#one of the suckier arcs for sure

[sphaliro]

I had to have a blood transfusion early this morning, which was fine, but the repeated blood sugar stabbing wasn't. Awful! I forgot if I mentioned, but this is my average U.C flare; it's a bacterial infection called c. Diff. Very contagious, so people (staff & family) have to wear something barely a step down from hazmat suits just to enter the room.

(my dog misses me 😭)

I would like a night I can sleep relatively uninterrupted by procedures, but I am doing much better than before. Still not sure how long I'll be here, but oh well.

[whitefoxedarchives]

The Umbrella Academy

So I finished the comics TUA:apocalypse and TUA:dallas, currently on Hotel Oblivion which confuses the fuck out of me - anyway, like @prevariicator​ said, it’s much better than the Netflix series. At least, I like TUA’s comic characters more than TUA Netflix’s. 

In fact, I like it so much, Klaus went from the most annoying character to my favourite. 

Overall, Netflix’s TUA seemed like a suckier version of the characters dealing with more shit than the comic!characters ever had to, since they smooshed Apocalypse and Dallas together in a timeline where they had the worst of everything. While the plot and pacing of Netflix TUA was great (I loved it tbh) - wished the script didn’t change the characters so much.

<<Spoiler alert below>>

Comic!Luther is a much more confident and direct man, with a hint of Captain America, and egoistical enough to cover the ‘good boy prefect’ vibe. At least, there was a lot less daddy’s boy and resolute confidence/belief going on till post-apocalypse. Netflix!Luther just... 

Diego Diego Diego. Netflix’s imagery and outfit is A+ Can’t say the same for his character arcs (girlfriend arc and mom arc) both which, were nonexistent in the comics. He was also involved in Netflix!Klaus’s Vietnam arc apparently - that photo Klaus was crying over was Comic!Diego’s. His actual arc should have been his brotherly (love?) with Vanya. 

Comic!Allison has a lot less scenes versus Netflix!Allison. Actually I think Netflix!Allison was done better, the narcissistic presentation was A+ according to the comic’s notes, and is a much better sister and person. Comic!Allison however, is more hypocritical and not afraid to use her power. (Just afraid of the over positive and enthusiastic terminus bots) 

Oh Klaus. While Netflix!Klaus is literally a mess, Comic!Klaus is a sassier, turtleneck goth who, despite drugs, can fucking fly and has been floating since Day 1 of the plot opening. Sure Netflix!Klaus showed the same factor of ‘being there’ for his siblings - but only when they ask him to be. Comic!Klaus is just naturally there (regardless of grumbles). He also died and saw Cowboy God (during Hazel and Cha cha’s torture), got kicked back alive, possessed and killed Hazel and Cha Cha and is overall less helpless than drugged up Netflix!Klaus, which is closer to post-apocalypse Klaus.  Also, he can’t use his powers if he’s wearing shoes/sneakers?

Five. Both Comic and Netflix versions are equally annoying and have issues. I’d have liked more Delores’ POV. The only difference was Netflix Five worked solo more than Comic Five - who kept reminding everyone about the apocalypse - the one bloody issue I have with Netflix TUA since everyone acts like it’s nothing.

Comic!Ben didn’t really have much going on so Netflix!Ben it is.

Comic!Vanya > Netflix!Vanya FTW. Comic!Vanya is an unapologetic villain, who chose to side with evil in a fit of rage after rejection from the family, despite the torture and brainwashing after. She was a lot like Avengers!Loki. Not some... uncontrollable emotional outburst.... I didn’t like the sympathetic light Netflix put her in. She’s annoying self-centred as it is, without projecting her as if she didn’t mean to harm anyone.

I preferred the Shubukin fish team leader vs the lady leader.

Netflix!Grace/mother is great too.

I don’t know how they are going to do Season 2. Is it going to be Hotel Oblivion or Grace&Vanya arc? They can’t use Dallas. Not unless they are going to rewrite Klaus’s Vietnam arc - where he has a Vietnamese baby which he leaves behind instead, Luther gets used to living in the forests there, and Diego gets his Vietnam arc instead. Everything else in Dallas is done. 

