#its just funnier as a comic tbh

[sproutlines]

I have arcane powers I have studied the sigils and scriptures

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

They would have made Xiao Xingchen pull the car over at least once an hour if they ever did a road trip together.

[todayisafridaynight]

HONESTLY. i agree with prev anon minedai community rlly feels like it’s own separate thing a lot of the time i get so shocked when people who aren’t mainly minedai posters acknowledge it LMFAO it’s pretty rare. we’re kind of in our own stuck in yakuza 3 bubble if that makes sense while everyone’s moving on with the newer games

real tbh. i get jumpscared when people mention it outta no where like how did you know this existed..... can i help you... its like when you lift up a rock and theres a bunch of bugs underneath

[takeshitakyuuto]

based on that one post that was going around a month or so ago

[masao-micchi]

Okay, so I was going through some of your older Kid Jon au (because omg I’m in love with it) and one of them said he was basically banned from the institute because he attracted trouble. What I think would be funnier is if Elias and Gertrude made the decision to keep him in the archives as an employee (because helicopter relatives and they need to keep an eye on him) Beholding would love it because he’s there and that opens the door to the other hijinks with the original archives crew because they were trying to get him to not be in the Archives but he’s already there and apparently doesn’t remember anything. So they have to workshop new plans and the other Avatars and such come to the institute for whatever reason. It just freaks the S1 archives crew out. (Plus Sasha doesn’t remember all the much because OG Sasha died early on)

Also does Danny live in this AU because Tim has his memories? And what’s going on with the not S1 archives crew (Georgie, Melanie, Daisy, and Basira. Oh, Not Sasha too just for the fun of it)

omg i have a whole comic planned on that,, like w elias and jon regarding the archives i think its in my drafts and got buried with everything else

oH and the s1 team regain memories slowly while working in the institute,, so tim wont remember to save danny

but.... jon and gerry have a plan for it ALHASHDJA i thought of a comic on that too but havent started on it,,, tbh im mostly enjoying the fun stuff about this au and sometimes forget to try and make it make more sense as a whole HAAHAH

and yea the other archives crew do eventually somehow at least interact with the original s1 crew but i havent thought that far... yet

imma need more imagination juice tbh

[lunatic-fandom-space]

You know what its past midnight Im gonna make a post critisising acotar despite never having the read the series, the only book of SJMs ive actually read was crescent city but I spend a lot of time in anti acotar circles bc its fun being a little hater sometimes and I think I know enough by now to atleast critise some of the themes. I definitely know more about this series than I should, like I know about that immortal horse whose horse wife tragically died in horse childbirth and then Im pretty sure he died of horse sadness. And yet, despite cari can read being pretty good at explaining magic shit, I still dont know what the hell syphons are or why illyrians have them or why they matter so you really never stop learning huh

Anyway, I wanted to talk about the misogyny within the universe of acotar because its really bad, both in the sense that its just annoying and insufferable to read about even second-hand and in the sense that its badly written. The thing that inspired this was this short piece of flashfiction by @feynessupremacy about an unnamed girl from the hewn city being married off and having a horrible time living in this endless cycle of misogynistic abuse that her mom is still in and that her dauggters will end up in, all powerless to do anything against this kind of systemic sexism. I thought it was good and made its intended point pretty well but it also made me once again realize how borderline comical this series portrayal of misogyny is

Like, okay, once again, I have not read these books myself but it very much seems like the sexism in this world just materialized in the second book, from the summaries Ive watched it straightup seems like it was just not there in the first book. I mean hell, the entire plot hinges on the fact that Tamlin was sending all these fae disguised as fucked up creatures out so that they would hopefully be killed by a woman so she could break the curse, which implies that women being hunters was pretty normal. (Also, dont come at me with any kind of "oh, it doesnt specify the gender of the person who needs to break the curse a guy couldve done it as well", sjm is too insufferably heteronormative to consider that)

So basically what Im saying is, from my perspective it very much seems like sjm put not only systemic misogyny but like, incredibly violent systemic misogyny to the point where women being brutalized is basically completely normal, in her fantasy series for the sake of making a man look good because hes a wittle sad :( about it sometimes which is honestly pretty funny to me

But it gets even funnier because it doesnt even seem like sexism is really a widespread thing ? Like, i have never seen anyone else directly address this but its all I can think about: in the Nightcourt, the misogyny and institutionalized violence against women is literally the worst it possibly can be with genital mutilation and everything and then in the rest of Prythian its just like, not there. There are plenty of women with political power, the queen of adriada comes to mind first, Im pretty sure I read something about a woman from the wintercourt who was in a similar position of power, its unclear to me what all these fuckin priestesses do because theres no focus on the religion at all much less the institution(s) behind that religion, but they have to have some kind of power if theyre anything like priests in our world (although tbh they seem more like nuns to me functionally just with a diffrent name), especially Ianthe who was like a high priestess and directly in charge of Feyre, who shouldve been the most powerful woman in the springcourt by virtue of being with the high lord, Amren and Mor seem to be well respected outside of the NightCourt, their only deity is the MOTHER. Sure, there arent any "official" High Ladies but if being a High Lord entails being chosen by the magic of the land or The Cauldron or The Mother or whatever other kind of magic bullshit and women just dont get to have it for some reason, is that really indicative of the broader culture being sexist, or is that just God, Who Canonically Exists being sexist? Idk about you, but Im leaning towards the latter option

Thats not even mentioning the mortal lands which seem to be ruled by queens exclusively at the time of the story taking place, or Hybern which had Amarantha and I think her sister as well be these high-ranking generals and it wasnt presented as anything unusual. Like, are you telling me that the kingdom whose only value is "we love slavery, we would like to have slavery back" is more progressive than the court of fuckin Feminist King Rhysand?? I Am Going To Turn Into The Joker

Anyway, I think thats all I have to say, please correct me if I got any of this information wrong I cannot stress enough that I have not read these books and dont plan on reading them anytime soon, atleast not in english because reading the term mate a 1000 times sounds like too much for me to bear, atleast in german theyll probably use a term like "Gefährte/in" which doesnt make me think of actual animals

