#Super-cycle

[jerseyluck]

Batman: No Man's Land: Young Justice Special (Story #14)

No Man's Land continues with a story about Young Justice that isn't written by the main writer of Young Justice. (We will get there)

The comic opens on not-actually-a-member of Young Justice: Lagoon Boy! For those of you who don't know Lagoon Boy, he was a creation of the Erik Larsen's run on Aquaman. Kinda looks like Savage Dragon. And I agree that Atlantis could use some more little freaks. It is shame that Lagoon Boy is most famous for being killed...twice in some very bad comics.

Anyway, Lagoon Boy is swimming towards Gotham when he ambushed by comics fourth best snake cult: Kobra! The cult is doing some shady stuff near Gotham, and they fire torpedoes at Lagoon Boy.

Meanwhile, Kon-El is being extremely thirsty for a robot girl at Young Justice Headquarters, and I just got to say, I do not want to see what Chuck Dixon thinks about what makes people find horny. Just bad, Chuck.

Impulse and Superboy are trying to cheer up a sad Robin. Tim is annoyed that Batman said he can't be in Gotham, but Bart and Kon realize that Bats never said that Young Justice could be in No Man's Land.

So, we get Superboy, Impulse, Robin, and Lagoon Boy all breaking in Gotham in different ways. It is nice to see the heroes break in Gotham individually and the military just getting annoyed that people just keep speeding into the city.

Bart and Kon get into Gotham first (Bart gives a man asking for food a turkey, in one of several good Impulse side-gags in this issue), and they decide to go into Poison Ivy's Forest after seeing smoke from that direction. The pair is attacked by a plant lady... and Superboy is thirsty for all the non-sentient life.

Meanwhile, Robin saves Lagoon Boy from a mob of hungry citizens. The two bond (joking that Lagoon Boy would fit in Gotham just fine) and go to Poison Ivy's territory to save the other boys of Young Justice.

When Robin goes to stop the plant lady, he is interrupted by Batman showing up. Batman saves the boys and then tells them to get the hell out of Gotham!

The heroes leave on the SuperCycle sad that they failed in Batman's eyes, when Lagoon Boy remembers that there are still Kobra subs near Gotham City. Young Justice realizes that they can't let Kobra do some science-terrorism on the struggling Gotham City, so they go under the sea.

Superboy, Lagoon Boy, and Lagoon Boy's pal Blubber (he is a whale with arms and legs) destroy the subs while Impulse and Robin destroy missiles heading towards Gotham. Also, the girls of Young Justice show up for a panel wondering what the boys are doing. Good job Chuck for keeping those weak, nasty girls out this comic *sarcasm*.

This comic is a not great tie-in for either Young Justice or No Man's Land. The nice things that I can say is that the art is good and Impulse is written decently. But that is balanced out by an extremely, uncomfortably horny Superboy. Does some exploration of heroes going to No Man's Land while showing the pointless of military guarding Gotham when superheroes/villains can just break in.

5.5/10

[baambastic]

I feel like we as Young Just Us fans forget that the Super-Cycle was the one that created the Mighty Endowed.

[akiiame-blog]

"Hey, why won't you talk to me?"

The aftermath of the infamous Odyssey ending. After everything went down, Mario blamed nobody but himself, cementing himself in self-hatred.

[mmhberry]

in honor of me finishing awakening an hour ago and right after this game’s thirteenth birthday

[sidoopa]

finished these roughs today! im feeling real happy with them so far

[skepsys]

super fun comm i finished recently!!!!

[lallelol]

So, Sonic x Shadow right

for the memes

ITS MY ENEMY STAND

[miiversian]

[hanafubukki]

Menstrual Cramps Comfort Headcanons with Diasomnia (+ Meleanor Draconia and The Knight of Dawn)

You are cramping and curled up in bed, Malleus holds you, his tail and arms holding you protectively. The heat from his hands sooth your pain. Malleus would try and keep your mind off the pain by talking to you or spouting random gargoyle facts. When you were sleeping, he would cast a spell so you would have sweet dreams. “Ask me anything you need, beloved, and I will provide.” Suffice to say, Malleus will be with you the entire time.

Lilia knew about menstrual cycles but the fae’s differs from the humans vastly. So he learned what he could from books and online resources, now if those books were up to date is another story. Lilia is a caretaker and he will take care of you: blankets, chocolates, and head pats are some of what you can look forward to. “I’m here, love. You can lean on me.” But also, because he’s cheeky, “I know there’s a way you don’t have to worry about your cycle for 9 months. What do you say? Should we try it~”

Silver knew something was wrong from the way you moved. He was a trained knight, it was his duty to observe for anything out of the ordinary, and you were clearly not yourself. When you hunched over in pain, he was quick to your side, offering to take you to the infirmary. Chivalry isn’t dead, it is literally personified in Silver. He would hold heavy items for you, pick you up from class, get you food, and make sure to remind you of meds if you need it. He would offer to stay with you so you wouldn’t be alone. “I don’t want to see you suffer, please rely on me.”

