#the whole purpose of year 8 is to see how many dicks you can draw on the table and in your school pplanner. nothing else

[kitchensinksurrealism]

heard a song that reminded me of a video i watched when i was 12 and then that reminded me of being 12 which reminded me of being 13 and then i listened to music i liked when i was 13 which reminded me of one of the biggest things that happened to me when i was 13 which was that i was in love with marvin the martian and tbh 12 years later not much has changed

[antiloreolympus]

8 Anti LO Asks

1. It doesn’t really make sense for a long term comic such as LO to have such a drastic change in the artstyle, and even more you can’t really call it an improvement when all the interesting parts of the art style are now gone and all that it is now it’s just some basic same-face and body art style with barely any backgrounds. RS is incredibly talented for illustrative artwork and it’s really a shame she’s not doing that anymore and instead has left it to her team, with leaving them very messy sketches. The artstyle in the beginning had life and glamour and now it’s just very dull and boring. That’s not an improvement

2. I genuinely can’t think of any man in LO that’s even half way decent. Poseidon maybe? Hephaestus? Those are the only two I can manage, meanwhile the rest are either Rachel purposely ruining them because of her own biases (Zeus, Apollo, Thanatos to an extent) or are “good” men who are just creeps who disrespect all the women around them and are super creepy and obsessed over a literal teenager who acts like a child (Hades, Ares, Hermee, Eros, etc). The women aren’t much better either. 

3. About Perse making Hades childish: (this is no way defending him, just some speculation, and tbh I doubt that RS has thought this through haha) I wonder if he becomes a horny teenager around her because she’s a goddess of fertility? Would that have any affect on him? Doesn’t excuse his creepy ass behavior, but could explain it a bit, I guess?

4. Okay so I'll be honest I dont really see any reason to 'simp' over Any of the LO characters?

Also, not to start sh*t, but - I think part of the reason why some of the LO fandom does not like Zeus (and perhaps gives Hera more leeway - at least in terms of cheating) is because:

Mythologically Zeus is a known cheater / rapist (Io for example, or Semele)

They see Hera cheating a Zeus as okay (its not) because he's been known to cheat on her in the past / fans see Hera cheating on Zeus with Hades as 'justified revenge' for what he's (Zeus) put her through

I'll be honest I dont really see Zeus (or Hades for that matter) as good rulers because

Despite other deities (like Eros) doing 'acts of wrath' - they get away with it because they often have someone to back them up (like Aphrodite offering to sleep with Zeus to get her son out of trouble) - but the one time Persephone does something wrong (an act of wrath) - Zeus wants to give her the Prometheus treatment - mainly so he can feel like an in control king whos subjects respect him

The reason this sound so odd is because of RS writing choices. Zeus is a grade A d*ck who is willing to destroy a 'young girls promising career' because she made 1 mistake that one time. But at the same time the act of wrath is framed oddly because Demeter doesn't want her daughter to get in trouble so she covers it up (its like the equivalent of hiding a murder from the cops).

Zeus wanting to Prometheus Kore seems overly harsh because she is a Child. (Well a teenager) - so it adds to the "Zeus is a d*ck" card, because she doesnt have the life experience to "get away with" stuff like the other deities because she is young AND sheltered.

Like again, the whole concept of Human Laws applying to Gods is so confusing:

Would Zeus have been this harsh if Demeter had simply come forward in the first place about Persephone's murder rampage? Why did she blackmail / get other deities involved to cover it up? Is Zeus THAT much of a d*ck in Demeters eyes that she knows he would harshly punish a child for something "she didnt mean to do" (killed mortals based on a feeling?)

Why is there a motherf*cking trial in the first place? Do All the other deities get the right to a fair trial or is this a special case? (Like can any deity just offer to sleep with Zeus and he'll let them off the hook?). If the other deities had commited the same crime would the trial / punishment be the same or does Zeus just have a rage boner because he was lied to? If thats the case then why are the other deities taking Persephones side during the trial? (Ares I can maybe understand cause hes the God of War and stuff but everyone else is taking Perse's side because their either her personal friend or family member (Hecate, Hermes, Demeter, Hades etc).

Why are there certain laws like "Zeus cant get to Persephone because she has clemency in the underworld" but other deities - including Leto, Demeter and others (like Perse's nymph family) can just stroll into Hades house? Why is Hermes still on house arrest? Why are Hades + Persephone throwing a house party when shes on trial for scythe crimes??!!!

Why are the gods bound by such petty squabbles?

The way RS set up the governing "laws" in universe just doesnt make a whole lotta sense. Also, sorry this got ramblely.  

5. Tbh i don’t think that Hades acting differently when he’s with Persephone is a bad thing, as a concept. But there are many issues with this such as the fact that Persephone is barely legal and Hades act like an actual child around her. Obviously when you’re with someone they are going to act different than they do when they are at work. The problem is that Hades essentially goes from the “cold-scary king” to a 17 year old hormonal boy when he’s with Persephone. And him making out with her in a middle of a store or them golfing with diamonds or him making out with Persephone again in front of his workplace is not exactly acceptable behaviour from a king. If Hades acts all lovey-dovey with Persephone when their at their home together it’s different, but when they’re at a public place they can’t really do that. I would say that he has to keep a status about him but from what we’ve seen all the citizens of the underworld hate him and don’t respect him at all, from yelling at him to actually fighting with him, so idk how much status there is actually attached to him 

6. I swear, the majority of the “cute” HxP moments in LO just seem like a single father dealing with his hyperactive 8 year old over the supposed future intimidating rulers who Rachel is obsessed about talking and drawing their sex life. Is it really that hard to depict Persephone even acting like a smart teenager at the very least, as opposed to an airhead grade schooler? It doesn’t scream cute to me, it seems more like a father/daughter relationship. It’s just weird. 

7. i mean, i have a LO oc who's persephone's brother (fertility god) between demeter and zeus. dude got thrown into tartyrus to cover up the affair and now serves cronus. he was the god of summer, and my reasoning was demeter's seasons/harvest + summer thunderstorms. wrote a whole minific i will never post about him and persephone realizing everyone around them are assholes and healing together. so the mistress-of-zeus oc isnt that weird.

8. I’m not a Zeus stan by any means, but I do find him one of the most interesting characters, and one that RS has, in her attempts to make him be the worst ever to make Hades look better, actually way more interesting and compelling than the majority of the cast. He doesn’t lie or whine to the audience he’s some good person like Hades when he’s not, he owns that he’s a dick and doesn’t bullshit the audience into thinking he’s someone he’s not. RS tries to show us he’s a “bad” king, yet we see no proof it beyond what, he wants to uphold the law P broke and doesnt kiss Hades’ butt? That’s not a bad king, it’s a good one that he doesn’t let family ties or lust cloud his judgement, unlike Hades or Hera, for example. I don’t condone his cheating either, but it’s not fair to hate him for it, but love it that Hades cheated on Minthe so he could get into a teenager’s skirt and praise Hera for sleeping with her brother in law while punishing Zeus’ mistresses because she’s being a fake “loyal” wife. Just because he’s a deeply flawed, even a bad person doesn’t make him a bad character. Hades and Hera and even Persephone are awful people who do worse than Zeus, yet they’re loved and praised for it, all while being written with the depth of a puddle. 

[palmett-hoes]

what's your take on the foxes mbti?

oh buddy ur never gonna believe this but i wrote a foxes MBTI post YEARS ago

im also not into mbti anymore and haven't been for many years so that post is probably still more accurate and in-depth than what i could give you now. i’m just gonna copy the whole thing but i read it over and it still totally vibes w how i understand the characters, like way more than i was expecting it to. i only made one edit (it’s marked) and it was to add a detail not change anything

i hope you’re really really into mbti otherwise this’ll probably be gobbeldegook

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i used to be obessively into mbti so here’s an analysis based on cognitive functions mostly.

SKIP IF YOU WANT. for anyone with no idea how it works, here’s a quick rundown: cognitive functions are about the way people think, process, and prioritize information, not necessarily how they act, though people who think the same way often act the same. the 8 letters that make up a type represent how people process and prioritize internal and external stimuli. every letter actually has an ‘internal’ and 'external’ form so there’s Thinking (internal(ti) and external(te)), Feeling (internal(fi) and external(fe)), Sensing (internal(si) and external(se)), and iNtuition(internal(ni) and external(ne)) t’s always go with a corresponding and opposite f (like ti and fe always go together), same with s’s and n’s (ex: si and ne always go together). a set of  t, f, s, and n in a specific order makes an mbti type.

neil: intp (ti ne si fe)

neil has incredible analytical ability although it’s very programmed for survival but he’s also a fast thinker and very quick to adapt to new environments. he also approaches things from original angles that other people dont consider, all that sounds like high ti/ne. the lower functions fit well too. in times of stress, he returns to old habits and falls back on what’s familiar, that’s classic low si. his emotions are also very exterior. he’s bad with other people from lack of exposure, but he’s committed to harmony between those close to him and has an impeccable ability to read the emotional states of others while being completely oblivious of his own, and his sense of self is tied to exterior things like exy, friends, keys, and legal documents (lol) that’s fe

andrew: intj (ni te fi se)

ni is really hard to describe but it has to do with being able to draw conclusions from scattered input, which fits with andrew’s uncanny ability to spot lies and obsession with finding out the truth, especially with high te, which is about spatial order and logic, think of how prioritized he is with the physical order of things: who sits where, who wears what, etc. a lot of people want to make andrew infj i bet as like a “subversive reading” but he’s definitely not. i used to be really close to an infj and they have hyper-empathy, as in she would describe not just caring about other people and being able to read their emotional states but literally feeling the things the people around her felt. this is a common result of the ni/fe combo, and the reason why andrew is definitely not infj. tertiary fi fits very well instead because andrew is deeply attuned to his own inner emotional state. he’s self-confident and doesn’t care about other people’s perception of him, but he’s also very concerned with his own feelings and understanding them, even if they’re repressed. he’s also very aware of his physical surroundings, which plays into his deductive ability, although it’s not his focus. that’s low se

kevin: estj (te si ne fi)

kevin is a classic estj. he’s controlling, demanding, and driven. he tries to control the actions of those around him and gets very distressed when things dont run smoothly, as well as having strong feelings about improving efficiency. high te people make great managers. kevin’s whole story arc is about breaking old habits, which is a very si problem. it has to do with trusting and craving memory and familiarity, and explains kevins need for endless repetition. he’s innovative, though, coming up with new strategies and drills (ne), it’s just based on what’s already familiar, and you can see him spiral into creating all possible worst-case scenarios when he’s stressed (low ne stress reaction, they like to be prepared). finally, he’s a dick, but he cares about other people and wants to improve their lives, as well as being very reliant on other people’s perceptions of him to define his own self-image (low fe)

dan: esfj (fe si ne ti)

dan’s top priority, over everything else, is her team. she wants her team to improve, she wants her team to win, she wants her team to work together. it’s all about the collective. we also see that she’s very open with others and makes a lot of effort to both make new ties and maintain old ones, that’s high fe. she’s sentimental and attached to the past too (si)  esp the photo wall, but we also see her very unwilling to let go of the past ie the monsters but eventually willing to change and grow to mend team cohesion (ne). we also see the fight in underlying logic (low ti) with her: she knows the team needs the monsters to cooperate but she cant figure out how to do it

matt: enfj (fe ni se ti)

so enfj’s experience infj hyper-empathy too, but to a slightly lesser extent (primary fe is more group cohesion, secondary fe is more understanding others), and through this we see matt’s easy-going open friendliness and ability to befriend even prickly little neil, because he has an extremely good sense of what other people are feeling and need, it also explains why he doesn’t hold a grudge against the cousins in the same way dan does, because he understands where they were coming from. se is associated with a general boisterousness for life, as it’s about experiencing the world around you, which explains matt’s happy-go-lucky disposition and puppydog behavior. the ti aspects mostly go into supporting fe/ni empathic senses