[theatreofwysteria]

dottore on holiday (an absolute disaster tbh)

i promised on my artfol (theatre_of_wysteria btw) that i would drown dottore if people read my comic (marie's obituary on webtoon dot-- ok enough self promo im sorry.) and rated it 10/10 aaaaand someone said they already did so boom. dottore drowned

im not even gonna GIVE context to this last image, i just think its funnier this way with the only knowledge of 'disaster' and the tow truck towing the car lol

[dufrau]

every so often i remember that one scene from bigfoot 1.5 and giggle because its just a perfect comic relief moment because its so fucking funny. like lets unpack this:

1: just the fact that robin and nancy left very conspicuously in the middle of the pool party to very obviously go fuck

1.5: and they were loud enough that el now knows what happy screams are rip

2: max being such a gremlin teenager about it and saying "that's hot" like ok i also saw you staring at steve, miss mayfield. i love her

3: mike wanting to drown himself in embarrassment lol. like imagine if your sister just did that and you could Hear lmaooooo

4: everyone except for mike being nonchalant about it like you go girls!!! get that gay sex!!!

anyways thank you for this funny bit to help readers like me not die due to angst. like i still did actually but this was cpr

Also it was a pool party in their honor, it was sort of a little graduation/leaving for college party for them. I didn't give a lot of thought to decorations but its even funnier if we imagine there was a "Congratulations Nancy and Robin!" banner hanging somewhere.

1.5. Their entire (short) relationship to this point has been fucking in the woods or in motels where nobody knows them or in Robin's house when her parents were away in Canada experiencing Cirque du Soleil, they have never had to be quiet before. Totally unprepared for this moment tbh. Good for them good for them etc.

2. Max is right it was hot. Also Max has been repeatedly almost killed, half her body is in casts and she's blind. She doesn't give a fuck. She is just saying what's on her mind from here on out.

3. Legitimately poor Mike. And it went on for like a while too. Steve trying to sneakily raise the volume on the radio bit by bit to drown them out but its just a little boom box it only goes so loud you know? Sometimes it goes quiet for a few minutes and Mike is like "Oh thank god" but then they're just right back at it and he is back in the pool wishing he was dead. Nightmarish. I am so sorry Michael.

4. These kids have seen too much to be homophobic. Plus they're all about to be sophomores in high school which was how old Nancy was in season one, they are hormonal little monsters if anything they are probably just jealous. Besides Mike who is mortified. And Steve who's like "You missed the cake! I baked it myself and drew you guys on it in frosting! I was so proud of that cake. Max smashed Mike's face in it though that was funny I guess."

Thank you for reminding me of this scene lol I love it so much. <3<3<3

(also if you havent read this fic here it is)

[soldatrose]

got some unexpected free time and not enough braincells to be productive which means it's the perfect occasion to write something vaguely resembling a personal review. saw giulio cesare. holy shit! some messy and too long notes about it.

the bad:

honestly laurent pelly's staging and costumes don't really do it for me. which is too bad because while it's absolutely not revolutionary, the idea of setting the story in a museum storage area could still be used in really interesting ways, especially for a story like caesar and cleopatra's! but idk i felt that there wasn't enough coherence or subtlety to hold everything together. the museum workers alternatively interact with the characters or ignore them and those interactions never seem particularly meaningful. at some points the direction choices made me straight up uncomfortable, including the whole group of workers following cleopatra around. the story already has its fair share of sexual harassment, adding some wasn't really necessary. cornelia was treated in a similar way, she's constantly cornered against walls and shelves to the point where you just wish the direction could let her take some space on the stage.

also yeah those costumes are really ugly. :/ cornelia's asymmetrical dress pissed me off a little.

(i liked caesar's cloak though. mmmmh folds. i wonder what material they used)

the ??:

cleopatra's boob out was funny the first few minutes and then i started feeling cold for her tbh. problem of seeing this opera in january. also shout out to the two ladies behind me who were whisper-wondering whether it was a real boob (it was not)

sorta-related is ptolemy getting an apparently disappointing bj from a male slave in the harem. diversity wins your orientalist caricature is bisexu-oooh. oooh no. it was funnier when it was whatever ptolemy and achillas had going on in the glyndebourne prod.

still on ptolemy. i'm putting it in the ?? category because it's not a requirement but some of the prods i've seen choose to make the domero la tua fierezza aria a semi tragic moment of irreconciliable fracture between two siblings and i quite like that. you don't have to like ptolemy to admit that he's also caught in a vicious circle of violence. that prod didn't go that way and ptolemy stayed a sort of comic relief from beginning to end. it's a choice, i respect it, but it does make the character and his arc less interesting.

the painting collection moment (i think it was during the se in fiorito?) was cool because woohoo artworks but also. it felt a little bit like watching a bad youtube history edit about cleopatra ngl. still amusing to hear caesar contemplate marrying lydia like we didn't just see a painting with calpurnia on it.

looked it up afterwards because i didn't know this painting and the british museum describes it as caesar discarding pompeia for calpurnia. and now i'm wondering whether the production knows that because all the other portraits were of caesar and cleopatra or cleopatra alone??? confusing for no reason

the handel portrait and nireno going "???" made me laugh though. hi genius

emily d'angelo didn't sing caesar. i hope she will one day i know she would be amazing in that role.

the good:

my first baroque opera live!!!

honestly just. this opera. you can't really fail (or at least you can't fail me) with this opera as long as you put an okay orchestra and okay singers. the whole cast was great and the orchestra amazing. i wish we could have clapped specifically for the horn player because they did fantastic.

