#reading list 2021

[byghostface]

Rq who is nika? Had some art tagged daminika cross my dash and I am Intrigued

Nika alias Flatline, a character created by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Gleb Melnikov, was introduced in Robin(2021) run—where Damian Wayne as the fifth Robin running off home attended the Death tournament on Lazarus Island.

Nika is the first opponent Damian faces on the island and she proceeds to take his first life with her signature move— ripping his heart out with her bare hand (no one actually dies, people would have three lives during the tournament on the island).

She is a Russian metahuman girl and a martial arts fighter, with the power to absorb the skills of people who had died in her hands.

Flatline(+Damian) arts from Gleb Melnikov's Twitter(X)

Here's the reading guide/list of her! Made by @/ redhoodtwt on Twitter(X)

Reading order↓ (text ver.)— Mainly appears in Robin(2021), Lazarus planet: Next evolution, and Batman and Robin(2023), with some mentions and cameos in other/different issues

Rebirth- Robin(2021)#1-8, Robin(2021)Annual#1, Robin(2021)#9~11, Deathstroke Ink.#7, Robin(2021)#12

Shadow War- Shadow War: Alpha #1, Robin(2021)#16~17, Batman vs. Robin#2, Lazarus planet: Next evolution#1

Dawn of Dc- Free comic book day 2023: Dawn of dc- Knight Terrors#1, Batman and Robin(2023)#1, Batman and Robin(2023)#6~7…(current ongoing run)

Another Flatline summary and reading list made by @/ batquinz on Twitter(X)

And here's a quick rundown of Nika and Damian's relationship thread on Twitter(X) Made by @/ nightwingstyles

Some daminika covers that I love! (they have a lot of ship names, and the most popular ones are: daminika, flamian, gravebird🪦🕊️, graverobin🪦🐦, birdskull🐦💀)

Cover art- Robin(2021)#2/ #7/ #15(1:25 variant cover)- Artist: Gleb Melnikov/ Simone Di Meo/ Mario Foccillo

And currently, Nika is in the new issue of Batman and Robin(2023)# 7!

Thank you for reading and taking an interest in Nika!! Hope you will like her as an amazing cool character!!!💀♥️

[arabian-batboy]

Quick tip for anyone who is new to comics or who is not new to comics, but hasn't put enough effort into reading them yet:

You can NOT be a Cassandra's fan if you haven't read Batgirl (2000) & Batgirl (2009)

You can NOT be a Jason's fan if you haven't read "Batman: Under the Hood" & "Red Hood: Lost Days"

You can NOT be a Damian's fan if you haven't read "Robin: Son of Batman" & "Batman & Robin (2011)"

Not only are all 6 of these books really great reads on their own right that can be enjoyed by all readers, but they also define these 3 characters and reading all of them them is essential for understanding them, so if you haven't already, go read them!

[beeduoo]

would u try

[sambambucky]

hello i am having the time of my life

[age-of-moonknight]

Variant cover for Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #30 by Tyler Kirkham.

[capinejghafa]

i never did make an announcement that i am making a weekly kanej authors fic rec... so here it is lol

alternatively, i do have the actual list of fics that is currently being curated, but due to the size (we're talking up to 700-900 fics... don't look at me like that I read a lot lol) this was the better alternative. thank you coven for talking me out of that path. i hope you enjoy :)

[theramblingvoid]

Sometimes I think about how even when I'm trying not to be, I am entirely made of the people I love. I recently reconnected with a close friend I hadn't seen in about three years. Apparently they're into watching video essays now. I'm more of a gaming YouTube person, but to each their own, I've always known this friend to be a touch more academic than me anyway. Fair enough. We find other things to talk about.

It is two months later. My watch later list is entirely filled with video essays. Three years is not enough time to forget how to love somebody. I'm glad of that.

