#rocket robin prints

[tussive]

Fuckboy I know you ain't bout shit (bout shit)

I might drop a rack on my outfit (outfit)

I put my dick where her mouth is (yeah)

I pull out and I bust a nut all on the carpet (oh)

I'm driving the red Beamer, cockpit (skrt skrt)

Keep ducking you don't wanna start shit (hell naw)

You know I stay strapped with that rocket (bang bang)

I pull up the .30, it's loaded and I cock it (pew pew)

I pull out a blunt and I spark it

I pull up in foreign, I park it (skrt skrt skrt)

Catch me inside Neiman Marcus

Rocking all designer, you know that I bought it (flexing)

Ten thousand Xannies, I bought it (yeah)

Gimme some Xannies, I pop it (turnt up)

I fuck with Truies and Robins (gang gang)

The hunnids falling out my motherfucking pockets (I'm flexing)

Sea of pints so we be popping (woah)

My bitch she call me Ricky Bobby (turnt up)

Cause I know how to get it popping (yeah)

Versace print all on my boxers, you can't stop me (I'm flexing)

I never take no for an answer (never)

Cause baby, I'm a young finesser (finesser)

I got a single tiny dancer (yeah)

I'm praying all these Backwoods don't give me no cancer

[rocketrobinprints-blog]

March 21, 2019

We finally got over being sick and were hit with some pretty nice weather which got us inspired to pick up the apartment and get a few things settled. The place feels much more like home with more art up on the walls and things generally more picked up. 

Namely, we managed to clean up the studio room, so it's now functional! We have wanted to get the studio into working order since we moved in, but one thing always leads to another...but! now it’s organized better and much more usable! 

Eric went out and bought a big, put-it-together-yourself set of black plastic shelves that we fit most of our project supplies on. It fits two sets of baskets deep per shelf. We nearly filled the shelves, which got a bunch of stuff off the floor which awards us more space, and which let us move some things around in a way that makes more sense. So now, we've got more open floor space, organized desks, more readily available art materials, Eric can get to his drawing table, and we just have more usable space in general. 

Whew! Cross that one off the to do list! 

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[alyssaerin]

⭐ Posting 3 villagers a DAY on instagram/twitter (and 9 every 3 days everywhere else) from now until March to FINISH this A-Z villager drawing series! ⭐

You can buy prints, stickers, tote bags, shirts and more of ALL the villagers at my Redbubble shop!

top: Ricky, Rilla, Rio

middle: Rizzo, Roald, Robin

bottom: Rocco, Rocket, Rod

[scifrey]

WORDS FOR WRITERS: The Value of Fanfiction

There’s been a lot of chatter on social media these last few weeks, recycling that trashy, self-aggrandizing, tired old “hot take” that reading and writing fanfiction is somehow bad for you as a writer.

Before we go any further, let me give a clear and definitive answer to this take:

No, reading and writing fanfiction will not make you and does not make you a bad reader or writer.

 Period.

 Why? Here’s the TL;DR version:

1)      Reading and Writing, any kind of reading and writing, will make you a better reader and writer. And it’s enjoyable, to boot.

2)      Fanfiction has been around as long as Original Fiction, so we’d know if there was any negative impact by now (spoiler alert: there isn’t.)

3)      Practice is Practice, so matter what medium you get that practice in.

4)      Comprehending and writing fanfiction is harder than writing original fiction because you have to hold the Source Media Text in your head at the same time as you’re reading/writing a different story. It improves your understanding of storytelling.

5)      No hobby, no matter what it is, so long as it doesn’t harm anyone else or yourself, is bad. And that goes double for if you decide to keep it a hobby. Not every fanfic writer wants to write original fiction, and that’s just fine. Not every hobby has to be monetized.

 Okay. But what do they mean by “fanfiction”?

 “Fanfiction is fictional writing written by fans, commonly of an existing work of fiction. The author uses copyrighted characters, settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator as a basis for their writing.”-- Wikipedia

 Basically – it’s when you take elements (setting, characters, major themes or ideas) of a Media Text (a novel, a movie, a podcast, a comic, etc.) and create a different story with those elements. You can write a missing scene, or an extended episode, or a whole new adventure for the characters of the Media Text. You can even crossover or fuse multiple Media Texts, or specific elements, to create a whole new understanding of the characters or their worlds.

 Similar to fanfic, you can also create fanart, fancomics, or fansongs (“filk”), fancostumes (“cosplay”), and fanfilms. These are called Fanworks or Fancrafts.

 Fanfiction is usually posted to online forums, journals, blogs, or story archives and shared for free among the public. Before the advent of the internet, fanfiction was often printed or typed, and hand-copied using photocopiers or ditto machines, and distributed for free (or for a small administration fee to cover materials) among fans at conventions, or through mail-order booklets (“zines”).

 Fanfiction has existed pretty much since the beginning of storytelling (A Thousand and One Nights, Robin Hood, and King Arthur all have different elements attributed to them by different authors retelling, twisting, adding to, or changing the stories; there’s no single-origin author of those tales.)

 There are billions on billions of fanfics out there in the world—and while a majority of them are romance stories, there are also adventures, comedies, dramas, thrillers, stories based on case files, stories about the emotional connection between characters when one is hurt and the other must care for them, historical retellings, etc. There are also stories for every age range and taste, though be sure to take heed of the tags, trigger warnings, and age range warnings as your browse the archives and digital libraries.

 As a reader, it’s your responsibility to curate your experience online.

 So why are people so afraid or derisive of fanfic?

 People who are hard on fanfic say that…

 ·       It sucks.

o   Well of course it sucks! As it’s a low-stakes and easy way to try out creative writing for the first time, the majority of fanfiction is overwhelmingly written by new and young writers. Everything you do when you first try it sucks a little bit. 

I’m sure no figure skater was able to immediately land perfect triple axels ten minutes after they strap on the skates for the first time in their lives. No knitter has ever made a flawlessly perfect jumper on their first try. No mathematician has ever broken the code to send a rocket into space after having just been taught elementary-school multiplication. So why on earth do people think that new writers don’t need to practice? I can promise you that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first rap was probably pretty shaky.

·       It’s lazy or it’s cheating.

o   Listen, anyone who tells you that writing anything is lazy clearly has not sat down and tried to write anything. Writing is tedious. It is boring. It takes hours, and hours, and hours to get anything on the page, and then once it’s on the page you have to go back and edit it. UGH. There is nothing about being a writer—even a fanfic writer—that is lazy.

o   And anyone who tells you that trying to tell a fresh, new story within the limits and confines of a pre-existing world and have it make sense is cheating, then they have no freaking clue how hard it is to be creative with that kind of limitation placed on you. It’s harder when you have a set of rules you need to follow. What you do come up with is often extremely interesting and creative because of those limitations, not in spite of them.

o   The argument that using pre-made characters, settings, tropes, and worlds to make up a new story is cheating is also complete bunk. Do those same people also expect hockey players to whittle and plane themselves a whole new hockey stick from scratch before each game? No, of course not. And yeah, a baker can grow all their own wheat, grind the flour, raise the chickens and cows so they can get eggs and milk, distill the vanilla, etc. Or a baker can buy a box mix. Either way, you get a cake at the end of the process. Whether you write fanfic or original fiction, you still get a story at the end of the process.

·       It makes you a worse writer.

o   * annoying buzzer noise * Practicing anything does not make you worse at it. And reading stories that are not edited, expertly crafted, or “high art” will also not indoctrinate you into being a bad writer. If anything, figuring out why you don’t like a specific story, trope, or writing style is actually a great way to learn what kind of writer you want to be, and to learn different methods of constructing sentences, creating images, and telling tales. Or you know, just how much spelling and grammar matter.

·       It’s not highbrow or thoughtful enough.

o   Sometimes stories are allowed to be just comfort food. Not every book or story you read has to be haute cuisine or boringly nutritious. You are allowed to read stories because they’re exciting, or swoony, or funny, or just because you like them. Anyone who says differently is a snob and worth ignoring. (Besides, fun silly stories can also be packed with meaning and lessons—I mean, hello, Terry Pratchett, anyone?)

·       It makes you waste all your time on writing that can’t be monetized.

o   No time is wasted if you spend it doing something that brings you joy. Not every hobby needs to be a money-maker and not everyone wants to be a professional writer. You are allowed to write, and read, fanfic just for the fun of it.