EMILY D'ANGELO SEXTUS. HI. HI.

i already knew gaelle arquez's caesar from the champs-élysées prod and i still like her a lot! greatly enjoyed iestyn davies's ptolemy too, his voice is truly wonderful and that video of him in agrippina is also why i'm a bit disappointed they didn't give him a short despair moment. i loved oropesa's cleopatra, i don't think she does many ornaments (?) but her se pieta left me genuinely breathless (one of the moments where the staging actually supported the music instead of hindering it!) and so did her piangero.

did i mention emily d'angelo's sextus? yeah holy fuck. do i have the words. obviously i was biased from the start on account of. everything. but her voice is fantastic and so warm (and constantly carried over the music, which wasn't a given) and she almost brought me to tears in the cara speme. also those quick moments where she's almost screaming. mmh.

still the cara speme but i desperately need an hd pic of her sextus in that "fragile" wodden packaging box.

looks like this btw. get in the box boy we're shipping you to libya:

ok last cara speme comment but it seems to be the only moment in the prod when the characters seem to purposefully leave the stage to leave space for another character's aria.

pompey's decapitated marble head is still a goddamn hit, so is the picture of his wife and kid mourning under it. was weirded out (half in a good way) by the fact that the alma del gran pompeo was performed with a funeral urn when pompey's head was very much. still there. behind bars.

the funeral urn looked like an amphora without handles though.

you have heard of caesar flirting with cleopatra during pompey's funeral, get ready for caesar and cleopatra almost getting it on in front of pompey's urn. somehow i had forgotten that "caesar will find me more attractive than pompey's decapitated head :)" is an actual cleopatra moment

all the statues! *parisi caesar's statue being brought onto the stage wobbling on its forklift* my brain immediately: kick it down :)

hyperfixating on sextus and cornelia real quick but once again the priva son d'ogni conforti introduces a distance between them and ough, the way he looks at her and she ignores him completely. which well. fits the aria. technically you could see the son nata a lagrimar as a reparation of that, esp with the parallel priva son d'ogni conforti/il dolce mio conforto. also we still had the non ha piu che temere with an absolutely elated cornelia and a sextus still reeling from ten different traumas. i love that, especially because i just re-discovered that sextus is supposed to have already left.

btw it was an unclear struggle but i think cornelia was the one to actually stab ptolemy??

*sextus asks caesar how he survived* *something huge falls in the wings, which i'm assuming was the deus ex machina leaving the stage*

cleopatra contemplates suicide, pulls out a snake. for all the caesar and pompey hauntings in the antony&cleopatra story it didn't occur to me that a&c could haunt giulio cesare. i need to think on that a little. (esp because it's not the only thing that happens in reverse, ex: cleopatra comes out of the carpet at the very end of the opera)

well anyway, i'll maybe watch the scholl&bartoli prod some time next week or the week after. to complete that deck.

[little-miss-ghostess]

I ranked all of Invader Zim's episodes + movie (because why not?)

So recently I decided -- very spontaneously -- to binge all of Invader Zim. The show, that is, not the comics (although I do need to do that at some point). I hadn't seen Enter the Florpus since it released in 2019, and I hadn't watched the show in a longer time than that, and since I'm a stressed out little gremlin I just kinda went "Hey, why not?"

And it was a good time! I see more flaws with the show than I did as a kid/teen, but I still enjoyed it. I think this was the only show I saw as a kid in its entirety cause in every episode there was SOMETHING I remembered, and it was also a lot of fun to see Florpus right after seeing the show since it meant I could directly compare them.

Partway through this binge project I decided, "I wanna do a ranking of these episodes, that seems fun." I was originally going to do it on a tierlist, but then once I made this blog I decided it would be more fun for me to just dump it here instead in a list format and with some short thoughts of mine on each episode.

From worst to best:

Rise of Zitboy (Ep.9B)

The concept for this one wasn't really great to begin with, and the execution wasn't much greater. It's basically just an extended gross-out joke, and it wasn't a funny one imo.

Career Day (Ep.6A)

A great concept for an episode I feel wasn't executed the greatest. I laughed a couple times, but it was too gross-out focused for my liking.

Gaz: Taster of Pork (Ep.26)

Felt like a regular episode forcefully extended into a double-length special.

Voting of the Doomed (Ep.25B)

Like Career Day, this had a great concept but eh execution. I think this is considered the worst episode by fans? I don't agree with that entirely, but it is weak.

Door to Door (Ep.14A)

I remembered this episode being one of my favorites as a kid, and it's still alright, but not as good as I remembered.

The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot (Ep.16B)

I remembered this episode being not great as a kid, but it was better than I expected.

A Room With a Moose (Ep.7A)

Dib should've let those kids face the moose tbh.

Future Dib (Ep.13B)

Good concept, decent execution. If it was given another rewrite it could've been great.

Walk of Doom (Ep.2B)

AKA the favorite episode of everyone making Gir line compilations on YouTube in the early 2010s.

Lice (Episode 17B)

Dib seemed weirdly out of character in this one and Zim probably should've gotten more play, but it was still enjoyable.

Abducted (Ep.16A)

I'll never forget you, weird blob creature.

Mysterious Mysteries (Ep.13A)

I find the implication that Zim actually accepted an invite to appear on a human TV show funnier than I should.

Hamstergeddon (Ep.7B)

The only reason Zim failed is because he tried this plan on a hamster. If he tried it on a DOG then he would've won, easily. Dogs listen to you, hamsters only seek to cause mayhem.

Battle Dib (Ep.6B)

Considering how little his dad was around at this point, it's amazing Dib knew as much about him as he did.

The Wettening (Ep.5B)

One of Zim's most effective plans, and it was just to get back at Dib for splashing him with a puddle. Incredible.

Bestest Friend (Ep.3A)

Keef scares me.

Parent Teacher Night (Ep.2A)

Has probably the single funniest Zim shriek in the whole show.

Bolognius Maximus (Ep.11A)

I've seen some weird stuff in cartoons, but I'm not sure anything can top "Turning my enemy into sentient bolognea to defeat them."

Battle of the Planets of Doom (Ep.15)

Pretty good episode, and it reminded me that the "Face on Mars" is a real thing.

The Girl Who Cried Gnome (Ep.24A)

Moofy's screaming can get to be a bit much, but otherwise this was a stupid episode in a fun way.

Mortos Der Soulstealer (Ep.23A)

Shoutouts to Dib who was so focused on stopping Zim he didn't even consider trying to show off Mortos to prove demons are real. Kid has a helluva one-track mind and I relate.

Vindicated! (Ep.25A)

More like Mr. Dicky. Got'em.

Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain (Ep.8A)

All things considered, it's incredible that Zim had the patience to stand Gir piloting the house for a full year.

Bloaty’s Pizza Hog (Ep.10B)

It's a good thing Zim never targeted Bloaty's at all. Gaz would've ended the whole show in 10 minutes if he did.

