enemy will be compelled to come to you for your final battle together," was the last thing the soothsayer spoke before he dissolved from the mirror, leaving Darkseid alone with his thoughts.

"A man of great masculine beauty," the tyrant repeated through a grunt, taking a seat upon his throne.  He ran his hand across his incredible body, stopping at his groin to massage his bulging groin.  "I will take great pleasure in making you mine... forever."

Many, many Earth years later...

Clark Kent, a very average man with a very unique secret, fell upon his normal bed in his average, inconspicuous apartment.  The mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet let out a long moan of exhaustion.  His boss had been riding him harder than usual lately and, though he was actually Superman underneath those plain reporter's clothes, the weariness of it all was finally getting to him.

Something was wrong.  He was getting anxious and he couldn't understand why.  He had a meeting with the other Justice League members in two hours, and he couldn't seem to muster the strength to feel anything but apathy.  He just wanted to sleep.

Throughout his nap, the Kryptonian hero moaned and stirred in his bed.  Sweat poured from his incredible body as he tossed and turned.  Images of Darkseid, his great enemy from the planet Apokolips, flashed in his mind, disturbing his rest.  Superman's cock hardened under his sheets, tenting them skyward as he dreamed of the evil tyrant.

"Oooh...  unnh..." the hero of Metropolis moaned, sexually aroused by Darkseid's big, hard muscles and rock-hard ass.  In his dreams, he bent the god over and drove his cock between those beefy buns, fucking his frustrations into the supervillain.

But even in his mind, the one place where he could control the outcome of a deadly encounter, Darkseid laughed as he pushed Superman away and turned to face his powerful adversary.  Darkseid lunged for the Kryptonian and began to wrestle with him.  No words were spoken between the two studs as they struggled for supremacy, both men knowing that this was to be their final battle together.

Far away in the cosmos, between the dimensions that separated them, the planets of Mars and Apokolips formed a perfect line with Earth, just as the soothsayer spoke to the cruel ruler.  Superman snapped awake from his dreams.  His bed was soaking wet with his sweat, and his cock was hard as steel and jutting out from his magnificent body.

Kal-El grabbed hold of his throbbing manhood and stroked it to climax, the epic battle against Darkseid still fresh in his mind.  Superman bit into his hand as he came, stifling his roars as his semen shot from his slit and soared toward the ceiling.

Superman, arms and legs spread eagle, breathed deeply as he felt a mixture of fear and excitement surge throughout his body like poison.  He had never felt such a raw attraction toward someone so evil as Darkseid.  It scared him, but he had to find out more...

Later that day at the Hall of Justice...

Superman left his meeting with The Flash, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman early.  His mind knew to focus on his friends' updates from crime the world over, yet his heart wasn't in it that day.  All he could think about was his dream earlier that evening and the incredible orgasm it had given him.

"What's the matter with you?" Batman asked his fellow crimefighter, seemingly appearing out of nowhere to confront him.  "You're not with us today."

"It's nothing..." Superman lied unconvincingly, arousing Batman's suspicion.  "Just... work getting to me is all."

"Maybe you should go home and get some rest," the Dark Knight suggested as he moved to grab one of the tracking devices from his utility belt.  But before he could affix the small tracker on Superman's belt, the Man of Steel pulled away and soared into the air.

Stopping in mid-air, he said, "Thanks, Bruce.  I'll go right home and take the night to clear my head," before flying from the Hall of Justice and out of sight.

Batman watched as his close friend disappear.  He placed the tracking device back inside his belt compartment and hoped that it truly was nothing to worry over.

Superman flew past the apartment of Clark Kent and rocketed straight up into the sky.  Faster and faster, he soon left Earth's atmosphere entirely and soared into the blackness of space.  The Man of Steel stopped, hovering hundreds of miles away from the blue planet he'd spent his life protecting.

"Darkseid," Superman grunted, his nipples becoming erect at the memory of his dream.  He knew in his heart that he would never be free of this demon haunting him... not until he confronted the evil god of Apokolips and conquered him once and for all.  He held a small, strange box in his hand and looked out into starry space with a look of grim determination on his handsome face.

On the fiery planet Apokolips...

Superman was on Darkseid's mind for most of that day.  While hatred for the hero of Earth had long festered in the tyrant's cold heart, today was especially severe.  Darkseid, like most supervillains of the universe, enjoyed sexually dominating his defeated opponents, but Superman was one that always evaded such a fate.  How he would enjoy tearing the Kryptonian's proud costume from his muscular body.  He would enjoy slapping his cock against Kal-El's beautiful, masculine face...

"...A man of great masculine beauty and superpowerful abilities," Darkseid repeated the mysterious soothsayer's prediction.  It was predetermined that he and such a man would do battle.  This battle would be for the right to claim the loser as slave for as long as the winner wished it.  "Hngh... could it be...?  Superman...?"

"Darkseid!" a familiar voice bellowed from afar.  "Where are you?!  Show yourself!"

"Ha ha ha!  It is you after all...  I AM HERE!" Darkseid shouted back, attracting Superman to his location.

"DARKSEID!!" the All-American hero roared, descending gracefully upon the observation room, his left leg raised and his red cape fluttering behind him.  His chest big and out, showing off the proud 'S' printed over his massive pectorals, stood as a symbol of his many, many acts of heroism and triumphs over criminals foreign and domestic.

Both powerful males stared at one another in silence -- a scowl on Superman's face, a sinister smile on Darkseid's.

"Have you been thinking about me, boy?" Darkseid sneered as he and Superman moved slowly in a circle around the room, never taking their eyes off one another.  "Apokolips will be your grave, Superman, and I will be your executioner."

"I am here to stop you, Darkseid.  I know you've done something to me.  Something I have yet to identify.  I will destroy you here and now, Darkseid!  I will put an end to your reign of terror and free Apokolips and Earth from your tyranny!"

The titanic studs uttered a grunt and leapt toward each other, exchanging blows one after another, their fists crashing into each other's faces, chests, and abs.

Superman grabbed Darkseid by the helmet and drove his thick knee into the evil god's head, causing Darkseid to grunt in pain.  Superman leapt into the air and drove his booted foot into Darkseid's chest, toppling him to the ground in a colossal thud!

The Man of Steel strode proudly over to Darkseid and stood arms akimbo over his powerful enemy.  Superman opened his mouth to ask if he was ready to give in when Darkseid's leg came up and struck the All-American hero in the balls!

Superman howled in pain and stumbled back and to the floor, clutching his groin!  Darkseid's leg hit so hard, the invulnerable stud felt it as though his balls had just been crushed by the weight of the world.  As Superman cried out his agony, completely immobilized, Darkseid rose to his feet and moved toward his old foe.

"All of creation will learn of our battle, boy.  They will know of how I broke every bone in your body and finally crushed your spirit with my own two hands.  Even the weak Earth men will rejoice as they read the story of how I destroyed you."

"You're mad, Darkseid," Superman groaned, struggling to get up again.  He groaned again at the waves of pain that washed through his groin and snarled up at Darkseid for his low blow.  "The people of Earth would never enjoy learning of my defeat."

