#The Wonderful Winston

[steifel]

I cant stop imagining a 79 year old Darry Curtis listening to gooduck babe by Chapel Roan and immediately thinking of Paul.

[dailydccomics]

Wonder Girl and Young Justice by Evan "Doc" Shaner"

[dipndotz]

been drawing ace attorney furries with my pookie go check out hers too @twelviebunnie

[julykings]

by candlelight

[chelestials]

he’s so boyfriend in this film

[poop7969]

I like to think that the gang is close with Twobits mom like they were with mr and Mrs Curtis

[municiberg]

From Incredibles 2: A Little Golden Book

[that-girl-glader]

TMR Book vs Movie shock

As a book maze runner fan who only read the books. I will admit I was a bit shocked watching The Scorch Trials today. Like don't get me wrong it's not a bad movie. It's just different. Like it made me question if I even read the books, lol. Like I was so confuzzled when Brenda wasn't immune and how Winston died, and by all the changes made in that movie. And not gonna lie, I'm one of those people who get a bit mad when movies don't match up at least mainly like the books, but ngl I was kinda hooked. It feels like re-experiencing the maze runner.

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But trust me if you've only watched the movies..read the books because there are many things the movies did not capture. And even though the main thing, a group of kids trynna escape wicked, happens. And even though some of the main parts of the characters happen. It feels like the two are somehow different. Like they go about it in different ways. And it's so cool because it shows that...sometimes it's like other dimensions. Like what could happen in another universe with the same shit, but done differently. Like the Spiderman movies. How it's all the same characters just different plot same story. It's kinda cool tbh.

[lulusplaycorner]

Peter with his tits out. That is all.

S1 EP5

[dumbponyboykinnie]

imagine being in a fucking ambulance with a gun in your pocket

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spectre #4, #23

The Boy Wonder #2

Thinking of coming back to life as something traumatizing, painful, or undesirable... obviously doesn't work for every character (sometimes you just want to undo a previous writing decision, not add more trauma :P) but it is interesting

[angel-gidget]

DC Plot Bunnies on my Brain

Time-traveling Kon talks to his younger self about Tana Moon. I’ve been exploring the 90’s Superboy corner of fandom lately, and boy do those guys have some thoughts about Tana Moon. Muy negative.

I think an adult Kon who had a chance to talk to his younger self might also be able to express some criticism of Tana, but he would not be harsh about it. I think he would still view his younger self as having a lot of agency, and he would still remember how much he loved her.

So how do you explain to your younger self that the current “love of their life” isn’t actually good for them? Very veeerry gently.

Kon bed-hopping fic. I actually started this one over a year ago and have snippets of it on my hard drive. Basically, after the Gemworld and multiversal hopping, Kon has a paranoia about being alone, and he doesn’t have a place to stay. (I wrote this before reading about the Kents remembering him after all, so this is written with the assumption that he has nowhere to go.)

So Young Justice takes turns housing him. And then the sleepovers end up being a pretty effective way of catching up with old friends like the core four and getting to know the new ones like Amy, Naomi, and Jinny.

Kon/Lophi slow-burn. In my current Kon fic, I imply that if YJ had showed up later than they had, Kon would have felt duty-bound to stay on the Gemworld to raise baby Martha. I could write a story exploring that as well as his and Lophi’s relationship. However, core four fuzzies would still be involved, bc the team would 100% find a way to visit Kon on the regular if he were stuck in another dimension.

Kon/Amy slow-burn. Set after the YJ multiverse hopping storyline. With no way to return to the Gemworld, Kon and Amy are left to mourn it together. This leads to bonding. Amy does, however, have some experience with going between worlds and have some coping mechanisms to offer Kon. In turn, he’s able to make her feel more at home with the team.

Amy Winston character exploration via Young Justice. There is a LOT to explore. For one thing, Amethyst was never a very character-driven comic, so there’s a lot of scenarios where I have no clue what Amy would do. So I gotta start writing to find out.

In her own 80’s title, Amy can go back and forth between being confidently heroic and remembering that she’s a scared kid. Part of that was the physical transformation she would go through. Turning into a physically 20-something a la Shazam made her feel more confident. But she doesn’t have that trait in YJ continuity.

So maybe her magic is the key? In the 80’s series, Amy’s magic was very strong on the Gemworld, but would fade to nothing when she crossed over to Earth.

So what if in this Wonder Comics YJ ‘verse, her magic is fading away slowly while she’s stuck on Earth and that gradually eats at her confidence? What if she does bond with the core four, but then becomes scared to tell them that the thing that (in her mind) makes her a superhero is fading away?