Gir Goes Crazy and Stuff (Ep.19A)

I keep thinking this episode is called "Gir's Gone Crazy and Stuff" which lead to two of my friends misreading it as "Girls Gone Crazy." Oops.

Germs (Ep.4A)

Zim being a clean-freak is the funniest character trait he's ever been given. I will not be taking in outside input.

FBI Warning (Ep.14B)

This episode made me afraid of renting things as a kid.

Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars (Ep.22)

The scene between Zim and Dib when Zim realizes Dib is in Tak's ship is the funniest interaction in the whole show, both performance and animation-wise.

Dibship Rising (Ep.24B)

Dib faced less consequences for a robot him wreaking havoc than he did when he threw a cup of punch on the ground

Dib’s Wonderful Life of Doom (Ep.19B)

And the award for the Most Hilariously Petty Act goes to.....Zim!

Hobo 13 (Ep.20A)

I can't believe Skoodge was voiced by Ted Raimi.

The Frycook What Came From All That Space (Ep.27)

It's unfortunate that the show was cancelled, but this wasn't a terrible episode to end things on all things considered. Almost made things feel like they came full circle...almost.

Game Slave 2 (Ep.11B)

At the time, this probably came off as Gaz being unnecessarily cruel. Nowadays, Iggins would fit right alongside the other Gamers™ so I can say with certainty that he deserved it.

Dark Harvest (Ep.4B)

...Ok yeah, I'll give this one to the parents of the 2000s. I have no idea how this episode got greenlit.

Walk For Your Lives (Ep.20B)

This is Zim at his absolute stupidest. It's a riot.

Plague of Babies (Ep.10A)

Ayo what the fuck

Nanozim (Ep.3B)

na-no

Megadoomer (Ep.17A)

This is the most cooperative Gir has been short of being hypnotized. Wow.

Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom (Ep.12)

Honestly, Zim and Dib need to put aside their differences for like a month and get some damn therapy.

Zim Eats Waffles (Ep.23B)

This episode is stupid. So, so stupid. It's also incredibly funny and is the first episode that comes to my mind when I think of Invader Zim.

Attack of the Saucer Morons (Ep.5A)

I like this one a lot. Why?...I dunno I just do, it's funny. Leave me alone.

The Nightmare Begins (Ep.1)

The crew really hit the ground running with this show, huh?

Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy (Ep.8B)

Real talk, this was a great balance of humor and genuinely telling an interesting Zim story.

Planet Jackers (Ep.9A)

I love that Zim's final plan was just to let himself get the shit beaten out of him to distract the drivers from his ship. Zim may be dumb, but he's smart dumb.

The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever (Ep.21)

Can we get Jhonen to write more Christmas specials?

Tak: The Hideous New Girl (Ep.18)

Easily the best episode of the original show imo. It's just really well-written, even if it does take a little longer than you'd expect to get to the real meat of the episode. Also, I probably quote "Your head smells like a puppy!" the most out of any Invader Zim line. No I will not elaborate.

Enter the Florpus

Everything that made the original show great but in HD and with some genuine heart to it. I do prefer the original designs from the show itself (sharp angles for LIFE) but the coloring here is just so pretty I hardly mind. If this is the last animated Zim thing we ever get, it's a great note to end things on.

[katatonicimpression]

Thoughts about the Iceman mini series a few weeks on:

I'm surprised by how positive I still feel about it. I was expecting my enthusiasm to be at least 70% "new content finally omg" and fade a lot over time, but actually I still feel really good about it.

Thinking about what other people have said:

A lot of the backlash I've seen is from people who just really don't vibe with the art style which is a) completely valid but b) not really a complaint I care about. Like, for instance, I can't watch Rick and Morty - the animation makes me feel physically ill idk it's so off-putting - but I couldn't use that as an argument for or against the overall quality of the show. It's not bad necessarily - it's just a style I don't like. It's just one of those things.

I've seen some people complain about the Romeo thing, and tbh I really don't care. Some people have made it out to be problematic, but I don't buy into that, which I've talked about elsewhere. And I've also seen some people complain that Romeo isn't really an independent character and it's bad for that reason. This is funny to me because Bobby's last love interest was Christian and that was the biggest non-event let's be real.

It's fine if Bobby goes on dates with a side character. Like, I cannot stress enough how much it is not a problem that he has a random love interest that isn't a pre-existing major character. And it's weird to see people suggesting "fixes" to this that are just ludicrous ideas narrative-wise? Maybe people need to stop viewing characters' relationships as their assigned endgame ship, and instead see this storylines as what they are. i.e. stories.

Some negatives:

I think my biggest worry about this in general has nothing to do with the mini-series itself, and has more to do with Duggan, and Bobby's writing outside of his solo appearences.

I can't imagine anything from this series being revisited or continued by Duggan in a way that isn't just plain awful. I think Vecchio's done a good job of filling in the void left by Marauders, but what good does that do if he spends another few years in limbo? I can appreciate the series as its own, standalone thing. But still - I have very low expectations going forward.

The global warming thing is a funny thing to bring up, but idk maybe it would be funnier as a tweet. I do like the ever present implication that 616 earth just has way worse pollution and eco damage than the real world, and that's why the Storm and Bobby can't fix everything. Maybe whatever Tony Stark is up to is just environmental poison. Maybe the human torch's carbon footprint really is that bad.

Another thing I've thought of is that there are aspects of Bobby's character that didn't get explored here and maybe could have been. Bobby's dad is Catholic, and his mum is Jewish. This didn't get brought up in this comic at all, and it's not like it had to be, but like. Ok, so the way I interpret it is that the mixed nature of Bobby's heritage is less about his own beliefs and lifestyle (you never get the impression he's particularly religious in the first place, or that he has any angst about fusing the two different cultural traditions), but more about the way he feels inadequate and out-of-place. Like, he's got all these insecurities and imposter syndrome, and his childhood experience of "I don't belong anywhere" is a part of that. I bring it up because THIS IS TOTALLY RELEVANT to the themes of this series and could have fit in seamlessly.