"Don't be so sure, worm," Darkseid chuckled knowingly as he bent down and grabbed a handful of Superman's chest costume.  Pulling it out from his body, he distorted the 'S' symbol.  Caught off guard by the tactic, Superman took three punches to the face before the god's incredible strength overcame the fabric and tore the front of his costume from his body!  Darkseid clutched the hero's famous symbol within his hand, crushing the cloth before throwing it from his sight.

"Heh," Darkseid chuckled at the sight of the Kryptonian's bare nipples, sticking out in evidence of his arousal of the fight.  He would enjoy making Superman cry as he 'played with' those peaks for eons on end.

"We were predestined to battle for ultimate dominance, Superman," Darkseid growled, face to face as he grappled against his great enemy.  "The power of a god against a weakling of Krypton.  Surrender is the ONLY end for you.  You will be mine for all time, Kal-El!"

Superman felt an intense heat in his loins as he struggled against Darkseid's incredible power.  His cock stirred as he pushed back in the grapple, his muscles straining to attain the upper hand.  Just like in his dream, he felt a rush of pleasure locked in the struggle with this evil entity.

"I will crush you for good this time, Darkseid," the Man of Steel grunted as he managed to press his opponent back a bit.  This fight felt differently to Kal-El.  He felt more exhilaration now than for as long as he could remember.  "If it is a fight of dominance you wish... I will oblige!"

Darkseid overwhelmed Superman and slugged him in the gut, flooring the superstud again with one blow.  The evil god drove his booted foot down into Superman's bare chest again and again, stomping him into the ground.

Superman grabbed hold of Darkseid's ankle just before it made contact with his flesh and hurled his opponent away!  Darkseid recovered gracefully in the middle of the room, crouching low and ready.  Superman sat up on his knees and clenched his fists, growling angrily.

Superman and Darkseid fired their optical rays at one another, colliding in an incredible display of crimson energy.  Darkseid's Omega Beams struggled against Superman's heat vision.  Both males snarled at one another as their concentration focused solely on overwhelming their opponent.  Soon, the evil god of Apokolips gained the upper hand.  His powerful Omega Beams inched closer and closer to the Last Son of Krypton...

"No... no... NO!!" Kal-El cried, a frightened expression on his handsome face as Darkseid's energy beam finally made contact with his head.  Superman's optical ray dispersed and he groaned, holding his drooping head in his quivering hands.  Darkseid stomped forward and delivered a crushing uppercut, throwing Superman clear off the battlefield and into the lava below!

A soft groan escaped Superman's lips as he was hurled through the air, his cape fluttering under him as he was propelled down into the searing-hot lava.  Watching with pleasure high above, Darkseid stood, arms akimbo, as Superman splashed into the scorching depths.  Knowing that the heat would do little to affect the superhero, Darkseid leapt from the observation room and onto the rocks below.

He casually strode to where Superman had been submerged, giving his groin a quick squeeze before coming to a stop.  The Man of Steel's head emerged from the fiery substance, eyes closed and mouth agape.  As the evil god suspected: Superman yet lived.

Darkseid grabbed hold of Superman's hair and dragged his body out.  The hero's bright red and blue costume remained intact, despite being submerged in the heat of Apokolips.  Darkseid grunted.  He hated the ridiculous notion that the invulnerability that Superman enjoyed somehow extended to his clothing.  He would take care of that here and now.  Darkseid unleashed his Omega Beams upon Superman's skin-tight costume, teleporting it clean from the Kryptonian's magnificent body and away, into his sanctuary for safekeeping.  Only the hero's boots remained.

Darkseid smirked at the shameful sight of the noble hero's nakedness.  Superman coughed as he roused from the devastating blow.  He clawed at the ground to move away from Darkseid and regain his senses.  But the dark god wouldn't allow it.  He raised his foot and drove a hard stomp into the small of Superman's back, sending the stud into the ground with tremendous force.

"Auunnngh..." Superman moaned again and again as Darkseid stomped his back in rapid succession.

"Stay down, insect," Darkseid ordered as he began to remove his clothing.  One after another, except for his boots and helmet, he removed his articles of attire until only his bulging trunks remained.  And he finally slid those down, too.  Using his Omega Beams a second time, he teleported his clothes from the area.  They rematerialized upon Superman's, covering the brilliantly-colored heroic garb with his dark, sinister costume.

Darkseid flexed his newly-uninhibited muscles and grunted, "Surely you have also seen the visions, boy?  The delicious sights of our nude bodies in the throes of close combat?  You are special, Superman.  I chose to fight you myself.  Had it been anyone else, I would have them eradicated by the para-demons.  But you are special, worm.  Now rise.  Rise and wrestle a god!"

Superman rose to his feet and leapt forward, delivering a hard blow to Darkseid's jaw.  The tyrant grunted with the punch and stumbled back.  Superman kept on the offensive, sending hit after hit to his opponent's muscular body.  His blows landed Darkseid on his back and vulnerable for more.

The naked Kryptonian jumped into the air and delivered a butt stomp on Darkseid's bare gut.  Darkseid bellowed with the pains of thousands of tons of force upon his torso.  Superman's cock rose to full erection as he reenacted his dream of dominating Darkseid, his costume gone and his skin against his hated foe.

Superman grabbed Darkseid by his underarms and lifting the stud's massive weight until he stood once more.  The naked crimefighter, arms trembling with excitement, pulled back and sent his fist into Darkseid's rugged face.

"NNGH!!" the god of Apokolips bellowed with the impact.  Once more, Superman aimed for his enemy's head.  He sent his fist flying when suddenly, Darkseid's hand flew out to catch the Man of Steel's!  Darkseid smiled coldly at the Kryptonian before bending his fist back and causing Earth's mightiest hero to scream and kneel before him.

Darkseid released Kal-El's hand, allowing the superhero to moan pitifully at the dull pains in his wrist.  Darkseid hated such weakness.  He punished Superman with a firm slap with the back of his hand.  Superman lowered his hand and looked up at Darkseid incredulously.  Several times more, Darkseid smacked the hero's beautiful face in an effort to instill a sense of authority in him.

When Superman finally quit his pathetic moaning, the dark god grabbed his foe's head in his strong hands and drove his knee into the Kryptonian's face, downing him in an instant.  Darkseid stomped on Superman's side, kicking the stud until he rolled onto his belly.

Moaning and aching all over, Kal-El remained still as he felt Darkseid's rough skin on his.  The tyrant sat on the hero's back, feet planted on the ground and his legs spread wide.  A low rumble of satisfaction sounded from the Apokoliptian's throat.  But he couldn't enjoy this moment for long -- he had work yet to do.

Darkseid grabbed Superman's wrist and pulled his arm back, forcing the magnificent chest of Earth's protector up and toward him.  Darkseid slammed his free fist into Superman's meaty traps, causing him to roar out in pain.  Again and again, Darkseid slammed into those muscles, tenderizing Superman's awesome body.

But the Man of Steel refused to submit.  Darkseid snorted and let go.  He admired this powerful being's resolve, but realized that would be the first thing that needed to go.  Superman groaned weakly as Darkseid stood and forcibly pulled him upright.

Superman wobbled slightly, supported only by the evil god's strong arm.  Darkseid looked his bitter enemy over, snorting once again at this insect's poor performance this day.  Had Superman come to him with the intention of being destroyed?  His hand trailed slowly across Superman's chest, coming to a stop at his nipple.  He ran his thumb in circles around the peaked flesh.