Sebek could smell the blood miles away. Normally he would think it’s just a result from normal NRC brawls, but when he smelled it concentrated on you, he was alert right away. He would ask you where you were hurt, practically ready to haul you over his shoulder to the infirmary, but when he paused and observed you: he knew what was wrong. It’s okay, he would assure you, he knew what to do from his mother and his sister after all. You could tell he was embarrassed, but he took his duty diligently in protecting you. He would make you teas, spout facts on what you should and shouldn’t do, and be ready for anyone who looked wrong at you. “Be at ease! For I will protect you from any harm. Now, drink that tea. It will help your pain.”

Meleanor was surprised when she learned about human’s cycles. For the fae, it was vastly different. They had it a couple times a year, but for humans to have it every month? My, how inconvenient it can be, especially if it is as painful as yours seems to be. No worries, she will provide so you are always comfortable. After all, she is Queen of Briar Valley, everything is within her reach. She would have you rest, her hands threading through your hair, soothing you. Her humming a melody calming you down. If anyone dared to hurt you, she wouldn’t hold back from smiting them. “Imbeciles, they dare to hurt you? I will deal with them personally. Now rest, little one, I’m here.”

The Knight of Dawn is determined and loyal as you know. He would notice right away when he saw you. He knew something was off. You seemed to curl into yourself more as time went on. He would watch you throughout the day, helping you whenever he could. He had an inkling of what was wrong but didn’t want to embarrass you. He would bring you food and have you rest repeatedly throughout the day. He would ask the three fairies who blessed him for a potion to help you should the pain be more than you could handle. At times, you couldn’t help but wonder if he wanted to just carry you to bed with how antsy he unknowingly was. He would hold your hand and rub his thumb on your wrist, trying to sooth you. Don’t be surprised if you fell asleep in his warm presence and woke up to him smiling gently at you. “Are you awake? Sleep some more, I will watch over you.”

[runningatypufullspeed]

Worlds most tragic victim to male pattern baldness

[perplexingly]

I barely remember any of the Vulgate cycle so I checked some chapters about Galehaut and by god I forgot that it was written Like That

Galehaut, trying to convince Lancelot (in disguise) to stay with him Forever, soon after meeting him:

Lancelot promised he'd stay only if Galehaut (who at the time was battling Arthur, and was very much victorious) withdrew his army, to which Galehaut's entire attitude was like: "this pains me not at all, since it is your wish". Lancelot's reaction to this:

Galehaut planning to keep Lancelot aaaall to himself:

Galehaut answering to the question what would he do to keep Lancelot's company forever:

Galehaut's grieving out of love for Lancelot:

Lancelot and Galehaut so worried about each other they're afraid to do anything not to hurt the other (and in the second screenshot both of them almost die because they're so worried)

Lancelot and Galehaut's Romeo and Juliet-like ending:

[asingularshieldmaiden]

this might be controversial but low key Eragon being disabled because of his injury from the battle of Farthen Dûr was the most interesting plot line of the whole series and I kind of wish it had gone for longer

[suzukiblu]

Thank-you sentences for derpsheep behind the cut; “YJ packs up and gets pupped”. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

Kon folds up Cassie’s T-shirt and Cissie’s towel into careful imitations of nesting pillows, which is pretty straightforward too–those are both things the girl in the video’d had and had demonstrated a couple different ways to fold. Bart’s weird cowboy outfit is . . . slightly less straightforward, maybe, but he figures it out, and then he half-lines the seams of the Super-Cycle’s cushions with all of the “pillows” he’s made and then tucks Robin’s scent blockers into the seams underneath them. He doesn’t have enough stuff to cover all of the seams or line the sides of the cushions or anything, and obviously he doesn’t have actual pillows, much less actual nesting pillows, but–but he sets it up okay, he thinks. Like–it’s not bad, he means. 

Like, at least for a first try from somebody who’s never been in or around anyone else’s nest, anyway.

He does kind of wish he had a little more stuff to line it with, maybe, but . . . well, he doesn’t have anything else that smells like any of them anyway. 

( for just a second, he thinks about how if somebody’d given him . . . a cape, or something else about that long . . . 

he doesn’t think about what he could do if he had somebody’s cape. )

He tucks Bart’s weird cowboy boots and spurs and hat in the Super-Cycle’s front seat. They’re not gonna work actually in a nest, obviously, but–like, he doesn’t know, he just doesn’t wanna leave them on the floor or anything. And he did bring ‘em, so . . . yeah. So he tucks them in the front seat, and then he goes back to his pretty weak excuse for a nest and starts fussing over it, kinda, which is sort of lame and dumb of him, but . . . 

But it’s his. His nest. 

And the Super-Cycle made him a place to make it and is purring its engine while he does, and the girl in the video made that video for younger omegas who need tips, or just don’t have a pack omega or anyone to teach them how this kind of thing works, and he found stuff that smells like everyone on the team, even if in Robin’s case it’s just that it smells like his blockers, and–and no one can tell him he’s not allowed to have one. No one can tell him he shouldn’t. 