·       It’s theft.

o   According to Fair Use Law, it’s not. As long as the fanfic writer (or artist, cosplayer, etc.) is not making money on their creation that directly impacts or cuts into the original creator’s profit, or is not repackaging/plagiarizing the original Media Text and profiting off it’s resale, then Fan Works are completely legal. So there.

 How, exactly, does fanfic make you a better writer?

 Fanfiction…

 ·       teaches you to finish what you start.

o   The joy of being able to share your fic, either as you’re writing it, or afterward, is a big motivating factor for a lot of people. They finish because they get immediate feedback on it from their readers and followers. Lots of people have ideas for books, but how many of them do you know have actually sat down and written the whole thing?

o   Fanfic is also low-stakes; there’s nothing riding on whether you finish something or not, so you have to inspire yourself to get there without the outside (potentially negative) motivation of deadline or a failing grade if you don’t get the story finished. You end up learning how to motivate yourself.

o   Fanfic has no rules, so you write as much or as little as you want, stop wherever you think is a good place to end the story, write it out of order, or go back and write as many sequels or prequels as you like. Again, it’s totally low-stakes and is meant to be for fun, so you can noodle around with what it means to write a “whole” story and “complete” it, which teaches you how you like to write, and how you like to find your way to the finish line.

·       teaches you story structure.

o   Before you can sit down and write a story based on one of your favorite Media Texts, you’re likely to spend a lot of time consuming that text passively, or studying it actively. Either way, you’re absorbing how and why Media Text structures the stories it tells, and are learning how to structure your own from that.

o   Once you’re comfortable with the story structure the Media Text you’re working in is told, you’ll probably start experimenting with different ways stories can be told, and find the versions you like to work with best.

·       teaches you how to write characters consistently.

o   Fanfic is really hard because not only do you have to write your fave characters in a way that moves the story along, but they have to be recognizable as those fave characters.

o   This means you have to figure out their body language, verbal and physical tics, their motivations and they way the handle a crisis (fight, flight, or fawn?), and then make up the details you may need for your story that you may never see on screen/the page, like how they take their eggs or what their fave shampoo is, based on what you already know about them. That takes some top-notch detective work and character understanding to pull off.

o   Once you know how to do that, just making up a whole person yourself for original fiction is a breeze.

·       Teaches you how to hear and mimic a character/narrator voice.

o   You have to pay close attention to how an actor speaks, or how a character’s speech patterns, dialect, work choice, etc. is reflected on the page in order to be consistent in your story.

o   And all of this, in turn, teaches you how to build one for yourself.

o   I have a whole series of articles here about building a narrative voice, if you want to read more on constructing an original voice for your narrator.

·       Teaches you how to create or recreate a setting.

o   Again, like achieving character consistency, or mimicking a character or narrative voice, it takes work and paying attention in order to re-create a setting, time period, or geographical region in a fanfic—and if you’re taking your characters somewhere new, your readers will expect that setting to be equally rich as the one the Media Text is based in.

o   Which, again, teaches you how to then go and build an original one for yourself.

·       teaches how to take critique.

o   Professional writing is not a solitary pursuit. In fact, most writing is not entirely the work of an author alone. Like professional authors work with editors, critique partners, and proofreaders, some fanfiction writers will sometimes work with beta-readers or editors as well. This are friends or fanfic colleagues who offer to read your fanfic and point out plot, character, consistency, or story structure errors, or who offer to correct spelling and grammar errors. This is a great way to practice working with editors if you decide to pursue a professional career, and also a great way to make friends and strengthen your community and skill set if you don’t.

o   Many fanfic sites offer readers the opportunity to leave a comment on a fic, rather like a reviewer can leave a review on GoodReads or Amazon, or any other online store or blog, for a novel they’ve read. Sometimes these comments/reviews are 5 star and enthusiastic! Sometimes they are… not. The exact opposite in fact. As you get comments on your fanfic, and learn to ignore the ones that are just mean rather than usefully critical, you gain the Very Important Skill of learning to resist firing back at bad comments or reviews, while enjoying the good ones.  It also teaches you how to ignore drama or haters.

·       Teaches you how to exist within a like-minded community.

o   While the actual writing part of writing is solitary and sometimes tedious, nothing is ever published into a vacuum, whether it be fanfiction or original. Besides your editing/critique/beta reader group, you will also likely develop friendships, a support network, and mutuals. It’s always great to uplift, support, cheer on, and celebrate one another’s accomplishments and victories, whether the writing is fanfic or original.

·       Teaches you that it’s okay to write about things important to you, or your own identity.

o   You can change a characters ethnicity, cultural background, sexuality, religion, or disabilities to match yours, and talk about your lived life through the megaphone of that character. Or, you can insert original characters based on you, your desires, and experiences.

o   Once you’re comfortable writing in your #ownvoice in fanfic, you can approach it in original fiction, if you like.

o   See my article titled Your Voice Is Valid for more on this.

 What if I want to be a professional writer?

 Notice how I didn’t say “real writer”. Any writer who writes any kind of story is a ‘real’ writer. I mean, pinch yourself—you’re real, right? The difference is actually between being an “amateur” writer (a hobbyist who does not write for pay), and a “professional” (who is paid for their writing). Just because you only play shinny on the street with your friends, or in a house league on the weekends, it’s doesn’t mean  you’re not still as much of a hockey player as someone who plays in the NHL.

 Writing fanfiction before or at the same time as writing original fiction that you intend to sell is a great way to learn, or practice, everything I’ve mentioned above. If you read it widely, it will also expose you to different story telling styles, voices, and tropes than your reading of published fiction.

 ·       Can I sell my fanfic?

o   No. For fanfiction to remain under the umbrella of Fair Use Law, you cannot profit off your fanfiction. There’s some grey-area wiggle room around things like charging a small amount for a ‘zine or a PDF to cover administrative costs, but zero wiggleability around, say, selfpublishing your fanfic and charging heaps for it.

·       Can I “file off the serial numbers”?

o   “Filing of the series numbers” is when you take a fanfic you’ve written and essentially pull it apart, remove everything that’s clearly someone else’s Media Text, and reassembling the story so that it’s pretty much a completely original piece of creative writing.

o   Yes, you can sell these, provided your filing is rigorous enough that you aren’t likely to be dinged for plagiarism. It’s widely known that Cassandra Claire’s Shadowhunters was once Harry Potter fanfic, and that Fifty Shades of Gray was once Twilight fanfic. But did you know that my Triptych started life as an idea for a Stargate Atlantis fic? There’s lots of stories out there that were once full fics, or the idea for the novel was originally conceived for a fandom, but written as original instead.

o   So long as you’re careful to really rework the text so that it’s not just a find-name-replace-name rewrite, you should be fine.

o   Be aware, though, that the agents and editors you might pitch this novel to know how to Google. They may discover that this is a filed-off story, and depending on their backgrounds and biases, might be concerned about it. There’s no need to inform them of the novel’s origin straight off in your pitch/query letter, but you may want to have a frank discussion with them about it after it’s been signed so they can help you make sure that any lingering copywrited concepts or characters are thoroughly changed before publication.

o   Should you take down the original fic-version of the novel while you’re querying/shopping it? Well, that’s up to you, and whether you’re comfortable with an editor/agent potentially finding it.

·       Should I be ashamed of my fic, or take it down, or pretend I never wrote fic?

o   What? Why? No! I mean, I have hidden some of my most immature work, but I’ve left pretty much my whole catalogue of fanfic online and I don’t deny that I was/am a ficcer. Why? Because it’s a great repository of free stories that people can read before they buy one of my books, so they can get a taste of how and what I write. Also, you will be in good company. Lots and lots of writers who are published now-a-days started in fandom, including:

Steven Moffat

Seanan McGuire

Rainbow Rowell

Claudia Gray

Cory Doctorow

Marissa Meyer

Meg Cabot.

Naomi Novik

Neil Gaiman

Lev Grossman

S.E. Hinton

John Scalzi

The Bronte Sisters

Andy Weir

Sarah Rees Brennan

Marjorie M. Liu

Anna Todd

...and me, J.M. Frey

 How fanfic can harm.

 Like with anything else, there are ways that reading and writing fanfiction can actually harm you, or others, but it has nothing to do with the reading or writing of fanfiction in and of itself.

 ·       Some creators may prefer that you don’t (and may or may not follow up with legal action).

o   Anne Rice famously went after fanficcers in the 90s who wrote fanfic of her work, handing out Cease & Desist notices like confetti.

o   99% of creators don’t care. Those who do will generally have a notice on their websites or social media politely asking fancreators to refrain. Mostly this is due to their general discomfort over the idea of anyone else getting to play in their worlds. The best thing to do is respect that request, and find a different fandom to write in.