"Unnh... hah..." Kal-El moaned erotically, his hard cock pressed against Darkseid's.  He never imagined the rough touches of such a cruel creature could feel so good.  Darkseid played with his nipples for a time, stroking, pulling, pinching, and twisting them just to hear the Man of Steel's shameful mewling.  Superman's moans of arousal were cut short when Darkseid's fist crashed into his jaw.

So aroused by the nipple play, the All-American superstud could only lay in Darkseid's arm as the fists came quickly, pummeling his handsome features without mercy.

Darkseid's immovable arms held Superman's muscular body to his own, giving it a firm squeeze to let the hero know who was in control of this fight.  Superman screamed with the squeeze, but his loud protests soon turned to dull moans as he was flipped upside down and turned away from his opponent.  With those arms around Superman's torso, Darkseid began a slow and methodical constriction of the famed crimefighter's mighty waist.

"Nng... NNGAAAAWWWW!!" the Kryptonian screamed as he was crushed slowly but surely by Darkseid's unrelenting bearhug.

"Hngh... HNGH!!" the Apokoliptian god grunted as his powerful arms overwhelmed Superman's natural invulnerability and compressed him like a wrung sponge.  He held on as Superman thrashed violently for escape, withstanding Kal-El's every attempt to kick at his head for release.  "HRNGH!!" Darkseid grunted again, his arms constricting Superman further still.

Like a mighty gorilla on Earth, Darkseid shook Superman's agonized body, jarring the Man of Steel's senses greater.  Superman ceased his struggles and became tame in the arms of the conqueror of worlds.

"Please..." Superman finally moaned, fearing the cruel god would break his body in two.  "Please..."

"PLEASE WHAT, WORM?!" Darkseid roared, giving Superman his greatest constriction yet.

A smirk of supreme victory flashed across Darkseid's cold face as he gave Superman one last bone-crushing squeeze and let him fall to the ground like a busted sack of grain.  Kal-El hit the ground and uttered a long, low moan...  He'd finally been defeated.

Darkseid drove his booted foot down upon Superman's aching back and raised his fists high in pride for himself.  It took a god to do it, but Superman had finally fallen.  Darkseid brought the arms that vanquished the Man of Steel down in a double bicep pose.  He grunted and bounced his massive pecs as he ground his heel down upon Superman's back.

The tyrant of Apokolips felt an incredible rush as he basked in the glory of his win over the forces of good.  With this one at his feet, it would be one he would relish for centuries to come.  With this mighty hero at his mercy, Earth would be that much easier to conquer.

Darkseid grabbed Superman by the hair and lifted him high off the ground.  A dark smile crept across the ancient god's hardened face, and from those lips came a rumbling laugh.  "It all makes sense now, Kryptonian: this was your destiny from birth.  I claim you, my great adversary, as my own.  And now, I will consummate our 'marriage' here; here where you cried out your UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TO ME!!"

Superman's blurry vision only allowed him to make out Darkseid's glowing red eyes and the fires of Apokolips before he was dropped, nude, to the ground.  He instinctively curled up as he groaned through the pains of battle.

"On your knees, worm," Darkseid commanded, grabbing those ebony locks and once again lifting him to his knees.  The tyrant laughed cruelly as he mashed the Kryptonian's face against his erection.  Darkseid's thick, throbbing shaft pulsated hotly against Superman's quivering lips.

"Suck me, worm.  Do what your ancestors were born for," Darkseid growled, pushing his cock into the Man of Steel's open mouth.  The god of Apokolips groaned in ecstasy as he invaded the perfect mouth of his great enemy.

Superman moaned as the salty cock of the victorious villain filled his senses.  His tongue slid across the powerful breeding spear of Darkseid's loins.  He looked up and locked eyes with his new master, whose grip on his ebony hair tightened as he guided his head back and forth over his cock.

"Mmf... mmh... mrf..." Kal-El moaned softly from around Darkseid's massive shaft.  The fat head of that cock spilled a steady stream of precum down his throat.

"The great hero Superman, on his knees like a common whore, sucking the one he despises..." Darkseid grunted, thrusting himself deeper into Superman's sucking mouth.  One look at the Man of Steel's hard cock caused him to burst into laughter.  "Or perhaps this bitch likes what he has become."

For several minutes, all that could be heard among the crackling fires in the distance were the sounds of Superman suckling at the godhood of Darkseid.  The cruel male's sweet and salty flavors embedded themselves in Superman's mind.  His master's taste was one he'd never forget -- not that Darkseid would ever let him, of course.  Superman ceased his head bobbing and remained at the tip of the brutal stud's cock; he drank freely the precum that his dark master graciously provided for him.

"You have made me proud, Superman," Darkseid spoke with a hint of amusement in his voice as he watched the Man of Steel fellate him.  The Apokoliptian grabbed Superman by the head and pulled him away from his cock.  With his other hand he grabbed his shaft and slapped Kal-El across the face with it.  "There will be plenty of time for you to suck your master.  In fact, I will demand it.  But now... it's time to fuck."

Having never been defeated by someone who proceeded to sexually conquer him, Superman could only stare up in bewilderment at his new master.  Excitement and dread coursed through his veins, and his cock remained hard and leaking.  This really was his destiny, he decided.  Darkseid could have killed him, and yet he still lives.  The dark god had given him mercy when he could have easily chosen to end him.

Almost as thanks for sparing him, Superman turned and raised his ass up high, offering it as spoils to the winner of their final battle together.  Darkseid grinned at the sight of the Kryptonian surrendering his hole for breeding.  The soothsayer hadn't predicted this, Darkseid mused, though there really couldn't have been any other outcome.  Not even Superman could stand alone against a god and emerge victorious.  There couldn't have been any other outcome.

Darkseid dropped to his knees behind the prostrated Man of Steel and grabbed his meaty buns firmly.  He spread those cheeks wide apart, revealing the pink, virgin hole nestled between.  Darkseid never knew how many men in all wanted to destroy that hole, though he did consider himself fortunate to be among the few who had the strength to penetrate Superman's invulnerable ass.

The ruler of Apokolips grabbed Superman's meaty legs and lifted him up a bit.  He lowered his mouth to his hero's backside and began to lick at the quivering entrance.  Superman gasped and moaned as Darkseid's rough tongue scratched at his untouched hole.  Darkseid grumbled, pleased with himself.  He lapped steadily at Superman's most secret of places and learned of his sweet, heroic taste.

"What do you say, worm?" Darkseid growled, pulling away from Kal-El's ass and giving it two hard smacks with the backs of his hands.  "Show your appreciation for the god of Apokolips!"

"Th-thank you..." Superman huffed, thoroughly humiliated with his treatment, yet excited at what was to come.  "Thank you... Darkseid..."

Darkseid immediately mounted Superman and placed the tip of his well-sucked cock at the Kryptonian's puckering, wanting hole.  "Hngh..." he sighed with pleasure at the sight below him.  With one hard thrust, the fat head of his battering ram cock broke through Superman's final defenses and he invaded the body of one of his greatest adversaries.  He invaded the body of Earth's strongest man.

