#instead of seeing them All as Freedom Motif A B and C

[cube-cumb3r]

the consequence of seeing the entirety of "the world revolving" as "freedom motif" is now you have motherfuckers going Um why doesn't Jevil have his own motif why is his entire song just Freedom motif? See Um actually it Isn't. theres actually Several melodies and phrases in the world revolving Some of which reoccur in secret/shadowcrystal boss songs AND some of which are unique to the world revolving and jevil, (perhaps just for now, and perhaps forever.) put some respect on that little freaks name

[stranger-who-writes-fiction]

Okay I was gonna do another SG:WoT post anyway because we’ve got a new King interview but THEN, he released the cover to issue four so you KNOW I gotta geek out about this.

(Sorry that this blog is all SG:WoT, all the time now, but I am just. Insanely excited that Evely is drawing Supergirl. Feel free to block/mute these posts as needed. XD)

Okay, so!

First! The interview!

It’s on (ugh) screenrant so I’m not gonna link, I’m just gonna nab the interesting bits:

On the different direction of the book, and if he wanted to go back to the original Adventure Comics vibes: “So, the idea of this thing was to strip her story down, because Supergirl has a majorly weird history in terms of continuity. At least 13 writers have rewritten her origin over the years. Her dad has 13 origin stories; sometimes he's evil, sometimes he's a robot, sometimes alive, sometimes he's dead. She's changed dramatically in the last 10 years, between coming back to life to the New 52 to Rebirth. She's gone through so much that it's hard to get a hold of her. Not to mention in the '90s, when I was coming up, she was like an ectoplasmic space angel. There's so much there, and I just wanted to take all that stuff off and get to the core of the character; get her out of her normal environments and her normal conflicts. It seems like all our stories are about her dad or her relationship to Superman. Instead, let's see the purity of that character.”

On starting the book the way he did: “...I wanted to start out with a very human moment of a person turning 21 and getting drunk. And a person who is getting drunk because they want to be alone, and they just want to forget about the shit that's happened in their past. That's such a human moment. And the fact that she's Supergirl, so she waits till it's legal - because these super people, they follow the rules. She waited, and now it's legal and she can have this moment. She goes off by herself, with her dog that always follows her, and she has a moment where she can be free. For a lot of people in the US, whether you've been drinking since you were 14 or started that day, your 21st birthday and the day after are days you remember for the rest of your life. It's a day of freedom and consequence, and I wanted to show Supergirl going through that.”

On rising to the challenge of helping Supergirl perform better, sales/popularity-wise: “ When I first got on this book, I called Steve Orlando, who had just written a Supergirl run. And he was the one who opened my eyes to how good the character is. He had such insight into her. He was like, ‘There is a difference between Clark and her, and what she's gone through.’ He just laid it for me.”

On starting the book off with Ruthye’s journey, and gradually building to Kara’s: “ I was like, "Okay, this is going to be from the point of view of someone under Supergirl." And so I switched the point of view to this new brand new character, whose name is Ruthye. And we went from there: we start with Ruthye's story, we see her discover Supergirl, and she's our audience. She's our way in, the way Robin has always been the way into Batman.”

On whether or not other characters will show up, outside of Supergirl and Ruthye: “It's like my Superman: Up in the Sky, where it's a distillation of the character. You'll see other characters, but the focus of every issue will be on Supergirl. And it's something where at the very end, you can be like, "Why is Supergirl great? Why is she important to the DC Universe? What is her future in the DC Universe? Here, read this one trade that can answer all three of those questions at once."So, there will be other characters in the Super universe. But the focus will always be on her; on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. It's her finding out about herself and her own strength.”

On Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow vs. his other titles: “Supergirl is my first 2021 book, or my first book of the 20s. That wrapped up my books of the teens, and now we're in a new generation. God willing, from the moment I started this book, I was like, ‘I'm gonna take a risk, and I'm gonna write books that are a little brighter.’ I know that's coming from me, and it's not to say we're going to avoid conflict or we're not going to explore the depths of the human soul. All that stuff will be in there. But these books are made from a place of joy, not from a place of anger; from a place of hope, not from a place of despair. It very much contrasts to those other books, in my mind.”

On how he thinks folks will react to the Krypto cliffhanger: “I mean, they're gonna think it's a good cliffhanger. That's how I think they're going to react. They're going to say, ‘I want the next issue.’ That's literally my job as written in my contract. Something where at the end of an issue, someone says, ‘I want more.’ So, that's how I hope they react.”