Some positives:

Related to the last thing, I did really appreciate how the series directly confronts the "living up to your potential" thing and calls it out as a false and harmful way of understanding his life. Yes, this was the original unsubtle theme of the 90s storyline, but seeing as Duggan seems to not understand it, it's worth repeating it. Bobby does belong, he's not an imposter. I really appreciate this.

I also think Vecchio is good at handling the omega mutant thing. Like, ok so if you're writing Storm or Magneto or whoever, you know that it's never a question of whether or not they can do The Impressive Thing with their powers. It's a matter of when and how, and what their internal journey is like. This is not super complicated by hey, Duggan struggles with it so I guess it's worth spelling out. It's not inherently impressive or interesting for Bobby to get really big, or survive an injury, or freeze a lot of stuff. And it's weird for him to brag about it when he does. It's about putting something creative on the page, and about feeling feelings.

I loved the bit about being distant from humanity. That was on point for the character.

He should get to keep the facial hair.

He's being drawn too blue in other comics. Vecchio goes for mostly white with blue accents and that's fine, but not the only way of doing things. There are tons of good blue Icemen out there. But he shouldn't be looking like Dr. Manhattan. Just move that cursor up a little bit on the old colour diamond. Please. For me.

[pseudo-hero]

A Little Conversation About Batman: Fortress...

I read this comic some time ago but didn't get a chance yet to talk about it. I have...thoughts.

*Spoilers, I guess*

So first, let's start with the good/ish:

1. Although I'm probably less of an expert on Batman and his media than I am on Superman (who I don't claim to be an expert on either, but I do know and appreciate a lot about him/his media) I know enough about Batman that I think I can say with certainty that he was portrayed pretty well in this book. Especially personality-wise.

2. Some of Batman's lesser known/utilized characters were present, including DC (Detective Chimp) himself! What I presume is an old Green Lantern character was there, too. Just less common characters from across DC Comics tbh, along with two big ones. All brought something to the table.

3. Artwork was strange but in a good way. It was hard to look away, that's for sure.

4. Lex Luthor was there and he was funny, like he tends to be. But he was being the snobby, "extra" version of himself here, so even funnier. Also he's president in it because this alternate universe story takes place during the time period that he was.

Now, the straight up BAD:

This may possibly be the worst portrayal of Superman and/or his origins that I've witnessed or heard about in decades, and JLA: Act of God still exists (that comic probably deserves its own post, tbh).

Not only is he absent for almost the entirety of this 8-issue series until the very end of the final issue (with his sudden disappearance and his being searched for a huge plot point in the story), not only is it revealed that he came from a family of kryptonian technology/bio thieves or genocidal war starters of some sort, whose greed and arrogance led to the hatred of Krypton by other planets/races and its eventual demise (what could have been a cool plot point for another story but was poorly used here and felt just tacked on in this series), but he actually hides from the main alien villains in this story while they travel throughout the area murdering innocent people.

Even worse? His reasoning for doing so. Clark in this story actually thought that if he hid from the big baddies, that they would eventually just leave instead of continue to look for him and be willing to kill anyone and everyone to do so (they didn't kill everyone, but damn if it wasn't made clear that they easily could have). What type of ridiculous thought process is that? Why would Superman ever think hiding was the answer? Did yet another person (probably a Batman fan) with a vendetta against his character write a story, with the express goal to make Clark look as foolish and synapse-defunct as possible?

Also, in the end, Clark decides to give up his Kryptonian powers to Batman as a means of "making up for" his ancestors past crimes and giving these idiotic alien brutes some peace of mind. Like...huh?? So him being a kryptonian/a descendant of kryptonians is the only issue, not the heart of the person who wields his powers or what the wielder intends to do with them or even the powers themselves?? And then Batman says at the very, very end that he's going to do a "better job" than Superman did with his powers by "lead"ing. Uhhh, what is Superman if not a leader?! And what exactly will leading the world look like for you, Batman? He admits he himself was always in the shadows but that he's now leaving them... To do what?? Abuse the crap out of violent villains even harder and quicker than he did as Batman? Good for you Batsy! Joker sure is gonna miss ya though! Maybe a currently chill and happy, de-powered Clark can now become the new Batman in his place.

Also, Lex in this story gets turned into a flesh cube for trying to throw Clark and co under the dum dum bus right in front of the main villains. I don't know how other Lex fans would feel about that, but I know that I found that shit to be comical in super disgusting way. So I thought I'd share that, too.

Yeah. So that's basically Batman: Fortress for you. Looking to read it now? Well, just remember: You've been warned x 1000.

[barbie-necromancer]

tbh I still regularly think of that one time, in 2015, when I went into the local GameStop and the Store Manager* (basic bald white man) and this white woman were bitching about people asking for a POC Spider-man and how “PeTeR pArKeR iS wHiTe” and how they don’t want it because “iTs NoT cAnOn”.

At this point in my story, it is important to note - I have never read a single Spider-man comic in my life. I have never seen a Spider-man movie. I have never watched any Spider-man shows. All of my Spider-man knowledge is through cultural osmosis (tumblr). All of these facts hold true to this day.

I have, however, taken it upon myself to know the popular Superheroes of Color, and so knew these white people were like, super wrong.

I was trying to mind my own business. but this seriously went on for 3-5 minutes, SM was the only one working, and this white woman was the only other person in the store, and I needed to do things. So I finally interrupt.

“Oh, so I guess Miles Morales doesn’t count then?” I say, as condescendingly as possible.

SM looks at me and blinks, confused, states “..Who’s Miles Morales?”

And now, I, an individual who has never held Spider-man, get to say (somehow being even more condescending), “Oh, I guess you don’t read the comics.”

SM’s spluttering was unbelievable. “Uhh uhh i do.. read the comics..jsut not-“

The other customer left. Leaving us alone. I made him ring me up an Xbox One and immediately returned it and went to a different GameStop to get it. He needed to know what his racism and ignorance cost him.

I felt so… powerful in that moment. At the time it was just… Yeah maybe Miles will never make it big time, but I got to show this white dude up. He can google it later and know I’m right.

Anyway Into The Spider-verse is my favorite movie I’ve never seen simply because I know that there’s a white guy out there who is so embarrassed every single time that movie is mentioned within earshot. Every day that movie is loved only makes me more satisfied. I was overjoyed at the sequel.