·       Flamewars and fandom fights leading to bullying and doxing.

o   Regrettably, just like any other community filled with people who have different favorites, opinions, and preferences, there will inevitably be clashes. It’s up to you to decide how to react to negative interactions, and how to model positive ones.

o   Don’t forget, you curate your online experience, so don’t be afraid of that block button.

o   Also, don’t be the jerk who goes after people for liking different aspects of the fandom. Everyone is entitled to interact and like a Media Text their own way. “Don’t yuck my yum,” as they say.

·       Trying to make money on other people’s IP/Media Text (law suits, etc.)

o   It doesn’t belong to you, so don’t try to make money on it.

o   There’s a grey area here in terms of selling prints/plushies/jewelry/etc. and there’s no hard line about where one copyright owner will draw the line, and another won’t. Warner Bros. owns the film rights for both Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but I’ve seen Harry Potter-themed bars spring up while fans wanting to make Hunger Game fanfilms have been shut down. A friend of mine sells hand-made fandom-inspired items at cons—there is no rhyme or reason to what she gets told to stop making and what she’s left alone on.

o   Best thing to do if you’re told to stop is just so stop, move on, and find a different fandom to be active in.

·       Writing Real Person Fanfic (“RPF”) can be considered a violation of consent.

o   This article sums it up pretty well, but basically… if you decide to write RPF, be aware that they person you are writing about is a real person, with real thoughts, and emotions, and they may feel violated by RPF. If you decide to write it, never send it to the people it’s about, and always clearly tag it so other can choose to engage with it, or avoid it.

o   Also be aware that it could ruin their love for what they do. For example: the friendships between the members of 1Direciton became strained and the band eventually disintegrated because people wouldn’t stop sending band members smutty stories or art of them having sex with one another, and it made them too uncomfortable to continue in the band.

·       Showing/sharing fanfic & fanart outside of its intended context. Fanworks are for fans, and there are definitely issues if…

o   It’s shown to celebrities/actors/creators.

  Shoving your fantasies onto the people who create or portray your fave characters is rude, and wrong, and also kinda gross. If they seek it out themselves, that’s one thing, but the same way you wouldn’t throw it at a complete stranger, don’t throw it at them. You may love the characters these people play, but they are not their characters, and they are not your friends.

  It may also really weird them out and ruin their love for what they do.

o   it’s shown to writers working on the series.

  There was a famous case where a fanficcer sent a story to a novelist, and the novelist was accused of plagiarism by the ficcer when their next novel in the series resembled the plot of that fanfic. There was a whole court case and everything.

  Because of this, writers of TV shows, books, etc. don’t want to (and often times, legally can’t) read your fanfic. They don’t want to get accidentally inspired by what you’ve written, or worse, have to throw out something because it resembles your fic too closely. Just let them write their stories the way they want, and if they choose to seek out fic, they will.

o   it’s mocked by celebrities.

  I’m not letting Alan Carr and Graham Norton off the hook. If it’s super rude and gross to shove fanworks at actors/writers/creators when you’re a creator, then it’s doubly rude for anyone to take a story or art made for a specific audience (the fans), by a specific community (the fans), lift it out of it’s context, and invite the public to mock it while also shoving it at the actor/celebrity in a place where they are literally cornered and can’t leave (i.e. the chat-show sofa). Man, it really steams me up when they do that. It’s rude and it’s tone-deaf, and it’s not fair.

  And most of the time they do it, they don’t even ask the artist or writer for permission, first, which is just…. Uuuuugggghhhh. It may be fanfic, but it was still created by someone, and you should always ask permission before publicly sharing something created by someone else.

  Grrrrrrr.

 In Conclusion

 If someone tells you that reading or writing fanfic is bad for you as a creator, tell them to get bent.

Famous Fanfic

·       Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda

·       Wicked by Gregory Maguire

·       Wicked: the Musical by Stephen Schwartz

·       The Phantom of Manhattan by Fredrick Forsyth

·       A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman

·       Sherlock by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat

·       The Dracula Tape, by Fred Saberhaugen

·       Paradise Lost, John Milton

·       Inferno, by Dante

·       The Aeneid, by Virgil

·       Ulysses, by James Joyce

·       Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare

·       The Once and Future King by T.H. White

·       A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain

·       The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas

·       Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith

·       Phantom, a novel of his life by Susan Kaye

·       …and so many more.

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ONE  ━ The First Job, Featuring: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧.

tw: blood, death.

       It’s the night of the summer solstice, and celebrations are at large within the Jupiter walls. To commemorate the founding of the first wall, Gossamer, which represents the first struggle of humanity against the monsters, the government authorized the only day in the year in which all citizens are granted a day off from work.

       Fireworks soar among the stars, rocketing from Wall Halo and piercing the dark sky in blasts of dazzling colors that shimmer away in showers of fading sparks. As they clap in the distance, the employees of ROBIN CO. are enjoying a night among themselves, drinking and breaking bread in the familiar confines of the office rooftop.

       At 11 PM, Sai, who is sitting at the edge of the rooftop, watches from behind the chain-link fence as a figure moves toward the building. The hunched stranger walks awkwardly, dragging their feet across dirt and pebble. As they draw closer, they notice another figure in the distance. They’re standing still, watching, until they feel eyes on them and swiftly disappear among the stacks of the slum.

       Sai tells Angel that someone is ringing their bell, and all hell breaks loose. The group finds the body of a man lying at the entrance, where he presumably dropped after making it as far as he could. Hiromi is quick to offer support when she notices the trail of blood behind him, but it’s to no avail. As she kneels beside him and checks his pulse, the stranger has already departed from the world of the living.

       Clutched in his right hand is a bloody note, with the following printed on it: 

       To the employees of ROBIN CO. -

        Do not turn my body in to the authorities. There is a code with payment in my left pocket. Find out who killed me.

OBJECTIVES: Discuss whether or not to accept the job, examine the body / find out the cause of death & figure out what to do with the body. 

CLUES: (1) The man left behind a blood trail. (2) The code is from a private, unregulated bank. (3) A stranger was seen watching the scene unfold before they disappeared into the stacks. 

TIMEFRAME: Five hours. 

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SKETCHY BEHAVIORS | INTERVIEW WITH LAUREN YS

From large scale murals to multi-layered works on canvas, LA based artist Lauren YS’s art captures everything from the female experience, addressing topics like sexuality, death, aliens, monsters, and the occult. Her works are complex much like her own experiences, so we’re super stoked to find out more about what drives her, who and what inspires her, and what challenges and advice she has for our readers in this awesome Sketchy Behaviors interview..

Take the leap!

Photographs courtesy of the artist. 

Introduce yourself. Hey! I’m Lauren YS - Hmm, something you might not know … I used to play ice hockey and my favorite candy are Peach O’s. I am a really good listener, but that also means I hate being interrupted. I dream, often, about being underwater.

Tell folks a little about your artwork and what do you love to make works about? I make work about the female experience, sexuality, identity, space, aliens, heritage, death, monsters, nature, emotions, natural phenomena, the occult and whatever else I might be obsessing about. I like slimy creatures, kitsch, psychedelia, sex and Halloween, and mixing repulsion with attraction. I want the viewer to feel unsettled as much as engaged. I make things in an effort to try to process the beautiful shit rocket that is the world around me.

When did art become something you were aware you could do for a living or as a career you wanted to pursue? I have always been making art, but I never thought it was possible to support oneself as an artist: It seemed really out of reach or surreal. It wasn’t until I had already been fully freelance for a year before I realized I was actually doing it. I think it’s just something that comes out of necessity, it’s like – if I want to keep making art as much as possible at the rate I am living, then damn, I’m going to learn how to make money off of it.

What’s a typical studio day for you like? I tend to work nocturnally. I’ll paint through the night and sleep through the day and watch horror movies, listen to podcasts about art, serial killers and cults, and eat anywhere from 1-2 sacks of tangerines every day. I like to really plow through paintings as well, it’s hard for me to stop working on something once I start. After about three weeks in the studio like this, your mind starts to wander off into deep strange places, and that’s when the really good stuff comes out.

What’s your studio or creative space like? What do you keep around to constantly motivate or inspire you? I have always worked best in a bit of “artistic chaos”–I like to fill my space with odds and ends, knick-knacks, items from my travels, talismans. I believe in the power of objects. I love my lava lamp and need to buy seven more. I also have this drawing I made of an Asian grandma screaming “DRAW, MOTHERFUCKER” which I plan to make into a screen print and give to all my artist friends.