As mentioned, this is not the full interview; the whole thing can be found on screenrant, and I think Tom King shared a link on his twitter. 

And now, as always, SOME THOUGHTS:

I love that he brings up the fact that so many Supergirl stories focus on Zor-El and Clark, and how he was like, ‘let’s not do that.’

That’s my big gripe with modern Supergirl comics; they are trying so hard to make a statement on why we need both a Supergirl AND a Superman, that they end up spending ALL THEIR TIME talking about Clark, instead of, you know. Telling a fun Supergirl story.

Same thing with Zor-El! I know folks love Rebirth--I like it quite a bit myself--but I think the nostalgia goggles prevent folks from remembering that the whole first arc of that book was re-doing the ‘Cyborg Superman’ garbage from the Nu52. 

Speaking of Rebirth, really like that of all the recent SG writers he coulda talked to, he talked to Steve Orlando.

Like, if ya can’t get Gates on the phone, get Orlando.

(I get the sense that Gates doesn’t like this book, actually, based on a vague tweet. But don’t quote me on that.) 

Looks like Ruthye is gonna be our POV/audience insert character for the whole run. I’m...mmmm. I don’t love it, but I understand the logic here. Especially since he compared it to Batman and Robin--how you use Robin as your entry point for a bat book. 

And you know what? Kara’s supporting cast needs some help, so. Welcome to the Superfam, Ruthye.

I also love the explanation behind the drinking thing, as well as the fact that Kara waited until it was 100% legal for her to drink because OF COURSE SHE WOULD.

I am so worried that Krypto is gonna die b/c of what we saw in Future State. I’m over here with my Pepe Silva board like, ‘Well, what if Kara agrees to help Ruthye because Krem MURDERED HER DOG?!?! WHAT IF THIS IS JOHN WICK IN SPACE?!?!?!’

So I am DISMAYED that King does not reassure us AT ALL.

Thus I am forced to cling to this tidbit here: “ But these books are made from a place of joy, not from a place of anger; from a place of hope, not from a place of despair. It very much contrasts to those other books, in my mind.”

Killing the dog would not be joyful. XD So, like. I’m REALLY HOPIN’ HE’LL BE OKAY.

AND LASTLY, (Except not really)

I have some additional, miscellaneous thoughts unrelated to the interview b/c I’m me and I’m loving having a Supergirl comic back on the shelves, however polarizing it may be.

Something I realized, when details started to come out regarding the book, and that other folks have now noted as well: Kara was 16 when Rebirth launched in 2016; she’s just turned 21 in 2021, making her one of the extremely few comic characters to age in real time.

I don’t think that was planned, but it is cool.

It occurred to me on a re-read that Ruthye never calls Kara Kara in her narration, only Supergirl. And I was a little sad! But then I remembered that Kara wouldn’t necessarily reveal her identity to people she’s helping, she would just be ‘Supergirl’ to them. 

I really do love how, so far, there has been NARY A MENTION of Kara angst-ing over being in Clark’s shadow, or being Superman’s cousin.

It appears that her drinking alone on a remote planet is more related to trying to forget her trauma/grief related to Krypton. MAYBE. We don’t know yet.

The Clark thing could still come up. I hope it doesn’t. 

(Interesting to note! Kara recently appeared in Action Comics, helping Clark and Jon investigate some Kryptonian refugees; IDK how closely these books will necessarily ‘work together’ in terms of continuity, but! It’s possible that the discovery of those mysterious refugees was triggering, thus sending her on her way to her own solo title.)

(Well. That’s gonna be my headcanon, anyway. XD)

AND LASTLY, (for real this time)

ISSUE FOUR COVER!!!!

Okay, some immediate thoughts:

GOOD LORD IT’S STUNNING.

I loooooove the fire motif, reminds me of a part from the Rebirth run, where Kara met the Super-Man of China, and they visually referenced All-Star Superman, having the Kryptonians kind of...become the sun.

Also STAR CHART?!?! PIRATE MAP!?!?!?! 

The VIBES I tell you, the VIIIIIIIBES.

Also I love that it’s just Kara.

Don’t get me wrong! I like Ruthye just fine so far! But yeah, yeah, give me some more solo-Kara focus, even if it’s just in the art.

Just realized that once this thing gets collected as a TBP, we might get some Evely art backmatter. OhHhhHHhhH YESSSS. 

Anyways, the long wait for issue 2 begins! 