Maybe one day I’ll ingest Spider-man, but honestly the longer I wait the funnier this story is.

[batarangsoundsdumb]

yet another ask dump yeehaw!

do you ever think that jay's mother was one of those bitch who believes in horoscope and tarots and things like that and so he believes in these things too, or it is just me projecting?

sheila haywood took one look at jason's birthchart said 'nah this won't do' and left.

Wait, but what happens when the justice league does find out that Bruce and John fucked? Lmao it sounds like it would be hilarious, really, I don’t want a justice league that doesn’t make fun of Bruce for like his entire life.

barry runs out of the meeting immediately and comes back with an entire sti testing kit. diana fully seriously wants bruce to get tested while bruce is sitting there like 'come on guys, you're being ridiculous, i already checked twice'

john is standing in the corner clearly offended while bruce is just like 'don't even say anything, constantine, you fucked a shark'

tim was like "i'm drake now" and everyone was like ahh so your fursona is a dragon and tim was like pffffft no. ducks.

on the one hand, good for him, on the other hand, bro, how do you still have a secret identity when your superhero name is just your last name,,,,

Your fic on ao3 was GOLD PLEASE CONTINUE I loved Dinah's cameo btw ( @purple-vixen

thanks so much! i already continued but this ask is like 10 years old because i'm a notorious procrastinator (also yes! i love dinah so much aahhhhhhhhhhhh)

I've FINALLY been watching the Batman animated series and I gotta say, after watching "the gray ghost" I am CONVINCED that Batman is a closeted super hero geek who was 100% freaking out the first time he met Superman and is just REALLY good at hiding it.

bruce internally: holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit bruce externally: get out of my city, alien

AHHH ur multimedia fic is the only thing that brings me happiness anymore continue it forever pls

uhh thanks, but can't continue it forever because my attention span is that of a toddler on crack on a good day and i can't function without at least 10 things going on at the same time and music in the background

Oi, so I'm getting into dc and watching batman the animated series, and they use fruitcake a lot. Which I thought was very funny and wanted to share w you - Denilla

wait like fruitcake (food) or fruitcake (derogatory) ?

young justice 🤝 teen titans slut shaming batman

tim drake and dick grayson to their respective teams 'you guys stop it, that's my dad'

Happyhoganon: If an eighty year old Batman had fought crime in Gotham City for decades and the only threats to him and the city lately are a wheel chair bounded Penguin, your usual purse snatchers and a few con artists popping up every now and then, how well could the Dark Knight do in maintaining the peace in Gotham despite him being just somewhat fit to do that as an elderly man (which says A LOT given how old he is)

uhh he'll probably do what my grandpa does and that is ruthlessly prank them until they die of shame.

in the death in the family interactive movie there's an ending where Jason is tasked with raising Damian and he decides he's gonna raise Damian to take down the waynes and al ghuls which uh maybe isn't great BUT the idea of Jason raising Damian... PRICELESS. CHAOTIC. I just need more people to know about this :)

yes i saw that wow holy shit but jason would accidentally drop damian on his head one (1) hour in and jason just yeets him into the lazarus pit.

Headcanon: The Penguin has a really hard time fighting any of the Robins because of his avian obsession means there's always a small part of his mind that's like "Birb. Child. Protect" ( @subspacecadet )

as soon as dick becomes nightwing the penguin is like 'you know what, fuck this dude' and shoots at him.

Y'all talking about King Shark dating Constantine, let's not forget about John literally hooking up with Satan

listen there's a clear difference between monsterfucker and satanfucker in that king shark is literally a shark and satan still looks like a normal dude

Does everyone in Gotham think Batman is a teen dad?

everyone in gotham thinks batman has been around since gotham was founded, but they do think that bruce wayne is actually a teen father and dick grayson's biological dad.

why. why would you do that fancast when you know it will only hurt people

what? i loved my fancast it was really well done. i did it with good representation in mind and i really managed that with alfred pennyworth being ✨italian✨

Seeing james charles a jason gave me psychic damage how dare you i need to wash my eyes

well that's a you problem isn't it?

do you think dick grayson thirst tweets about nightwing just to annoy his family/cause problems on purpose in general?

he thinks nightwing is hot, next question.

holy jiminy cricket batman, its as cold as the good lords ass crack in here!!

i- what? this is why i don't fuck with english expressions it's way too goddamn weird

Brooooooo, your teen dad!Bruce au is soooo good. I've got brainrot.

Honestly if you ever write anymore, I'd read that shit twice. Sign me the fuck up. Good stuff, Good Stuff.

uh yeah i'm thinking about writing a fic, but i have exams coming up and i don't wanna fail because that would suck. but after i'll certainly be writing more tho

your teen dad AU is so great! bruce acting like a big brother for all of like a week before he's telling everyone about his son. what if in the AU dick meets the JL because they need to rescue him? maybe he's in trouble/kidnapped at a gala and bruce starts calling for JL. clark finds him and has to fly with dick to bring him home - that's how dick and clark meet and superman becomes dick's fave hero. he goes around the manor thinking he can fly with a red blanket draped around him like a cape.

actually- if you want a young dad! bruce fic with like that kinda stuff(just with damian) go check uhh- in for a penny by cdelphiki. it's really good and bruce is like 24/25-ish. (and dick's there!!!)

This account has solely convinced me that Tim is a trash goblin ( @hamilcat-and-magic-turtle )

because he is. that boy has slept in dumpsters on multiple occasions even if he is the son of a billionaire.

Okay but when you said victory dance I did think of the whole justice league defeating the big bad and then they all start flossing

well that's exactly what hal jordan does and that's why batman uses a gun now. no but the victory dance in my opinion is like the 'we're all in this together' dance from high school musical.

The horrors in Invincible s1 was nothing compared to the comics, I cant wait for s2

oh well okay, i mean i personally react to horror and violence by laughing awkwardly so i can't wait to be called a monster for accidentally laughing at a mass murder.

I'm currently watching Batman: The Brave and The Bold and- Bruce is just talking about Oliver like he's an old love (@nightwings-kid)

okay im going to watch that lmao that's totally and completely in character for him tho.

