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I know I'm not really here much these days, but I just wanted to let you all know I wrote two poems over the past few months that you can read over on my Patreon, if you're interested in supporting me and reading them!

[Text: "It's the worst kind of inspiration, but I wrote a poem about the joy of [metaphorically] dancing on a wicked person's grave."] (link)

[Text: "I wrote a poem at World Fantasy 2023 in Kansas City! It's... spicy. No, not like that--like, it has capsaicin in it."] (link)

I also recently had another poem come out in Strange Horizons' Caribbean SFF Special Issue (which is well worth your time to read in its entirety!) and you can read that here:

Thank you for your support of my work after all this time! Sometimes it feels like the internet is... falling apart, but you're all still rad.

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November 29, 2023 - Kissinger has finally died! 🦀🦀🦀

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Max you're being so mean to him right now... feed him burger.

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These ‘Beach Animals’ were created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. The kinetic structures walk on their own and get all their energy from the wind.

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Every time a writer describes what life is like as a speedster, all I can think is that either they have ADHD or someone they know does. You can speed read anything but you forget it in 10 minutes? Accidentally falling into speed mode and everything feels like it takes an hour to get through? Doing 3 things at once because that's the only mode you have??? Cmon

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I have so many images of Bart on my phone that I just needed to do this.

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My life will not be complete until a nazi mobster has to deal with Sandman attacking from the skylight while Lobster Johnson bursts out from a loose tile in the floor.

Oh Sandman and Lobster Johnson crossover that exists only in my head.

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Bart's relationship to all of his civilian friends is really something that is god-tier, but his relationship to Preston really gets to me. Particularly when Bart really does go above and beyond just to make him happy.

I think back to Impulse #51 where we see Bart become interested in comics through Preston, and we also see Bart being a great friend by being attentive and just wanting to make Preston happy.

We find out that After-Life Avenger is a major fictional super-hero and comic in their world with Cherub as the main sidekick, it is Preston's favorite. Preston doesn't have issue #16 and he says he would do anything to have it. It is listed with a price of a whopping $23 in 1999 which in today's money is $30.72 - that's pretty steep for a single issue.

When asked what he was going to get Preston for his birthday he at first was completely blank until Helen helped him remember the conversation from earlier and he tears off of a mission with only one end game; to get Preston that rare comic only because he knows it will make him happy.

Look at how happy Bart is at having been successful in finding this comic, look at his face, look at his little daydream. He literally only wants to make Preston happy.

Also a side note we never find out how much Bart actually paid for this comic (or if he exchanged any cash for it). Bart's strongly hinted through his comics that Max does give him an allowance and Bart is shown buying things like snacks, games etc so he likely would have enough to buy it.

Also, as I like to say. "There's a lotta loose change in the world."

Either way Bart spent a long time finding it having had to go all the way to Seattle, WA from Manchester, AL to find it.

There comes a point in the comic where Bart is left with an opportunity to impress Preston by providing him with an even rarer Cherub figure when he finds it while cleaning up after a heist he apprehended. Instead of thinking about keeping it for himself due to its high collectable value, Bart's immediate thought is giving it to Preston and how much that would make him happy.

Ultimately Bart decides against it, as it would not be fair, but he did in fact think about it at first.

Bart does so much for Preston in his comic; everything from being willing to out himself as Impulse to report his abuse, performing petty crime, running around everywhere to find a comic he knows he will like and being tempted to blatantly steal for him.

Bart loves his friends so much.

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We have a new character moodboard and character sheet up on ko-fi today! This week we're featuring Samael/Magus as played by @thechaoticsuper

Character sheet is available to ko-fi members.

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Join me in the delusion, Blackbird. DC said choose your own canon. I apply it to everything. Everything is an Infinite Frontier now. That writer you don't like? Not only does their writing not exist, neither do they. Bad movie? What movie? The omniverse is ur oyster

Imagine a world where Cassandra Cain was the default, unquestioned Batgirl in every adaptation.

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A-List is exists within the cultural zeitgeist without needing a modern movie (ie people just know who they are)

B-list is people know them but only bc they're the protagonist of a movie or tv show

C-list is people only know them bc they're mentioned or appeared in a movie or tv show but they don't know much about them

D-list is only exists in the comics

E-list is writers even forget this person exists

F-list is they only exist when the writers need a joke character

Out of curiosity, how do you guys define a-list, b-list, etc. when it comes to comic characters?

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Yknow it really says something about how many decent to genuinely good writers are affected by editorial interference and how quickly the fandom will just let those writers take the hit instead of criticizing company that interfered. But yall aint ready for that talk.

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I don’t know if I would have found the strength to come out so late in life without heroes like you and my son, Obsidian.

Highlights of Alan Scott in DC Pride (2023) #1. Art by Don Aguillo & Noah Dao.

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stimmy lil guy

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-commissions are open-

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Alan Scott Justice Society of America #4