Superman raised his handsome face to the sky and screamed out in shock!  Darkseid laughed boisterously as he fed a roaring Superman inch after inch of his breeding tool, until finally, he was all the way inside.  Darkseid grunted at the feel of Superman's ass.  The hero's inner muscles squeezed down around him -- either to try and force him out or to reward him for his victory, Darkseid didn't really care which.

The Last Son of Krypton soon quieted himself to mere moans and grunts of discomfort as his incredible body (much more quickly than most Earth men) became accustomed to the foreign appendage that invaded his butt.  Kal-El's ass soon gave up trying to expel the godly cock of Darkseid and it, too, surrendered.

Darkseid's mercy would only extend so far as to allow Superman's hole to accept him as master.  The Apokoliptian would not begin his fuck slow.  Holding on to Superman's ebony head of hair, the cruel tyrant began a hard and fast plowing, filling the hero full with every thrust.

Superman gritted his teeth and moaned through them as he was taken by his studly, evil conqueror.  Darkseid's throbbing meat pushed deep, deep inside his body, electrifying him with jolts of pain and pleasure.  Superman's teeth parted and his moans of ecstasy came forth, unstoppable as Darkseid pounded his hole, utterly pummeling him into sexual submission.

"Now you are mine, Superman," Darkseid snarled, maintaining his grip on the Man of Steel's hair as his hips continued to gyrate at a fast and steady pace.  "Your days of endless servitude to the glory of Darkseid have only just begun!"

For the next five Earth hours, Darkseid continued to fuck the defeated superhero, reminding him with each thrust inside who was supreme.  Superman, by that point, had orgasmed countless times, watering the lifeless ground of Apokolips with his essence.  He'd begun pushing back against Darkseid's powerful thrusts, eager to get every inch of the evil god's cock inside his now-burning hole.  The two males' muscular flesh slapped lewdly together as they became one.

"Darkseid... M-Master...  I never imagined this could feel so... so good..." Superman moaned deliriously.  The Apokoliptian's stamina was unimaginable -- perhaps even greater than his own.  Darkseid's thrusting never slowed, never stopped.  Even as he forced Superman into a new position, the cold-hearted stud's fuck was never interrupted.  On his back, arms spread wide and legs upright, Superman was able to look up into the glowing red eyes of his new master.

"Any of the times we've met, insect, you could have knelt before me and surrendered yourself to the inevitable.  But do not worry yourself over such things.  We will make up for lost time, my slave...  I am yet to be sated," he grunted, continuing to plow Superman's still-tight ass with a profound hunger for more.

Several times more, Superman orgasmed as his butt was pulverized by the powerful tyrant of Apokolips.  Sensing that even this superpowered fool would soon be unable to handle much more, Darkseid turned Superman back onto his hands and knees and grabbed hold of the hero's trap muscles.  With six more thrusts, Darkseid unloaded his cum with a champion's roar.  His cock bounced and spurt round after round after round of his hot semen into the deepest depths of Superman's backside.  The Kryptonian shuddered and climaxed one last time as he was filled by his master.

Darkseid's balls continued to produce fresh seed even as his heavy orbs emptied themselves into Kal-El.  Unable to contain any more of the dark god's cum, Superman's hole began to spurt it out around Darkseid's massive cock, flooding the ground with the excess.  On and on, Darkseid came inside Superman, marking him as his own.

"HRRAGH!!" Darkseid bellowed, pulling himself roughly from the Man of Steel's semen-soaked ass.  The seed that created Kalibak, Orion, and Grayven flowed from Superman's backside, like a dam that could no longer contain the pressure behind it.

"Are you saddened that you cannot bear me a son, Superman?" Darkseid laughed cruelly as he drank in the sight of the defiled hero.  He kicked Kal-El in the side, forcing him onto his magnificently-muscular back.  Darkseid stood, boots on either side of Superman's chest, and allowed his still-spurting cock to dribble his thick, potent seed upon the face of one of Earth's mightiest.

Darkseid placed his foot atop Superman's heaving chest and performed the pose the Earthmen called the front lat spread.  The evil god's powerful chest pushed outward, proudly, as he, the winner of the fight, took his rightful place as master -- dominant over Superman.

Superman looked up at his conqueror through barely-focused vision.  The sight of Darkseid posing, flexing his muscles masculinely at an unseen audience caused the Kryptonian to become erect once more.  Not only had Darkseid conquered him physically, but the tyrant had mastered him sexually.  He was ready to be taken again.

With Superman out of his way, the remaining members of the Justice League of America would be far easier to bring down.  He wondered how long it would take Batman to orgasm with his cock deep inside the Dark Knight.  Perhaps Superman would be eager to help make this a reality...

Darkseid would finally have his revenge upon Earth.

The End

  1. That is amazing :)
    Really well rendered environments and the flash was incredible, plus Batman got a cameo.
    Thank you for this, love your work.

    1. Thanks, man! Glad to hear it. :D

      The idea to do a rotation animation came to me at the very end of finishing work on the renders. I used to dabble in Flash animation a long time ago, so putting it together as a shockwave file didn't take too much time out of the schedule.

    2. I'm glad you mentioned the Flash. I don't see it on my iPad, so I didn't know what I was missing until I went to my computer. Just amazing. I could watch it spin all day!

    3. Aw, thanks, Alex! And thanks for letting me know about that, I'd forgotten that the i devices don't use Flash.

    4. Great story and pics!!

  2. Really great. Now please think about a He-Man, Skeletor, Faker and Bomani sequel. I would love to see such a story! Thx, man for your great art and commitment to the cause of brawn and muscle.

    1. Thanks, and you're welcome!

      I haven't done much at all with He-Man, mostly because of a lack of his special gear. I have the ability to make props, so as I get better at that, I'm more likely to return to the Eternian stud.

  3. Utterly fantastic man, loved it. You know, Darkseid looks an awful lot like Seth from Street Fighter 4 without anything on at all. <3

    1. Thank you! Ah yeah, he does, doesn't he? *grins*

    2. You're welcome! Indeed, and I love the fact Seth goes around without anything on at all and still looks like such a boss in his fancy suit. : D

    3. *grins* Yeah, it made my match with him as Zangief a lot more fun.

  4. Wow, this is awesome. I haven't finished it yet (yes, it was THAT good!), but I had to rush and comment. Amazing story and work. Love Superman and especially love the battle.

    1. Hey, thanks, man. I'm happy to hear that! I really like how this one turned out, but I kept hesitating on posting it for a time, going back and adding more things to make sure it was good enough.

  5. With every new work, the evolution of your art and storytelling means I have to try and come up with new superlatives! Extraordinary! But most importantly, I offer you a heartfelt "thank you" for continuing to engage and arouse.

    1. Aw, thanks. You're welcome! I love sharing my work, but to hear what you guys think of these tales makes it even better.

  6. Thanks for this story. I love Superman being defeated so completely. Everything is perfectly executed and your style is perfect for Superman and Darkseid.

    And I agree on the flash animation - great. Don't know how much work is involved, but it'd be great as a regular feature. There are holds where a 360 view would be perfect, like torture rack backbreakers or full nelsons.

