#otto doggo

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[sappho-favourite-pupil]

Otto the Doggo™ is back.

[sarksarkos]

Batman '59: Ice, Ice, Baby

This is Batman #121, which contains the first appearance of legendary forgotten villain, Mister Freeze Zero. It's been a long road, getting from there to here. Welcome to the Gutters.

Back in the day, Batman villains were largely seen as disposable, one-off freaks brought in to do a wacky episode and then he'd return to fighting ordinary crooks or, for a long time in the 60s, weird aliens. The Scarecrow, the Riddler and Mr. Freeze all had absences of more than a decade, and wouldn't be brought back until Adam West climbed up a wall into pop culture history.

You could even make a good case that this character isn't the same Mr. Freeze, because he gets cured of his supervillain-inducing condition at the end of this issue, and he doesn't have any of the traits associated with the character. Even the 60s live-action series would make him a more tragic, serious character compared to what he is here. However, DC insists they are the same guy. It's their circus and he's their monkey.

Mr. Zero - we'll call him that for this issue only - is basically the same as he was in Joel Schumacher's camp masterpiece, Batman and Robin. He's a goofy guy who drives around in an ice cream truck, stealing diamonds and making ice puns. In every panel he looks like a beady-eyed maniac with a grin a mile wide. This guy has no idea where he is or what he's doing but he is having an absolute blast doing it. I love him so much. More supervillains should just be confused old men.

As is typical for comics of this era, he doesn't even have a reason to do crimes. He Just got a face full of cold gas and a pulmonary condition, and is pretty much just using it as an excuse to steal shiny rocks. There's no indication that he was doing actual crimes before, just that he palls around with two Gooncore men who call him 'boss,' but that's just what people do in Gotham.

I like to think these two obvious crime-doers are just his live-in nurses, and they're going along with this whole freeze gun thing because he's clearly not getting enough oxygen to his brain and they're worried that he'll hurt himself, but now it's gone way too far and they don't know how to back out of this.

Mr. Freeze is famously known for the glow-up he got on Batman the Animate Series, but even the Adam West Batman decided to add some pathos to the character. Played in various appearances by George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach, this version was frozenized by Batman himself. He was consumed with a need for revenge on Batman, but nevertheless had a weird sort of respect for him as a person, and Batman in turn would take pity on his condition. I think the Otto Preminger Freeze was the first Batman '66 episode I remember seeing, and it was genuinely... chilling.

I had to do at one, it's union regulations.

Next, we have one Batman #125 with of my favorite things, little glimpses into the otherwise ordinary lives of superhero characters. We don't get as much of these with Batman as he barely has a supporting cast right now, but this is extra special because we see the mind of the DOGGO. Yes, it's an Ace the Bat-Hound special, bay-bee!

Sadly, there's just not enough Ace. I feel like the ideal story for this is one where you never leave the perspective of your viewpoint character and get just enough of a glimpse of the plot to understand it. Think "Lower Decks," the episode, not to be confused with Lower Decks, the series. So to try and see how well it succeeds on those merits, I'm gonna present just the panels where Ace the Bat-Hound is in it!

Look at the good boy got a bone! And he loves being a Bat-Hound! But the life of a dog is one full of injustice.

Ace is such a good boy, he's got a whole routine set up for suiting up and doing super heroics. He's also smart enough to understand the concept of a secret identity but also isn't a narc. And he can track the signals from his beepy radio collar. I honestly want to know if a dog could genuinely do that. I bet you could train a dog to do the radar signal minigame from every 2010s MMORPG.

There's a fight scene, which doesn't really involve Ace, but he figures out how to head the bad guy off at the pass by making an improvised bridge. I love that even Ace realizes this is out of the normal experience for dogs. It's so good. Comics are back.

Ace gets to say the day, he gets a big smooch from Bat-Woman, and he even does a wink and a joke at the reader in the iris out. Perfect ending. A lot of these comics tend to be too short for the story they're telling, this one is probably too long. If this was half as long and just about Ace being Ace, it would be a perfect story.

Finally we have OH NO. NOT YOU. GET OUT. YOU GET THE FUCK OUT.

Jesus Hong Christ shitting right into my mouth from on high. Well, he's significant to the medium so I guess I gotta talk about Bat-Mite, who made his first appearance in Detective Comics #267.

Profanity and blasphemy aside, I don't care for Bat-Mite. Not in this incarnation, at least. That doesn't mean I don't get the joke. I get the joke, I think it's a good joke in other circumstances, but here it just falls flat.