When working on a body of paintings and works for a show, what is your process like? How long does it typically take you to complete a painting from start to finish? Depending on the size of the gallery, it can take anywhere from 2-6-10 months to create a show, given that it is often punctuated by mural tours and big projects to pay the bills. I like to work on lots of pieces at the same time, so generally it’ll take a few days to a week or two to finish a piece. I am trying to get better at reworking pieces rather than just pushing through them one by one. Workflow is still sorting itself out. I also make a ton of pieces that end up being nixed from the final show. I am very prolific but also very psychotic.

Not only do you work on canvas, but you are also known for some of your amazing murals! When did you start going from painting on a regular scale to large scale works? What’s your process like for mapping out these large works? Well shucks, thank you! I started painting murals around 2013, which was a sort of natural transition because I wanted to work bigger and bigger, I wanted to travel and be in the sun and use giant machines to make my art. I actually started learning color from using spray paint. I freehand everything because I like to feel independent of projectors or machines, especially if I’m in a foreign country or don’t have time or resources.

It makes me feel empowered to be able to make big things on my own. Maybe that comes from growing up under the common experience girls have, especially asian girls, where you’re expected to be small and quiet and obedient. I have always worked in active aggression against that stereotype.

Is there a medium you’d love to get your hands on, but yet to have the chance too? And what are your go-to materials? I’d really love to learn how to use an airbrush, a la Sorayama. Outside of 2D I am dying to get back into stop motion animation. My favorite brand of spray paint is Montana Black (high pressure forever!), and I use a wide variety of acrylics and gouache in my paintings, specifically the Holbein gouaches from Japan.

What do you love about where you live, and what is the art community like in your area? I never thought I’d move to LA, but I’ve been really enjoying it here. I’m a communal living person (been in and out of communities for about 9 years) and I am lucky to have found somewhere that fits with my work ethic (intense) and social vibe (weird). I like to be able to work alone while still having people bustling around and making things all the time. It helps me to feel like I’m not dead or a total solipsist.

I’ve also found that the artists in LA–especially the female artists–have proven to be really kind, generous and welcoming. There’s a lot of room for weirdos here; it might take a while to find them, but they’re here. We also have a one-eyed cat, did I mention that?

Who are some artists you’re inspired by and have influenced you throughout the years? I’m a big fan of dark/psychedelic/erotic artists like Keiichi Tanaami, Suehiro Maruo, Sorayama and the whole Ero Guro movement. I also love Goya’s dark paintings and the sculpture work of Bernini. Some contemporary artists I’ve been into lately are Christian Rex Van Minnen, David Altmejd, Robin Francesca Williams and the fabric sculptures of Do Ho-Suh. Jamie Hewlett, Swoon, Andrew Hem, Aryz. I find that my taste changes constantly and I am always thirsty for different influences.

What’s been the most challenging part of your art career? What’s been the most rewarding? What do you do to keep the balance? Something really challenging has been learning how to trust myself while growing in the industry and balancing business, work and travel. It’s a really solid test: moving to a new city, providing for yourself, going on tour, shifting from place to place, managing gallery work and mural work, all while protecting and nurturing your own ambition and positivity, and not feed into the shitstorm of capitalism and social media past what is required of you.

The muralist life is not for the faint of heart. I would hardly say that I keep any type of “balance”–art is my life and there isn’t much room for anything else, and that’s how I like it. It is the most rewarding thing to look around and feel like you’ve created something new and good and powerful, all on your own terms. It is similarly rewarding to feel the need to level up - I enjoy feeling stressed arguably more than I enjoy feeling accomplished.

What would your dream collaboration be? What do you enjoy most about collaborations with other artists or clients? I would love to do something with Takashi Murakami and/or his gallery (Kaikai Kiki Gallery). There’s also this amazing Australian animator named Felix Colgrave whose work I’ve been obsessed with lately, I’d love to find a way to make an animated short with him! I love collaborating - especially on mural work - because it’s such a cool experience to be able to intermingle your visual world with someone else’s. Working with ONEQ in Hawaii this year was really great, she had so many suggestions and ideas from out of left field that made me rethink my own work as well. It also forces you to relinquish some control on the way you work, and reflect on the basic joys of making shit in the first place.

If you could paint a portrait of anyone living or dead, who would you choose and why? I really want to do a tripped out portrait of Yayoi Kusama or Bjork or maybe Steve Buscemi—all heroes of mine.

What’s your advice to folks who see what you do and want to pursue art as a career? I would say, go at it as hard as you possibly can! Make sure you really enjoy doing it! Not all parts of painting murals are glamorous (actually, few are) and it’s important to truly love every part of it if you’re going to commit your life to it.

This means: hustling walls, handling machinery, travel, people, logistics, finding somewhere to pee, dealing with unexpected bullshit, not complaining, being comfortable handling yourself in dangerous situations, being independent and resourceful, etc. I have reservations about artists who genuinely don’t seem to enjoy all the elements of mural painting going too deep into it. But if it’s something you love, there’s nothing better.

What are your FAVORITE Vans? I’ve been rocking the classic authentic Vans in black/burgundy as paint shoes for years now. But I also love the Sk8-Hi boys in burgundy… I never wear them because I’m too scared to get paint on them, haha!

What other artists would you love to see interviewed for Sketchy Behaviors? I’m currently really into Andrea Wan, Louise Zhang and Caratoes. It would also be really cool if you covered a GNC or trans artist, like Nomi Chi or Laughing Loone!

What’s next for you that you can share? My first book is coming out this year with Von Zos, and I’m also going to be designing a tarot deck with them. April is my first mural tour in several months; I’ll be hopping from Australia - Guam - Peru, and then moving around South America for a while, trying to practice my spanish. After that, I’ll be starting work on my next big show, scheduled for a city in Asia, which I’m really, really excited about - keep an eye out!

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"Ever After", my latest design, is getting a debut print at @riptapparel today (so as it's prequel design "Kingdom War"). Link is in my bio. This design includes 20 mashups of some characters from this year's End Game. 🏰⏳🚐 1. Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6) as Iron Man 2. Aladdin as Captain (Agrabah) America 3. Hercules as Thor 4. Mulan as Black Widow 5. Prince Adam (Beauty and The Beast) as Bruce Banner 6. Robin Hood as Hawkeye/ Ronin 7. Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) as Rocket Raccoon 8. Rapunzel (Tangled) as Captain Marvel 9. Pocahontas as Okoye 10. Vanellope von Schweetz (Wreck-It Ralph) as Nebula 11. Baymax (Big Hero 6) as War Machine 12. Pooh as Ant-Man 13. Heffalump Bee as winged ant 14. Tinkerbell (Peter Pan) as the Wasp 15. Kida Nedakh (Atlantis) as Valkyrie 16. Pegasus as Valkyrie's winged horse 17. Victor (Hunchback of Notre Dame) as Korg 18. Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio) as Miek 19. GoGo Tomago (Big Hero 6) as Rescue 20. Hades as Thanos #disney #avengers #endgame #superhero #comics #aladdin #mulan #bighero6 #stitch #beautyandthebeast #hercules #movie #parody #mashup #design https://www.instagram.com/p/ByPLgIADxkp/?igshid=1u1qjp9kwbxbh

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A YEAR OF READING ACKNOWLEDGED MASTERPIECES #3: E.C. SEGAR’S POPEYE

So, while the original idea behind this series was for me to read an acclaimed comic I expect I’ll like but had not yet actually read, or to read something I’d read a little of but not its entirety, covering E.C. Segar’s Popeye is something of a cheat. When Fantagraphics began their reprint series, a roommate had the first volume, of what would eventually be six, and I read that; I later ordered my own copy of volume 3, and I own a copy of The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics, which reprints the “Plunder Island” series of Sunday strips covered in volume 4. I enjoyed all of it, but didn’t feel a pressing need to acquire more, and now Volumes 4 and 5 are out of print and command high prices on the secondary market. This motivated me to get a copy of the still-available volume 6, which might seem less appealing because it’s the last stuff Segar did before he died, and health issues led there to be periods of time where the strip was entrusted to his assistants, in sequences not included.