allison: entj (te ni se fi)

i mean, allison’s controlling, both in that she orders other people around and in that her physical being and space are very planned and organized (her clothes, her hair, her makeup, etc) but at the same time there isn’t much sentimentality to her, like how she doesn’t care when her car was destroyed. she easily replaces things because she cares about the object’s purpose, not its history and that all smacks of high te/ni. and i mean, the se definitely contributes to her love of designer things and killer looks, because she cares about the world immediately around her, and why live if not in luxury? and fi? is there any character more aggressively self-confident than allison reynolds?? going against her parents’ wishes for her takes a really strong, independent sense of self, but we also see the problems that can come from not worrying about other people, in how she starts fights and can be abrasive and catty

renee: infp (fi ne si te)

okay this one was really hard tbh. a list of other considerations: isfp, istp, and infj. it’s very easy to read renee as high fe because she’s kind, but i think it’s a mischaracteration of why she’s kind. it’s not because it comes naturally to her, it’s because it’s a conscious choice that makes her feel better about herself. high fi people often read as fe because they’re so comfortable with themselves and in tune with their own needs that they can then go and provide for others. i associate her religion with ne, because contemplation and acceptance of the divine later in life is a very metaphysical undertaking that undoubtedly requires a lot of abstract thought. renee’s storyline also revolves a lot around using things from her past and putting a conscious effort into leaving things from her past behind (how she still uses the skills she learned from her past in new ways ie sparring with andrew and protecting the upperclassmen v/s how she held on to her knives even when she knew it was detrimental to her moving on) this sounds like si. her protective instincts also feed into the te need for order, but it’s a looser leash than say andrew, as it’s lower on her function stack but still present

nicky: esfp (se fi te ni)

godd nicky is like a prototypical esfp. i mean nicholas “sex, drugs, and parties” hemmick cant be anything but se dominant. nicky is all about living it up and living in the moment. like he’s sporadic and ive seen it lead people to think he could be enfp but he doesn’t think enough about the meaning of things to be ne dominant (like how he makes somewhat predatory jokes and such, he’s all about the here-and-now while ne is about the past and future simultaneously). also he of all characters has incredibly prominent fi, as his whole character is about living unashamedly as himself as a gay man and the immense self-awareness and inner strength it takes not only to come out to unaccepting parents but also to leave and start a new life when they rejected him. however, fi is also indicative of his communication problems with his family, as he’s unable to tell that the cousins are fundamentally different from him in their needs and boundaries, leading him to pushing them, making them uncomfortable, and being unable to help them, because he’s unable to understand them. the rest are much more hidden, but a party boy shopaholic like nicky would probably need some amount of te order in like an organized chaos fashion (and he’s often headcanoned as liking to throw parties) and you do see him become somewhat pushy, even controlling in those scenarios. ni is the hardest but could maybe be seen in how he’s attuned to the cousins reactions for all that he cant predict them/doesn’t do anything on his own part to prevent them (the way he handles andrew is like if someone poked a rattlesnake knowing damn well what it would do and then freaked out when he got bit)

aaron: istj (si te fi ne)

im a little iffy on this one and worry it might be an analysis based on his trauma instead of complimentary to it, but aaron’s arc is about breaking out of his habit of holding on to the past. he refuses to work towards moving on from his mother’s death, refuses to listen to things that contradict his preconceived notions, and refuses to make changes in his life that could improve it. that’s unhealthy si. he’s really a very unhealthy istj, and most of his traits manifest through his unhappiness with his life. take his te. that would imply that he needs control over his surroundings, but aaron is incredibly bitter and unhappy BECAUSE he doesn’t have control of his surroundings. he doesn’t get to make his own choices, he doesn’t get to control his space, and he hates it. his relationship with katelyn is also indicative of being an istj. it’s stable, not a passionate fling, but aaron is mocked for wanting that white picket fence, married with kids in the suburbs kind of life, and his relationship, which is his primary source of happiness, is built on stability, which is a very si thing to do. in terms of fi, it is aaron that ultimately forces change between himself and andrew. he may have been pushed but he ultimately came down to him knowing what made him happy and what made him miserable and acting on that. also, he’s an ornery asshole who clearly doesn’t care what other people think of him. fi. i dont really have anything to say in terms of ne, probably because he’s so unhealthy but also because he’s not too explored. heyy istj’s make great doctors

wymack: isfj (si fe ti ne)

okay this one was genuinely the hardest to decide on but ultimately i came to the conclusion that wymack, much like renee, is such a developed person that he loses many defining traits of the functions, and can be read in many different ways. so: wymack’s primary goal is the safety and betterment of other people (ie his team). he wants to help people overcome their pasts, which is a very atypical approach to si, but is si nonetheless. on a personal level, too, he’s never able to move on from people, and specifically never moved on from kayleigh,  continuing their shared dream of an exy team for abused kids long after her death. as ive said before, fe in a secondary position is about deep understanding of other people, and wymack’s ability to understand what other people are struggling through is legendary. the ti mostly serves as support to the fe, serving as the analytical backup in allowing him to understand others. as for ne: he is most definitely an innovator with unusual ideas, or the foxes wouldn’t exist

riko: estp (se ti fe ni)

riko is basically what happens when an estp goes bad down to the core. he’s obsessed with personal glory and immediate self-fulfillment (se) he has no impulse control or fear of consequences. interestingly, high se is often associated with athleticism, because high se people are intensly focused on their surroundings (exy). his ti is also super unhealthy as he gets obsessed with ideas that dont really work with objective reality, like his obsession with ownership and power dynamics despite them not actually being efficient, even backwards. the tertiary fe he uses to manipulate. he doesn’t empathize with others, but he can tell their emotional state and what’s important to them, and uses it to coerce them and destroy their sense of self, like how he knew he could get neil to the nest by threatening andrew. EDIT: /additionally, fe people especially in the lower half of the function stack tend to derive their sense of self from the perceptions of others around them, which riko very much shows in how he needs to be acknowledged as the best and won’t allow any competition for his title, as well as his desperation for acknowledgement from his family/. finally, that ni allowed him to keep multiple plans in place focused on one ultimate goal: getting kevin back. the sheer amount of schemes he sets up in order to fool and push people the way he wants is honestly kinda impressive, but he’s a toxic shithead and im glad he’s rotting. definitely not representative of all estp’s

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this is honestly SO funny to read back a few years later bc HOOOOO boy was i way too into this stuff. and this was written a couple years after my Peak MBTI Obsession, which was honestly scary

[whereareroo]

KINDERGARTEN WISDOM

In 1988, a Unitarian minister named Robert Fulghum released a wonderful book entitled "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten." Fulghum had been ordained in 1961, and the book contains 50 essays that he wrote during the first 25 years of his ministry.

The title of the book is taken from the first, and most famous, essay. Here it is:

"All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good from you.

Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

Wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup--they all die. So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned--the biggest word of all--LOOK.

Everything you need to know is there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think about what a better world it would be if we all--the whole world--had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it's still true, no matter how old you are--when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together."

It could be the best essay ever written. We should all post it on a wall and read it every day. (For many years, it was posted in the break room at my law firm.)

Today, I want to focus on Fulghum's first basic rule: "Share everything." I think Fulghum made it #1 for a reason. Communities cannot survive without sharing. The world cannot survive without sharing. Sharing is an essential element of life.

In an interview 20 years after the book was published, Fulghum was asked if he thought his essay was too simplistic. Here's his response: "It would do no good to tell a six year old that: 'Studies have shown that human society cannot function without an equitable distribution of the resources of the earth.' While this statement is profoundly and painfully true, a child cannot comprehend this vocabulary. So a child is told that there are twenty children and five balls to play with; likewise four easels, three sets of blocks, two guinea pigs, and one bathroom. To be fair, we must share."

Nobody likes to talk about it, but one of the things that must be shared is time on earth. Currently, the world population is just under 8 billion people. Based upon calculations related to the limited resources in the biosphere, scientists believe that earth has a maximum carrying capacity of 9 to 10 billion people. We know, however, that approximately 105 billion people have lived on earth. Life on earth has survived because people die. We all get a turn at being alive on earth. Then, others get their turn. If nobody died, and the population continuously grew, life on earth would have ended a very long time ago. We should all be thankful that 95 billion people have died during the course of history. If they hadn't died, we wouldn't be here. We're all here because time on earth is shared. We all get a turn.

In 1965, a few years after Fulghum was ordained and many years before he wrote his essay about kindergarten, a group called the Byrds released a famous folk song called "Turn, Turn, Turn." The song explains that there is constant turnover in life. The song begins with: "To everything--turn, turn, turn--there is a season--turn, turn, turn--and a time to every purpose under heaven." The very next line deals with the difficult issue that we've been discussing: "A time to be born, a time to die." The writer of the song, Pete Seeger, understood that we have to share earth and take turns at life. He addressed that concept in the very first line of the song.

Not everybody knows that the song Turn, Turn, Turn was essentially plagiarized from The Bible. Take a look at the beginning of the third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes. You'll see the lyrics to Turn, Turn, Turn. Forget about the Byrds, and forget about Fulghum. The Bible tells us that time on earth is shared and that we each get a turn.

Go back to the top of this post and read Fulghum's essay again. This time start at item 15 and read upwards. Item 15 says: "Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup--they all die. So do we."

If you read upwards from there, aware of your own mortality, you'll see excellent tips for leading a moral and ethical life. In our limited time on earth, our turn, Fulghum tells us how to take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and earth itself. Following Fulghum's rules will make you a better and happier person during your turn at life.

At my childhood Church, there was a priest who used to say: "You don't control when you're born. You don't control when you die. You do control most of the middle. Make good decisions and make the most of it."

We should all strive to make the most of our turn at life. When the end of our turn arrives, we need to take comfort in the fact that we are stepping aside so others can take their turn at life. Death is a noble act of selflessness. It's the ultimate way to follow Fulghum's first rule: "Share everything."

[coolgirl]

Jason expert rate Jason’s designs

sorry for being late i was busy with school but now i’m free so to celebrate. jason indulgence.

pre-crisis not robin

very cute. i like that it has a lil more of flair to it? the collar and the lines on the gloves and the shorter cape.. also love it has pants. king rlly king. wonder if they already knew he was gonna be robin anyways or if they were still considering nightbird. anyways, 8/10 bc its cute

pre & post-crisis robin (bc its basically the same)

i mean its a classic.. however it reminds me jason was the only robin who was simply given dick’s clothes rather than like. have an unique look? which sucks. 7/10 middle child syndrome is REAL

post-crisis robin (winter edition)

OKAY NOW THIS. i absolutely love. is it tacky? oh yes without a doubt. i still love the pants and the sleeves. finally winter clothes for this child, especially considering his new titans scene where he was bitching about the costume not being snow proof. he got what he wanted! 9/10

new 52/rebirth costume by

EPIC. IDC I LOVE IT.the circles on his arms and his boots.. the lines on his legs.. i just love it. i love the red mask too… it feels.. not more unique, but feels more jason-y than the other costume. 10/10

NOW. onto older stuff

hush

as u can see im VERY confusion about the pouches and the straps?? why??? whats the purpose.. generally its fine. the white strand moved a nation and i think the chest piece is cool, but everything else.. uglee. like the long as hell jacket and him looking 40 years old like why r u 19 looking like fifty? ugly white man. 5/10

winicks/utrh version

LITERALLY A CLASSIC. i love this costume sooo much. like jason obviously grew out of it, as in it wouldnt make sense for him anymore to go with something like this as his main costume because i feel like this fit the utrh mood (him not veing a vigilante/hero/villain whatver but trying to be a mob boss n shit) and it just. fucks. i love the helmet just being plain with no stupid mouth or nose shape. i simply love it. 10/10

nigthwing

its just. its just the nightwing costume. didnt even try he just stole that from dick. he still rocks it and looks better than dick, and u gotta give him points for accessorizing with his dagger. 7/10

red robin 

im not. a big fan of this costume.. i think the cowl is ugly, it just does not work for someone as big as jason… however i do like why he took this mantle and what it meant.. 6/10 no words head empty. 

oh brother. furryman

ITS SUCH AN UGLY COSTUME. muzzle batman walked so muzzle red hood could run. its just. ugly like ugly. i dont like the ears or again the muzzle or whatever the hell is going on in the arms.. its just so edgy. 5/10

WANNA KNOW WHAT A SEXY EVIL BATMAN COSTUME LOOK LIKE?