The invincible comic is like super gratuitous with its violence so much so I'm shocked the show was able to adapt it in a faithful way! Anyway had the show been live action it absolutely wouldn't have the same impact as it does as an animated show and I'm so glad so many people agree with me on that

also because a live action casting would've been like uhh amanda stenberg for amber, the dude- the guy from the supernatural but with a mustache for omni-man, and scarlet johanssen for debbie grayson

Debbie grayson is a milf, yes. You're welcome for the invincible propoganda, now you can questions your life. Bruce def seems like the perfect father next to Omni-man. Like they really took a rip off justice league and I was like well, now I'm attached even tho I was like hah I know who they're supposed to be. And then bam- death gore death gore gore gore sad Mark grayson just had to have daddy issues. Why does every character have daddy issues. I'm sick of the attacks

because daddy issues make a person arguably funnier, that's why i'm not even remotely funny (haha good dad flex). i liked that it was dark contextually, but not in the colouring, bc i hate when it's like 'uh yeah graphic murder and now a shot so dark you have to sit in a dark room and squint at the screen to faintly see the characters. (like dcau ugh)

About the Wayne insurance, for a moment I thought you would put the video with moans over the waves.

i mean- i could've done that, but rick rolling seemed more family friendly.

Its the first time in forever that im surpise rickrolled, i usually expect it. Congratulations (i really should know better this is tumblr)

i get rickrolled so often but i actually like the song so i dont really give a fuck

Actually, my information about Damian and John's kids is outdated because it was revealed that the old men telling the kids stories about the Supersons were actually Jon and Damian the whole time. I was blinded by my thirst for Grandpa!Bruce Wayne but I was wrong... I liked my version better, tbh (@artemisa97)

fair enough. but i'd honestly like to see damian and jon getting together, just because it's a really fun dynamic and their friendship was really cute when they were kids. (also idk maybe it would be nice to have one (1) main batfam/superfam character that's not cishet)

How am i JUST finding your blog skdskfkd you're so fucking funny and ur takes are hot

i thought u were calling me hot :( but youre not :( crime detected (but lmao thanks)

So I have depression and I swear that your memes are one of the few things that have made me laugh so thank you 💛🥺 (@katekanebadass)

aw you're welcome, and i hope you're doing okay!

The metropolis memes are so funny, I love them 💀😌

i think metropolis is also so fucking funny it deserves more attention imagine having your entire police force being upstaged by an alien from kansas and his kids

as an american i feel your complete lack of knowledge of us geography is just so sexy (platonic) ❤️

thanks so much (i also don't know any other geography, i'm not kidding, like you can tell me you're from hungary and it will just blank, there will be nothing that comes to mind)

In the DC universe they don't say "Can't have shit in Detroit" they say "Can't have shit in Gotham"

this just reminds me of that guy whose porch got stolen like the steps to his door, and i'm thinking of people living in gotham and waking up without a front door and going "can't have shit in gotham"

honestly all i know about chicago is the bean, so. what would gotham's famous sculpture be?

gigantic gargoyle statue in front of one of the police precincts because a villain thought it was a smart way to keep the police inside, but it's too heavy to move.

why tf do people go on about how batman "works alone" or how he's the "lone wolf" when he like 38290202 members in his family

bc people think it's cool that a grown man in his 30s has no friends or family instead of calling it what it is (sad)

Bruce is gotham's sugar daddy

why would say something so controversial yet so brave.

my favorite batfamily fanfictions are the ones where they use their shitty codenames, unironically, in any context

dick: gerard way are you in position, gerard way are you in position

tim: for the last fucking time, my codename is 'totally not count olaf' this week, abbafan 3000

dick: shut up my codename isn't 'abbafan 3000'

dick: it's 'abbafan number 1' and you know it

I have a feeling Tim drake is ur favourite batfamily member but okay u don't have favs if u say so ok

i mean he is, i won't deny it. but i love each and every one of the batfam just the same, i just have a weak spot for short dumbass nerds, because i'm a short dumbass nerd.

Omg i fuckin love boy meets world too fam shsjkfk

bro boy meets world was the shit!!! it was just fire and awesome and so fucking great like bro. it was so good im not even going to be accepting criticism

you know I find the whole "joker completes batman" thing a bit disgusting considering the horrendous stuff the batfamily went through because of the joker and let's not get started on the "joker has a point" thing like yeah he's this cool complex villain but he's absolutely batshit crazy

like yes! i get what you mean the joker just fucking sucks man he doesn't do shit for batman's character or the batfam he's literally just annoying as fuck. like the joker has a point' shit is so stupid. i will accept 'magneto was right' because he fucking was and i think he didn't do anything wrong, but joker? he's just like that. he's not even cool and complex he's just a weirdo with a bleach kink at this point.

ALSO YOUR RACISM POST- SO TRUE BESTIE

thanks bestie, i'm glad you agree.

in today's essay of why I think cass should become batman- I was thinking Tim would probably be the most efficient batman in many ways but I also think he wouldn't want to be batman tbh none of the batfamily members would want to be batman because they're trying to outgrow him but cass is the one who wants to represent the symbol that is batman

absofuckinglutely i will say it again and again that cass represents the batsymbol more than anyone in the batfam, in batgirl (2000) she literally didn't care about anything else than bruce's oath to not kill, she thought the batsymbol was more important than anything in gotham. she's just an excellent character because her motivation to not kill is not 'i'm scared i can't come back from it' or 'well my dad says no murder so i'll go along with it' but that she's killed somebody as a young child and she never wants to kill a human ever again and that's so fucking beautiful for a new batman like yes.

need more cass, duke and tim inclusion in gothamite memes

yes yes, a tall order of cass, duke and tim coming up in 1-14 business days

oldest to youngest batfam members cus I'm confused as shit

okay order of being taken in: dick, jason, tim, cass, damian, duke order of age: alfred, bruce, dick, cass, jason, tim, duke, damian (though cass and jason are around the same age general consensus is that cass is a little older)

I'm so confused Steph is a redhead?? like how was it that hard to get this right? the source material is literally right there and free

cw is jared, 19

do you receive anon hate? if so, how do you deal with it

uh no, i'm not remotely popular enough to get anon hate and i also don't say a lot of things that would attract anon hate, but i do send anon hate to @the-real-peter-parker because he forgot about the specialists from winx club

Wait how many languages do you speak??

uhh- 5 if you include latin, but that's a dead language and i'm really bad at it. but english, my native language, german, and french also, tho german and french not fluently.