The editors say those strips aren’t good, I’ll take their word for it. Other people have tried to sell other Popeye product, and I’m sure some of it is quite good: There are some people who take pains to point out that the Segar comic strips are not similar to the Fleischer brothers cartoons, but I’m sure those cartoons are good fun, I generally like the stuff that studio produced. I have seen the 1980 Robert Altman movie, starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall, with a screenplay by Jules Feiffer and songs by Harry Nilsson, which is a notorious flop, but with some admirers: Still, it’s a slog, which the comic strip never is. IDW’s comic strip reprint line put out books collection the late eighties/early nineties run of former underground cartoonist Bobby London, what I’ve read of that stuff (just previews online) is unfunny garbage. I think they also were behind reprints of comic books by Bud Sagendorf, and a revival written by Roger Langridge, neither of which I’ve read, though Langridge’s work is always ok; good enough for me to think it’s good, not compelling or transcendent enough for me to spend money on it. It’s all work done by those who have rights to the license, which makes me view it as essentially merchandise, like a pinball game or something. The Segar stuff is where it all comes from.

While other masterpieces of the first half of the twentieth century comics page, like George Herriman’s Krazy Kat or Winsor McKay’s Little Nemo are definitely acquired tastes, Popeye was not only popular enough to make its creator a rich man back in the day, it remains functional as populist entertainment today. I feel pretty “what’s not to like?” about it, and would recommend it to whoever. It’s funny, the characters are good, there’s adventures. The humor is three quarters sitcom style character work and one quarter the sort of silliness that verges on absurdism.

This light touch separates it from the first half of the twentieth century’s “adventure strips” that didn’t age as well, despite having well-done art that would influence generations of superhero artists. Segar’s art isn’t particularly impressive, but every strip tells a joke or two, and even if you don’t laugh at every joke, you’ll appreciate its readability, especially if you’ve ever tried to read a Roy Crane comic, or even Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy. I don’t want to praise E.C. Segar by merely listing works his comics read better than, but it really is notable how many people today are basically trying to do what he did, but are failing at least in part due to not understanding that’s what they’re trying to do. If you want to do a comedic adventure story that becomes popular enough for you to be financially successful, it might be worth reading a volume of Popeye and observing its rhythms. When I was reviewing Perdy a few weeks ago, I was thinking “This basically just wants to be a R-rated Popeye.” I recently found 3/4 of the issues of the Troy Nixey-drawn comic Vinegar Teeth for a quarter each; despite that comic’s high-concept pitch involving Lovecraftian monsters, it would probably have been better if it thought of itself as being a descendant of Popeye, rather than something that could be adapted into a movie. I’ll just phrase it in the format of a popular Twitter meme: Some of you have never read Popeye, and it shows.

Lesson number one, which just sort of emerges naturally from the format of the daily strip, is you’ve got to make jokes, and they can’t just be the same one, over and over again. To that end, you need a cast of characters, who each have their own bit, and who play off each other in various ways. It is easy to see why people don’t do this: Large ensembles grow organically, and most people start telling a story with either a central character or something precisely in mind they want to chronicle. The comic strip, with its long runs originating from a practitioner’s ability to tell a joke, can be a bit freer to stumble onto something that works, without even necessarily having a title character to return to.  The collections might be named after Popeye, but the comic strip being collected in these books was called Thimble Theater, which ran for a decade before Popeye showed up and circulation sky-rocketed. For a while, I think the consensus on the early stuff was it was pretty boring and hard to read before Popeye came in and livened the whole thing up, but recently there was a reprint of this earlier material, and I know the dude who reviewed it for The Comics Journal liked it, though I’m sure it’s easy to find someone at The Comics Journal who will like an old comic strip even if it’s bad. Either way, modern cartoonists don’t have Segar’s luxury, or having their work run for a half-disinterested audience until something clicks so much word spreads.

The gag-a-day pace, built around getting into new situations and adventures, itself creates a pressure to be inventive today’s graphic novelists can’t really match. After Popeye is established as a good character, prone to getting into scrapes, Segar can show us the comedy of him caring for a baby. He can also introduce Popeye’s dad, Poopdeck Pappy, that this character looks basically exactly like Popeye but is a piece of shit is a funny idea that would not occur in the early days of planning a project.

One reason why you wouldn’t necessarily do such a design choice is because, if you’re thinking of different media as a way to success, having characters with the exact same silhouette runs counter to the generally accepted rules of animation. Thimble Theatre, as per its name, is based on theater staging, rather than the more expressionist angles of film: We’re looking at characters from the side, usually seeing whoever’s talking in the same panel unless one of them is out of the room. These characters tend to have the same height, basically. Someone once said that looking at Popeye, printed six strips to a page, is kind of like looking at a page of sheet music. It’s not a particularly visually dynamic strip, the amount of black and white on a page is close to unvarying.

This is why I don’t believe in prescriptivism, or a suggestion of rules: I’m pretty sure that Popeye works because it’s not working super-hard to be visually interesting. This would be the number two lesson of what there is to learn from Popeye. I think this transparency in style is what allows this comedy/adventure hybrid to work, though I know others would blanch at this. It’s going for a big audience, and while I think this visual approach serves that end, I know why others, especially those who’ve been struck by later superhero comics or manga, would see visual excitement as the best way to achieve that goal. The audience that read newspaper comics wasn’t necessarily adept at following visual storytelling, and the sort of relationship that newspaper strips could have with a wider readership is not going to be achievable now. The folks that ride for Segar these days are mostly alt-comics people, like Sammy Harkham or Kevin Huizenga, who aren’t attempting the sort of popular entertainment extravaganzas he trafficked in.

Reading Popeye feels like reading, basically, which is a nice, contemplative experience, that not all comics can capture. I read a few pages of it before bed. Obviously, this pace is not how people consumed it in its heyday, but the pace people took it in at, a strip a day, is even more deliberate and steady, and I think, was crucial to its popularity. For a comic to be popular, it has to have characters that are interesting, obviously; there is probably no better way for an audience to build a relationship with fictional characters than over extended periods of time. This speed corresponds to the pace it was created at, one that now seems insanely luxurious to anyone whose workflow is dictated by the internet’s demand for content. It’s a total crowdpleaser, but it existed at a time where crowds could slowly gather. Popeye’s a popular entertainment from an era of reading, listening to the radio, going to plays or movies. It holds up, owing to a basic pleasantness we can understand as low stakes, and that’s helped along by the restraint of the art. It’s telling a story. It’s not a farce, crowded with visual jokes, and it’s not dictated by characters’ emoting either. I love a visually expressive art style, but here it’s important that the visuals remain “on-model,” reinforcing the stability of the characterizations. This sort of thing is also evident in Chris Onstad’s Achewood, which I would argue is the preeminent 21st century character-driven comic strip, with an audience that feels relatively “wide” rather than pointedly “niche.”

Lesson number three to how to make a popular comic is the thought I find myself thinking all the time, which is “Everyone needs to chill out.” The number one impediment to making entertainment that just quietly works is the desire to stand out and make a name for yourself as quickly as possible. This is similar to how the number one impediment to a peaceful and contented life is the demands of a failing capitalism where we are all competing for a shrinking pile of resources. To read these books now is a luxury, an indulgence, and while I don’t much go in for those, reading older comic strips carries with it this sort of nostalgic appeal for an era where it didn’t feel like everything was screaming at you for your attention all the time. As broad as Popeye is, it now possesses a certain dignity, owing to this dislocation in time from its origin. I don’t know if this felt like a feature at the time. I do think that if you are an artist that wants to be successful now, you should do what you can for the sort of circumstances that allow for genuine, long-lasting success to build, which involves a certain degree of permission to fail. Mainstream comics companies, with their mentality of “we’re going to print hundreds of comics a month, in hopes some find a niche large enough to be briefly profitable we can then try to milk for their last dollar and they quickly become exhausted,” act against this. As in a garden, there needs to be space for things to take root and grow.

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I got tagged by @thetravelerwrites

Rules: Answer the questions then tag blogs you’d like to know better.

Nickname(s): Aelia

Zodiac: Pisces/Rabbit

Height: 5’7″

Time: 2:34pm

Favorite bands/artists: Dagny, Amber Run, Paramore, Robin Schulz, Vance Joy, Tyr, Of Monsters & Men, Selena Gomez, Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons... um. So I’m really all over the place, but I like upbeat, pop-y, and folk music. (Also folk/viking metal.) 

Song currently stuck in my head: Robin Schulz OK  (youtube link)

Last movie I watched: Colossal

Last thing I googled:How many rockets does it take to launch a 10lb cake 6′ in the air

Other blogs: @aeliad (main) @aeliawrites (writing tips etc)

Why’d I choose my username: Aelia is just an online persona I’ve had since I got on the internet as a wee kiddo, so it made sense to use it. 

