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Superman and Batman headcanon

I headcanon that Superman and Batman have a lot of overlapping knowledge and skills for opposite reasons.

Batman rolls with the punch to protect his face. Superman rolls with the punch to protect the other guy's hand.

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The thing about "raw" or "profound" lines is that they resonate with some aspect of the human experience. This means they naturally arise from people being human.

At the end of the day, someone saying "my dog loves me, and that's enough" is going to resonate with people just as much as any serious speech.

“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos

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This is one of the most relatable things I've ever seen.

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Achilles probably shouldn't have worn heels. They were his downfall.

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this terrible distant blurry shot of two pigeons is one of my favourite photos out of any pic I’ve ever taken I think

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I always struggled drawing hands before anyone told me what to do. So here is a HANDy dandy drawing reference to see the steps on an actual hand. There are three big muscles in the palm. The thumb lump is most important because without it you’ll never even get the shape right. Circle up the knuckles and draw bendy lines (red) to connect them. Make sure the fingers go from medium-tall-short-shortest just slightly (index=>pinky finger). Notice the big red squareish shape around the palm-that’s the first thing I do. Note: every infer has 2 knuckles don’t forget the thumb does too…just in a weird way.

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safe harbor

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I love this. I need to read up on it.

Looking up Scottish mythological creatures and

Wulver: a werewolf in Shetland, that is said to have had the body of a man with a wolf’s head. It was reported to have left fish on the windowsills of poor families.

That is the nicest Werewolf legend I’ve ever heard of.

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Got to thinking about this again, and you know what does differ between the world of Madoka Magica and the real world (where kyuubey does not exist)?

The variety of pigmentation in human hair and eyes.

That's the difference Kyuubey made in earth's evolutionary process. Mammals having the biochemistry for other pigments besides melanin.

There is this trope where whatever thing the plot revolves around has been around and involved long enough to shape humanity's technological, cultural, or even evolutionary development, but human society is just the same as it is in the real world where that thing doesn't exist.

Which means that either whatever source this information comes from is lying, or the writer has decided to majorly nerf humans in this fictional universe.

"Humanity never could have invented cell phones without this crashed alien space ship!" Bitch, yes we could. We have the entire process from the discovery of radio waves to modern smart phones documented. Every step in that process is well within the capabilities of human beings, especially when you take our tendency to teach and learn from each other into account.

"Whithout this weird magical being's interference, humans would still be living in caves!" No we wouldn't. Humans will find ways to make stuff out of anything we happen to have on hand. I have seen a YouTube video of someone making a ballgown out of smartphone cases that needed a wooden framework on wheels for the skirt because it would have been way too heavy for a hoopskirt and a normal person's waist. You really think the species that did that can't work out how to build buildings without some outside force explaining it?

"Humans wouldn't even have those big brains without the intervention of..." I'm just gonna stop you right there. Dogs, cats, and fire were all major contributing factors in the development of big brains in humans. Hunting with dogs was more efficient and got more meat. Cats kept rodents at bay which allowed us to store more food. Fire allowed us to get more out of our food by cooking it to make the nutrients more available. All of this allowed us to dedicate more calories to brain function without starving. It wasn't an outside force of dubious intentions that made us the species we are, it was the companion species who made the journey with us and the fires we lit along the way.

Sometimes it's done in a way that actually works, but a lot of times I find myself thinking "damn, you really couldn't think of anything interesting to add to modern life?"

Like, in the live action transformers movies (which I could complain about plenty) they found and studied Megatron and the freaking Allspark itself and all they got was an alternate path to the smart phone? Not better prosthetic limbs, sentient robot companions, or even just stuff that folds up for travel better?

You're telling me that the species that raised wolf cubs despite knowing how dangerous wolves were to them and selectively bred the nightmares that hunted us for our meat into our beloved dogs looked at the scrappy little critters the Allspark generated and didn't think "but what if friend?" That they didn't see a the creation of a new life that was like a much tinier version of the bigger thing they found and think "Oh my goodness it's a baby!"

That's so boring. The Bayverse's version of humanity is boring and mean and sad.

If you want an example that I think works, Kyuubey from Madoka Magica claiming credit for humanity's progress works, because it would make sense for Kyuubey to lie about this. Kyuubey wants something and is demonstrably willing to mislead and withhold information to get it (the soul gem reveal was a pretty big deal).

Kyuubey deliberately targets children who haven't finished school and not, say, university students or graduates looking for work. Kyuubey claims it is because young girls produce the most emotional energy, but we don't have any evidence outside of Kyuubey's word regarding Kyuubey's reason for anything, and Kyuubey is not a reliable narrator.

Kyuubey's role in the story is something dangerous disguised as something nice, a wolf in sheep's clothing, if you will. Adding one more layer of deception that makes Kyuubey look better or, at least, more necessary to a kid who doesn't know better works just fine in the story that's being told.

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Additionally, places and objects don't mind being the focus if you don't feel up to the task of figuring out how to fit a person into them. The attention is nice.

your characters love it when you draw them floating and/or in a white void. it gives them a break from existing within the context of reality for a while it’s relaxing

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chinese hanfu by 云诀沉沉

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sheep getting in an elevator. idk man i made this account in 2010 ive made every other post already

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I'm pretty sure the gif is an illustration of their feelings toward jobs, but I initially read it as a silly counterpoint.

Like, "okay, maybe I do want the job of being a giant woman who smashes buildings."

Either would be equally on par for this website

I literally hate every job in the world. I don’t want them. I don’t want ANY of them!

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Pool # 27 -  Ann Goldberg , 2016.

Canadian , b. 1970s

Oil on canvas , 30 x 48 in.