<<End Spoilers>>

[k-l-neidecker]

One Person’s Take on what the Infinity War Pitch Room Conversation was Like — K. L. Neidecker

One Person’s Take on what the Infinity War Pitch Room Conversation was Like

A week or so back, I finally broke down and watched Avengers: Infinity War.

It took me a long time to get around to it. I’m not sure, but I think, perhaps, I’ve seen the requisite number of superhero movies one must watch to be considered a happy and productive human in modern society. Check that box, one piece of being an American consumer fully in place, now on to the next strange trend…

Not that I hate comic book movies. In fact, I enjoy them. Just, hey, a few dozen a year is more than enough, thanks! And let’s not even mention that we are stuck with Marvel movies as DC seems to be having…trouble…making movies that don’t suck since the third movie of the Nolan Batman series.

So, considering the spoilers about Infinity War which assaulted my eyes for months, and the fact I knew what was going to happen…the supposed “big moment”…I simply felt no great rush to see it. Sure, I’d see it sooner or later, but it was way down on the the list of things to do—somewhere below a visit to the proctologist and spraying out the inside of the garbage cans.

But, hey, I figured it would be fine for a movie night.

And from minute one, I knew I made a terrible mistake, one which proves karma is a bitch and in a past life I must have been a terrible person. Maybe Attila the Hun’s third cousin twice removed, Bob the Hunnish.

I’d like to present to you my imaginings if what the pitching and brainstorming room must have been like as they planned Infinity War out.

Neon lights flicker and highlight nicotine stained drop ceiling panels. The energy is high, the air buzzing with electricity, though that could always just be the faulty wiring buried in walls which have been privy to so many great ideas in better days…

“Ok, so me and the boys have been talking,” Jim said, gesturing to a pile of sock puppets discarded in a dingy corner, button-eyes staring blankly into the distance, “and we got some ideas for the next Avengers movie.”

The writer’s room hushed in anticipation. A head writer for Iron Man 2, an artichoke heart pickled in brine, wetly rolled from its perch.

“Ok, so we open with a battle! Action is good, right? People love that stuff.”

A cricket farted in the distance, the mating call falling on dead ears.

“I mean, just some fighting, on a space ship. In space! Bunch of stuff happens. Sure, it will be confusing, and maybe some viewers will wonder, hey, did I miss an entire movie or something, because this scene feels like it’s part of some larger whole…

“And then we kill off some important characters! Yeah, baby, yeah! That will get people invested.”

A murmur of assent rippled through the room, taking the form of various belches and the whisper quiet rustle of a nostril mined for ore by a probing digit.

“Ok, and then the Hulk enters the picture, a being so powerful he’s been sent into space because of how dangerous he is to have around…but Thanos mops the floor with him. And guess what? That’s the last time we see the Hulk for the rest of the movie!” Jim leaned back and placed dirty boots on the table, grinning.

He continued, “So, no Hulk, because hell, who needs him anyway, and it fixes the plot hole where he would simply own Thanos early on, end of movie.

“Then, we add in every Marvel hero we have into the mix. So many, in fact, that they all only get five minute snippets on screen, and we just keep cutting between everyone fast enough to send a third of our viewers into epileptic fits. Thank goodness for CGI because we need a half-thousand sets to marionette these characters over.

“Thor, even though he’s been around multiple earthlings over a bunch of movies, will act dumb as hell and confused about words like ‘moron’”

Moron twitched in his sleep, the sound of his name nearly pulling him out of his comfortable dreamland.

“Also, some of the best characters in our universe, the space cadets from Gargantuans of the Galaxy or whatever it was we made a few years back, will run into Thor at random in the almost infinite reaches of the unfathomable soul sucking emptiness that is the ever expanding universe. Good timing!

“Let’s see…ah, right, Thanos just keeps winning non stop, and our heroes simply throw the same tactics at him over and over to no avail. You know, like punches and missiles and some Kung fu or some shit. Hey, the dude owned Hulk, so why wouldn’t Captain America try punching him in the gob?”

Tim, the newest writer, one not yet broken in by Marvel and not yet fitted out for his Marvel Brand Gimp Suit™, broke his silence when he could take no more. “Hey, uh, this all sounds great and all, but don’t you think—“

“No, I try not to, Tim. Thinking is the direct cause of migraines and bed wetting. Ok, so, we have wizards doing the circle things with their palms, some space folk bopping around almost disconnected from the rest of the story, Avengers not calling other Avengers even though fifty percent of the life of the entire universe hangs in the balance…damn, what else was I going to say,” Jim grasped a bong like an infant would a bottle and ripped on it before smashing it on his own head in victory.