And he’s not stuck being an alpha. 

Kon sniffles a couple of times, then rearranges his makeshift “pillows” again, trying to figure out the best order to set them all in, just for like–whatever’ll look best, or be the most comfortable, or– 

The Super-Cycle’s horn trills a little greeting, and Kon’s head snaps up reflexively. What–? 

Red Tornado’s standing in the doorway of the garage, expressionless as always but somehow still projecting a vague aura of bemusement. Kon freezes, still holding Cassie’s folded-up T-shirt in his hands, and sort of–doesn’t hide it, exactly, but definitely does shove it down into his lap behind the side of the Super-Cycle, hopefully below Red Tornado’s immediate line of sight. 

It’s a dumb instinct, probably. But it’s . . . what he does, yeah. 

“Superboy,” Red Tornado says slowly, his mechanical voice just as blank as his metal face. “What are you doing here? You made no mention of intending to visit the base today.” 

“I–uh–” Kon stutters, and takes an unsteady breath, and–Red Tornado doesn’t have a designation, technically. Like–he did when he was human, obviously, though Kon actually doesn’t even know what it was, he’s realizing, but–but physically, Red Tornado’s all metal and wires and machinery. He doesn’t have scent glands or anything like that, or even scent receptors, so he just smells like . . . well. Metal and wires and machinery, and whatever he’s touched lately. Not like an alpha or a beta or . . . or another omega. 

Kon doesn’t know which one Red Tornado was, or if he even still thinks of himself as whatever he was, or if he even cares about, like . . . that kind of thing anymore. Red Tornado said he forgot how to be human, for a while. He only woke up again when he and Robin and Bart tripped over him while messing around in the cave and accidentally annoyed him enough that he got over his “am I even human anymore?” angst just to shut them up, pretty much. 

But no matter what he was or how he thinks of himself now, Red Tornado’s still a person. A person who is definitely human-level sapient and can, like–talk.

Can say what he thinks, and tell other people things. 

And–yeah, Red Tornado can’t smell anything, but it’s also–it’s also probably pretty fucking obvious that Kon’s been making a nest, depending on how well the guy can see inside the Super-Cycle from the doorway, and–and– 

And he feels embarrassed, again, and barely keeps himself from hunching in on himself. He–normally he’d make himself big, if he was nervous or embarrassed. Normally he’d–do that. But right now . . . 

Right now, it feels way harder to do that than usual.

[biteghost]

Ask and ye receive!

[drenched-in-sunlight]

the Light of Miquella incantation Eng description is so confusing to me, so i decided to look at the JP text, still confused (i asked both my native speaker friend and American friend working as a translator in JP, and even they are confused and i couldn't just give them a wall of text on Elden Ring lore so they could translate 1 paragraph), so i turn to the CN translation which follows the JP one... and it's so clear??????????? im shocked

(please note im not native CN speaker either, but my mother tongue is built based on their language and i double check with my friend who is fluent)

Miquella wishes to embrace everything, yet he understands that there is one exception: whether it be the absolute God or the Lord (King Consort): there could only be one (of them)

so us player, as Lord of the old Order, is the one he could not embrace. and we clearly see that for him to accept us, we already have to be charmed and relinquish our claim to Lordship (thus failing the boss fight).

i feel like this is the translation i could understand & line up well with how events in the game plays out. Miquella wants to accept all, but the rule of the world dictates that there could only be one God & one Consort (who the hell wrote that rule...), and so one of us has to give.

it presents a paradox of him wanting to become a God to save people & bring compassion, but to be a God he HAS to eliminate all other candidates for Godhood. he has to be the only one.

it sheds light on why Marika's age also started with conflicts. it's something demanded of the new God. and also us when we fight to become Elden Lord (+ line up with why Ansbach is not mad at us for killing Mogh, as he too understands that rule).

[youkaigakkou-tl]

Hi, what’s the deal behind Ebisu hating Toubyou so much? I know he and Kurahashi seemed to be paired up a lot in artwork (they’re roommates and in the same club iirc) but Kurahashi doesn’t seem to like Toubyou or anyone in the class when he’s alone with Ebisu, so what’s the big deal?

ok you see a very intentional and important part of ebisu's personality is he's a little childish. he's a picky eater, ghosts in toilets scare him, he holds grudges based on vibes and doesnt like to get along with most people (contrast with ranmaru and genbu who have beef but can still work together, that sensei specifically puts it "they're adults about it")

kurahashi can tell ebisu he """doesnt care about school""" or whatever as much as he wants (whether it is or is not true), ebisu has eyes and can see him smiling and laughing hanging out with his friends all day

look at that fond look. thats totally a "u swear ur new friends arent better than me and ur still gonna hang out with me? ur not gonna leave me all alone? 🥺 do u prommy??"