Injustice 2 batman

I2 HAD IT IN THE BAG BABY. i like that its like classic batman costume but again! with some jason touches! the red eyes, the electric tiddies making a comeback.. epic genuinely epic. 10/10

and if ur not into evil jason

100% dad ‘i have my life figured out’ batman jason 

just like the nightwing costume this is just. batman costume. nothing special or different from it so its like did u even try? BUT in this scenario it actually means smth that he stuck to bruces costume.. sweet.. but boring. 7/10

speaking of. evil ugly designs. ugh i hate this.

this motherfucker

ive never. ever. felt as humiliated by a costume than thetime jason wore this. like MORTIFYING RLLY. its DISGUSTINGGG. the helmet shape. the fucking WHITE. the SKULL PLEASE WHO DESIGNED THIS WHO HATES ME IN PARTICULAR SO MUCH??? THIS MAN DOES NOT FUCK! HES UGLY! HE STINKS!!!! the red guns are epic that much i can say. LOOK AT THOSE PANS GOD ITS SO HUMILLIATING. 0/10 WORST COSTUME EVER.

HOWEVER. winick and the artist spun GOLD from it, because next time jason wore possibly my favorite costume to date

this motherfucker…2!

like look how much better it looks with a little of swag.. the helmet without eyes.. the belts.. the fucking leather jacket.. keeping the red guns/gloves.. like seriously i dont know a better man. the skull is still awful and i wouldve replaced the white for black and MWAH best costume. like the black part at the top make it all red and the white make it black.. god this jason fucks massively i love him. 11/10 my favorite by a landslide perhaps

new 52/rebirth red hood

OKAY I KNOW theyre slightly different (rebirth has shorter sleeves and a more padded look) but to me its like. same thing. okay i think its.. fine. its not phenomenal but its not ugly.. i like the brown jacket more than the black jacket i have to admit, its more distinctive and i simply like the color more, however i do not.. like jason having the bat symbol.. but thats also a me thing about how badly written this is. anyways. the helmet with the mouth disgusts me and everytime its drawn like that its humilliating. like. 7/10. maybe 7+. when it has the mouth or like nose ANY FACIAL EXPRESSION RLLY its a 5. 

wingman

oh i absolutely despise that helmet. he looks like fucking. terminator. its the ugliest shape ive ever seen and the visor is.. huge. i dont like the shoulder pads either idk what the fuck its going on with the thing around his neck either.. like hes. knockout batman and i HATEEE IT. damians costume slaps tho. i just… its… ugly. like.. 3/10. 

get damian back arc red hood costume

oh im a HUGE fan of this design.i love how his costume is designed in a way thats like. if jason was a dnd character he absolutely would be a tank. the padding, the red undertones everywhere, i just.. love it. i like how all the costumes were done to reflect their personalities you know.. i like this robin red hood hybrid. 9/10 would even say 10/10 bc i just enjoy how gleason draws jason.

red hood/arsenal costume

its like. i dont hate it completely (i love the way the hood+helmet looks) and thats.. yeah thats pretty much all i like about it. i HATEEEE the vest i hate it fr.i hate how huge the sumbol is and idk this costume just does not spark joy. 5/10

outlaw costume

okay this one. this one drives me insane. because like. okay i dig parts of it. i like the lack of sleeves. i like the gloves thingies. i like the hood. i could get aboard him ditching the helmet - it breaks all the damn time anyways. i like the stripes on his pants in the boots. ALL SEPARATE? NEAT. now i hate. hate. the muzzle. like WHY IT LOOKS SO UGLYYY LIKE SO UGLY like unless the artist GETS IT and is SEXY it looks awful. look at this

AWFUL. also like it made sense for when he was on the run and he had to make do and assemble a costume from what he had but like now hes sponsored by lex, get that man a goddamn new suit already please. anyways. 6/10.. like i said i like many elements from it but its still.. kinda ugly all together and depends A LOT on the artist.

three jokers

im torn on this one.. i think its a bit boring.. i dont rlly like the top part, it reminds me SOO much of that one tt issue where he beat the fuck out of tim while wearing a robin costume like i understad the implications of him wearing a costume thats similar to the robin blouse but im not a big fan.. also i prefer the brown leather jacket. its like not his worst costume by far but not the best.. like pretty basic?  i would say 6/10

NOW SOME AUS.

tiny titans & lil gotham

okay these two are like. pretty much the canon versions of robin and red hood HOWEVER they both have details that are different from the original version and DESERVE a mention. the curls on robin jason and jasons red gloves/belt are ICONIC. whoever designed them knew what they were about, so 10/10 best bapy jason.

arkham knight

does the person who designed this know how much theyve done for the lgbt community? i hope they do. i love.. a lot about this costume. i love the ears, i love how techno it is, i love the layers to it.. im.. not a big fan of the whole military thingy but i have to admit that applying it to the design itself is kind of neat.. i love the colors too and how.. practical it is while being. well. kinda dramatic? the whole bat aesthetic.. yeah. i love it. 9/10

arkham red hood

this one.. when u think about it the outlaw version is VEEERY similar to this one: the pants, the hood, the jacket eve. however i like this helmet so much more, i have a weakness for eyeless (??) helmets.. i like the little details of it as well, i remember that pic going around of it being held together with like. fuckign stitches and bandaids. legendary. i love this look, i would say 9+/10

injustice 2 jason

okay gonna go ahead and say it: not a big fan of the helmet. it looks like.. a bug? the lenses do not spark joy. this bitch has many styles and like toners etc and i will no rate them all. i think its a pretty basic design, not the best but not the worst either. like if it was an exam i would make them pass but make faces at what im reading like eeehhhgh. 7/10.

hag jason

middle one is like literally, on the outside and superficial level, just. his usual costume. the jacket and the grey kevlar and the bat. now the gloves are sexy as hell.. and in the whit ebackground one u can appreciate the under costume better and i really like it?? i just.. like the design. I HATE HOWEVER the bat helmet. WHY IS IT HOLLOW?? BITCH HELLO?? AND THE BATMAN SYMBOL DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! and i like things making sense!!!. we will not talk about jason in this book. like.. 8/10. maybe 9 if im feeling it.

hag jason 2: the hagger and the furious

hes just.. a little old man.. he cannot change this.. i like this design. i like seeing jason grow old. wish it wasnt in this context. my father rlly. 8/10

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am i forgetting any jays.. i wont do all animated robins because they all look the same and the one that doesnt i do not like. SO HERES my thoughts..

[velveetacrackncheese]

Hey, Rad... Alex... Alexlememe? I know that's the name you used to go by and I know you've kinda disconnected yourself from Viv's fanbase after ZP ended, and I remember your memes and such but I kinda just wanted to get your take on the Hazbin drama since you reblogged the headcanon blog's post on the subject. More or less regarding the issue of her being uncharitable to fans and non-fans alike, plus that one callout post on twitter?

So this is weird. I wasn’t expecting to get asks on the subject since like you said, I’ve generally been disconnected from the fanbase aside from the few reblogs here and there retaining to Hazbin and its more recent developments. But yeah I guess I could give my take on this since I mean.. old fans still follow me. Idk why, but they do!So, really. In regards to that callout post (which is now deleted) I really, really don’t care that much. For one thing, Initially I did because I really hated to see someone be slandered so viciously with inaccurate and uncharitable attacks, but I kinda just stopped because even when I linked the addresses from both Viv, and the Ken dude regarding all the drama mentioned, it was either ignored and resulting in me being called a “pedo sympathizer” or “It wasn’t even an apologyyyyy weh” and like, whatever. I stopped giving a shit.

Terms of the traced animation thing... Lol, ok. I mean homages do exist, and her animation thingy was based on a meme so whatevs.

Anyways,I knew from the very start that the whole “tracing” and “stealing designs” stuff was nonsense since there was an entire like, tumblr drama arc on the issue, and albeit Viv’s post is gone, there’s evidence of legal contracts regarding Jiji and that whole nonsense that was years ago. In regards to her drawing pictures of Blaire White and Shoe… Eh. I mean, yeah, fuck em, but she’s made it clear that she doesn’t support those views anymore, and she wasn’t even really aware of the other things they’d done at that point, and I see no real reason not to believe her because what does lying about that gain her? Yeah her comment on the “blackface” thing if you wanna call it that was dumb as shit, but considering 2016 was a rough year for her in terms of trying to find where she fell in the political sphere, I can relate because I was in the same boat. A lot of sjw cringe comps, shaming feminists, and purposely misgendering transpeople… Not a good time for me either! Course I’ve changed. I went from being a reactionary alt-centrist to an anarchist so. Whether that’s an improvement is up to you.

As for the whole pedo/zoo shit, I really don’t see it. I mean like, look, obviously porn art portraying people fucking feral animals is disgusting right. Not saying it isn’t problematic or anything, but to be fair, she did draw this shit like 8 years ago. I’ve seen worse from even more well-established artists and I don’t see people trying to cancel them? Also, the art was suggestive for one thing and not necessarily 100% porn. I mean it’s still creepy and gross, and I’d understand scolding them if they continued to do so but a lot worse, but I haven’t seen anything like that from Viv past those 2 drawings. As for the pedo shit… The relationship between a 17 year old and a 19 year old is… hardly creepy and reminiscent of pedo shit. So yeah no fuck that. Now with the drawing of Mirage and Kestrel and the tag that said something jokingly like “Mirage and her pedo tendencies” or whatever… Yeah idk, I can’t defend that lmfao. Again, Viv said she disapproves of those drawings and doesn’t care to think about them, but that one piece of artwork definitely had some baggage to it that made me feel uncomfortable after reading the tags.Only issue I took in terms of her addressing that, is that she was very adamant about it being an inside joke… Which if that’s true, you must’ve had some fucked up friends like damn.

I would also like to state that cub art is legitimately disgusting and I am of the belief that it can cause harm depending on the context since I assume the consumption of cub art can reinforce the urge for pedophiles to act on their desires instead of finding healthy coping mechanisms for it through therapy. There have been stories from younger users on the internet that older people have tried to groom them and have the notion of pedos preying on them be normalized by sending them art depicting kids in sexual acts with adults. Of course in isolation cub art isn’t as harmful as the actual act of raping a child, and I would argue that people have their priorities kind of messed up since the illustration being acknowledged should be part of combating pedophiles preying on children. However, people, typically twitter wokescolds tend to focus on the art solely and I don’t know why. There’s a lot of MAPS trying to find their way into LGBT spaces and it’s fucking gross.

