MIKE FAIST Another Man Magazine (2024) Photography By Jack Pierson

MIKE FAIST Another Man Magazine (2024) Photography by Jack Pierson

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art

art is a shield agent that gets kidnapped from his apartment one night. he is taken by hydra agents and administered with a dose of howard stark’s super soldier serum. they want to turn him into the next winter soldier, they tell him. they want to restart the wolf spider program, they tell him. they succeed at doing both. shield gives up the investigation after three years. art, at this point, has undergone severe brainwashing and memory wiping to ensure that he doesn’t run. being a shield agent, he was already skilled in combat and reconnaissance, but hydra ensured that he became a skilled assassin in the three years that shield was looking for him. he is extremely good at what he does and he hasn’t gotten caught once. ten years later, a shield agent is murdered in her apartment. the investigation leads to an underground bunker in new rochelle, new york. in the bunker are hydra agents, a cryostasis chamber, and art donaldson. art is rescued and taken into shield’s custody, where he begins to attempt to undo all of the trauma that hydra put him through.

dodge

dodge is a shield agent that’s searching for the mercenary that killed his sister. he joined the agency at eighteen and he’s been working his way up the ranks ever since. he’s seen as an incredible asset to the agency and is typically the first one on the scene whenever there’s trouble. the younger agents say that he’s fearless, but dodge knows better. it’s easy to be fearless when you have nothing to lose.

miscellaneous verses

riff

descendants. riff is the son of flynn rider and rapunzel. he was born on auradon and never wanted for anything. however, he grew bored with the routine and the stuffiness of auradon incredibly quickly. when he was twelve, he was sent to the isle for attempting to steal king adam's crown. he almost got away with it, too. but he didn't and so he was sent to the isle for it. he wasn't missed very much. none of the kids in auradon had liked him very much. riff doesn't care. he likes the isle a lot better than auradon. he tends to run around the isle with a group of kids that he leads. he's a very good thief and pickpocket, so make sure to watch your valuables around him.

miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children. riff is pyrokinetic. he inherited it from his father and he hates it. his loop is a day in august, 1957. it’s run by valentina bronzewing and the entrance to the loop is the entrance to the basement of valentina’s store. riff spends most of his time running around and causing chaos. he’s a pretty good friend to those he cares about, but he takes a while to warm up to those he doesn’t know. he prefers to fight with his fists, rather than use his peculiarity, but he will often flaunt his pyrokinesis just because he can.

1920s. riff runs a speakeasy and is constantly dodging the local authorities. he lives life on the edge because, really, is there any other way to live it?

art

ted lasso. during the fallout of everything, art donaldson disappears. he takes his daughter and packs everything essential into some suitcases, and he gets on the first flight to london. he tells no one where he’s going except for his parents, and hopes that he can start over when he gets to london. he knows he’s taking the coward’s way out and he knows he shouldn’t be running away from all of it, but he can’t help it. he’s sick and tired of being hounded whenever he goes. he’s sick and tired of people looking at him like they pity him or like they know what he went through. he’s sick and tired of being art donaldson. he doesn’t know how much of the news has reached london, but he’s hoping it’s not a lot.

moulin rouge. art started out life wanting to be a golf star. that plan quickly fizzled out when he realized he was an absolutely terrible golfer, and he decided to go to school instead. he had no money to pay for his schooling, however, and so he was forced to drop out. (his parents had died a year prior and left him with nothing, much to his surprise). out of money, options and a job, art decides to find work at the moulin rouge. it's not something he ever saw himself doing and he hates it. most of his clients are rough and rude and expect nothing in return for the services he provides for them. but art needs money. and he likes the people he works with. zidler isn't a bad boss either, all things considered. art is grateful for the moulin rouge. he knows his situation could be so much worse, but he dreams of a day he can leave the club behind for good.

percy jackson

riff

riff is a son of zeus. he was claimed at twelve. his mom was abusive and he hates her. he ran away at twelve and found the camp with the help of his friend tony. tony is a son of apollo and works in the infirmary. riff is one of the head counselors of the zeus cabin. he's a pretty good guy, but he always seems to be in trouble for one thing or another.

connor

connor is a son of hades that was claimed at age fourteen. he's spent the past three years living at camp half blood and training for—honestly, he doesn't know what he's training for. but he's training for something. life isn't bad by any means. sure, he's got nightmares and sure, he's got adhd on top of all his other issues, but it could be worse. he could be dead. or a monster. (sometimes he thinks he's both, despite knowing that he's not). but yeah. life is good. as good as it can be when you're a half-blood, anyway.

dodge

dodge is a son of nemesis that was claimed at sixteen. his older sister, dayna, was killed by a cyclops while she was trying to get them both to camp, and dodge has been trying to find and kill it ever since. he spends his days at camp training to kill the cyclops. he keeps mostly to himself, but he’s a good friend to have around if things go sideways.

@trckstaer

Tosia is curled in a ball on the seat next to him. She’s been staring at Katniss since she and Peeta got on the train. Riff doesn’t know if she’s trying to eat Katniss’ shrike or if she just doesn’t trust her. Either way, she can’t eat the bird. Riff tears his attention away from his daemon to focus on Katniss. She’s the first person in District Twelve to volunteer since he did. He gets why she did it, but he also knows the chances of her survival are slim. He leans back in his seat a bit and rubs behind Tosia’s ears.

“You got a plan?” He likes to ask all the tributes that. “For once you’re in there?” Most of them don’t. He doesn’t think Katniss will, either. But maybe she’ll surprise him. He doubts it, but maybe it’ll happen.

Steve Rogers // Captain America

and his habit of putting his hands on his belt