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happy condescending online man day

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The yearly curse has lifted

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Bruce Wayne & Clark Kent are drift compatible

“Keep pushing! ONE THOUGHT BETWEEN US!” if this isn’t love….what is?????????? Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #4 

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The Same Creaking Door

watching movies is so much more fun once your ear is trained to recognize the Wilhelm scream and the Dies Irae

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There are people getting angry about Eddie Izzard and like.... what year is it

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Scott Adams is yet another sad white guy who went MAGA racist and lost everything.

Why don't you give Scott Baio or Kevin Sorbo a call for career advice.

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“I’d kill for you. Please ask me to kill for you.” “No.” Is a top tier ship dynamic no I do not take criticism

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Sherlock Holmes

Hercule Poirot

Phyrne Fisher

Benoit Blanc

Adrian Monk

Nancy Drew

Dick Tracy

Columbo

Miss Marple

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This is from the Superman: Red & Blue anthology series that’s loaded with short stories like this! Some are serious, some are funny, some are sad but they’re all great.

(I also recommend Batman: Black & White and Wonder Woman: Black & Gold)

Superman: Red & Blue #5 - “De-Escalation” (2021)

written by G. Willow Wilson art by Valentine De Landro

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the thing with pokemon is they all stop at 3 dimensions.  there’s no 10-dimensional geodudes.  i know nothing of pokemon but i feel like i would’ve heard about it if there were hypergeodudes.  i have explicitly arranged my life such that if this were the case someone probably would’ve told me

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Hey, I've started a book side blog, mostly tracking my own reading, and memes & such. Give it a follow?

The Official Reading Guide To Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (designed by Maggie Searcy, from Epic Reads/Harper)

This is so great, and I love that the chart is on the disc itself! I think this can really help people who don't know where to start in this 40+ book series (hint, it doesn't have to be at the beginning!) If you’re new to Discworld, below are some thoughts on where to start in the series:

The are several "schools of thought" about the proper way to read Discworld books: you can read them in publication order, you can pick each sub-series to read entirely and separately (i.e. read all the Wizards books in order, then all the Death books, then the Watch etc.) or you can just read whatever ones sound best to you, or whichever you can get your hands on from the library. Truly, it's up to you. (I started with Hogfather, the 20th novel in the series and the 4th Death book, and it's great.) That being said, let's continue...

The Colour of Magic is the first Discworld book published, but many view it as "not-the-strongest", either in the series or as a starter. Pratchett himself said that Sourcery is a better starter, for both the "Wizards" books and the series as a whole! (Don't get me wrong though, they are good books. The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are also the only two novels that directly relate to each others' storylines, so if you do start with TCOM, then you must read TLF next as they are like part 1/part 2.)

Death is one of my favorite characters, so Mort is also a great first-read. Death is a recurring character in almost the whole series, so getting familiar with him before diving into other sub-series might be a good idea.

Though I've only read two of the "Watch" books, it might be favorite sub-series so far, I always recommend Guards! Guards! as a great starter for first-timers. You get a good sense of city politics and its' machinations, as well as the kind of magic you can expect throughout the Disc. (and who doesn't love Carrot?)

I've only read one "Witches" book so far, and I started with Wyrd Sisters as I was 1. told it's the first the feature all three witches that carry on in the rest of the series, and 2. familiar with Macbeth, of which this book is a parody. Most of the "Witches" books are parodies and trope-twisters of famous stories, so if that's your thing start with Wyrd Sisters! (I personally can't wait to get to Carpe Jugulum...)

I didn't realize until this chart that the "Moist Von Lipwig" books are considered part of the "Industrial Revolution" sub-series, so I read Making Money after seeing the movie for Going Postal. I think starting with GP would be fine, but if you want a better sense of the world and how everything operates in it (like who the Patrician is, for example) starting with any of the books listed above might be best.

I've not yet read any "Ancient Civilizations" books (though I'm starting Pyramids soon!) the "Science" or the "Tiffany Aching" books so I can't judge how they are for starters.

Personally, I jump around the Disc for every novel I read. As I said, I started with Hogfather, then read TCOM & TLF. I think I read Mort after that, then Guards then Reaper Man then Wyrd Sisters and so on. So I'm kind of reading the sub-series in their order, but jumping between series after I finish a book. All I can recommend to anyone is to read the synopses of the starters, pick one, then go wherever you like from there. Happy reading!

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You dolts, you absolute buffoons.

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I’ve started a book blog, mostly to keep track of my own reading and thoughts. Go give it a follow, and drop a recommendation in the ask box!

If you liked Glass Onion...

While nothing can compare to Rian Johnson’s comedic and unique Knives Out mysteries, there are many books that can tide a fan over until film #3. Below are a few of my recent favorites, including Johnson’s own inspiration, Agatha Christie.

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley - 4.5/5 - A group of friends gather for New Year’s in the Scottish mountains, when one of them turns up dead and only a guest of the resort could have done it. Intriguing characters, lots of juicy drama between old friends, and a whodunit that’ll leave you guessing to the end.

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - 4/5 - The lives of drama students from a tight-knit prestigious art school get flipped upside down when a student is found drowned after a startling performance. While it appears to be an accident, actors can make good liars, and the detectives aren’t here for the show. 

The Appeal by Janice Hallett - 3.5/5 - A local theater group is raising money for a young girls medical treatment, and when a cast member dies, everyone’s personal drama gives them motive. Since the story is told entirely in email & text messages, we only have each character’s side of things to go by, but conflicting takes and personal opinions give this novel an interesting edge.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 5/5 - From the Queen of Mystery herself, her most famous standalone work. Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and are slowing killed off with striking similarity to an old children’s rhyme (very old, very “a product of it’s time”). The novel itself is timeless, with a twist that left me shocked for days.

Happy reading!

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“i wish we could see adaptations where sherlock holmes hates the rich and is allowed to be kind to those around him and uses his abilities to support society’s underdogs” elementary was doing this back in 2012. this was only episode 4.