[wickymicky]

in 2020 and 2021 i came up with Top Ten lists for my favorite kpop songs of the year, and i wrote reviews of each of them, just talking about how they really defined the year for me, what they meant to me and stuff. i didnt do it last year, and i might this year, but tbh i might literally just write about Ditto. it's my number 1 song and i have so, so, so, so much to say about it. i've been preparing for this for 365 days lol. i have things i could say about the other 9 songs that i have picked out, but i might just write about Ditto only

[cyatzura]

my sister and i managed to finish our months' long endeavour to rank all 103 openings in our anime/donghua playlist, here are my top 30

[sixofravens-reads]

Using this to justify my irrational hold-requesting

[roimp]

I HAVE FULL WEEK HOLIDAY

[placeholdercornerworks]

Sometime I just wanna take every manga on my list and just reread it

[inquisitorius-sin-bin]

I think tonight will be the first night I don't get a new chapter up for Ride or Die since I started and while that makes me sad, I definitely think 25k words in 10 days was one hell of a feat, and today was really, really hard at work so... I'm giving myself a break. I hope everyone is enjoying it so far though!

[ronpatrash]

ALRIGHT MY FIC REC LIST IS OUT, and ive added a link to the fic rec tag on my blog which you can see on desktop for easy access to good fics at any time (when you're on a desktop).

[capinejghafa]

tagged by @totchipanda thank you sooo much (pls enjoy the last lila update!)

top 3 ships: tenrose, kanej, diego and lila... as of now, but these have been pretty consistent for a while now.

first ever ship: jason and kimberly, mmpr :D i said what i said.

last song: ocean avenue by yellowcard... don’t judge me this song still holds up... kind of.

currently reading: i’m currrently inbetween a “few” books. (1) the roommate by rosie danan (almost done); (2) angels’ blood by nalini singh (i actually dnf this book originally and i’m retrying it again... it looks like i might not finish again); (3) a great and terrible beauty by libba bray (reread, trying to figure out why i liked it so much when i first read it; almost done); (4) book of just (#3 bohemian gospel trilogy) by dana chamblee carpenter (just kind of started); and (5) ross poldark by winston graham (it’s fine but also a little dull, I wanted to read it before i started the show but I also acknowledge that it’s very slow for me)... i start and stop books a lot. i do tend to give books a lot of chances to get better if it takes me awhile to get into which is why my reading pile is always so high. i also read a lot of fanfics when i don’t want to get invested in new characters/situations, aside from a few familiar characters... it sometimes helps. i have these moments where i need new characters! and then I get disappointed by the new characters lol i’m the problem.

last movie: i don’t watch a lot of movies these days BUT i did watch how the grinch stole christmas for xmas with my fam

currently consuming: candy that my next door neighbor brought me, she does this for holiday season

currently watching: rewatched iwtv and it is very multi-layer and excellent commentary on race and racism... and religious zealots. but also gay vampires and my murder daughter, claudia.  i also watch a lot of yt essayist/reaction/recap idk what they’re called these days lol

currently craving: to have an utterly boring next year lol like that’s it that’s the bar. i don’t want quiet per se but something very close to that.

tagging (no pressure): @willsilvertongue @enidsinclaiir @petersthree @kendalroys @marvinetta

[ri-ships-takari]

was going through my drafts and found this short takari fic rec list i collated probably sometime last year!

i think I meant to list like 20 fics or something, so this list (of six) is very incomplete. i may make that more comprehensive list in the future, but definitely not now T____T so here’s my very very incomplete list of takari fics i loved from 2021! it is definitely not exhaustive (TAKARI WEEK WAS JUST SO WILD THAT YEAR) but just bumping these fics right now for what it’s worth!

[Literal AU] Across the universe by SunLight (update from 2022: This list is so dated that SunLight has already started posting Across the universe on ao3! so in the good year of the lord 2022 check that out instead! it has a chapter count estimate!)

[Drama] Perhaps Love by Sunlight (but on ao3 this time lol)

[Angst] Tanabata by Chloe (@digitalworldbound​)

[Angst] Look for Me When I Go by Becky (@stoppingtosmelltheflowers​)

[Fluff] Diamond in the Sky by Becky (@stoppingtosmelltheflowers​)

[Humor] Intervention by @uniarycode