The premise here is that Batman is a very silly man. He's a grown adult who dresses like a winged rat, lives in a cave with a circus urchin, and fights a clown. To make Batman seem less silly, they invented the silliest possible person, a parody of everything that Batman stands for. Then, Batman can point at that silly person and say "this is too silly for me." You look more serious by comparison, it's the same reason why Donald Trump started hanging out with Elon Musk, topical reference for the cursed year Twenty Twenty-Five.

There are two problems with this: The first is that this era of comics is the silliest that Batman has ever or will ever be. He's already worn rainbow-colored Batsuits, teamed up with the Three Musketeers, and traveled to space to meet Space Batman. He hasn't even turned into a baby yet. Putting a goggle-eyed imp in short pants in Batman comics is not a silliness outlier.

Second, the premise fails from the outset because having a silly little guy doesn't make you seem more serious, it makes you feel like a silly little guy by association. Nobody has done their best dramatic work on the Muppet Show. That is, apart from bat-legend Michael Caine, who showed how's done in Muppet Christmas Carol. You have to play the role deadly serious, which is why Bat-Mite works better as a foil for the modern serious Batman. This is one aspect of how modern writers like Grant Morrison have made Bat-Mite work.

Anyway, Bat-Mite sucks, but any concept can be made to not suck. Coming up, Superman actually fights some supervillains! Until next time.

[blobee]

Clef here are all the dogs :3

Dogs’ names in order: Olive, Coco, Chewy

These were my dogs when I was a baby :3

Otto & Tazie

Doggo army

[writingsofwesteros]

Social media au:

Aegon and Bestie with Stev's doggo

Otto secretly tucking him in with hellys old plushy

THE CUTEST!!

[starry-mist]

S3e7 thoughts:

Charlie. Oh Charlie. Step one to finding your perfect woman: Make sure she’s not allergic to your best friend.

The conversation between Charlie and Sarah at the crime scene is so nuanced. I love that extra beat after Sarah’s “could happen” line, where Charlie is like right on the verge of a revelation.

And of course I love when he “suddenly” realizes the perfect woman has already walked into his home many times and immediately connected with Rex. I maintain this is the episode where he has his first “holy shit” moment re: his feelings for Sarah.

Bonus doggos are always welcome. Even if there is a massive continuity fail later this season (and the next) in which the script supervisor somehow missed that it was Bucky, not Otto, who helped with the case. Sigh.

[sweetscarlettangel]

HotD Season 2 Episode 2 Live Watch Thoughts

King’s Landing

Ok so Alicent blames herself

Arbon is distraught

And we're supposed to know who Ironrod is 

Well Otto's idea isn’t bad but it’s very cold hearted

Helaena holding her baby’s blanket ��� 

It’s sad how the first time she speaks coherently on the show it's after her son's death

Here comes Larys with his torture devices

He was a baby 😢 

Honestly Aegon should’ve waited a bit…to see if they got more info. BUT it’s Aegon and he’a not known for impulse control so what can we expect?

Poor Helaena, she's so obviously uncomfortable and having a panic attack

This would’ve been a good moment for Dreamfyre to appear and highlight how Helaena is also a dragon rider 

Dragonstone

Rhaenyra is so clueless sadly

Obviously it's Ser Alfred already antagonizing Rhaenyra…at least a bit of foreshadowing for the future 

And the start of the Daemyra breakdown

I think rn it's important to remmeber it’s only been a few days since the choking incident (and not two years)

And show!Daemon's thoughts on his brother are revealed

At least he’s clinging to the line of it being a mistake

Well, first of all, in the book Mondancer wasn’t big enough to ride at the beginning of the Dance. And, Rhaenyra is showing herself as a bad stepmother — she won’t allow Jace to patrol KL when he’s older and a more experienced dragon rider, but will allow Baela to do so when at this point she’s a more attractive hostage to take after B&C and the confession of Daemon having arranged it.

King’s Landing

The dysfunctionality of Helaegon's marriage. These are 2 people who grew up together, who were forced to marry and have children when they were children themselves. Two people so linked together but who can’t communicate. The tragedy of it all

Dragonstone

Little Aegon and Viserys! Joffrey should’ve been in this scene tho

King’s Landing

Well, Alicent and Criston will both blame themselves

So Erryk vs Arryk is on this episode? Thought it was on the next one

Criston’s delulu — even if the plan worked, Rhaenyra still has 4 sons (one old enough to marry!) and an unhinged husband who would avenge her

Dragonstone

Jace and Baela ❤️ 

"Sometimes I think I hate him" said by Baela, the child of Daemon who was most like him. Baela probably thinks on how they’re alike and how she will have to work to avoid being like him

Jace talking about both his fathers…broke my heart

King’s Landing

Ok, so Aemond in a pleasure house

Being regretful won’t bring Luke back to life or erase the fact that your actions were one of the catalysts of the war

Oh, so Hugh has a sick child — at least we're getting some character development. Hope we see Ulf soon and meet Addam (now that we met Alyn in Ep1). But I thought Hugh was a blacksmith working on DS

Driftmark

Say their names and they shall appear! Alyn and Addam!

