#bribe some people

[shetheyshenanigans]

I recently started reading The Stormlight Archives and everyone keeps telling me “oh read Mistborn first it’s way better!” excuse me, does Mistborn have my lord and saviour Kaladin Stormblessed whose only two modes are Depressed Bitch and Fuck The Government

[stealthsuitdeku]

Random drawing bc I wanted to do something with them and cars together

And let them give updates to the rest of the rebels with snapchat lmao

[britcision]

Anyway in case anyone was wondering why I do firmly aver I did not get to DPxDC from DC and am not a DC fan despite having consumed all of the Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad runs up to 2018

(And have an exciting grab bag of shows, movies, and assorted trivia under my belt besides

Batman vs Dracula was fucking great fight me)

It’s because DC as a whole is hostile as fuck to the concept of being a casual fan

(And about 90% of the main heroes annoy the hell out of me for the very tropes that DC is known and praised for in their heroes I am here for villains, antiheroes, and sidekicks exclusively)

There is no such thing as consistent characterization, especially as you consume more content or fall down a rabbit hole, and the rabbit holes are ENDLESS

Everyone cameos everywhere else, referential jokes are often dropped in as Easter eggs for people who have read every single other DC comic put out in the same decade and yet within the same comics you get glaringly inconsistent characterization and different retcons for the same events

Big stories are retold and retconned every couple years, we got 3 separate Spiderman origin movies and the exact same Batman origin in more than half the live action movies; DC PAYS PEOPLE to make up their own different versions of canon events

There is a REASON that the Marvel and DC cinematic universes are both officially divorced from comic canon; the sheer volume of canon content is inaccessible to most of the population, and DC and Marvel know it

That’s why the New 52 was a big divorce from all previous canon too - it’s an on ramp for new fans, because sorting through the web of old content is off putting as fuck

It’s the one thing not a single DC fan I’ve spoken to who complained about “canon characterization” has bothered defending or even acknowledging, and yet it has been the core of all of their arguments:

“Canon is what I want it to be, not what any of the sources say”

And listen, I was a Torchwood fan, we were the archetypal example of “canon only happened if I acknowledge it” (so sad that show ended after only two seasons and nothing else ever happened again Children of Earth who), you just gotta acknowledge that that’s what you’re doing

But you frankly cannot have a serious conversation about canon characterization with someone who does not acknowledge entire swaths of canon and cannot understand why that makes their argument completely invalid

Any kind of conversation about the “right” characterization for a DC character necessarily has to involve the acknowledgement that it’s your personal preferred characterization, not a One True Canon, because I guarantee there are canon incidents for every single big name and most of the small ones that directly counter the ones you like

You may note I share a bunch of posts with things like “My Batman would never do this”, as opposed to “canon Batman would never do this”

Hell, on Batman specifically there are hundreds of beautifully put together posts talking about how the different canon runs get him wrong; I too prefer a Bruce Wayne who does genuinely care about his family and tries to protect them, but isn’t perfect or always right over the massive asshole elitist who just grunts and treats them like soldiers

Canon Batman slaps his kids around, it’s the meme that broke containment and you don’t have to like it or accept it as something your Batman would do!

But it’s still canon

Both versions have a massive well of canon support, and exist simultaneously in the multiverse

Every single characterization of a character is true and exists in the multiverse

And that is why the idea of a “canon version” of any DC character is utterly meaningless

TL;DR: write DC characters however the fuck you want and do not worry about it for more than 10 minutes together, that is what the paid DC writing staff do

There will be at least two pieces of canon media to back up whatever interpretation of the character you pick

Not everyone will like that characterization or agree with how you see the character, and that is all fine and good! But “canon” is meaningless in this context, neatly encapsulated by the “multiverse” explanation

Everything is canon, which means that nothing is canon

[kordbot]

mwah :]

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[bluesidedown]

hnnnnnnnnngggggggg

[cynicalmusings]

‘the most crucial skill that a good drinksmith needs is listening… drinksmithing is all about having conversations with your guests’

tea house owner!reader energy for real

[nat-20s]

I really lost an entire fucking WEEK to being sick huh like hrrrGGGG i had STUFF to DO. also i felt slightly better today so i tried to like gung ho do stuff and honestly im exhausted from doing like two things :(((( AND i have to be at stupid fucking work at 8 am tomorrow DDDDDD:

[hubbleablubble]

Hello World Trigger fandom today I’m coming to you with the funniest AU idea ever, aka: What if Chika and Enedora somehow became buddies

[terrence-silver]

Is 80s terry or old man terry more unhinged?