    1. Thanks, man. I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed it!

      It actually didn't take too much time to do it. I accidentally rendered it at a bit to high a width (for my blog's theme), so it took a couple of hours and then a bit longer resizing all 300+ frames before I put it into Flash. I'd definitely be open to doing this for torture racks and the like for you guys.

  7. The story is so amazing,Thank you for you hard and great job!

    1. Thanks very much! I'm glad to hear that!

  8. I love these your, muscle fights between superheroes of DC and Marvel against immensely muscular super-villains. If I may suggest some muscle fights I'd like to see is between: Mongul against Superman, Doomsday against all male superheroes of the Justice League, Juggernaut, Abomination, Maestro, Apocalypse / En Sabah Nur against Hulk, Red Hulk, Skaar the Son of Hulk and A-Bomb, Beast, against Dark Beast, Wolverine vs Sabretooth they all displaying their beautiful, sexy and incredibly muscular bodies

    1. Thank you. :D I'd love to do more superhero and supervillain fights in the future when I get a better hang of my craft. Definitely something I'm interested in doing.

  9. Crimney! This was such a fantastic conquering of Superman in every way possible -mind, body and soul- story ever. Add in the meltingly erotic artwork and we have a home run, bases loaded, 100% bonified killer combo going here. Many thanks for 'cumming' up with such a great treat for we fans. You rock, dude! ;)

    1. Thank you so much. :) I was really proud of how this one turned out, despite some of the troubles I had going through it. Superman is one of my favorites and I think he makes for a great hero to bring down like this, so it was a treat to do.

    2. I agree quite heartily with you about Superman. My top three Superheroes to be seen taken down and "put in their place" are Superman, Batman and Captain America, with honorable mention to Cyclops. I totally prefer the 'classic' versions of said heroes (comic verse), when they wear the tights and sexy 'speedo-like' outer breifs. Now that they keep 'modernizing' these heroes uniforms, sans briefs in comics, etc., it takes away from the complete 'homo erotic' feel for me. I've always been attracted to the heroes in 'panties' (something a good pal said to me *heh-heh-heh*), and even as a kid pre-I-love-men-realizations, I've always been drawn to these characters images, thus I'm thrilled that your cunningly erotic creations have these Superhero studs thus clad. Again, many thanks and kudos to you for giving we fans such eye-candy delights. Ciao! :) ☺

    3. Very nice. Cyclops is actually one of my favorite X-Men, going way back to my youth. :) He filled out that blue and yellow skintight costume quite nicely.

      And yeah, I don't really care for the new versions of the costumes (Superman's especially) that are coming out now. His New 52 style costume just looks like a wall of blue without the briefs and that thin red belt doesn't do enough to break it up.

      But ah well. That's why fan art exists, I suppose! Thanks very much for the kind words and all the comments. :)

  10. Superman defeated in the most hot way ever... Darkseid's huge cock sexually defeating him and redefining his whole psyche. YES to that! Question, please. Are you planning a sequel, one where Darkseid impales the Dark Knight up his virgin Bat'cunt'? I'd so love to see what your erotically fertile imagination 'cums' up with should you do said sequel. I'd love to see Batman fucked up his tight hole while still fully costumed, with Darkseid having ripped a hole in his Bat'breifs' just big enough to accommodate his massive cock. Plus, as an added bonus, you could have the Bat'stud' shot his wad in those skintight breifs.

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    1. Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you liked this one.

      I don't have any current plans to do more with Darkseid, but that can definitely change at some point.


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Prairie View self-destructed on its second series with a holding penalty and a false start.

“Offensively, we had some mistakes but it's stuff we can fix,” Morrison said. “I thought our kids played hard.

“In the first game, our offensive line gave us some pretty good protection. I thought Lucas (Crockett) had a good night. He missed some throws early (in the Claiborne game), but this was our first live action. The timing's still now down, but we'll get there.”

Aided by a personal foul against the Spartans of the second play on the second series, the Mustangs drove 55 yards on 11 plays to go up 14-0.

MacGregor's 14-yard pass to Zach Barnes on fourth-and-six was good for first down at the 25.

Six plays later, Dakota Wingfield punched it in from inside the 1 with 1:46 to play.

“Defensively, we have a lot to work on. We lined up wrong a few times which is something we knew was going to happen,” Morrison said. “I can say that I was pleased with the effort and some of the things I saw tonight.”

On a positive note, Morrison was generally happy with the Spartans' line play.

“The majority of the time, we played one offensive line and one defensive line which makes a big difference,” Morrison said.

MacGregor completed 7-of-9 passes for 46 yards and Drake Porter carried five times for 25 yards to lead the Mustangs offensively.

Prairie View finished with 63 total yards (36 passing, 27 rushing), most of which came on the final series.

Drake Wilmore caught two passes for 27 yards, including a 20-yarder on the final play of the game. Hunter Carpenter rushed four times for 21 yards.

Prairie View opens the regular season Friday night, traveling to Coushatta to play Riverdale.

“We have a long week coming up because we have to put special teams in,” Morrison said.


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Betsan Powys | 10:51 UK time, Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Well, well, well.

Ask and you shall, apparently, get.

Let me run you through the sequence of events this morning.

Before that first blog entry an Email was sent to the Conservatives asking whether this offer made by George Osborne to the Scottish Government was also being extended to Wales?

What read like a non-committal response comes back.

At the government briefing, taken this morning on camera by the First Minister Carwyn Jones, I asked whether the same offer has been made to Wales.

He looks slightly startled.

"No, is the simple answer. It hasn't".
"Should it?"
"I mean ... we welcome any commitment that suggests we will get a protected budget but bluntly, I don't believe that'll happen with the Conservatives and certainly no such offer has been made to Wales .... IF it's been said to the SNP government in Scotland, it certainly hasn't been said in Wales".

I refer the First Minister to the offer outlined again here.

He raises an obvious question of his own. How do you get on with the job of cutting the budget deficit swiftly, while making such apparently generous offers to defer extra cuts in other parts of the UK? And we in Labour, he said pointedly, have nothing to offer the Tories. No point them currying favour with us.

Within minutes, Plaid Cymru put out a statement

"It's a significant development that the Tories have apparently conceded at last that their cuts agenda would smash our brittle economic recovery to bits. But having accepted that they were wrong in Scotland, they must now do the same in Wales".

Before I go on, let's be clear on one thing. George Osborne is not saying Scotland would be immune from cuts. He's saying that given the Scottish budget has already been adopted, then the extra cuts a Conservative government is planning to impose in order to cut the deficit won't be imposed on the Scottish Government for one year. He's deferring the pain, not sparing it.

Next up, the Conservatives.

Nick Bourne, sounding considerably less non-committal, announces jubilantly that "Wales will be treated in the same way as Scotland". He even used the word 'rejoice'.

On he went. Such an offer is not a silver bullet. The debt has got to be paid back. This doesn't mean the Assembly Government - in the event of David Cameron becoming PM - should carry on blithely spending the extra quid they've not, after all, seen slashed from their budget.

And the Liberal Democrats? No sign of rejoicing here.