Following: 348

Average amount of sleep: er... 6 hours?

What am I wearing: Jeans and a tanktop. 

Dream job: I’m an Electrician. I love my career. I’d love to turn writing into another way to support myself.

Dream trip: Husbeast and I are still working toward our honeymoon in New Zealand, which we were working on before we even got engaged. One day we’ll make it.

Favorite food: Street Tacos. MMM.

Do I play any instruments: Flute. I haven’t played in like, 12 years so I’m not sure it counts?

Eye color: Hazel (Green/brown)

Hair color: Brown

Languages: English, bits of Spanish, some Japanese.

Most iconic song: I listened to Linkin Park In the End on loop for so many hours of my life that I think this has to count. 

Random fact: I do cross-stitch and embroidery. I sketch, I paint, and I occasionally attempt to knit. 

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: Floral print, Turquoise, Swear words, Space, Packed bookshelves, Tea, and Coffee mugs. 

I tag: Double-tagging @hufflesmonsters (I saw @thetravelerwrites got you, but I’m getting you, too!) @kaylamoonbeam, @isananna, @elizabethtarington, @saphistar, @monstersandmaw  But feel free to blow it off if you don’t wanna! <3!

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The rest of this weeks pick ups. MAW No. 3, a great series about A female named Marion who physically becomes a personified monster after an initial assault. She uses her mutations against predators going after women at local bars. Cover B gives me Midsomar vibes. Low print run of Issues 1 & 2 of Soul Plumber. Soul Plumber is about a guy named Edgar who failed seminary school and looks for religious signs in his life to help him along the way. He ends up stealing the designs of “soul plunging” machine and accidentally summons an inter-dimensional homicidal entity into his world. Robins issue 1, showcases Batman’s previous Robins finding out he had a female Robin before Dick Grayson. House of Slaughter issue 1, 2nd print, a prequel to Something is Killing the Children. Aaron Slaughter is training at the House, while falling in love with a competitor. Last but certainly not least, Issues 3 of Primordial. The KGB doesn’t want anyone to know the location of Laika’s whereabouts. Basically the series is about animals that got injected into space in a rocket and didn’t end up going missing/dying like we were lead to believe. #dchorror #soulplumber #edgarwiggins #thelastpodcastontheleft #boomstudios #maw #marionangelaweber #judeellisonsdoyle #alkaplan #robins #timseely #houseofslaughter #aaronslaughter #tynioniv #tatebrombal #primordial #jefflemire #newcomicbookday #comics #chasingnostalgia (at New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWb4wj8roDC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Write your dream intro to DC's next Best of Superman collection, yo.

Hmm. Alright, stand back and brace yourselves, let me put onmy distinguishedauthorial voice:

“You needn’t be afraid of me. I won’tharm you.” Not howwe’d tend to imagine the greatest hero of all time meeting the woman who wouldbe the love of his life, but then, what else could he say to try and set her atease? Before even cracking open the cover of Action Comics #1 and learning the fate of the doomed planet wewould come to know as Krypton, he was one thing if nothing else: alien. Dressed like a circus freak andhefting an automobile over his head much as you or I might lift a couchcushion, it’s no shock to see a corner of the cover dominated by a hoodlumgrasping his skull, desperately trying to hold on to the vestiges of hissanity, the human mind reeling at the existential shock of watching the rulesof the world crumple in the grip of the impossible man. Nor is it any wonderthat his creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster struggled for years to find ahome for their bizarre strongman – “A happycombination of Flash Gordon and Popeye the Sailor” as a copy of TimeMagazine put it in 1939 – the comic strip rejected by publisher after publisherbefore they found anyone willing to take a chance on it.

And yet he endures. Across wars and generations, throughprint, radio, television, and film, from the clothes we wear to the hearts ofour parents and our children, Siegel and Shuster’s fairy tale of a star-childraised among us with abilities far beyond those of mortal men lives on. Will inall likelihood always live on,alongside his kin in Hercules and Robin Hood and King Arthur.

What is this power he holds, even outside the world ofstories that birthed him? He’s been many things since his beginnings, as you’llsee in the stories to come: a champion of the oppressed against the corruptestablishment, a shining symbol of America’s highest moral aspirations, aone-man army opposing the self-declared ‘overmen’ of the Axis, a smilingcrime-fighting god astride suburbia battling his own neurosis, a self-doubtingcosmic crusader, an incorruptible bastion of simpler times, a lost wandererfrom the stars struggling with survivors guilt, a farmer made good in the bigcity, and more besides. A romantic, a loner, a family man, a pacifist, awarrior, a savior, a martyr, an angel of our better natures. While that he canchange to suit the times has always been among his greatest strengths, what isit in him uniquely that survives across interpretations, that’s compelled us tokeep his story alive?

It could simply be a dream of flying. Maybe the child in usall who wants dad or the best big brother ever looking out for us. Certainly,it’s in part the poignancy of a god falling in love with a writer and seeker oftruth. No doubt there’s the idea of an orphan cast adrift, found and given aloving home, only to repay that love back to his new people beyond all measure. Andit would be best not to forget that for all his stature, he was raised and formuch of his life chooses to live as one of us – not out of condescension oreven simple curiosity, but an understanding that to live a quiet, humble life amongthose he loves is a privilege.

But perhaps above all is the idea of someone with limitlessstrength and freedom, who for all that still cares about those that others withsuch power would consider beneath them, still knows he has to do what’s right todeserve the incredible gift he’s been given. Given a chance at life by parentshe never knew, raised by a mother and father who reared a baby from a rocket astheir own, he embraced the world that saved him, caring for every life on Earthand beyond, devoting his own to a faith in their worthiness; to a belief in usstrong enough to bend steel in his bare hands.

A belief that’s carried this strange visitor from another worldthrough the decades, through death and beyond, and into the hopes and horrorsof a new millennium. Always steadfast, always caring, always ready for whatcomes next, this man of tomorrow.

This Superman.

[theabominableblogger]

My Reaction to “Batman and Robin”

Oh God here we go.  Just in time for the holidays...

*externally screaming*

*deep breath then continues screaming*

What’s with these opening credits?

Do they really have to put creases everywhere on the Batsuit?

Is Robin wearing eyeshadow?!?

Hot Wheels:  The Movie

“This is why Superman works alone.”  Oh God, Superman’s in this universe?

My sister:  It’s the Nicholas Cage version.

You gotta have this big elaborate light show to reveal Dick’s motorcycle

Is that Pat Hingle [as Commissioner Gordon]?  God, just go away.

Not gonna lie, I like the makeup they did for Mr. Freeze’s face

“Hi Freeze, I’m Batman!”

The hole left in the wall when Dick crashes through it is the Robin symbol.  SUBTLE!

“It’s the hockey team from hell!”  I mean, yeah.

Random close ups!

Ice skates!

Freeze just threw that guy straight up in the air.

This whole movie looks like it took place in a rave.  Like, what’s with all the neon lighting in an art museum?

I like the bottom of Mr. Freeze’s boots.  At least he’ll get traction

[Mr. Freeze rockets out of the museum] *sings*  If you want to view paradise...

So where does Freeze find all this time to make these contraptions in the first place?

George Clooney’s acting is like a stick:  it’s wooden

If Dick yells “Cowabunga!,” I swear to God...

“Cowabunga!”  Oh my God no

There is no way Batman can catch up to Mr. Freeze in free fall.  10 ft per second, assholes!

The colors in this movie would legit make a pretty awesome commission color palette

Robin was just frozen mid-air?!?!?

*sing songs*  Shaky cam!

Chuck him [the frozen Robin] at the wall!

Matte painting!

What did she (Dr. Isley) just say?

AN:  We’re only 15 minutes in?!?

Is she [Dr. Isley] speaking into a tube of lipstick?

Antonio Diego?

This whole scene with the introduction to Bane looks like something out of Rocky Horror for some reason.  You got a couple weird people in suits watching the whole thing up on a balcony and you got a wacky-ass scientist with crazy hair

That’s.... gross...

Pointing... more pointing!

So dumping a whole bunch of toxins on Dr. Isley is gonna turn her into a psycho plant seductress?  OK...

I like how the security camera zooms in on Victor becoming Mr. Freeze

George Clooney looks way too smug to be Bruce Wayne for some reason.  Grow some hair!

AN:  Oh my God, we’re only 23 minutes in... *whines* this is a two hour movie!

Dutch Angle!

I do like the purple lighting in the lab

*Poison Ivy appears in the middle of the lab from underground*  How?