Old man Terry has less time left.

Like, biologically, he doesn't have a whole lifetime to spare, like he would've had decades prior, and validly, only logically speaking, that can only make an already inherently dangerous man more dangerous than he ever was before, especially once one feels backed into a corner with all control slipping.

Because, think about it? Really, think about it?

And this is tragic; but, what has he got to lose? Sure, he isn't here polluting the planet (supposedly) and destroying the ecosystems of smaller developing countries (also supposedly) and he isn't unhinged on a global scale (again, supposedly) but Terry Silver has no legacy in blood. His life is at its dusk and decline. He's been deliberately repressing himself for god knows how long. All his friends turned to be fake, from his point of view. There's no support system. His life's work consistently crumbling. His reputation shaken. The golden, opportunity riddled, prosperous era of the carefree 80's is over and it ain't coming back, baby. The promise of a good life, therapy and rehabilitation turned out to be a sham in which he couldn't make himself want to live in a cookie cutter way no matter how much he tried to box himself in and turns out --- man's angry. He's pissed off. That makes him dangerous, yes. Unhinged. Probably not more dangerous than he was in the 80's, but dangerous in a different sort of way, in a way an ancient black hole crumbling in on itself is. I think he's been angry for decades, yes, even while he was chowing down on Tofu (especially then, I imagine) and it culminated in him nearly executing a man with a sword in a style that would bring a Samurai to shame.

[magichats]

I know I keep reblogging those posts about the fact that a moderator got fired for taking bribes and that's probably annoying

but also it's wild that it was even a thing at all. Like if you assume it's not just a lie / scapegoating to not be responsible (not to circle back to james sommerton but that four hour video did come with some great critical thinking tools), that is still just a wild thing to admit in response to the current things going on.

[thevalicemultiverse]

To some, You Gotta Spend Money to Make Money means bribe people to look the other way.

Victor: And by "some," we mean my parents.

[earmo-imni]

I love how I somehow completely missed all the Eurovision liveblogging this year and instead went straight into Eurovision discourse instead

[gyuswhore]

Are there any sexy photographers in the crowd tonight your girl needs some research help

[masquenoire]

In spite of the crimes he’s committed, Roman is notoriously difficult to convict thanks to his wealth and legal connections. Half of Gotham City’s police officers are in his pocket along with a number of judges and city council members, leaving Arkham Asylum the only institution that can legally hold him until his absolute shark of a lawyer is able to pull enough strings to bust him out. Roman knows full well how deep the roots of corruption in this city grow and exploits them every possible way he can, securing his position as one of the city’s most powerful crime lords despite his relative youth.

[theriu]

I think the thing that most confuses me about the Endless Zucchini problem, wherein innocent farmers and backyard gardeners are snowed under by zucchini and trying endless tricks to get rid of them, is why don’t you just… pull them up?? Like yank the whole plant out by the roots??? Maybe leave just one plant for a manageable supply of fresh ones and stop the rest of the assault at the source??

I don’t mean to cast aspersions on anyone, Im honestly not trying to be mean! But is there something Im missing here? Do the plants just continue spitting out zucchini like minecraft mob spawners unless you burn them, or are people unable to condone the idea of ending a food-producing plant’s life even after your freezers are full and you have gained the distrust of all your neighbors who are tired of zucchini showing up on the porch in the night? Please, someone explain the reason to me, or if there isn’t one, end your suffering and uproot the suckers.

[enavant]

haha what if i took booba pics of jisu haha what if wouldnt that be wild