Now with Hazbin itself… It’s meh. Initially I watched it with rose-tinted glasses and loved it. After watching it for like… the 3rd, 4th, 5th time? It’s alright. I don’t hate it, but it’s far from perfect. Now ofc I know it’s a pilot but a very lengthy pilot I’ll say. My biggest gripe with the pilot is that the editing is really fucking weird. Like the editing where Angel tells Alastor “I can suck yah dick!” and the scene that followed was really off. It seemed like too many cuts were made in that instance and seemed very cluttered. It also feels that way during Charlie singing “Inside Every Demon is a Rainbow” and how many little animated bits were like almost wiped off the screen by how fast it came by, and ntm there was just so much happening all at once on screen as well. I had to pause at points just to process everything that was happening. The palette is also very, very, verrrry red. There’s so much red going on and like… I get it, it’s in hell. But lemme rest my eyes on something else besides red, please. The palette they use needs to be better diversified, and the same goes for the characters too. Every character seems to have red on them. Whenever Baxter shows up later he’s gonna look really out of place. Some of the jokes were ok, and others seemed non-clever. I didn’t think Angel’s joke about sucking Al’s dick was funny. I did like the joke with Pentious and Angel though. “SON??” Some of it could’ve been written better too.

Regarding the drama with the show itself… Personally I don’t get it. Like, I don’t feel as if Angel is homophobic as a character since his queerness isn’t at the face of the jokes he makes? He just happens to be sex worker which… sex workers are fine? Support sex workers y’all, seriously. There’s also nothing intrinsically wrong with being sexually active either? As long as it’s within reason and you’re being trustworthy.The issue lies in the fact that people viewed the things I just mentioned as negative, and associate it with gay people as said negatively portrayed thing to push the sentiment of “Gay man do sex a lot therefore the gays bad” or that sort of thing. Also there’s a bit where it shows there’s more emotional depth to him and I’m hoping they’ll expand on that later. Honestly though, the criticisms in regards to that have been pretty uncharitable. Same with the criticisms for Vaggie. Apparently Vaggie is racist because… she’s loud and angry? Again, this is a case where people assume those traits are negative, and because it’s assumed to be negative, the negatively portrayed thing pushes the sentiment of “Being a loud fiery woman made, and latina women are that, therefore latina women bad” or some shit.  There are stereotypes that are bad no matter what the context is like sambo-esque caricatures of black people. Then there are tropes that are applied to certain demographics that have the capability to be written well into characters without it being offensive or disrespectful. Vaggie is literally angry because she’s protective of her gf. Like. C’mon.

So, I think that settles what I think about that? It honestly seems like superficial shit to me tbh, and I’m saying this as an sjw-y beta cuck anarchist.

The only REAL gripe I have, is with what the mod from @zpheadcanons posted. Because I know this is probably true as much as it hurts me to say it. Faust def has a history of being pretty petty and bully-like to people she deems undesirable, and Viv harbors it by not criticizing it, and if anyone else within their friend group does it then you’re scolded vehemently and treated like garbage. Her attitude also stretches to harboring an audience full of white knights that I personally don’t approve of.

There’s also this

Faust has hurt distant people I personally know and… yeah. Maybe I’m biased but I can’t vibe with that. Sorry. If you don’t make an effort to criticize abusive behavior within your own friend circles then that makes you just as bad, because then you’re just a bystander to things you could have prevented.

This isn’t to say Viv herself hasn’t dealt with bad faith actors, or people who had the intention to hurt her, or very uncharitable criticism. Particularly from the badwebcomics forums which is honestly 4chan like in how they operate. It’s vicious as hell, and a lot of their criticisms boil down to insults and personal attacks, which serve to be nonconstructive. That’s not to say Viv has been kind to even the more charitable criticism though. I know because when I happened to send an ask to the zoophobia criticism blog (where did it go???) regarding something relatively minor and superficial, she blocked me from her blog. I’m still blocked lmfao. I’m not blocked on twitter though! (not yet anyways). Faust has me blocked there though, and I have no idea why. She’s had me blocked for years even though I haven’t spoken out against her till recently. So, there’s that.

As for her apology itself, I feel like it was fine. I think it could’ve been worded better? The take I disagree with in terms of that is like… If I made a mistake in the past, and I make it clear that I don’t care for what I did, I don’t feel as if me explaining why I felt compelled to do certain things negate me from still not caring for my past actions? That’s just me providing context. That’s a really weird take, but I guess that could be viewed as an excuse idk. Personally I think people are holding the bar super high to a state of irrationality.

*sigh* So yeah there’s that. I miss the old days where honestly I could be ignorant about this, but at the same time I look at my old obsessive posts and I kinda just… cringe. I was such an irrational stan I almost hate myself for it. Fuck XD

Edit: I’d also like to point out that I’m not saying Viv or Faust are totally awful or totally good people, and I know they’re capable of being better. It’s a matter of whether or not they wanna be better.

[goblin-gardens]

@grimark replied to your post “although she is the only one who is currently a literal goblin, i think there’s actually a strong argument to be made about each member of the M9 being actually more Goblin than Nott is”

if you get the time/inclination i would Love to hear about the goblin energy of the rest of the m9

anything for u grim. and anything to tempt you further into the world of Critical Role. i see you liking my “Caduceus Clay is a twink” posts and the good good fjanart i reblog. i see you.

come. stay a while and listen! read my very long and very scientific essay! i will not be disclosing how long this took me, but there are almost 2500 words under the cut.

okay okay okay so the first thing we need to do in this very serious and scientific endeavor is separate Sam Reigel’s MASSIVE Goblin Energy from his character. that man’s Goblid Quotient is OFF THE CHARTS.

when we look at Just Nott (and Veth, which would be a whole nother section but we don’t actually know anything about her??) does she express clear Goblin Traits at a higher rate than the rest of her party? they are generally a pretty gobliny bunch, or they wouldn’t be killing strangers to take their gold, but do they have true Goblin Traits?

Some key elements of Goblinry: 1) Collection Of Crap 2) Chaos 3) Minionhood 4) Gooey Center 5) Laser Pointer Focus 6) Furious Devotion and 7) Hideous Cackling. what’s that? these seven qualities match up with the seven other members of the Mighty Nein, past and present? what a coincidence!!

1) Collection Of Crap, epitomized by: Caleb Widogast. a fairly self explanatory goblin trait. okay so yes, this is a trait Nott has in spades, and is specifically and canonically an aspect of her goblinhood. Caleb, however has chosen to Collect Crap to be a wizard, filling his pockets with spell components including, but by no means limited to, sulfur, molasses, honeycomb, bits of copper wire, and literal bat shit. it’s all just. in his pockets. being slimy. he has also been Collecting the Crap of trauma in his brain for many years, and no fantasy therapist has been around to help him KonMari some of it into healthier boxes. he has also Collected a whole new family to care about, and in many ways, he views that as kinda shitty. (runners up: Jester, with the animals and haversack of holding, Beau, with her constant wanting to know shit, Fjord, with his balls)

2) Chaos, epitomized by: Jester Lavorre. another Goblin trait Nott shares, but Nott hasn’t built a religion out of chaos. she’s not a high priestess of drawing dicks on things. her magic powers don’t some from a divine mandate to fuck shit up. honestly, i feel unconvinced by the assertion that Nott has a Chaotic alignment, while Jester’s CG status is unassailable. pets also up the chaos meter, though this Collection can be attributed to Laura Bailey and this has been taken into consideration. Jester’s childhood in the Lavish Chateau was sort of like a pandora’s jack in the box getting wound tighter and tighter and tighter past all physical comprehension, and though the lid has been lifted, the spring is only just starting to sproing. we haven’t even reached the Zenith yet! (runners up: Molly, with the egg dick incident, and Fjord, with his need to always....... touch..... things......)

3) Minionhood, epitomized by: Fjord “No-Name” Swordvjore. in CR, goblins will work together to target weaker and easy opponents, but aren’t prone to individual heroism and rarely, if ever, go out of their way to save a friend. in their villages, little value is placed on familial relationships or education, they’re not big team players, and everyone has a terrible sense of humor. what do they have in common with Fjord? NOT A WHOLE FUCKING LOT, ACTUALLY. Fjord shows the other side of the coin, like how tactics that don’t rely on using yourself as canon fodder are more successful, or like how the power of friendship and diverse skill sets makes your team stronger. though he is currently examining the negative aspects of his own Minonhood, Fjord has spent much of his life content to be a minion. on a merchant ship, climbing ropes and battening hatches as he was instructed, and now a minion of a mysterious and powerful creature. however, he’s realized this arrangement no longer suits him, and he is looking for other options (like being a paladin??) (runner up: Caduceus Clay, committed WildMinion)

4) Gooey Center, epitomized by: Yasha Nydoorin. the Gooey Center is protected by a spiky, brittle, intimidating, crunchy, and/or off putting exterior.  Yasha is our big, scary, tenderhearted wlw. our giant soft-hearted, angelic, full-of-boiling-murderous-rage, lightning-punching, funeral-not-having runaway who loves her wife and makes us cry. she shaves her arms with her sword. she uses books in non-traditional ways. she vanishes into the night sometimes in a very mysterious and tragic manner. she is our most Romantic player character, and she is super ripped and super queer, which are all aspirational goblin qualities. in practice, most goblins connect with their gooey center by being squished by someone like Yasha, maybe with a giant hammer. (runners up: Caleb, known glass canon with a very crunchy exterior, Beau, puncher of feelings, and Molly, who rudely showed us just how how close that center can be to the surface)

5) Laser Pointer Focus, epitomized by: Caduceus Clay. related to Minionhood, this is the aspect of Goblinry that the leader uses to achieve goals. the dogged focus of a True Goblin is powerful and direct, but can be redirected with the proper pressure or leadership, or lost when a cause or leader is not compelling enough or doesn’t provide adequate payment. the Laser Pointer Focus has an investigatory aspect as well, gathering little bits of info from every which way in moments, though the information gathered is rarely put to use immediately. Caduceus, who sees all but doesn’t always act on it, and is content to support the Nein and follow their meandering path to his goal, checks many of these boxes. (runners up: Fjord, spiritually chasing a laser pointer at all times, Jester, whose laser pointer always points at chaos, and Caleb, a cat)

6) Furious Devotion, epitomized by Beauregard Lionett. also going hand in hand with Minionhood, this is the trait that makes goblins actually willing to die in battle against adventurers and town guards and shit. but it doesn’t require any comfort with or willingness to follow authority, it’s the more feral side of love that is reigned in by Minionhood in true Goblins. this is the part of the Goblin that drive the Collecting of Crap because it genuinely loves all the shit it finds. Beau is a prime example of this trait, especially because as she gets more and more invested in a person or ideal, her willingness to let go, even in the face of likely death, decreases dramatically. see episode 55 for reference, among others. she also has a rather Goblinish inability to effectively communicate the depths of her feelings, though this is sort of an aspect of her defense of her Gooey Center and something she’s actively working on. (runners up: Yasha, very good at using the Fury to pursue the Devotion, and Caleb, even less able to discuss his feelings than Beau)

and finally 7) Hideous Cackling, epitomized by Mollymauk Tealeaf. this is what a Goblin does when surveying their Collection of Crap and the Chaos they have caused. this is how they communicate with fellow Minions in the know, how they react to seeing someone else’s Gooey Center, to catching the Laser Pointer. this is the easiest way to express their feelings of Devotion. the Hideous Cackle of a True Goblin is un-selfconscious and entirely for the benefit of the Cackler. Cackling Hideously is an act of self love. you can find your goblin group by listening to the Discordant Chorus made by Cackling together, and when you’re all reveling in the cacophony, there you are. it’s a little hedonistic and a little punk and a little queer, disregarding conventional expectations of beauty or family or polite behavior, and all about diving deep into the things that you are and the things that make you happy. an extremely Molly philosophy, truth be told. (runner up: Jester, gleeful agent of chaos)

Now lets use a quantifiable rubric to measure these attributes in each member of the M9. these will be X out of 11 because 77 is more of a Goblin Number than 70.