“Right. The love story. Every great tale needs a love story: Romeo and Juliet, Ren and Stimpy, all the greats. So, we have a budding relationship between Vision and whatsherface. Let’s make the viewer care, get them invested.”

Tim nodded, “Right, that’s a solid idea man, sounds—“

Jim cut him off, “Of course, with fifty main characters and a two hour runtime, we won’t actually see any of this love or whatever. We’ll just hint at it a bit, you know. Gotta save screen time for purple ballsack, er, I mean Thanos, to wax laconically about how nice a bro he really is on the inside.”

“Hey, no, I don’t think—“ Tim stuttered.

“Good, my man, good. I think you’ll fit in here with that attitude. So, then let’s kill of all the fun characters. Let’s start with the people of color. First scene to last scene, let’s off some green folk, dissolve some Wakanda heroes, let’s go for broke.

“Again, no Hulk. Just Bruce in a CGI suit, so it’s kinda like the Hulk but suckier. You know, we wouldn’t want that actor to actually be in the movie or anything. Just CGI his ass at all times. Note to self, can we just completely CGI his likeness and not have to have an actor at all?

“Let’s have Dr. Strangelove or whatever his name is willingly hand over the one item his entire order was formed to protect… You know, stay true to the characters.”

The sounds of shattering glass echoed from wall to wall as two writers leapt naked through the windows, fist-bumping one another and shouting, “Brooooooooo!”

“See, Tim,” Jim said, “that’s the kind of energy we need here. Get your shit together. Ok, and lastly, let’s dissolve all the interesting characters we have left. Black Panther for one! Oh, and did I bring up the White Wolf? No? Doesn’t matter. He doesn’t have an arc in the movie anyway. Hell, no one needs a character arc here. It’s only half a story, after all, and doesn’t need to stand alone or anything.”

Joseph the Randy Donkey brayed a lonely song at the water cooler before defecating a sad pile on the floor.

“Damn, I love that donkey,” Jim said while cleaning his left ear with his right big toe. “So, you see where I’m going here, right? For year people have complained we are formulaic, but look at us being all badass and breaking the mold! We will take a decade worth of characters and squash them together, making half a movie that means nothing on it’s own, simply designed to set up our next million dollar movie in a year, needlessly kill off dozens of the best characters in a way that means nothing and will be reversed within the first quarter of the next movie, dabble in romance sorta, and wipe out half the life in the universe to save everyone from running out of food and stuff!”

The room erupted in cheers and whoops. Three men dueled to the death in celebration, Moron awoke from his long slumber in time to vote in the midterms and drive without using his blinkers, seven Hollywood executives took time away from sexually harassing the donkey the stamp and squeal in delight, a motley mob of slatterns boxed with a dusty group of heroin addicts in a mock Walmart, and the seventh seal was opened in the distance.

But a hush fell on the room like a smothering pillow as Tim cleared his throat.

“Hey, um, if Thanos can control time and matter with a mere thought, wielding enough power to kill fifty percent of all living things at the blink of an eye…why doesn’t he simply will infinite resources into being instead of killing untold trillions due to limited resources?”

The silence in the room laid so thick in the air that a large housefly, fat and well fed on over-ripe Hollywood movie drech, collapsed like a crumpled piece of tinfoil from the mere pressure in the room.

Lucky for the brave writers of Infinity War, there was a handy and already broken window to defenestrate Tim from before calling the seventy-five actors and warming up the computers for modern CGI magic.

https://klneidecker.com/2018/10/22/one-persons-take-on-what-the-infinity-war-pitch-room-conversation-was-like/

[vallern]

For the salty ask give me everything that doesn't have the XXX on it pls

omg do you want to kill me or something

but sure anything for those titties

this is gonna be a long post bc i don’t have xkit (shitty notebook can barely runs)

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?*

i have a lot of fandoms but i guess i’ll use supergirl since it’s my most active fandom (if you can say that… it’s not like i even enjoy the show, i’m still here thanks to the lovely eyebrows mcgoth) besides i like most of the pairings in my other fandoms. Let’s see… sanvers and karamel. I don’t have to go to length with karamel bc a lot of people already explained it, but as for sanvers? i don’t want to rant here but tl;dr version: maggie destroyed alex’s character. as someone who watched from s1 and not a part of Great Lesbian Migration™ alex is reduced to A Gay in this season. tell me a storyline where she’s not with maggie lmao. besides, it’s a badly written ship. sorry i refused to believe someone in her near 30s who had a life-changing realization wasn’t really shook™ over being a lesbian. it was too fast. i’d believe it more if they spend this season building it up, not three episodes.