Post-Mini Series Amethyst story. I have a very detailed write-up of this in my drafts. I was very frustrated with Amy being turned into, like, a Gemworld deity thing at the end of her OG series. But I write out a plot taking place after it that would allow me to really come to terms with it and have fun with where the characters are at that point. Might post the outline later. Basically makes Amy, Young Princess Emerald, and Donal (Topaz and Turquoise’s son) all co-protagonists.

Tim/Cassie detective competition. In a (fairly recent?) Wonder Woman storyline, Cassie referred to herself as a detective, and asked for time to investigate the murder of Hypolyta. What if that had consequences? What if there is some kind of, idk, Teen Detective Competition and maybe Donna enters Cassie’s into it bc she thinks she’d be into it?

Of course, Tim has entered but only because he sees it as chance to get close to someone else he’s actually investigating. But as soon as he sees that Cassie is one of the entrants things get… genuinely competitive for both of them. And then the trash-talking somehow turns into flirting when neither of them were paying attention?

Tim/Cassie preboot Identity Exploration. Cassie is reveling in having Kon and Bart back from the dead. She and Kon are “just friends” now, and tho a lil’ awkward, it’s still good. But a few passing comments between the three of them lead Cassie to realize that some of the things she knows about Tim’s civilian identity are contradictory.

She begins to obsess a bit. After all, Tim was her main support through OYL and other hells, so shouldn’t she know him better than anyone?

Meanwhile, she is utterly failing to make a go of her “Drusila” identity. When Tim hears about that, he offers to help. And as Tim teaches Cassie how to be someone else, he ends up revealing things about himself that clarify some of those contradictions that stumped her earlier.

Tim/Greta set during 90's YJ. Steph gets frustrated with Tim's lecturing and breaks up with him. Secret sees this as an opportunity, and shoots her shot. Tim has had an insane day and decides "ok, why not?" Queue their relationship subtly changing events throughout the YJ and Robin series.

[macnmooore]

Dallas two months after a night in one of the bedrooms at Buck’s parties

[glitchaxolol]

Aight so, I went to go watch The Fall Guy(2024). I absolutely LOVE it! I went for Ryan Gosling, who plays main guy Colt, and it looked pretty interesting so why not. I’m not gonna spoil but I LOVE that Yungblud got to do a cover of “I was Made for Lovin’ You” and I wasn’t even expecting it! It’s definitely a rollercoaster, but the thrills are worth it and I was almost squealing at the end. It’s an Action/Comedy/technically Romance. Also Winston Duke, the guy who plays M’Baku, is in it as stunt coordinator Dan. Plus, Emily Blunt is in it as the main woman, Jody. The og Fall Guy and his Jody are in the after credits as cops too! I’d DEFINITELY recommend you check it out, it’s a really good movie!!!

(P.S. my dad hated it cause he watched the og show and he doesn’t like Ryan or Emily, lol)

[uwmspeccoll]

Mythical Wonders

This 1928 edition of The Wonder Book of Myths and Legends was compiled by editor and writer William Byron Forbush (1868-1927). It was published in Philadelphia by the John C. Winston Company, where Forbush served as a consulting editor. The edition is adorned with illustrations by Frederick Richardson (1862-1937), an American illustrator most well-known for his vivid and imaginative illustrations in the works of L. Frank Baum.

The book is a treasure trove of enchanting stories of magic and wonder that captivated the ancient world. It explores myths and legends from various cultures, interweaving tales of gods, heroes, and fantastical creatures. The illustrations are a testament to the Art Nouveau movement. His use of striking colors and creative depictions brings the stories to life in a way that genuinely charms the reader.

-Melissa, Special Collections Classics Intern

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[vonlipvig]

ok, let's get serious about things unserious. one of the loading screen tips in the timeloop mentions something about how very few people can actually experience and be aware of these kind of temporal anomalies (and that it's a genetic trait shared with all goats, by the way). i'm assuming it's like a cilantro soap situation, but much, much rarer. so, that we know of, we have alex, boseman, colin (and the sprongs in general), and dave as people who can experience temporal reoccurrence.

now, i don't think that means that they can instigate those events. that would kinda explain how everything in the timeloop happens because of the technology of the euphoria device, and how, while colin is aware of the timeloop happening and even of the multiverse hopping, it's only alex and boseman who get to remain conscious in the in-between (we can argue that proximity to the device freezes everyone around it including colin, and excludes alex and boseman who are further away...and are needed for plot and gameplay reasons, but whatever).

so, while all of them would be genetically predisposed to awareness of any temporal anomalies happening around them, it is not something that they can cause all by themselves, without the aid of technology (maybe the sprongs can? i wouldn't be surprised if they had mastered that).

except dave. dave absolutely can, and does. he's just like that.