“My [Ivy] blood has been replace with aloe, my skin with chlorophyll.”

My sister:  Moisturize your skin with my blood!

Me:  MOISTURIZE ME!

Chlorophyll is a pigment.  If her [Ivy’s] skin is now made up of chlorophyll, shouldn’t she be green?

Is Woodrue’s tongue turning green?

“Hell, I am Mother Nature!”  That’s like probably one of the only good lines in this movie.

*starts singing “Mr. Snow Miser”*

I like Freeze’s polar bear slippers!

This mofo [Freeze] is blue!

Why does Mr. Freeze have a cigar?

This whole movie plot is ripped from an episode of “Batman:  The Animated Series.”  Seriously, the episode’s called “Cold Comfort.”

The actress playing Nora Fries looks waaaay too young for some reason.

George Clooney is wearing a turtleneck... for the love of God, wear something else!

“I’m not used to this type of luxury...”  You [Barbara] go to a boarding school.  Shut up!

This looks like one of the streets used in the Batman TV show in the 60s.

That wig Ivy just put on has the Pulp Fiction bangs

Who’s the lady in the pink suit?

Julie Madison?  Why don’t we see more of her besides being a one-off girlfriend?

OK, I like the trench coat Ivy has on

They used the word “primordial” in the script.  I’m impressed.

“... warm-blooded opressors...” Aren’t you [Ivy] warm-blooded though?  You’re human...

Holy crap the makeup on Mr. Freeze without the costume is great

*The costume ball starts*  This is “The Mask” all over again

This is literally the same set they used for the art museum in the beginning of the movie

There’s a dude in the background wearing a leopard-print tuxedo

*mutters*  The hell is this music?

I actually like the eye makeup on Ivy

“I’ll bring everything you see here and everything you don’t.”  Mic drop.

Was that a banana peel sound effect?

My sister:  Yes it was.

“Good night.”  OK, that was funny.

Where is Ivy still there after Freeze left?

*The camera pans up a giant statue*  HANDSSSSS.... TOUCHING HANDSSSS...

Parkour!

Oh my gosh the CGI

Redbird?

REEED ROBIN YUMMMMM

ExPLOsions...

*The Batmobile gets frozen and crashes*  Oh no, not the merchandise!

“We have very little time.”  For what?

Michael Gough:  MVP of the movie

Did they just use a lightsaber sound effect to indicate the end of the flashback?

Ominous green lighting!

They [the Arkham guards] put him [Freeze] in an ice box...

Whoa...

The tile son the floor in Victor’s cell line up to make a snowflake

*Radioactive ghetto people show up*  I would legit go as one of them for Halloween

This movie is just one big sound stage

Where’d she [Ivy] get the seeds from?

George Clooney legit sounds like Mel Gibson’s John Smith from “Pocahontas”

There’s a floating face!

I think that’s actually Coolio

AN:  Yes it is

What is the point of this whole motorcycle race thing?  There’s literally no point to this scene.

My sister:  Did they just really wanna show off the set?

Me:  Well this movie is literally one giant toy commercial so...

That green screen was terrible

“Alfred’s not sick.  He’s dying.”  Well way to whip that out, movie!

You can tell that they put some effort into the characterization of Freeze in this movie.  It’s just surrounded by a bunch of campy, stupid stuff.

“Men are the most absurd of God’s creations.”  Man was one of the first ones, bitch...

I have the Poison Ivy gif of “Not good!”  saved on my laptop

Sorry Freeze, only one person looks good in chrome

*Freeze freezes the pipes to make them explode*  Well that was quick

Liking the statues of the absolutely ripped dudes on the fireplace mantle in Wayne Manor.  Schumacher, I see you.

*Batman opens up the secret bookcase in Freeze’s old lair to find Nora*  IT’S MISTER WHITE CHRISTMAS, IT’S MISTER SNOW!

I like that there’s a convenient lever from “Heat” to “Freeze”

*Bane beats Robin*  I was wondering what would break first:  your spirit... or your body!

“Why are all the gorgeous ones homicidal maniacs?”  Point!

Oh there you go.  Commissioner Gordon actually did something in this movie.

Is that slime?

“I’m [Dick] going solo!”  But not Han Solo.  He’s not cool enough to be Han Solo

My sister:  He’s whiny enough to be Ben Solo

Me:  Except Ben Solo was written better.

Oh, Ivy’s green boots are awesome

Freeze’s eyes look orange in this scene

“First...” Gotham!

“Gotham!”  Then the world!

“And then... the world!”  Haha!

“Adam... and Evil!”  BOO...

OH MY GOD- oh, that’s Bruce.  OK.

*Bruce and Dick argue over Ivy’s influence over them*  It’s called pheromones, guys.  Everyone has them.

What the... heck was that transition?

Oh I like that dress Ivy’s wearing...

Slow... motion...

Ellie Macpherson (Julie Madison) kinda looks like Jennifer Garner

Oh just smash it [the Bat-signal] in!  You don’t need to actually lift it up!

I just realized what’s wrong with George Clooney in this movie:  it always looks like he has a five o’clock shadow above his top lip

*Bruce hugs Alfred*  Aaawww!

The signature on the portrait wasn’t there a second ago!

*cracks up at the computer saying “Access Granted”*

Why is a telescope powered on crystals?

“... will you trust me now?”  *in best angsty teenage impression*  No, because he’s [Dick] got his eyeshadow on!

OK. Arnold’s evil laugh is getting there.  A little more work then he’s got it

*Barbara puts on her Batsuit*  Eeewww... eeww!

How the hell did Ivy set up her evil lair?

“Hi there.”  *in best George Clooney voice*  Hi Robin, I’m Ivy!

“How about ‘Slippery When Wet?’“ 

*actually has to collapse backwards on floor to laugh*

My sister:  Her eyeshadow’s awesome

Me:  She [Ivy] looks like a drag queen!

My sister:  It’s the eyebrows!

*Robin peels off his rubber lips*  WHAAAAAAA?!?!?!?!?

Oh my God, look at her [Ivy’s] bangles!

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait!  They rewound the tape when Robin resurfaces from the pool!

My sister:  *sings*  My name’s Blurryface and I care what you think...

*Ivy’s plants suddenly eat her*  ...Why?

Oh she’s not dead.  OK...

*Camera pans up giant statue*  Aaaabbsss... Schumacher loves them...

*Random person in telephone booth gets frozen*  NO, NOT THE TARDIS!

NO, NOT THE DOG!

He was frozen mid-pee though.  Youch.

WHAAT IS THIS?!?!?!?

Why do all the Batsuits have silver accents now?  Unless the silver bits are just snap-on attachments...

*sing songs*  Free-zing... freezing the city!

PLAnets...

My sister:  Now I just want the planetarium fight from “The Great Game” to happen

Me:  Oh my God... we should watch that instead!

My sister:  Right?!?!?

You seriously could take any shot from this movie and all the colors in them would make up an awesome color palette

*Dick unleashes the grappling hook at the last minute and successfully latches onto something*  I CALL BULL!

Where the hell did he [Bane] come from?!?

AN:  Oh God we’re almost done with this movie YAAAAYY!

*Bane literally deflates*  Eeeewwww!

Oh my gosh, that 1997 CGI though

[Some of the ice in the city proceeds to melt]  *sings*  Here comes the sun...

*Mr. Freeze lets out an evil chuckle*  What a story, Mark!

Oh my God, that green screen though!

*The Bat gang manages to get rid of all the ice covering the city*  This... is bull... shit.

The ice actually wiggles on the cop car door!

THERE IS NO WAY BATMAN GOT THAT FOOTAGE OF IVY!

I call bullshit on this whole movie!

Oh, and he [Freeze] just had the cure [to Nora and Alfred] on him the whole time?

OK, I actually liked the music for that scene.  What the heck?

OK, for being a man-hater, Ivy, you’re pretty obsessed about one.

“Winter has come at last.”  Game of Thrones did it better.

The official catchphrase for this movie:  Hi [insert name], I’m [insert other name]

HEELP!  THEY’RE CASTING FOR BATMAN UNCHAINED!

*in best Batman voice*  DON’T MAKE ME PUSH YOU DOWN, O’DONNELL [Robin/Dick]!  I’LL DO ANYTHING TO GET OUT OF THIS FRANCHISE!

[neongeiistphotography-blog]

Teen Titans IT Guy

Every team needs a tech guy. We have one. His name is Dave. He can fix just about any computer, no matter how messed up it is. We even saw him fix our internet once by resetting the internet. He’s our hero!