2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?*

tbh? sanvers. they’re good at being partners, they’re like characters out of buddy cop movies. karamel, and with 2A manhell because i have to admit he’s like that dorky cousin who came from ass end of nowhere and embarrassing the shit out of kara. after 2B? get that thing away from me

3. Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

boi, have i ever. yeah. i’m a petty hoe

4. Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*

yes, and yes. see number 5

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?*

lmaoooooooooo yeah. in fact, fandoms ruins almost everything. i didn’t hate sanvers all that much before their fandom started to act all superior for being canon. like… chill. it’s for appeasing y'all over the great clexa incident in 2016 anyway. i used to be neutral about supercat, but some of their people grated on my nerves and they always touting about it so… welp

6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?*

i don’t think so, no

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?*

i can’t think of any

8. Have you received anon hate? What about?*

idk if it’s count but i received a flame in my fic. they accused me of agreeing with muslim registry bc i said i agreed with lena about her alien detecting device. i laughed for 10 min straight bc 1. i’m a muslim… well, born muslim. i’m not practicing 2. i’m not american 3. kara agreed with lena lmao

4. Most disliked character(s)? Why?

maggie. she destroyed alex’s character, is irrelevant to the plot 90% of the time, you can replace her with a lamp and it’ll be the same. it’s not even bc of who flor is (although it kinda plays a role why i dislike maggie) but bc her character is so two-dimensional. even if dichen played her (which would be awesome bc i love her) maggie would still be two-dimensional and i’d still won’t like her.

also manhell for single-handedly turning a feminist show into a fratboy male fantasy show, with a lot of reasons a lot of people already covered.

10. Most disliked arc? Why?

the entire season 2 of supergirl. barring lena, lillian, and rhea, what’s the good thing about s2? i guess you can count m'gann, but tbh i didn’t pay attention to her. but i know she’s yet another wasted opportunity

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

uh… i like rhea. idk if she’s unpopular tho? i also like lillian. i wish the writers explores them more, especially lillian

12. Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

nah i don’t think so

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

i don’t really have any. it’s full of drama, but what fandom doesn’t?

15. Unpopular opinion about the manga/show?

hm well this applies to all shows. don’t drag it for too long, like idk svu or supernatural. as much as i love my shows, seasonal rot is a thing and the more seasons you have, the suckier it’ll be. for me, shows reaches its peak around season 3-5 and after that? hard to say. be like orphan black, who ended it up early by their own initative so it won’t be dragging too long

16. If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

oh boi. a lot. let me see- astra lives- lucy stays- no manhell. let krypto come instead.- no maggie. or, if they really have to make a love interest for alex and it has to be maggie, develop her so she’ll be a rounded character- change flor to diane guerrero, probably- canon supercorp. but that means they’ll cut everything about it in less tolerant countries, like mine. hm, dilemma. fuck it, canon supercorp

Does not shipping something ‘popular’ mean you’re in denial and/or biased?

not really. tbh i don’t like most canon ships except maybe jake/amy from b99 and the hendrixes from orphan black, but it’s bc i think most canon ships are lacking something. idk what.

What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

the fics are mostly tagged with That Ship above as a side pairing so i can’t read it

What is the purest ship in the fandom?

supercorp, maybe?

What are your thoughts on crack ships?

depends on how well-written it is. for example, @foxx-queen wrote good crack ship like majorly judging you (alura/lucy). she wrote it so well i forgot that they never even met and i enjoyed their dynamics

22. Popular character you hate?

maggie

23. Unpopular character you love?

i won’t say i love rhea and lillian but i like them

26. Most shippable character?

the danvers sisters

27. Least shippable character?

maggie and manhell