You can mix aguaepanela with aguardiente 😈 and is tasty

okay but now i'm curious if the liquor deserves the 😈 emoji or if that's a you problem. but i googled it and it looks like something you'd take one sip of and then not remember the rest of your evening.

[emlos]

sooooo those voice hcs 🥺👉👈 (pozdrowienia z podkarpacia :* )

aw hell yeah let's get into it!

in general i imagine accents and other vocal quirks to be something of an “aesthetics“ choice kinda like paintjobs. so the more obnoxious and uh hard to understand a bots voice is the more sideeyes theyre gonna get kind of like shattered glass thundercracker the most boring/”normal” accent is an american one, which is the equivalent of a totally generic blank transformers with like a one-tone color scheme and no kibble. technically theres no discrimination based on that, but in some enviroments certain accents/quirks are frowned upon cuz theyre viewed as unprofessional, like politics. or autobot high command, courtesy of prowl (prowl) who canonically isnt that keen on individualism so, starting with my faves:

brainstorm sounds exactly like michael reeves aka the taser guy (just watch any of his videos on yt and you'll see what i mean) the mask makes everything he says sound a bit dampened so he usually speaks either a little too loud or a little too quiet, when he forgets to account for it

im fine with getaway having a new zealander accent cause after listening to it for 2 hours i conclude its a perfect fit for a cartoon villain, also his voice is high pitched and not very menacing cuz its funnier that way. i also see no reason for his vocalizer to be in the same place as his faceplate, considering he has no mouth, so whenever he speaks its like his voice is in full stereo and its pretty disorienting, esp when you dont see him

nightbeat has a thick russian accent mostly cause when i first saw him his head looked like hes wearing an ushanka and russian detectives are cool sue me.whenever hes solving a mysetry or just investigating something in general he talks to himself, but he doesnt change the tone or volume At All, so most bots assume hes either comming someone or talking to mirage, either way they leave him alone which suits him just fine

nauts! oh boy so i headcanon all camiens with Eastern european accents from various countries and nautica would have a weird mix of british and czech, shes read so many books, met so many species that she adopted some of their speech mannerisms for herself (i get the vibe shed talk like belanna torres from star trek, as in the inflections and the general pitch)

and chromia!! its just jeri ryan as seven of nine with a heavy Heavy Ukrainian accent that she plays up on purpose while talking to cybertronians (its an intimidation tactic and it works) but normally her accent is pretty soft

misfire is australian and talks with a solid 300 words per minute. somehow the other scavengers understand him perfectly. he loses track of his sentences often and just trails off while shrugging and completely changing the topic. somehow the other scavengers always know what that is supposed to mean (am i projecting? maybe) basically voice-wise he sounds like an australian  Joe Whiteford from harley poe

while were on the topic of scavengers - spinister sounds like kronk but has the speech mannerisms (and basically everything else) of caboose from rvb, theyre so similar it drives me nuts tbh

skids will always have a Scottish accent to me mostly cuz i watched that team trainwreck mtmte #2 comic dub one too many times and cant unhear it also Scottish accents are mad attractive and skids is canonically one of the hottest bots on the ll so. i imagine hes used to changing his voice a Lot since he was a spy so hes very proficient in literally any accent you can imagine

chromedome has a sliiiight polish accent that he got rid of while working with/dating prowl (prowl). also: imagine a sensitive barista with a man bun. thats what cd sounds like. often while talking hell repeat words in a more american accent which kinda frustrates rewind (who has the most painful stereotypically american accent)

speaking of rewind: hes used to people interrupting him so he always talks incredibly quickly. also due to having an active video database in his head with millions of different voices, both organic and cybertronian, keeping a “stable“ accent is very difficult so he usually just goes with the default one.

im so sorry about this but cyclonus is french. basically nobody speaks primal vernacular on modern day cybertron and french is incomprehensible on a good day. he has deep low voice, and talks very slowly. all that combined makes him sound like everything he says is an ominous prophecy spelling doom or something. he also has two modes: either talks so quietly that noone can understand him or booming thunder voice

by that same logic tailgate also had a french accent but he tries to blend in with the other autobots pretty hard and with time he speaks with a canadian-esque mix of american and french. since hes so old (like physically) his vocalizer wasnt built to be easily reconfigured so he has to put in more effort to change how he talks

ultra magnus is basically a suit of armor right? well it has its own magnus-vision so it wouldnt be unreasonable to assume it has a magnus-voice as well! the voice itself is fairly generic action hero-style with a heavy metallic/robotic effect. also has zero emphasis on words and speaks as factual as possible, cause tyrest was enamored with the vision of an “perfectly detached law-enforcer“

conversely minimus sounds like the youtuber northernlion, in that hes canadian, but he talks slowly and clearly enunciates every word. i imagine he keeps his tone carefully neutral because being out of the armor loses him his pokerface

this doesnt make much sense probably unfortunately but i never said i was eloquent or coherent, ty for giving me a chance to ramble about my favorite topic

[malscare]

Vriska or Terezi?

John or Dave?

Kanaya or Rose?

Absolutely NO STUPID MURDER CLOWN GAMZEE no matter how well he fits your aesthetic you fat pussy bastard

SURPRISINGLY ive actually never liked gamzee that much so that's fine lmao

I assume this is like a choose one of the pair sort of thing so!!!!:

-even though i was a huge vriska kinnie for like ages and ages and ages as a teen honestly looking back and reflecting terezi is so dope and the funniest motherfucker in the comic I love her. I hold them both very close to my heart

-john, no contest. while that could also be like association bias i just think he is a very funny and good "straight man" character and also kind of a cunt and funnier than the fandom at large (in its hayday at least) gave him credit for

-VERY TOUGH but rose. she was the first homestuck character I latched onto super hard bc I saw myself so much in her (and still do tbh, esp with her character arcs in relation to my own life which is kind of cheesy). how can you not love someone whose first impulse in a game is to destroy shit to test the limits of what you can/can't do.