Nott The Brave Collection of Crap-- extremely.  9/11 Chaos-- FLUFFERNUTTERRRRRRRRRR!  8/11 Minionhood-- not really! her love of Caleb is much more protective (of him and his future abilities) than anything else.  3/11 Gooey Center-- ehhh she’s secretive, but her tender spots are other people, not actually her.  5/11 Laser Pointer Focus--  her main goals are all inwardly motivated and have not changed during the campaign.  2/11 Furious Devotion-- her love is extremely powerful.  10/11 Hideous Cackling-- a surprisingly low score due to her great potential for growth in the self-love department.  3/11 total score: 40/77. not a bad score, but not Extremely Goblin!

how does that stack up against every one else?

Caleb Collection of Crap-- keeps everything in his pockets except for his cat, which is in his heart.  11/11 Chaos-- absolutely creates it, but lacks proper conviction and glee.  3/11 Minionhood-- while formerly a Minion, he has developed his own purpose, and is no longer eager to follow authority.  1/11 Gooey Center-- easily smashed by any large or medium-sized hammer, but maintains staunch denial of inner Gooeyness.  8/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- has goal, will travel. difficult to redirect.  5/11 Furious Devotion-- literally willing to break the world for people he loves.  10/11 Hideous Cackling-- this man has not once consensually Cackled in his  whole life.  -4/11 total score: 34/77. Not Especially Goblin!

Yasha Collection of Crap-- does have a whole book of pressed flowers! Collected Molly and then stuck with the Nein out serendipity/stubbornness.  6/11 Chaos-- she doesn’t really revel in it :/.  5/11 Minionhood-- serves a higher power and follows along the decisions of others in the group, even when not super enthused about them, like going to Xhorhas.  8/11 Gooey Center-- all the Gooeyer for being well protected, and though her emotional walls are not the most formidable in the party, the amount of protected feeling was unexpected  11/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- loyal to two guides, the Stormlord and the M9, though the Stormlord can pull her easily away from the group.  9/11 Furious Devotion-- very very angry.  10/11 Hideous Cackling-- could stand to be a bit more open about it.  4/11 Total score: 53/77 Actually Pretty Gobliny!

Fjord Collection of Crap-- collection is limited in scope and volume, but high in Strangeness.  8/11 Chaos-- a troublemaker, for sure and certain.  7/11 Minionhood-- Literally A Minion right now, summons demonic minions on occasion.  11/11 Gooey Center-- he is a twunk and he is mad about it.  6/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- this man cannot resist pushing buttons, be they physical, emotional, or likely to end the word.  9/11 Furious Devotion-- still figuring out where his passions lie, but he cares a lot about his friends.  5/11 Hideous Cackling-- too self conscious! loosen up! needs to Cackle in his own voice.  3/11 total score: 49/77 a respectable Goblin showing.

Beau Collection of Crap-- wants to know everything, is building a family. some points lost for minimalist monk aesthetic.  9/11 Chaos-- aspiring member of Nott the Best Detective Agency, punches people to learn about them.  8/11 Minionhood-- would destroy me for even suggesting it.  -6/11 Gooey Center-- just! wants! everyone! to! get! along!  7/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- has no clearcut Mission To Complete, tries to be a voice of reason.  2/11 Furious Devotion-- JUST! WANTS! EVERYONE! TO! GET! ALONG!  11/11 Hideous Cackling-- doesn’t give a fuck what anybody thinks, but is still learning to give a fuck about what she thinks.  5/11 total score: 36/77 second-least Goblin!

Molly Collection of Crap-- behold the coat. 8/11 Chaos-- he has that certain je ne se quois.  10/11 Minionhood-- the Moonweaver in not a fan of her followers following anyone’s orders. also he has his own minions and doesn’t want them  3/11 Gooey Center-- loves openly and without reservation. and also……………………  8/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- Molly’s focus is loving his friends and knowing fuck all.  5/11 Furious Devotion-- found a tall sad lady and made his circus adopt her. gives money to orphans.  7/11 Hideous Cackling-- genuinely personified this action for two years.  11/11 total score: 52/77 not too shabby!

Jester Collection of Crap-- while most of her random shit has potential uses, it’s also a whole lot of random shit. some of its weasels.  10/11 Chaos-- spreading discord is a religious mandate for her. Her powers come from chaos.  11/11 Minionhood-- has limits in what she will support, but is pretty devoted to her friends! easily swept up in other people’s excitement.  8/11 Gooey Center-- physically well-defended, she has the luxury of wearing her heart on her sleeve. 6/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- it might seem like she’s easily distracted, but that’s actually because her surface level attention is secondary. her primary goal is actually Fucking Shit Up.  7/11 Furious Devotion-- gets attached and does. not. let. go.  10/11 Hideous Cackling-- the end goal of everything Jester does is Cackling With The Traveler, and she often succeeds.  10/11 total score: 62/77 Pretty Fucking Goblin!

Caduceus: Collection of Crap-- dude has a swarm of bugs living in his staff.  8/11 Chaos-- NOT a fan of stuff that disrupts the proper order of nature.  4/11 Minionhood-- of all the M9, the one with the guiding principles most defined by another being. a bit of a zealot, by word of Taliesin.  9/11 Gooey Center-- encourages everyone else to talk about their feelings, yet doesn’t talk about his own in the same way. very fragile. please protect this firbolg.  10/11 Laser Pointer Focus-- has a well-defined goal, but not a well defined path. constantly looking for the answers. 11/11 Hideous Cackling-- Cackling is a more intense action than thinking something is nice, but he’s on the right track. 5/11 total score: 47/77 more than a little Goblin!

final ranking (out of 77) 34, Caleb 🐱 36, Beau 👊 40, Nott 🏹 47, Caduceus 🐞 49, Fjord 🗡️ 52, Molly 🎴 53, Yasha ⚡ 62, Jester 🦄

now, 40/77 is by no means a LOW Goblin Quotient, but this single, not peer reviewed study shows that Nott is not, in fact, the ultimate Goblin of the M9. as a goblin of science myself, i absolutely invite further discussion and welcome any additional research into this matter. who do you think is the most Goblin?

happy goblining, friends! it’s thursday!

[wrestlingisfake]

Dominion preview

Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega - Okada is defending the IWGP heavyweight championship.  The match will be determined by whoever scores two out of three possible falls, and there will be no time limit.  The winner of this match will most likely be champion during the 7/7 show in San Francisco, the G1 Climax tournament, and the 9/1 All In show in Chicago.

In 2017, Omega and Okada had a series of three matches.  Okada retained the title in the first match, a 47-minute epic at Wrestle Kingdom 12.  That match was so good, Dave Meltzer actually gave it six stars, with the implication that it was a once-in-a-generation classic and nothing could top it.  The rematch at last year’s Dominion went to a 60-minute draw, which was so good Meltzer had to swallow his pride and give it six and a quarter stars.  Okada and Omega met once again during the G1 Climax, with the tournament’s standard 30-minute time limit; Omega finally got the win in 25 minutes, but the title was not on the line.  This time Dave “just” gave it six stars again.  Suffice it to say that expectations are running high for this one.

There isn’t much backstory this time around.  Okada has basically cleaned out the heavyweight division, achieving a record 12 consecutive title defenses over the past two years.  So he just sort of challenged Omega, who has spent all of 2018 focused on his tag team with Kota Ibushi and hasn’t exactly been in contention for the singles belts.  Unlike the first three matches in the series, this time Kenny is a full-fledged face, and he doesn’t have the full support of the Young Bucks, let along Bullet Club as a whole.  It’s possible this match will become nothing but a chapter in the Bullet Club breakup, but that’d be a shame.

There’s no particular reason this match has to go super-long, but the “two out of three falls” and “no time limit” stips are designed to give that impression.  I’m eager to see these two go for over an hour, but they could have a plan that defies expectations.  One guy could have a bad night and get embarrassed in two straight falls within 20 minutes.  If they do go long, though, the big question will be whether they can recreate the high quality of the earlier matches without looking like they’re just jerking off to how great they are.  I think they can, but there is a risk in going to the well one too many times.  If only for the law of averages, you kinda have to bet against this one being five stars or more.  It’s almost unthinkable that it can end up being regarded as the best of the four.

It feels like it’s time for Okada to lose the title, and if they’re ever going to put it on Omega there’s no use waiting any longer.  I think I’ve picked Kenny to win all of these matches, and so far that hasn’t panned out well.  Every time these guys wrestle I don’t see any reason to hold off on Kenny, and then Okada shows me why he’s still the best wrestler in the company, if not the world.  I tend to think Kenny should at least even up the series to set up a fifth match in the Tokyo Dome, but I just can’t bet against Okada.

Tetusya Naito vs. Chris Jericho - Naito is defending the IWGP intercontinental title, although he never brings the belt with him and is vocal about his disinterest in the championship.  Jericho came to New Japan to get himself over by beating Kenny Omega, but that didn’t work so he started targeting Naito.  Then Jericho disappeared for a few months, to the point that many thought he had wrapped up his NJPW commitments, and then he suddenly showed up again beating Naito to a bloody pulp.

The concept here is that Jericho believes he can get under Naito’s skin by claiming that the “real” main event of Wrestle Kingdom 12 was Jericho/Omega, not Okada/Naito.  This plays off the idea that Naito was so bitter about his main event spot at Wrestle Kingdom 8 being moved down the card years ago.  Of course, Naito dealt with that bitterness by developing his current gimmick of not letting anything bother him, so he blows off Jericho’s headgames like he barely notices.  Jericho, meanwhile, is playing up the idea that he’s unable to let anything go, so Naito’s chill will just enrage him and make him more dangerous.

This match is in a tough spot, sandwiched between Okada/Omega and Ospreay/Takahashi, both of which are expected to be match of the year candidates.  Both guys should be motivated to meet that standard while presenting something those matches can’t.  That seems to indicate a wild, bloody brawl--which tends to be more exciting in New Japan than in the US, because it’s so outside the normal format.  I doubt Jericho will win, so his motivation will be entirely about stealing the show and adding to his legend.

Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Hiromu just won the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, which means he gets to challenge Ospreay at this show for the IWGP junior heavyweight title.  It feels like these two have been feuding forever, but they’ve only faced each other one-on-one a couple of times.

These two are amazing but scary performers--there’s “let’s leave it all in the ring” and then there’s “let’s land on our necks a whole lot and hope we don’t die.”  That’s tough enough with just one of them, but against each other it could get hard to watch in places.  Both men want to make this match special at any cost; neither man is trying to have a long career.

I’d kinda like to see Hiromu win, seeing as he’s on a roll coming out of the tournament.  On the other hand, Ospreay has made a big deal out of defending the junior heavyweight title against Rey Mysterio, and I get the feeling that if he loses the belt he won’t be satisfied facing Rey with nothing at stake. So if Ospreay loses here, the Ospreay/Mysterio match may get pushed back several months.  My gut feeling is that New Japan is trying to make Ospreay the Okada of the junior division, so even when the stars aligned for his challenger, he’s still gotta be the favorite to retain.

Rey Mysterio & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Cody Rhodes & Marty Scurrl & Hangman Page - Scurrl dicked around with Liger and Mysterio at the LA show in March, and then he was dicking with Tanahashi earlier this week.  So now all three of them are teaming up to face him and his Bullet Club buddies.  It’s easy to forget Scurrl is one of the NEVER trios champions, but Cody and Page aren’t in that team so the title isn’t at stake.

This feels like a nothing match to get all these guys on the card, but Dominion is an important enough show for this to also set up the next beat in Rey’s storyline.  By the end of the match it should become clearer when he’s going to follow up on his plan to wrestle Liger, and whether their feud with Scurrl will continue.  My guess is that Rey pins Page to score the win for his team.

