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the biggest lesson im learning is that nothing is as extreme or as permanent as our emotions convince us they are. nothing is certain and things are always fluctuating and there are always exceptions and there are always mistakes. there is always pain and there is always love. everything is a delicate touch away from changing

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im joining the war on gross disgusting pornographic content on the side of gross disgusting pornographic content

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the space race may be the funniest point in history period and i'll stand by that. the US is like "yes whoever gets into space first will prove once and for all that our economic model is superior and that we are, in general, the superior country of superior and smarter people." then the soviets just went and did it and the US freaked out and needed to cover their ass so were like "WE MEAN THE MOON, WE MEAN THE FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON."

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the space race may be the funniest point in history period and i'll stand by that. the US is like "yes whoever gets into space first will prove once and for all that our economic model is superior and that we are, in general, the superior country of superior and smarter people." then the soviets just went and did it and the US freaked out and needed to cover their ass so were like "WE MEAN THE MOON, WE MEAN THE FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON."

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a boy who’s jacked and kind 💪

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Something I really loved in the new Superman that I haven’t seen anyone mention:

When that building is falling down over the bridge, Superman is saving one woman in a car. Usually in superhero movies or TV procedurals with emergency services, if it’s a woman in a car she also has a child or a crying baby to “raise the stakes” and make you care. But for this Superman, and in the context of this movie, it’s enough to just be a woman alone in a shitty car that won’t start right. She doesn’t need to be a mother for the stakes to be high enough that Superman uses his body to stop an entire skyscraper.

It was small, but it felt really powerful to me the moment I saw it.

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Jason: how ya likin’ that comic, kiddo? Damian: I do not understand. Jason: what? It’s just a spider-man comic. What’s not to understand? Damian: why is Parker pursuing this red-haired woman, who does not seem to enjoy his company further than any other, rather than his friend, Osborn? Osborn has given multiple hints that he would prefer their relationship to go beyond platonic Jason: Jason: *glances over at Jon, who is reading a Daredevil comic on the other bed* Damian: should he not pursue Osborn, considering he is already aware that their relationship can withstand hardship? Friendship is a sturdy baseline for which romance can be built soon. And besides, Mary Jane is an un-compelling idiot with mediocre looks. Jason: Jason: this explains so much

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i love the entire thing and there are so many wonderful messages in superman (2025), but i think my favorite is pa’s speech about how you are not your parents and nobody gets to dictate who you are except you. just because your parents intended for you to do something, it doesn’t mean you have to do that.

your choices, your actions, that’s what makes you you.

nobody else gets a say.

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I really like the idea that Damian, raised by Talia ‘sex appeal is my middle name’ Al Ghul.

Does not understand why you can’t be obvious about your attraction towards another person.

You just have to be strong enough to protect it. And Jon being basically invincible, should be just like how Talia knew Bruce would be strong enough to protect himself against the dangers of their world.

So what danger is there? That he can’t protect Jon against, or Jon would be able to protect himself against.

So Damian simply starts copying Talia in her words of love as well.

Damian: beloved, we have been tasked with a mission

Jon:

Jon:

Damian: are you listening to me, beloved?

Jon: oh god I am not dreaming

Damian: why would you be dreaming about getting a mission?

I like imagining that he has now got a rule with himself that he can’t call Jon anything other than his hero name on missions. Because for some reason he seems to be short circuiting every time.

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pt 2: TimKon and Damian being himself

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SUPERMAN (2025) dir. James Gunn

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I like how Gunn kinda had actors who would have usually been cast as “ugly american” type characters play Ma and Pa Kent. Sends a good message, I think. That beauty is not goodness, that there’s more to that part of the world than “evil redneck” stereotypes.

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I absolutely adore how normal Clark's parents looked so normal. I realize the ideal of them is a strong farmer and his wife and that might be a beautiful older woman and her sturdy handsome husband. Nothing wrong with that. But Martha and Jonathan Kent in this movie were the kind of older couple I'd see at the grocery store in my own small-town. The kind of people at the community hall and auction grounds picking up hay bales for the cattle.

They were warm and just so normal it almost surprises you. They also don't resemble Clark at all which I think is important in driving home the fact that they aren't his biological parents. He stands out amongst them it's so clear he's different and special even. And my god do they love him.

The way they call for him and sit on a rusty bench outside the creaky screen door. That feels like home to me having grown up on the prairies. How authentic they feel only grounds Clark even more. It feels less like a dream or idea of a perfect farm family and is more two people who tried their best and will bake apple pie with calloused hands full of love

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Weird take, but I love that Clark’s parents were so… normal. They weren’t the expected hotties with a swagger and a confidence in everything they do. No. It’s a dad who cries because he’s scared his son is injured. It’s a mom who calls to congratulate him on an article he wrote and published. It’s the dad listening in but not saying anything because he doesn’t want to disturb his kid. It’s the mom with a typical midwestern accent and mannerisms. It’s the 20+ missed calls when their son disappeared.

It’s not “oh yeah he’s Superman, guess he’ll come around when he comes around.” It’s just so endearingly normal and human and parental. This is their little boy who drinks coco and saves squirrels and doesn’t want to kill a giant goblin creature because “there’s a gentler way”. A gentler way because he saw his gentler parents. A gentler way because he had a gentle upbringing. A gentler way because his parents are not heroes, they won’t be running around finding danger but if they see a injured squirrel or a bird with a broken wing, they take it in and help it heal.

My heart is literal mush with the family dynamics of these Kent’s. They did so good at raising a clumsy ass oaf and I love them all with my whole heart.

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The way Superman depicted complicit civilians is gonna stick with me.

Because usually when you have your villain, usually the civilians working for them are gonna be largely faceless or cowed. And then when the hero crashes the scene, only the armed goons are taken out while said civilians flee to remove any questions.

In here though, you can tell they all enjoy working for Luthor. The technicians in his hq have fun plugging in directions to Ultraman. And those in the base camp wear tropical shirts while listening to music and playing games on their downtime. Nobody is working with rigid confirmity nor are there moral reservations (the only objection shown was when his obsession almost got them killed).

So when Mr. Terrific arrived on the scene, it is actually fitting that he wiped out the workers alongside the armed goons.

Also the way Superman's fellow prisoners not only attempted to snitch on him but actually tried to out snitch each other deserves a whole other analysis.

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almost 4M views!! that's crazyyyy thank you so much y'all ;0;

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clark shouting "people were going to DIE" in the face of the "think of the consequences of your actions" argument is so fucking important to me bc it really IS that simple you can't look at a genocide and just twiddler your thumbs bc you're a afraid of the consequences ESPECIALLY when you can do something about it and THATS WHAT CLARK DID. WITHOUT HESITATION. WITHOUT CONSIDERING HOW IT COULD HURT HIM. bc hes a good person and in his brain its really just people were going to die so i had to step in bc what else would it be. superman i love you i love you i love you