Just how long is this list going to be, wondered Kirsty Williams. First there's a Tory pledge to protect spending on health, then international development. Over the weekend Scotland was added to the list ... and now, Wales? How do you make significant inroads into the national debt while all of that's going on? "One has to wonder how their plans add up". The Lib Dems must be seeing, too, a clear message by the Tories that Nick Clegg isn't the only dancing partner they're lining up.

The events of this morning unfolded in what looked and felt like an episode of The Accidental Giveaway (if giveaway, indeed, it is. The Accidental Deferred Cut just sounds like a quite different sort of film).

And before you give a huge sigh of relief at the thought of those extra cuts being put off for a year, let me just suggest you do one thing.

Look straight ahead. What do you see?

What you should be seeing, if you're looking properly, is the word 'cuts' writ large. What you will be seeing is a year where those 'cuts' that have already been hurting, will start to make you gasp.

The Assembly Government doesn't know exactly how deep they'll go but let's put it like this: rumour has it ... not, let's up the ante ... strong whispers suggest they're drawing up spending plans for 2010-2011 that take into account possible cuts of 3% on their revenue budget and 10% on the capital budget.

Whichever way you apply percentages like that, be under no illusion: they will hurt and they will hurt a lot.

UPDATE: Peter Hain has responded to this morning's pledge. I'll quote it in full:

"Yet again, Wales is merely an afterthought for the Tories. Having made a dubious offer of 'more pain later' for Scotland they have today added insult to injury in Wales. George Osborne says that Wales can have double the savage cuts in twelve months time. This plainly means it would be twice as bad for Wales in a year's time with the Tories. We in Wales know that this would wreck the fragile recovery and destroy jobs.

Whilst Labour has a credible plan to pull us through into economic recovery the Tories are looking for a short term sticking plaster, just to get them through an election year. And what happened to Conservatives wanting to cut the deficit 'further and faster'? As soon as they have to explain themselves their policies unravel. The decent mainstream majority in Wales will see right through this Tory cuts con."

The response from Labour in Cardiff is different incidentally. The suggestion this end? That Nick Bourne has overplayed his hand; that it's worth questioning whether any such pledge has been made by George Osborne and to whisper that given it's understated announcement, it might all - after the election - prove to be deniable.

Over to Mr Osborne.

Not directly from the Shadow Chancellor but this statement comes from a Conservative spokeperson:

"We recognise that the Welsh Assembly has already voted through the Budget for the financial year 2010/11.

"As a result a Conservative Government would therefore offer the Welsh Assembly the option to delay any in-year spending reductions for 2010/11 until the 2011/12 financial year.

"Whether the Assembly Government chose to do so would be a decision for them, and the Welsh Assembly but a Conservative Government at Westminster wants to work with the Welsh Government to get the people of Wales and Britain through this debt crisis."

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Israel hopes inquiry will turn spotlight on activists

Israeli cabinet meets in Jerusalem to agree an inquiry into Gaza-bound flotilla raid on 14 June 2010
Image caption The panel will not be allowed to directly quiz the soldiers who took over the ships

Israel's inquiry into the actions it took against the Gaza flotilla is a carefully calibrated response to the international pressure it faces to provide an accounting for an operation in international waters that cost nine lives.

The inquiry concedes that it has to have an international element.

Without this it would not have been accepted either by the European Union or more importantly the United States.

Even with it, it will be rejected by Israeli critics as inadequate. There had been calls for a full international investigation. (Update: Turkey has already rejected the inquiry.)

There will be two outside participants - Northern Ireland unionist and former First Minister David Trimble and former Canadian Judge Advocate General (senior military judge) Ken Watkin.

Image caption Inquiry observer David Trimble joined a "Friends of Israel" group recently

David Trimble recently joined an international "Friends of Israel" group set up by Dore Gold, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Trimble is now a Conservative peer.

Brig Gen Watkin has a record of legal activism in military affairs.

He wrote a memo in 2007 warning senior Canadian officers that they could be held "criminally negligent" if they did not prevent or investigate prisoner abuse.

But these two figures seem to have been downgraded to the role of observers.

They will presumably be allowed to see the papers but probably not to determine the outcome.

Conforming to law?

Nor will the inquiry have a free hand. It will not be allowed to directly question the soldiers who took over the ships.

Instead, it will have to rely on summaries from an internal investigation headed by an Israeli general, though it can ask for more information if it is not satisfied.

It remains to be seen what access they will have, or will seek, to the activists on board.

The inquiry will be led by a former Supreme Court justice Yaakov Tirkel, assisted by Amos Horev, a reserve major general and Shabtai Rosen, a professor of international law and former Israeli diplomat.

Such a panel, involving a senior judge, is quite usual for an Israeli inquiry. The international element is potentially significant, though, in establishing the principle of such a presence in future inquiries.

Its formal brief is to:

  • examine the "security circumstances" of the naval blockade on Gaza and whether this conforms to international law
  • decide if the actions of 31 May (the night of the action) conform to the principles of international law
  • consider the actions of those who organised and took part in the flotilla "and their identities"

By adding the last requirement, the Israeli government hopes that not only will its blockade and its soldiers' actions will be approved, but the spotlight will also turn on the activists on and behind the flotilla.

The inquiry has to do one other thing.

It is being asked to decide whether Israel's procedures, both in this incident and more generally, for investigating claims of violations of the laws of war conform to the rules of international law.

This appears to be a reference to the Gaza inquiry held by South Africa Judge Richard Goldstone, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council.

Israel strongly objected to what it felt was interference and that its own response to claims of war crimes was adequate.

It is now asking this panel to give an opinion on the Israeli approach.

There is no doubt that the critics will also have their view.

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8 January 2014 Last updated at 21:46 GMT

It has been a busy Consumer Electronics Show for Sony.

The Japanese firm has unveiled new life logging software, a wearable activity tracker, a PlayStation cloud gaming service and new projection tech among its many announcements.

The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones caught up with chief executive Kazuo Hirai to quiz him about some of the latest developments.

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Vicky Pryce: Most women jailed due to men in their life

  • 14 October 2013
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Image caption Vicky Pryce adopted a defence of marital coercion at her trial

Most women in Holloway prison are there because of something the men in their life have done, recently jailed Vicky Pryce has told the BBC.

The former wife of ex-minister Chris Huhne was sentenced to eight months for perverting the course of justice after taking speeding points for him.

"I did something, I paid the price," she told Radio 4's Today programme.

The economist - who had claimed her husband coerced her - has written a book about the economics of prison.

Her royalties from the book will go to the charity Working Chance, which helps women with criminal convictions find work.

Pryce, who was recently stripped of her Companion of the Order of the Bath, served two months in the north London prison earlier this year.

Media captionSome women "were victims themselves" before they committed an offence, says Pryce

Huhne, the former energy secretary, was also jailed for the same offence.

He left Pryce in 2010 as his affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham was about to be exposed.

During the former couple's trial, the court heard Pryce had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 to seek revenge.

Asked whether she agreed with Chris Huhne's assessment that they had fallen victim to the Murdoch press, she said: "I don't begrudge anyone in terms of what's happened - or any of the journalists frankly - in my view one has to just look forward.

"I did something, I paid the price of it and that is it."

'Learn from it'

On the prospect of going to prison, Ms Pryce said she knew it was "something I simply had to survive and perhaps learn from it obviously, and see what goes on".