EVIL & SANADA vs. Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson - The Young Bucks are challenging Evil and Sanada for the IWGP heavyweight tag team championship.  The Bucks have held just about every tag team title in every promotion they’ve worked for--they even currently hold the NEVER trios title with Marty Scurrl--but they’ve never won this one.  This is arguably the highest accolade they can achieve as a team without going to WWE, and it would be fitting if they pulled it off in time to bring the belts to their self-promoted All In show.

It’s probably just as well to get the belts off Evil and Sanada ahead of the G1 Climax, since those two will probably be in it and the Bucks probably won’t.  Also, it stands to reason that Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi will make a run for the title at some point, and the Bucks would be the most meaningful champions for them to chase.  If New Japan is serious about pushing the Bucks as heavyweights, now is the time to pull the trigger.

Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin vs. Taichi - Goto’s NEVER openweight title is at stake in a three-way match, so the first man to score a fall on any other opponent will be the winner and champion.  This was originally looking like Goto vs. Elgin in a MEAN GUY MATCH.  But then Taichi stuck his nose in it because Taichi is like the Big Cass of New Japan--nobody particularly wants to see him, but dammit, you’re getting him anyway.

Usually the purpose of a three-way is so one guy can be in the match without winning or doing the job.  In this case I sense that guy is Goto, so I’m thinking Elgin pins Taichi (so Goto has to chase Elgin) or Taichi pins Elgin (to set up Taichi/Elgin while Goto moves on to other stuff).  It’s pretty unusual for New Japan to do three-ways, especially in heavyweight singles matches, and I’m not real thrilled about it.  This is kind of the Steve Blackman vs. Al Snow vs. Big Bossman of NJPW, and I sort of don’t care who wins.

Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano - Suzuki and Sabre are the Rev Pro tag team champions, but the title is not at stake.  In fact, Ishii holds the Rev Pro heavyweight singles title, so I guess those guys just love sending their belts off to Japan.  They seem to be headed somewhere with Suzuki vs. Ishii, but I’m not sure where that’s headed without a New Japan title involved.  Yano famously has Suzuki’s number--Minoru’s pure badassery is no match for Yano’s mega-cheap tactics--so I’m picking Ishii/Yano to win.

Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay - Geez, all four of these guys are basically right in the same spot where they would have been two years ago.  White is the IWGP US champion, and Juice is his likely next big challenger, and Yoshi and Finlay have both chased the title in the past.  This is a textbook case of why adding more belts doesn’t help the wrestlers unless you actually push them up the card, and you don’t need more belts to do that.  Anyway, I guess Juice pins White to set up a US title match at the San Francisco show.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. SHO & YOH - This is for the IWGP junior heavyweight tag titles, currently held by Despy and Kanemaru.  If I were running New Japan, I’d put the belts on Roppongi 3K here, to free up Desperado for a feud with Dragon Lee.  But any follow-up on the Despy/Lee BOSJ match may be months away and may not even happen in New Japan, so who knows.  These guys could trade the title back and forth a hundred times and I’d barely notice.

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Unforgettable Part 1/?

Summary: You thought your life would be played out they way you thought. But due to a tragic event, you left everything, including your soulmate, Bucky Barnes.  Pairing: Deadpool x Reader (platonic friendship) Bucky Barnes x Reader (eventually) Word Count:1830 Warnings: Language, angst A/N: Hey :) So this is my first fic series and it’s very slow burned. There’s a lot to the story, and if y’all enjoy it, please let me know and I’d be happy to continue it! This is a very angsty fic, so I’m warning you now. Feedback is welcomed 💜

3 years.

It’s been 3 years since you left your family…

You left your home…

Your friends…

And your lover.

You don’t remember the last time you genuinely smiled, or laughed, or even lived.

Every day was the same. You’d sleep throughout the day, not giving a fuck about the world that seemed to be all sunshine and rainbows. When in truth, the world is pretty fucked up and you’d wondered why people would waste their time having fun, going out, having children, being in love…

They have no idea what goes on in secrecy. What evil organizations are trying to take over the world, an alien invasion, mutant war or the attack of robots who deem that humanity is the reason for everything horrible in the world. And guess what, that robotic, red-eyed son of a bitch was right, however you believed it’s the ones who set out to perfect the human race or did unspeakable things deserve to get rid of from this world and the next. But there were only a few who could work together to save mankind from things that.

Of course, you used to be in a team, but then again that was a time where things were much simpler.

At night, you’d go out and find any suspicious activity. Whether it was saving people lives from criminals or hunting down assholes who have wronged so many and hurt a dozen or so. It didn’t matter. You didn’t care. As long as you showed fear in those who have done or did horrendous acts. They didn’t deserve to be happy, why should they. They’re all scumbags, lacking emotions. They were just… things without a soul. Lifeless creatures walking amongst the living, who believe to have a purpose in the world.

You used to have a purpose. Not anymore.

By dawn, your clothes would be ripped, drenched in blood, sweat, and dirt. You’d look like you stepped out of a horror movie, however, it was reality. You fought with your own inner demons on a daily basis. Oh wait, you’d forget you can sense emotions radiating off of people. You still weren’t used to absorbing all the emotions people felt. You learned to turn off yours a long time ago.

You didn’t need them; you were emotionless.

You weren’t always like this. There was a time where you loved helping people deal with their feelings to try and get them to be happy. Life always fascinated you. You were intrigued with the world and what is was capable of doing, showing and creating. It was a beautiful white canvas that was painted over with mother nature’s intendancies and desires. But you saw the world and life colorless, black and white with red.

You never knew who your real parents were. You were put in an orphanage at the age of 13. You had no memory of your previous years. It was like someone deprived you of that, yet you had no clue if you had maybe suffered through something traumatic or had a medical condition that caused you to have long term memory loss, learning how to do everything again, creating a new identity. A new you.

At the age of 15, you were sent to a foster home. You had a loving family and a brother who would do anything for you. However, knowing the life you set for yourself, you pushed them out your life, no shut them out. They were safe not knowing where you were, if you’re alive or not. You remember the first time they freaked out over your powers. Yeah, more than one. Not only could you feel what others were feeling, but you emitted energy in form of blue fire, wrapping around your hands. It’s also powered my emotions.

Your own actually.

You had to be careful not to get upset or angry or else you’d send a wave of power, damaging a whole lot. You found this out when you were being examined and tested by Bruce Banner. He was fascinated by your molecular makeup and so was Tony. Well, Tony cared about perfecting you in any way possible, building weapons and gadgets to help you aim your powers whenever they got out of control.

You were anything but in control.

Your foster parents had thrown you a birthday party when the lights went out. You got upset and when your foster mother tried calming you down, but you got more upset. You balled your fists and blue fire appeared, lighting up the room in the most exquisite and mesmerizing color. They were afraid to touch you but as you saw the fear and worry they had, the blue orbs disappeared. You leaped into their arms and started crying, trying to understand what was going on. They told you, you brought light into their lives. You smiled a bit at the memory. They didn’t know what to do but to keep your powers a secret so that people didn’t hurt you. You were their daughter and they protected and cared for you as long as they could.

As long as you would.  

You longed to go back and stop the things that brought you here in the first place. Life was slipping through your delicate hands that were now tough and torn from your lack of caring. Sure, you were still beautiful, capturing the eyes of any male or female who found you exquisite and stunning. But you just couldn’t keep up with yourself. People came first rather than you. That’s how its always been. Your fears came true and you were living in one for the rest of your life until you draw your last breath…

Trapped.  

***                          

You groan, hearing your alarm go off and you slam your fist on the device before snapping your eyes open and seeing it in a million pieces. Shit, you cursed at yourself and shifted around the bed, trying to get in a better position to sleep your ass off. However, your roommate started blaring music around the house as a reminder to wake you up. You grabbed an unoccupied pillow and covered it over your head and ears, blocking the horrendous music from ruining your precious sleep. But the sound of the door, slamming open and hitting the wall startled you.

“Ya know Y/n, it’s not healthy to sleep your ass off all day. How else are ya gonna get that ass nice and firm?”

“Get the fuck out Wade!” You threw that same pillow at his head, which he skillfully blocked by ducking his head then turning back to you, plopping himself on the bed. Your roommate is indeed, Deadpool himself. He found you struggling in an alleyway, pressed against a brick wall with some smug bastard’s hands around your throat. He swooped in and saved your life. Well, you used your powers to throw the guy off you and he shot him before he could hit the ground but he was fascinated with the fact that you were a mutant. You two instantly grew fond of each other and he’s been your friend ever since.

But that didn’t change the fact of how annoying this son of a bitch was.

“That really hurt my feelings. I thought we were more than an abusive relationship Y/n? I thought you loved me?” He says with his stupid sarcastic voice that makes you wanna punch the daylights out of him. You growl and sit up, flashing the Freddy Kruger, looking guy a fake smile.

“I’m up asshole. Now go and fuck up someone else’s day, okay?” You rolled your eyes and looked at the other clock you had on your dresser, 8:30 p.m. You signed and hopped out of bed, making your way to your bathroom to get dressed and freshen up.

He casually follows.

“So what’s for today’s agenda, you apathetic little troll? Gonna go guns blazzin’ in another supermarket?” He snickers and bends over, laughing like he saw someone run into a glass window.

“No asshole. I didn’t know that jerk was gonna run in there in the first place. I didn’t wanna lose him, and it’s not like I shot anyone besides that criminal.”

“Y/n… you shot him in the dick.” He cringes. “Even I felt that one. You took his babymaker away. How else is he supposed to cumpie in women?”

Your eyes shot wide open and your nostrils flared at his comment and you threw your switchblade from the bathroom, stabbing Wade in the chest. He looks down at the weapon as if nothing happened and looks back up to you, in total disbelief.

“Baby, what did I say about throwing your toys everywhere? People can get seriously hurt.” He pulls out the blade, groaning before wiping off the blood and handing it back to you.

“We need counseling sweetheart. I-I don’t think I can live like this.” The smug bastard pretends to cry and sound hurt, but you know he’s all act. He’s like a walking bad comedy movie that you wish never existed. You pinch the bridge of your nose showing how frustrated and agitated you were becoming.

“Wade, is there a reason why you’re being more of a complete ass this evening? You’re usually hanging out with that idiot who doesn’t know how to speak when I’m around… What’s his name like rodent or something?” You lean against the door frame with a raised eyebrow.

“Oh, you mean Weasel?  He tried wearing my suit but hurt himself by tripping on it and banging his head against the coffee table, so he’s home…away from me.” He chuckles and you shake your, walking towards your closet, fetching your boots.

“Ohhh, and some Cap guy called your cell today. I thought I was the only other person who knew your number?” He stands in front of you with his arms crossed. You froze and your anxiety levels rising.

“Wh-when did h-he call?”

“This morning. I told him you were out…” He bends down, taking your hand in his, snapping you from your thoughts.

“Hey, it’s alright. I think you should talk to him, he sounded concerned.” You nod your head and look up at him.

“Yeah, yeah… just give me some time.”

Wade nods and kisses your forehead before getting up and walking out the room. You glance at your cell sitting on the nightstand, across the room. You sit there for a good hour, contemplating if you should contact the only people who knew the Y/n before she died. You were a new person. How would they handle that? What did he want? Did… did something happen?

Panic strikes within you and you leap up, sprinting across the room, grabbing your phone, before dialing Steve’s number. It wasn’t saved on your phone, no. You knew it by heart.

Ring, ring…

Your breathing hitches as you hear the familiar voice that was once warm and inviting to desperate and exhausted.

“Y/n? We need your help.”