[academiix]

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masterpost on how to write a literary analysis essay, thanks to the lectures I get from the best English teacher in the world

Pre-Essay Time Allocation: You should spend 30% thinking (~2 hrs), 30% writing (~2 hrs), 30% revising (~2 hrs), and 10% urination/eating cookies

What is literary analysis? The question you should be asking is: what are the author's choices and what is the effect? The goal of literary analysis is to figure out what the author is saying and how the author conveys this message. How would be the literary devices the author use like: metaphors, symbols, motifs, foils, conflict, setting, imagery, dialogue, point of view, etc.

Thinking-30% Theme Words: List out several theme words, then find synonyms to these themes. For example: - grief: sadness, mourning, pain, despaire, agony, suffering, loneliness - strength: grit, perseverance, courage, might, power

Thematic Statement: Create a thematic statement of the author's message. THe format is: "When [insert character rule here], then [insert the effect]. This should be a true statement. For example: when an inexperienced, naive person faces extreme grief, then they often develop their own unique strategy of coping that changes their identity, passion, or interaction with others."

Organization: Before you start, choose a theme that you want to write about. There are a four ways to organize your body paragraphs. These are 1) characters 2) scenes 3) chronological order 4) parts of a theme/idea (i.e. different types of freedom). Figure out what method will work best for your readers.

Thesis Draft: Start off with a basic thesis. The basic format is: when looking at ABC, you can see XYZ. ABC should be your body paragraphs (i.e. three different characters0, and your XYZ should be the author's message/your "claim."

Outline: Create an outline. There should be 5 parts: 1) your thematic statement 2) organization method 3) general examples 4) ltierary terms (the "how") 5) thesis draft, aka the "therefore" that the author conveys Examples of steps 2-4: CHARACTER 1: - Muddled cheerfulness, p. 81: dialogue, motif of choice, conflict with self - [a phrase that gives context], [pg #]: literary terms - example #3 - example #4 And then, you repeat for the other characters (I would have 3 characters, one character per body paragraph)

Writing - 30%

Introduction: the role of the intro is to make your thesis clear. You want your Title (in italics), author, and translator if applicable. You need to explain and create nuance, which means clarifying the TRUTH that the author claims. Try not to use any speicfic names, otherwise you'll fall into plot. Basic format: 1) Truth/Theme 2) [TItle] by [Author] shows this because [explaination]. 3) Explain what the truth/theme means 4) Therefore, [ABC shows XYZ]

Body paragraphs: Topic sentence - like the thesis, you should have "when looking at ABC, you see XYZ." This time, ABC should be the "how" the author conveys (literary devices), and your XYZ hsould be a section of the thesis. For example: "[Author]'s symbol of the pineapple and the juxtaposition of warmth and cold highlights the hidden beauty in death." Remember to use TRANSITIONS in all topic sentences except the first one. Quotes - you should always flow quotes into your writing. Try to avoid the CD, CM, CM format--that's for middle schoolers. Instead, weave text in such as: The author juxtaposes "inching [along] a steep cliff in the dark," or seemingly endless grief... Notice how the "or" is a way to connect the analysis and the text in the same sentence. Another word you can use is "which." Analysis - always connect the text back to the thesis. The format for this should be along the lines of: [Author] [insert verb here i.e. highlights, reveals, portrays] [effect of choice]. For example: [Author] compares ABC to XYZ to illustrate the emotional conneection between [character]'s hobby and her childhood memories. Last sentence - Your last sentence of the paragraph will be your best sentence because you had time to think more about the author's choices. This should be the big "therefore" theauthor conveys. However, you should always have the best sentence as your topic sentence. If possible, put your last sentence as your topic sentence, and then rewrite your last sentence.

Conclusion: There are multiple potential ways to write a conclusion. 1) evaluating the truth of the book/author 2) suggestion for a change/addition to the book 3) if you agree with the book or not 4) using a best "nugget" of the text (i.e. a simple statement) and create a point using the author's own symbolism Whatever you do, only the first sentence should be a restatement of your thesis. THe rest should add something NEW i.e. if my thesis is related to "grief brings strength," my conclusion could be related to "grief heightens living experience."