The worst aspect of prison life was "losing my liberty, but mostly worrying about my children - that they would be worried about me and how do I react to ensure that they feel that 'actually I'm ok'.

"And of course that meant that I also had to stay strong."

Image caption Vicky Pryce spent part of her sentence in HMP Holloway in north London

On the claim in her book that many women in Holloway were there mostly because of something their husbands, brothers and fathers had done, she said: "Clearly they knew what they were doing but it didn't mean that they necessarily wanted to do what they did.

"Vulnerable women who often have lost their self esteem - they could be prostitutes, they could be people who are stealing to feed their, but also their other-half's, drug habits.

"More than 50% of women who enter jail have been physically, sexually, or emotionally abused. And those are statistics quoted by everybody.

"Of course you are [responsible for your actions] and they were. The thing to remember is that they were very vulnerable at the time they were doing it and they remain vulnerable.

"The interesting thing is that jail doesn't do anything to take that away from them and they leave prison after a while, go back into society and they find themselves in exactly the same position and they re-offend."

She said there had been surprises, such as Holloway's reception area which meant she hadn't felt "threatened" by entering it. "It felt that somebody worried about you," she said.

On how well the prison system was coping, she said: "There's been a huge increase in the numbers of prisoners, although crime is going down.

"The causality doesn't work that way. The causality works in a way that says in fact crime has been reducing because of things to do with technology - making it difficult to break into houses, difficult to break into cars - and all that sort of stuff, and yet the numbers have been going up very, very significantly.

"Women in particular, the numbers have gone up by 27% between 2000 and 2010, while crime has been coming down.

"It makes no sense at all. The costs are enormous. There are so many cheaper ways to deal with this whole issue, which is what the Prisonomics book is all about."

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1 March 2014 Last updated at 18:32 GMT

Pictures have been released of the inside of some the houses owned by Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman.

Guzman, who was one of the world's most wanted men, was captured last month by the authorities in Mexico.

Nichola Carroll reports.

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Emeli Sande and Jessie J play Stephen Lawrence concert

Emeli Sande, Jessie J, Doreen Lawrence, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding and Beverley Knight

Musicians including Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande and Rita Ora have headlined a concert in memory of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.

Along with Jessie J and others, they played London's O2 on Sunday night.

The tribute gig marked 20 years since the 18-year-old was killed in a racist attack in Eltham, south-east London.

Speaking about her son, who she described as a music lover, Doreen Lawrence said: "He would have been in tenth heaven.

To be here to use my music to hopefully inspire the audience and people watching is just a real honour for me
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"To have so many of them [artists] in the same place at the same time is unbelievable."

Mrs Lawrence campaigned for 18 years to bring his killers to justice.

Gary Dobson and David Norris were eventually convicted and given life sentences in January 2012.

Proceeds from Unity: a concert for Stephen Lawrence are going to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Rizzle Kicks, Ed Sheeran and Jamie Cullum

Jessie J said she met Mrs Lawrence for the first time earlier in the evening.

"She's an inspirational woman. It's the worst thing when you lose a child and the fact that she's still fighting for equality and peace is what I stand for.

"It's about a legacy now, it's about history."

Emeli Sande spoke about how the Stephen Lawrence campaign was something she had been aware of from a young age.

Stephen Lawrence

"I've been so inspired by the Lawrence family since I was young, seeing the story and how it's impacted myself and my family, it's been a big part of our lives.

"To be here to use my music to hopefully inspire the audience and people watching is just a real honour for me."

Artists were asked to perform songs that were important to them and spread a positive message, along with some of their own hits.

Singer and actor Plan B played his hit single, Ill Manors, while Jessie J chose to perform Amazing Grace.

Other artists on the bill included Ellie Goulding, Jamie Cullum, Beverley Knight and Jahmene Douglas.

They were also joined by Labrinth, Rudimental and Tinie Tempah.

The evening was hosted by Reggie Yates and Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw, while film-maker Danny Boyle introduced Mrs Lawrence on stage.

Highlights from the show are due to be broadcast on BBC One on Tuesday 1 October and BBC Three on Thursday 3 October.

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The week’s best art and culture reads – including the history of the self-portrait, Bollywood’s favourite author and some home truths about the music industry.

Man in the mirror: self-portraits
Andrew Marr | New Statesman | 30 April 2014
Review of The Self Portrait: a Cultural History, by James Hall, which argues that the history of the self-portrait is also a history of the social status of the artist. The genre was scarcely known in ancient art. It gained ground in the Renaissance, as artists became celebrities within their cities. It was taken to new heights by Rembrandt, who “quite consciously turned himself into one of the first international artistic superstars”.

Another sarcasm mark
Keith Houston | Shady Characters | 29 April 2014
It is notoriously hard to convey happiness, humour, excitement and sarcasm in writing. New punctuation marks could help: an asterisk for sarcasm; a question mark followed by a tilde for confusion; double closing parentheses for happiness. The asterisk as footnote marker “has always suggested a second or hidden meaning”; the tilde denotes approximation in mathematics; the double parenthesis echoes the smiley.

Matthew Weiner: The art of screenwriting
Semi Chellas | Paris Review | 28 April 2014
Interview with Mad Men writer and director on his methods and influences. “Cheever holds my attention more than any other writer. He is in every aspect of Mad Men, starting with the fact that Don lives in Ossining on Bullet Park Road − the children are ignored, people have talents they can’t capitalize on, everyone is selfish to some degree or in some kind of delusion”.

The art of the forgery
Katie Calautti | Vanity Fair | 25 April 2014
How film studios recreate art works for films such as Basquiat, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Pollock. They get permission of the estate beforehand, and destroy the imitations afterwards. When Julian Schnabel directed Basquiat, he did much of the painting himself. Most of the 125 paintings used in Pollock were homages rather than drip-by-drip copies − they were created from scratch using Pollock’s paint-throwing methods.

What people don’t want to believe
Bob Lefsetz | Lefsetz Letter | 25 April 2014
Home truths about the music industry. “Coldplay, Radiohead and Dave Matthews are huge because they snuck in under the wire via the old system, they were the beneficiaries of big TV video play, when that meant something, before the Web obliterated it. Otherwise, they’d be Arcade Fire, which garners great reviews, wins Grammys and most people still have not heard and don’t even care about.”

Champion of Chinese art − or villain
David Pilling | FT Magazine | 25 April 2014
Enthralling portrait of CT Loo, titan of the Chinese antiques trade in the early 20th Century, smart country boy from Zhejiang who arrived in France as a ship’s cook, but with the eye of a connoisseur. He ransacked China’s treasures, paying dodgy prices for looted goods; he also educated Western collectors and museums about pre-Qing Chinese art, and stocked Western collections. “He was a genius. Evil and a genius at the same time.”

Chetan Bhagat: Bollywood’s favourite author
Nirpal Dhaliwal | Guardian | 24 April 2014
Conversation with popular novelist who writes in English for aspirational Indians: “It’s not my first language, and for my readers it’s not their first language”. His characters are “emerging twenty-something urbanites trying to better themselves in the call-centres and academies of a liberalising India”; roughly equivalent to the Nick Hornby demographic. He will never win a Booker Prize, but his novels sell millions.