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Best Films of 2018

The basis of my annual list is simple, these are the films that were, for me, mesmerizing and memorable. These were the cinematic experiences that either provoked a depth of emotion and/or provided a whole lot to talk about. These are the films that I could not forget and I cannot wait to see again. After you read this year’s list, you can also find last year’s list here. 

1. You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here is quite simply the best film of 2018. Writer/Director Lynne Ramsay has crafted and created a lean, assertive and suspenseful narrative that dives deep into a traumatic mind and experience. Structured within the framework of a hero’s journey, a man who rescues victims from sex trafficking, Ramsay provides us with a rare perspective in which only a troubled and traumatized mind can truly save others from the same peril. In addition to this, even though the dark and disturbing material might be difficult for some, it was remarkable how little exposition was provided for the viewer. Instead of spoon-feeding her audience, Ramsay treats us with respect and allows us to discover the story for ourselves through visual cues and revelation. Though one can’t help but draw comparisons to Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, YWNRH still stands on its own with award-worthy performances, cinematography, editing, directing and musical score. On DVD - Amazon Prime - iTunes.

2. First Man

Director Damien Chazelle has made three feature films to date. All three are Oscar nominated/winners. All three are great films; but First Man is Chazelle’s masterpiece. From the first five-minute sequence you realize you are experiencing a story from history in a visually intimate and visceral way. Every frame of this film, along with every note of Hurwitz’s angelic score, draws us into Neil Armstrong’s excruciating life and vocation (what was effectively the story of Job). While a crowning achievement for all mankind is the vehicle for this narrative, it’s the traumatic cost and sacrifice that only a few families suffered that serves as the real heart and soul for this moment in history. A truly mesmerizing experience with heart-breaking performances. On DVD - iTunes.

3. Annihilation 

Writer/Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as this generation’s Stanley Kubrick. With audacious, strange, and compelling stories that examine the boundaries of human consciousness and cosmic meaning, there is no one doing what Garland is doing. Though Annihilation might be short on (or intentionally avoid) too many answers or explanations, ultimately it was the mystery that I found to be so fascinating and absorbing; and even more so upon repeated viewing. In addition to the screenplay, the cinematography, musical score and visual effects are all award worthy. On DVD - Netflix - iTunes.

4. Mission Impossible: Fallout

This just might be the biggest surprise of the year. With Mission Impossible: Fallout, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie has not only created the best Mission Impossible movie to date, but has also produced one of the best films of the year! With Academy Award worthy cinematography (from Rob Hardy who also did Annihilation), direction, and musical score (and little moments of homage to every previous film in the series), Fallout stands apart, not only as an incredible action film, but also as a remarkable (and unexpected) film noir, bringing a greater depth of emotion to this ongoing narrative. On DVD - iTunes. 

5. BlacKkKlansman

There is something to be said for a film that is wildly entertaining and compelling and yet still manages to be provocative and powerful. That’s not an easy tightrope for any filmmaker to walk, but in the case of BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee was more than up for the challenge. Some critics have suggested that this film is too heavy handed, and on the nose, that it leaves no room for anyone from the “other side” to enter in and learn from it. And the fact of the matter is - - that’s true - - this is an asserative, confident and competent narrative that is a work of protest. There’s little room for education here, just a true story told in a manner only intended to amplify the voice of the oppressed. On DVD - iTunes.

6. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 

Director Morgan Neville’s documentary about Fred Rogers is the antidote we are all in need of. Sometimes we feel the need for a sweet, charming and sentimental story that might lift our spirits, but what is so profoundly beautiful about, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, is that this is a true story, and many of us bore witness to it. Many have been inspired or know the calling to live a life of love, but what this account of Mr. Roger’s life reminds us, is that it is possible. By faith and intention, action and perseverance we can indeed know and live out our sacred belovedness. This is such an important film, and everyone should experience it. On DVD - Netflix - iTunes.

7. Eighth Grade

As the father of a middle-school aged girl, this endearing film was difficult to watch at times, but the sheer authenticity of writer/director Bo Burnham’s script ultimately steers the story towards it’s beautiful and heartfelt end. Not a single scene seems staged, all of the painfully accurate awkwardness, fear, courage and humour feels as if it was captured for a documentary about thirteen year olds. There is much to learn here, for parents and teens alike, and for that I am grateful. On DVD - iTunes.

8. Roma

Here is a film that will haunt you, in a good way. With a pace and patience that is true to life, director Alfonso Cuaron slowly grips our hearts as we follow the days and difficulties of a young maid's life. The cumulative emotional effect is an incredible achievement of sound design and cinematography. Even as we watch in the comfort of our own homes, we grow in empathy and understanding of young Cleo because our eyes observe the entirety of her interactions with this family and our ears are immersed in the sounds of her neighbourhood. Roma is a rare cinematic experience and achievement. On Netflix.

9. Wildlife

Paul Dano's directorial debut is a stunning and delicately framed tragedy. This quietly paced account of one family's struggle to find meaning and purpose, both together and apart, is a perfectly observed and heartbreaking tale. Carey Mulligan is at her best portraying a wife and mother who is both terrible and understandable; but ultimately this is a treasure because of Diego Garcia's stunning cinematography and Dano's delicate direction. On iTunes.

10. Vice

What director Adam McKay has done here is too exciting to ignore. This film has been criticized for being a mile wide and an inch deep, and it does indeed leave you wondering "why" at the end of it all, but I think that might be it's strength. This is not an essay or a deep journalistic dissection, this is a simple, straightforward, and wildly entertaining portrayal of intelligent people being driven by an obsession with power. And as unsatisfying as that might be, after examining a real-life sith-lord of sorts, the truth is...maybe that's the only answer there is. On iTunes March 12.

11. Green Book

The reason to see this film is for the performances. Both Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali provide incredibly committed and nuanced portrayals of these real men (I know we’re all in awe of Christian Bale’s transformation into Dick Cheney, but I was in awe of Viggo’s physical transformation in this film without prosthetics). Roger Ebert once said, “movies are an empathy making machine,” and what is so incredible about this film is that we get to witness the transforming power of empathy over the course of an eight-week road trip. On iTunes - On DVD March 12.

12. 22 July

Director Paul Greengrass was the only person for this job. His documentary style of storytelling is less about the cinematic experience and more about the history to behold. This is a terribly difficult film to watch, and yet, it's account of present-day rationalized-idealogical-evil could not be more important. Film is a powerful force for shaping cultural discussion and dialogue, and 22 July is the film that keeps us talking about the most persistent face of terror in the Western hemisphere today. On Netflix. 

13. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot

Struggle with addiction and stories of recovery can be richly rewarding and redemptive, but oftentimes the subject matter is over dramatized and emotionally manipulative. Which is why director Gus Van Sant's long-titled film adaptation is a rare and wonderful achievement. There is nothing overly sentimental or manipulative here, just a raw and real portrayal of what the twelve-steps from addiction to sobriety really look like. Ultimately this memorable story is in the hands of the actors and both Joaquin Phoenix and Jonah Hill give authentic and nuanced performances. On DVD - Amazon Prime - iTunes.

14. Hearts Beat Loud

In 2018, A Star is Born, was the film about musicians that got all the attention, but I believe it was, Hearts Beat Loud, that offered a more moving, thoughtful and sincere story about artists. In this story, one musician and father (Nick Offerman) is past his prime and struggling to figure out the next chapter of his life, while the other musician, his daughter (Kiersey Clemons), is more sure and certain about her future but is still struggling to find her way with her art and with love. The result is a sweet and sincere story that just might be the solution to some of life’s sad ailments. On DVD - Netflix - iTunes.

[beverlywrites]

Novella World Domination- The Math

A recent thing I've been into is improving efficiency. Okay, I've always been into improving efficiency, but this week I focused in on the profit margins for my writing. While there is great pleasure found from writing for fun (something I wish I did more of) there is writing for profit, which is how I paid a lot of my bills in college.

With the whole indie author thing and my latest studies on learning Amazon and Kindle Direct Publishing, I've started to work on a plan for world domination. To start, it simply comes down to math and a very simple fact that if I really REALLY wanted to, I could release a 10 books a year. I'm not joking.

Here's the math:

On a slow day, I can write 1.2k words an hour. I figured this out by timing myself and matching my wordcounts. I'd say I'm a slightly above average speed writer. On a good day, I've broken 3k in an hour, but that was HARD. Note, these numbers are based on me when I'm sober and there are no puppies around.

For all intents and purposes, let's go with I can write 1.2 an hour.

1.2 x 8 =9.6. That's almost 10k words a day. Now the average novella that I wrote back when I was a ghostwriter was about 45-60k a pop. That means I can theoretically write one of those in a little more than half a week. It's not that simple but almost that simple. If I subtract an hour for lunch every day, I'm still at 8.4k a day.

Now there are some other factors. I am a full time film producer and CEO, but I CAN sometimes take entire days off to go write in the woods and such.

I know for a fact that if I hustle, I can write a novella in 5 days. If I spread those out to where I'm writing 6 hours a day at 1.2k words per hour, I'm looking at a 50k novel in 7 days. The catch is, I already dedicate 16+ hours a day to creative work between filmmaking and writing, 7 days a week. If I REALLY wanted to hustle, well I once wrote 80% of a book in about 3 days. It's getting illustrated now.

So within 7 days or so, I've probably purged 50k words into a first draft if not more. When I feel like writing, I really write and it's all I do for the day.

I know what you're thinking: Bev, why aren't you writing like 20 books a year if you do it that way?

It's very simple friend, writing that fast ONLY works with a few contingencies.

A well planned and structured plot

Characters that are well developed

Doing all your research ahead of time.

Lots of coffee

and most importantly, YOU as the author knowing what you want.  

I can't tell you enough how much being decisive is what will be the factor that gets you to become this prolific.

I do have some big advantages that might have a couple speed factors, though NONE of those actually affect your ability to write.

I'm nocturnal

I work full time in the creative industry, as my own boss.

I have people ready to proofread (not edit, just proofread)

I have designers in house to do my covers and any artwork, sometimes even merch

I have a PR team for some of my projects who egg me on to create.

As you may be able to tell with the structure of this thing, I didn't follow any of my rules about preplanning things, like at all. I also don't plan on going back and fixing the structure of this because I had to do structure all of today.

So you know what your hourly wordcount is yes? You know how many hours you can commit to actually writing the thing yes? Does it still feel overwhelming and impossible? It should.

While I can write an entire novel in a week, the thing that slows people down is having to come up with that.

For that very reason I've come up with a 7 day structure plan of world developing. When I decide to write a book, I commit time to the first week to develop. These take 2-4 hours a day on average though for complex things or serials, it takes longer. I've been know to mix and match as well or just do all of these in one day.

Day 1 - Concept- write all your loglines, your concepts, book description, all that good general stuff. Start working ahead if you can. Get a loose idea and start making decisions. Decide on a beginning, middle, and end.

Day 2-Character and Setting-  Make most of your solid character decisions. Yes, while you write your characters may change. The important thing is to make decisions about their core character. Ask yourself how they would react to various situations, question their relationships with each other and what influences them. Choose your time period and what the area looks like, draw a map if you must.

Day 3- World build, this is especially important if you're doing anything sci-fi or fantasy. Know the world inside and out, ask all the basic questions and then dig deeper. How do your characters fit into the world? Also hammer down what your characters goals are. Where are they now and where do you want them to end up?

Day 4- Write an outline of all the scenes you need and a brief description of what needs to be accomplished.

Day 5- At this point you've done a lot of editing to the previous things, trust me that's a good thing. Figure out your characters relations to the scenes. Who holds a secret? Who needs to find out? How would each character want a scene to end and who gets what they want?

Day 6- Take a nap. Mull it over a bit, go back and tweak it.

Day 7- Mentally prepare yourself to write a done. Have dialogue prompts and a clear vision of each scene if you can. What are the moods and feelings in a scene?