I hope we also see Marilda (at least in a flashback if they killed her off). If not, she should be mentioned at least

Dragonstone

Seems like they’re starting to build up Mysaria’s arc

Rhaenyra, the throne wasn’t your birth right. It was something your father promised you, but he never worked to strengthen your position and you barely did so

I hope they won’t have the Rhaenyra/Mysaria interactions be all about Daemon

Honestly, they should have given Mysaria's actress a silver wig. It would’ve helped with Rhaenyra's paranoia later on — was she merely a replacement for Mysaria? Was Daemon still seeing her?

Driftmark

Guess that’s Seasmoke

Foreshadowing for the claiming, I guess

King’s Landing

Could that be Ulf?

Did they seriously hang all of the ratcatchers?

The poor doggo mourning his owner

At least it was Aegon’s decision and not the council’s

Well, Otto at least finally shows some emotion 

Otto must be missing Viserys

Oh, Aegon really believed Alicent’s lies

Tom’s acting = chef’s kiss

Dragonstone

From the silhouette, I thought Ser Harrold was standing with Rhaenyra (hope we’ll see him again)

Will Mysaria prove herself as an ally?

Honestly in both KL and DS, they should’ve found a way to distinguish the twins - a tattoo, a scar, a password, something!

This! This is how B&C should’ve been filmed. The tension! Not knowing what will happen, not being sure which twin is which

This in a Elinda Massey appreciation account…loyalty until the end

Instead of suicide, Erryk should’ve also died in the battle

King’s Landing

Daeron mention!

Ok, Otto can be added to the list of delusional characters

Aegon mourning Jaehaerys 😭 

Are we going to end every episode with an Alicole sex scene?

[dominants-dominion]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you (if you want)! Get to know your mutuals and followers

PS. If it's too cheesy for you, fuck off (disrespectfully in a platonic friendly kinda way 😊)

Uhhh

@submissiveebrat

My doggo Otto

Video Games

Coffee

Boba tea

[scarlet-abyss]

Fun day out :)

had so much fun tdy. im rlly glad I became friends with her even if she's annoying. but hey im the most annoying on her list so we're good.

the garfield movie was the best. i literally wanted to cry when garfield's dad abandoned him. AND OTTO WAS SO ADORBS WTF NO DOGGO HAS THE RIGHTS TO BE THIS CUTE.

Either way, this was a great way to end thus term. Cheers to a good june hols guys!

[galiccfinds]

♡ get to know the simmer ♡

i just wanna do it bc i’m bored :)

also i tag everyone who read this, so yeah

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show your wallpaper:

pls don’t judge me but im really in love with them and with this screenie :’)

the last song you listened to:

currently reading:

im reading “pequena coreografia do adeus” by aline bei since march so……….

last movie:

a man called otto and i cried like a baby

last show:

breaking bad for like the 4th time 😭✊🏻 and currently im watching secret invasion heh

craving:

get a job…….

what are you wearing right now:

my snoopy pajamas

how tall are you:

5’2

piercings:

no :(

tattoos:

4 and i want mooore i have 5 actually what

glasses/contacts:

glasses unfortunately

last thing you ate:

peanut cookies and coffee with milk

favorite color:

i can’t choose so i asked my bf and he said: pastel tones specially pink, lilac and yellow. beige, earthy tones etc etc etc etc

current obsession:

creating sims 😭

any pets?

2 cats and 2 doggos

favorite fictional character:

i can only remember about anne shirley though i think i have other ones

last place you’ve traveled:

a small city near mine to a friend’s bday party

[otto-the-doggo]

I'm a doggo. My name is Otto.

Now worship me.

[rederoma]

Otto, molto più di un bassotto.🤎

[sappho-favourite-pupil]

Otto living his best life.

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

😍💗My Bizkit Boys💗😍

[hecho-a-mano]

Painting by Otto Bache

[bunniesandart]

An early Valentine's Day thing.