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The shadow development secretary Jim Murphy has told the BBC there may be multiple injuries after a helicopter crash in Glasgow.

He said the helicopter landed on a pub and he tried to help people leave the scene.


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South Korea ferry disaster: Unanswered questions

  • 18 April 2014
  • From the section Asia
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Image caption Boats and divers have been hunting for survivors from the sunken ferry - but many remain missing

More than 200 people - many of them schoolchildren - remain missing after a ferry sank on Wednesday off South Korea. The BBC looks at some of the questions surrounding the disaster.

Why did the boat sink?

Rescued passengers report hearing a loud thud before the boat began to tilt. This may have been caused by the vessel striking a submerged object such as a rock or a sunken container.

However, the noise may also have been caused by large cargo coming loose aboard the vessel.

The ferry is known to have made a sharp turn shortly before it issued a distress call but is not clear whether this was planned or the result of an external factor, the South Korean Maritime Ministry said.

Experts have suggested that a sharp turn could have caused cargo to shift, potentially destabilising the ship.

According to John Noble, a salvage expert, the speed with which the boat turned on its side - over roughly two hours - could be significant.

He says the ship's compartments appear to have flooded rapidly. This could indicate extensive damage to the hull, or leakage through doors that were meant to be watertight.

Attention is also focusing on who was in command at the time of the incident. Investigators say the ship's third officer was at the helm and it is not clear whether the captain was present.

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Image caption The rescue mission has been hampered by foul weather and strong currents

Was the emergency response appropriate?

The ferry sent out an alarm at around 09:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Rescue boats and helicopters were on the scene soon after.

"The distress call was put out and the authorities had a structured response," says Bruce Reid, CEO of the International Maritime Rescue Federation, a body that promotes safety at sea. But, he says, it is still too early to come to any conclusions about the effectiveness of the rescue mission.

More questions are being raised about instructions given to passengers.

Several survivors say that the crew ordered them to stay in place when the vessel ran into trouble. Ultimately, only two of the ferry's lifeboats were deployed. Many passengers were rescued after jumping into the sea, wearing lifejackets.

Oh Yong-seok, a crew member, told the Associated Press news agency that the officers initially tried to stabilise the vessel. He says they instructed passengers to put on life-jackets and stay on the ship. The evacuation order was only given after 30 minutes, Mr Oh said, and it may not have reached all the passengers.

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Image caption Relatives of the missing passengers face an anxious wait

However, experts again say it is too early to judge decisions that were made aboard the stricken ship. In emergencies, crews have to think on their feet - and there may be sound reasons for actions that seem questionable from afar.

"There is a requirement that a ship can be evacuated within 90 minutes," says Mr Noble, "but of course that was totally irrelevant in this case."

"In fact, there are no standard regulations," he says. "The crew have to react to what they see. If they do a standard thing for one set of circumstances, it may be the wrong thing for another."

"Traditionally, I'd always say to people, stay with the ship because that's the safest place to be," he says. "But if the ship is sinking and sinking rapidly, then the only answer is to get off."

Passengers and crew say that the speed with which the ship tilted made it harder for them to move around - and for the lifeboats to be deployed.

What hope is there of finding more survivors?

"Time is your greatest enemy," says Mr Reid, warning that the scope for finding survivors shrinks with every passing hour.

The currents that have hampered the rescue divers are equally a danger to any passengers who were swept away from the ship.

"Those currents are quite swift, [which] means that the rescue area would be quite broad," he says.

After previous accidents, passengers have sometimes been rescued from air pockets within sunken vessels. However, there is less chance of surviving for long in cold waters, such as those off the shores of South Korea.

Passengers or crew would be very lucky to find themselves in an air pocket, says Mr Noble. "If they did, they would instinctively make a noise by banging on the metalwork," he says. "And I'm quite sure the rescuers would be listening for that."

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Ukraine crisis: West wants to 'seize control' - Russia

  • 25 April 2014
  • From the section Europe
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Image caption Russia has denied involvement in the seizures of official buildings by pro-Russians in eastern Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of wanting to "seize" Ukraine, amid escalating rhetoric between Russia and the US.

The US says Russia has failed to live up to an agreement to end the crisis struck in Geneva last week.

American officials say Russia is behind unrest in eastern Ukrainian cities.

Ukraine has warned it will consider any crossing into its territory by Russian troops stationed on the border as a "military invasion".

"We do not accept false declarations about humanitarian action," the chief of staff of acting President Olexander Turchynov told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

"We will destroy the attackers."

In a separate development, Russia's foreign currency ratings have been cut by the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor to one notch above "junk" status.

The agency warned that further downgrades were possible if the West imposed tighter sanctions against Moscow.

'Bloody crime'

Pro-Russian separatists have been occupying key buildings in a dozen eastern Ukrainian towns, defying the central government.

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Image caption A bride passes by masked pro-Russian activist near a barricade outside a government building in the eastern city of Donetsk
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Image caption Pro-Russian separatists are refurbishing old rifles at a makeshift camp in the town of Sloviansk

Ukraine has launched military raids to regain the buildings, which Mr Lavrov described as a "bloody crime".

"The West... wants to seize Ukraine so to speak, being solely motivated by its own geopolitical ambitions and not the interests of the Ukrainian people," Mr Lavrov said, according to AFP.

"The might of US propaganda" was aimed "at smearing Russia, smearing those who protest against the illegal actions of the [Kiev] authorities," he went on.

In response to Mr Lavrov's comments, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Russia wanted to "start World War Three" by occupying Ukraine "militarily and politically" and by creating a conflict that would spread to the rest of Europe.

Media caption Natalia Antelava investigates who entered Mariupol's city council building

Russia has ordered new military exercises on its border following the Ukrainian military raids, drawing condemnation from Kiev.

Moscow has tens of thousands of troops along its side of the border and on Friday acting Ukrainian Defence Minister Mikhail Koval said they had come within a kilometre of the border.

On Thursday morning raids by Ukrainian commandos on pro-Russian checkpoints around the town of Sloviansk left at least two separatists dead.

There have also been reports from the port city of Odessa indicating that an explosion at a checkpoint injured at least seven people.

Russia 'fantasy'

US President Barack Obama said he would talk to some key European leaders on Friday evening to make sure they shared his "assessment in terms of what has happened since the Geneva talks" held on 17 April.

On Thursday US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a strongly worded statement, in which he called on Moscow to help defuse the crisis or face further sanctions.

Mr Kerry praised the interim authorities in Kiev, saying they had honoured the agreement struck in Geneva to de-escalate the crisis.

But he said Russia had "put its faith in distraction, deception and destabilisation" and said it had failed to call for separatists to leave official buildings and give up their arms as stipulated by the Geneva agreement.

He also accused Russian media of promoting President Vladimir Putin's "fantasy" about events in Ukraine.

Mr Kerry said US intelligence was confident that Russia was "playing an active role in destabilising eastern Ukraine" with personnel, weapons, money and operational planning".

Unrest began in Ukraine last November over whether the country should look towards Moscow or the West.

Last month, Russia annexed Ukraine's mainly ethnic-Russian Crimea. This followed a referendum in the region that backed joining the Russian Federation but which the West and Kiev deemed illegal.

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