Now start writing!

Alright so now we're back to the writing and you're preparing yourself for what comes next? As a rule of thumb for me, it takes twice as long to edit as it did to write. I have found a habit of writing solid first drafts and editing as I go, so my editing system is minimal. Spend the 3rd week with ONLY editing. Then spend the last week editng, getting ready for KDP, looking at keywords, designing a cover, etc.

And BOOM you have a novel!

Disclaimers:

When churning out books for quick cash, I follow a little idea that Shakespeare had: Use all the same plot devices over and over again, just add more dick jokes.

On a similar note I keep a cannon library of characters I know well and have been very well well developed.

I do have a designer that does most of my covers

I'm in a position where I can write 8 hours a day, similar to baking, just cut days and hours in half. Sometimes I'll go away to the mountains for a weekend and come back with a book.

Keep in mind that these books are of decent quality and this system is built to just churn out books and get paid. If you want a bestseller, this might be a good way to get the first draft if you're a procrastinator that needs a challenge, but please do take your time in proper literature.

For the record, with the above statement in consideration, I'm now actually applying this system to things I want to put my name on. Smut writing for the Brazilian and Indian markets can only go so far. It might actually tweak a little bit once I like my work, however, I write even faster if it's a story I really like.

You can continue following me at beverlytan.com and @BeverlyTanFilm on both IG and Twitter. You can also search for my author profile for poetry Beverly Tan on Goodreads and Amazon if you want to see my artsy fartsy stuff.

This article might get its own book considering my upcoming line of resource and educational material.

Final wordcount on this article: 1413

Final write time for this article: 35 mins

[theheavymetalmama]

Grand Theft Auto VI Wish-List

We all know it’s coming sooner or later. Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest gaming franchises on the planet and Rockstar can’t keep riding the GTA V Online gravy train forever, so a new installment is all but inevitable. So this is exactly what the title implies; my personal wish-list for what I’d like to see featured in the game.

1.) Don’t go back to Liberty City

Look, I get it, Liberty City is every bit as near and dear to Grand Theft Auto as Peach’s Castle is to Super Mario. But it’s done. It’s been featured in not one, not two, not three, but FOUR games since GTA IV. Five if you include GTA IV’s online mode. But even if that wasn’t the case I’d still say no to Liberty City and want to go somewhere else. Why? Well, what made previous GTA games work so well was because each city was a topical satire of what that present city was like in the particular time period. GTA III was about the Mafia’s power and influence seeing its’ winter years and being overshadowed and all but wiped out by rival gangs and greedy mega-corporations, Vice City about the rampant spread of drugs and political indifference toward the problems that people faced in the 80′s, San Andreas was about gang wars in LA in the 90′s, and what made those settings so gripping is that players could recognize those problems having experienced them themselves or having read about them and watched various documentaries about them in school. All of them cranked to 11 for comedic effect, and that’s why New York doesn’t fit the GTA mold anymore. Rockstar’s sardonic take on mob-run New York in III and run-down xenophobic ‘death of the American dream’ post 9/11 New York in IV (plus various spin-offs) have about as much correlation with the modern real life smoothed over, clean shaven, freshly painted gentrified New York City as it does with fucking Wonderland.

2.) Explore New Territory

While it was nice to see San Andreas get an HD update and no shortage of people would love to see a return to Vice City, I’d personally like to see something new altogether. Especially since Florida doesn’t have anywhere near the environmental diversity and variety as California does. Hope you like sandy beaches and swamp land, because that’s more or less all there is in Florida. So I’d like to see somewhere new altogether. Maybe Seattle, or Washington DC, or Boston, and all their surrounding environments. Maybe somewhere totally outside the US like London or Dublin, or hell, since Rockstar really seems to love islands why not just recreate Hawaii or some such place?

3.) Focus On the Story

What I mean by that isn’t put the story front and center and put everything else as an afterthought. What I mean by focus on the story is put time and effort into it so it has a cohesive narrative and a satisfying beginning, middle, and end. GTA V was a great game, but it had more than its’ share of shortcomings. Topping that list is the story being a disjointed, unfocused mess with hundreds of little plot threads but no big overarching plot that tied everything together (seriously, the single-player story felt like they were just making it up as they went along) with no character arcs whatsoever. Made especially egregious by the fact that the game sports three main playable characters and all three of them don’t have the collective character development that Tommy Vercetti and Carl Johnson have just the first acts of their games.

4.) Bring Back and Refine the Multiple Character Angle

One of the biggest and most compelling draws of Grand Theft Auto V was that you could switch between three different characters on the fly, made more enticing with how both “Lost and Damned” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony” felt like two very different games from GTA IV despite all three of them taking place in the same city. Now it didn’t always work in GTA V’s favor, but for the most part it was a solid game mechanic that I want to see return, as yes, the same story can be worlds apart when told from difference perspectives.

5.) Make At Least One of the Playable Protagonists a Woman

The Grand Theft Auto series as a whole was never great at representing women, but there were at least good female supporting characters in previous games with Kendal Johnson from San Andreas topping that list. Unfortunately that’s the hurdle where GTA V trips up and falls flat on its’ face. Yes, I know, no shortage of people get uneasy over this particular conversation, but it’s still true and needs to be said. GTA V is a great game, but it’s profoundly misogynist. Not because the game has strippers and prostitutes that you can mow down, and not because the game has three playable characters and they’re all dudes. No, the game is misogynist because every prominent female character in the game is either stupid, obnoxious, unlikable, or a complete joke and the game was raked across the coals as a result. That particular shortcoming could have been forgiven if there had been a female protagonist or at least a good supporting female character, but there isn’t. Unless you count the female hacker and driver for the heist missions, which I don’t because they’re collectively in the game for maybe two minutes and have about five lines of dialogue between them. And no, multiplayer doesn’t count either. That’s not a character, that’s an avatar. So I hope this is something addressed in the new game. Also, Internet? Spare me any bullshit about how women can’t be violent criminals. Go watch Lockdown: Women Behind Bars or better yet go read up on Elisabeth Bathory sometime.

6.) Expand on the Underwater Segments

Speaking as someone who’s been to one too many parties where someone decided “You know what? I’m going to swim out into open sea on an endless loop!” and brought momentum and excitement to a crawl, I can’t tell you how delighted I was to see a shark eat Michael when swimming too far out to sea. The scuba diving and submarine segments in Grand Theft Auto V was great and I’d love to see it further expanded upon. Maybe even throw in a few animals that are extinct to throw players for a loop, such as the iconic and terrifying megalodon. Seriously, how magical would it be to speed-boat your way through the ocean when suddenly your whole boat gets chomped when you go to far out to sea? Or see a giant squid menacingly swim by while you’re in your minisub?

7.) Bring Back the Jet-Pack

I think this one speaks for itself.

8.) More Customization Options for the Home

If you’re only going to give us one safe-house, can you at least let us customize them? Nothing elaborate. I don’t need to hang wallpaper of something I designed myself, but the option for different decorations and furniture would be nice. I can meet in the middle, having different options for different characters that fit said character, but you get the idea.

9.) Go All the Way With Details

If you’re going to include in-game websites to make it more immersive, then can you at least have a point to them? What’s the purpose of having websites to in-game TV shows when you can’t do anything on them?

10.) Don’t, Repeat, DON’T Lock Features Behind Apps

Seriously. It’s bad enough when you can’t access a chunk of the game because you don’t download a particular app for your phone. It’s nothing short of obnoxious when that app is only available for one type of phone, in this case Chop being all but useless to Android users such as myself. Seriously, Rockstar, dick move.

And that’s my list. Anything you want to see in a new Grand Theft Auto game? By all means, name them!

[marcusssanderson]

70 Graduation Quotes On Success, Dreams and Your Future

Our latest collection of motivational graduation quotes on Everyday Power Blog.

As the school year comes to an end many students and graduates face a time of reflection, celebration, and even confusion.

“What’s next?”

“What should I do?”

“Where do I go from here?”

We hope these 30 motivational graduation quotes will help you become more confident about your dreams and goals, at such an important time in your life!

Graduation Quotes about the next chapter in your life

1.) “Success doesn’t rush. The greatest reward is the journey!” – Jeff Moore

2.) “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill

3.) “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” –Nora Roberts

4.) “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” –C.S. Lewis

5.) “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” –Steve Jobs

6.) “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” –H. Jackson Brown Jr.

7.) “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown

8.) “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget

9.) “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi

  10.) “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

Graduation quotes to make you wiser

11.) “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers

12.) “All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

13.) “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” – JK Rowling

  14.) “My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them.” –Ruth Westheimer

15.) “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.” – Ella Fitzgerald

16.) “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”–John Maxwell

17.) “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.”–George Washington Carver

18.) “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”–Albert Schweitzer

19.) “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”–Winston Churchill

20.) “Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vintage point.” – Harold B Melchart

Graduation quotes to inspire success

21.) “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi

22.) “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali

23.) “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.” – Unknown

24.) Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. –Robert Louis Stevenson

25.) If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. – Henry David Thoreau

26.) Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. – Omar Khayyam

27.) So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. – Christopher Reeve

28.) “Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life.” —Frederick W. Robertson

29.) “Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

30.) “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Graduation quotes to inspire you as you enter the real world

31.) “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” – Kerry Washington

32.) “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”– Henry David Thoreau

33.) “You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once, but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.”– Michelle Obama

34.) “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”– Nelson Mandela

35.) “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle

36.) “The highest result of education is tolerance.” —Helen Keller

37.) “Every person you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” —H Jackson Brown Jr.

38.) “Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.” – Barack Obama

39.) “Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.” – Dick Costolo

40.) “It doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping.”- Jerry Zucker

Graduation quotes to inspire hope for the future

41.) “Sucess is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it… Err in the direction of kindness.” – GEORGE SAUNDERS

42.) “As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.”— Michael Dell

43.) “Kid, you’ll move mountains. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so get on your way!”— Dr. Seuss

44.) “Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning.”— Senator Orrin Hatch

45.) “This is your time and it feels normal to you but really there is no normal. There’s only change, and resistance to it and then more change.” – MERYL STREEP

46.) “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pele

47.) “Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know it when you find it.” —Steve Jobs

48.) “Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!” – Joel Osteen

49.) “The world rewards those who take responsibility for their own success.” – Curt Gerrish

50.) “Share your sparkle wherever you are.” – Dodinsky

Graduation quotes to inspire and teach

51.) “Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” —Henry Peter Brougham

52.) “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” —Dr. Seuss

53.) “Knowledge is not power. The implementation of knowledge is power.” —Larry Winget

54.) “The important thing is not to stop questioning.”– Albert Einstein

55.) “There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.” —Jennifer Aniston

56.) “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”– E.E. Cummings

57.) “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” —Thomas Edison

58.) “What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

59.) “Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.”- Oprah Winfrey

60.) “Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.” – Anna Quindlen

Other inspirational graduation quotes to read

61.) “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X

62.) “You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”– Jim Carrey

63.) “Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey.” —Michael Josephson

64.) “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.”– Helen Keller

65.) “When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.” —Adlai E. Stevenson

66.) “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” —Dr. Seuss

67.) “Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.” – Joss Whedon

68.) “Be bold, be courageous, be your best.” – Gabrielle Giffords

69.) “You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship.” – David Foster Wallace

70.) “Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.” – Dick Costolo

Which graduation quotes were your favorite?

Graduation is such an important time in life. Whether you’re finishing up elementary, middle, high school, or college, graduation is an important milestone in your learning journey.

Hopefully, these quotes have given you the courage to believe and fight for your dreams and goals.

Did you enjoy these graduation quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? We would love to hear all about it in the comment section below. Also, don’t forget to share with your friends and followers.

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