Revising - 30%

Quick revisions: 1. Read your essay out loud. Fix grammatical errors 2. Meet up with a friend IN PERSON and tell them to read your essay out loud. Look for changes in facial expression, and ask them for sincere feed back. 3. Change all "shows" to a different verb. Get rid of the word "uses"/"use of" (in the context of "[author] uses symbols XYZ." change instead to "the author's symbols XYZ") 4. Get rid of the term "will" to create more nuance 5. ADD MORE TRANSITIONS TO CONNECT DIFFERENT IDEAS

Common mistakes: - eliminate all contractions in your writing - have the correct heading and format - do not start sentences with "-ing" verbs - Do not use "this is" "this shows" "an example of this would be". What is "this?" Instead use: "This symbol XYZ..." - Correct usage of that, who, which, etc - DO NOT use fancy words in the wrong way. Only have maximum 1-2 new words - Remember to have a therefore. This means you have an A (quote), that connects to B (analysis of literary device), but also a C (author's meaning). People often forget the "C".

Post Essay

Predict what grade you're going to get -- this should reflect the pride in your essay. Once you get your essay back, remember a few things 1. Most English teachers are going to agree with the grade you got, maybe only a variation of half a grade 2. List out three goals for the next essay 3. FIX YOUR MISTAKES! Keep your old essay next to you when writing your next essay 4. Revise and develop your essay writing method to be more efficient, and get a better result with the same/less amount of time

[w1737087]

Everything you will possibly see is

So hi and hello, welcome to my blog of art. I hope you are ready to be taken by force or will because..

Hope you survive.

Down below are all the examples you would see of my final creation this semester: a series of self portraits. Further down below you would see gathered digitally produced work which counts for an online sketchbook as influence over my final pieces.

All information is scattered as it’s pasted from journal pages and I hope you enjoy your stay.

In no chronological order I present to you:

[Gallery piece 1 - I am in here]

Please take a good look for yourself before reading on to finding out my truth of each piece. I’d like for you think your original thoughts upon them before learning my reasons for creating them the way they are.

I am here showcases a statement of factual truth that I am here in fact within what you see. There I am in the yellow shirt with distorted text and you can spot my head in the white lines facing downward in the inward spiral of distortion. The coloured shapes surrounding me are planets against a blue universe. You could find the actual image posted on my social media. I tend to not display pictures exposing the true identity of myself within my project production for purposes of deeming clear perspective upon an audience to learn of me before building judgement based on physical appearance. Its like an experiment I’m setting up for someone or anyone to understand by seeing me through all that is anything but a clear physical display of myself.

This definition operates as the purpose of my work. The theme “no identity” runs through and I’m involving myself within the motif by disassociating any clear physical display. As also making my work tremendously.. just about me. I value this conceptual aspect because the exposure of our physical entities usually is the first thing that decide our interest in others and I would like this to not be done about me. With the freedom of this project I can be at the success of this portrayal. As I believe it is the soul part and all that remains invisible but all thoroughly there that make us count for the attraction we are for having being before seen. Through all things that make me up and not what I look like my work thus continues to run with archetypes of all the cosmic wonders and truths I find out about myself on a daily structure. I like to record most of everything about my mundane life in journals and continue creating art from it like so.

It’s really about dissecting my own mind because I know mine well more than anyone else’s even if I was to study another. I’d rather not anymore be someone who comments on what any other artist portrays through their own theme of work of art because I am told to, instead focus on what I have to show for myself. Thus In a non obsessive way I like to keep these recordings I make and works of art reflecting notions of the dispersions of who I am and not of any relation to politics or helping world wide organisations with a broad statement of what my work means for the world. There are plenty of people and renowned artists across the globe doing all this crap and I have no intention to be in that way. I simply tell tales about a life that’s being lived, no matter how mundane.

Even though I’m quite self consumed and fixated on how to organise my own life I can’t seem to, therefore spend a lot of time stopping which leads to thinking and then not doing and before I know it I’m here again, in this tremendous cycle wrapped around my own mind and habits. To be honest all that I showcase to the world may also be a viewed as a whole load of crap to someone else. But I simply make do with what I can. I babble on like so. It’s a flaw and a habit I guess you’re putting up with it as I do too. I do all this whatever it is I do to gather the conclusion in my own development as a human, a flawed human and the soul that exists within. For I’m a mechanism of this world also and I don’t know anything beyond this present day. So while I try to become something in this tough old world In the meantime this is my journey and I mustn’t forget it. I must keep up with myself and understand how I get from A to B to C all the way past the entire celestial body to where I get to. Factually it’s simply a hobby and an all consuming considerable form of art.

What I have basically done is incorporate my whole life: day and night as my submission. These listed archetypes will make my submission: diary entries, written recordings of dreams, feelings, moods, daily activities, production and gathering of images, notes of hobbies and perosnal behaviour. I will be displaying the life I live through my eyes in a more mild perspective than full. So primarily an ongoing of my previous work.