Well, the Teen Titans have a tech guy too. His name is Cyborg and he can totally fix any kind of computer problem, but can do a LOT more with his skills in technology. Cyborg has super strength due to his cybernetic enhancements. He also has superhuman speed, stamina, and a pair of sweet rocket boots in his feet. He can shoot sonic waves from his hands and he can even access the entire internet in the blink of an eye to figure something out. Not to knock on out IT guy, but Cyborg seems like a better guy to have as your IT guy.

Product Details

Does your child like tech? Does he want to be a superhero? Then it’s time for you to dress him up in this Teen Titans Cyborg costume! This officially licensed costume recreates Cyborg’s look from the animated series. It comes with a full-body jumpsuit. The top half has printed details, including printed armor and blue “cybernetic” details on the arms. It also has foam armor pieces that fit over the shoulders. The bottom portion is black, but has gray boot covers attached to the feet, which can be worn with any pair of your child’s favorite shoes. Of course, the final piece to this costume is the vacuform mask, which is shaped like the rounded blue portion of Cyborg’s head in the cartoon.

Unite the Team

Your child will be the genius tech guy superhero when he wears this Cyborg costume! Gather up a few of his friends to dress up like Robin, Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire to reunite the entire Teen Titans team.

[beastsbaroness]

It Started With a Look

A/N: Because the show writers have zero idea what they’re doing, here’s some fanon that should actually be canon. 

Set just after Robin and Marian reunite. 

Dedicated to the ever lovely @heatherfield <3.

The counters were spotless, the dishes were finished...there was nothing left to do but stand behind the counter and wait. Ruby looked at the clock, tapping her nails on the hard surface underneath her hands. It was cool, a pleasant contrast to the heat of her palms.

Neal and Emma were in a booth, talking amongst themselves. From her vantage point, Ruby could only see the back of his head but Emma's face was in full view. The Savior grinned and ducked her head at something he’d said. Likely a compliment.

The shake Ruby had made for them still sat between them, barely touched. That had been over an hour ago. Movement between them caught Ruby’s attention and her gaze flicked down to their hands.

Neal gently covered Emma's with his own. Her expression sobered somewhat but the hope and adoration in her eyes never truly left.

They were in their own world.

Ruby dropped her green gaze from them, allowing them to resume their moment without an onlooker.

She sighed, slouching, her thoughts drifting to what it would be like to have love so pure, sharing everything with someone she could trust indefinitely.

The bell rang, signalling someone entered and she lifted her head, her eyes holding none other than the piercing blue eyes of Archie Hopper.

They'd seen one another countless times, talked more than a handful and yet when he looked at her just then she saw more than just the friend she’d come to know. He stood at the door, holding her gaze as if he too were in the same trance, realizing the same feelings. They coursed through her like rockets, crash landing in her heart and bursting into a million fireworks at once.

She opened her mouth but nothing came out. He broke their connection, a hue of pink rising on his cheeks as he cleared his throat.

“Good evening, Ruby.” His voice was low, just above a rasp that she’d sworn she hadn't noticed before. It sounded positively delightful. Her eyes fluttered as she fought to regain her thoughts enough to form words.

“Uh...yeah. Hi.” Smooth. She berated herself mentally for not saying something equally as intelligent like ‘Good evening yourself, Arch.’

He smiled and took a seat. Ruby came around the counter, clearing her throat. Nerves she’s never felt before around him made her hands sweat and quickly she wiped them on her apron. She smiled, trying her best not to stare at his features, the very same ones she’s never noticed before.

Was he always this handsome?  

“What’ll it be, doc?” She asked, sounding more like herself and taking a little pride in keeping a steady tone.

Her grin faded a smidge when he looked up at her. The light blue when he came in was darker now. It was like drowning in the depths of the ocean. It was hard to breathe, even more difficult to tear her eyes from his.

Archie said nothing, it was like he too was lost in the forest of her own green orbs.

The bell chimed, signalling someone else came in, tearing their connection. Archie looked away and cleared his throat while Ruby glanced in the direction of the person walking to the bar.

“Just a coffee, thank you, Ruby.” Her name rolled off his tongue and sent a shiver down her spine. She couldn’t trust her voice now. There was no way she wouldn’t stumble and make a fool of herself. She nodded, indicating she heard his request and went back behind the counter to prepare his coffee.

“A shot of rum when you’re finished up there, love.” Ruby looked in the direction of the voice and found none other than Killian Jones sitting on the other side of the counter. His gaze drifted in the direction of Emma and Neal before a solemn look flickered over his features. Noticing Ruby was watching, he smiled. It was the same self confident grin, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “The heart is both a beautiful and treacherous thing. Learning that the hard way lately.”

She could only offer him a small smile of sympathy and a double shot of rum. Movement outside the caught her attention and she watched Robin, Marian and their small boy walking hand in hand. They were laughing, happy.

An ache started in Ruby’s chest, a longing she never really felt until now. Her gaze went back to the red haired man in the corner and couldn’t help the grin spreading her lips when she caught him looking at her and quickly looked down at the book in his hand.

Busted, Archie Hopper.

The coffee pot beeped, indicating it stopped brewing and she poured Archie a generous cup. Bringing it over to him, she smiled. “Anything else?”

He blinked down at the cup as if he’d forgotten he ordered it and shook his head. “No, I’m okay right now, thanks.” He didn’t look up this time. Disappointment settled in her chest but the chime of the door once again caught her attention.

Regina.

They looked at one another and nodded. They weren’t friends but weren’t quite enemies anymore either. They had a mutual friend and because of that fact alone at the moment, they remained civil.

The former Evil Queen took a seat beside Killian. Ruby followed, coming around the counter, sure that she would want something in a few moments.

“Should have known you’d be here, pirate.” She said, but a small frown furrowed her brow. She wasn’t happy either. “I’ll have what he’s having.”

Ruby doubled the shot and slid it down the counter. It stopped right in front of the dark haired woman. Needing to find something to do rather than stand there and eavesdrop, she found a cloth and started wiping down the counters and tables that were unoccupied.

Killian glanced at her and held his half empty glass in her direction. “But of course, your highness. Where else should a pirate reside but where the rum be?”

Regina snorted, the tiniest hint of a grin twitching her lips. “Not just a pretty face, I see.”

Killian raised a brow, grinning despite his earlier mood. “You think my face is pretty?”

Her eyes rolled and she took her glass in hand. “You know what I mean.”  

“Sure you can handle that, love?” He tapped her glass with his hook. “Strong stuff, you know.”

She glared before saying. “I’m well aware, thank you. After today I need a strong drink.”

“Affairs concerning the heart?”

Her expression didn’t change but the clenching of her jaw was enough of a giveaway. Killian took a breath and raised his glass toward her again. “To our sacrifices so others can be happy.”

Regina looked at the captain and saw a glimpse of Emma in the background. She didn’t need to see the man’s face to know it was Neal she was with. Ah, that explained a lot. Raising her glass, she clinked it with his, thinking of Robin and letting him go so he could be happy as well. “I’ll drink to that.”

“And,” He said, making her pause when the glass nearly touched her lips. “To making new friends.”

Regina smiled. She’d drink to that too.

It was another hour before everyone started milling out. Ruby looked at the clock and tapped her foot, hiding her impatience of wanting to go home behind a wide smile and cheerful goodbye to the slightly intoxicated ex-villains. Emma and Neal had left a half hour before, hand in hand and looking like the happiest couple in the world.

She was happy for them, truly.

That left Archie still in his booth, his attention no where else but the printed words on the pages of his book.

Ruby couldn’t help but smile. Of course he wouldn’t notice it was closing time.

Taking off her apron, she went into the back and changed. When she came out he was still there.

“Hey.” She said, getting his attention with her purse and jacket slung over one shoulder.

Startled, he looked up at her and then outside. His eyes widening, he looked at his watch. Fifteen minutes past closing time.

“Ruby I’m so sorry. You should have said something-”

“It’s not a problem.” She said, taking his empty cup and placing it in the sink for Granny to wash tomorrow morning. “You’ll just have to escort me home.” She meant it as a joke but it came out a lot more serious than she intended.    

Gathering his things he made for the door and waited for Ruby to lock up. When she turned, he offered his arm, a wide smile lighting his strikingly attractive features.

“You don’t have to... I mean, that was a joke-”

He stepped in a little closer. “I don’t mind, it would be my pleasure, Ruby.”

Stopping her protests, she gratefully took his arm and allowed him to escort her home, all the while hoping he didn’t hear the thundering of her heart.