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Batman Chronicles #8 / ???

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Laura Kinney Is...

What follows is my personal interpretation of what Laura Kinney is like when I write her for my fanfiction. I've been navigating this as vibes up to now, but for consistency's sake and in light of the utter travesty of New Avengers #3, I thought it might be good to write it down. Here goes!

Laura Kinney is...collected. She is not impulsive. She does not fly off the handle except in very rare circumstances. Most of all, she does not do incoherent rage. Even under the influence of her trigger scent, she is still capable of tactical awareness. The trigger scent merely disables her moral decision-making to enable a single-minded pursuit of the marked target.

Laura Kinney is...tactical. When on a mission, she is smart, calm, and precise. She is a master of stealth and tracking. She is equally adept at the ambush and the stand-up fight. She will kill if she has to, but not for simple expedience. She is capable of following orders, provided she establishes trust with the one giving them. Above all else, Laura knows what she is doing.

Laura Kinney is...socially awkward. For most of her life, her interactions with other human beings were exclusively violent. It's no wonder that she might instinctively see others as hazards to be avoided, and seem cold and distant to them. But, once she gets to know and trust you...

Laura Kinney is...kind. She is capable of incredible warmth and generosity, but doesn't give it away freely. She can't. But she will move heaven and Earth for those she loves. To her family, her friends, and the downtrodden of the world she protects, she is an incredibly kind person.

Laura Kinney is...an introvert. She likes to be alone, but she also gets lonely just like everyone else. Sometimes she might be cajoled by her friends into going out to a club and losing herself in the music for a little while, but more often than not she would prefer to stay home, split a number 25 with chicken, and maybe watch a movie.

Laura Kinney is...cool. I don't mean that in the qualitative sense (thought that is also certainly true). I mean she's cool like a cucumber on the other side of your pillow. It takes a lot to make her run hot, either in a positive or negative sense. If you do manage to piss her off or get her motor running...buckle up, kids.

Lastly, and most importantly, Laura Kinney is...Wolverine. Not X-23. Not Talon. Wolverine. I think her role as a legacy hero - a legacy that she chose to take upon herself and wasn't imposed on her by others - is extremely important, especially in Marvel where legacy isn't considered as important as the Distinguished Competition. A balance can be struck where she can be her own Wolverine without living in Logan's shadow. Personally I think this is somewhat undermined by Logan also being around and being Wolverine. I love the guy, I really do, but he needs to go away. He's done.

Now, am I saying that I could write Laura Kinney better than Actual Professional Writer Sam Humphries? Honestly, after NA #3, I think I might be. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Robin 80 Page Giant.

We could have had something. I can't say we would've had it all with certainty. But we would have had something.

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actually sort of unbelievable how much Zexion haunts the narrative compared to the other Organization members in Castle Oblivion. Vexen also does, but like, he actually deserves to. It's his replica project that's a central plot device in both CoM and Days, him not being there to keep it on track causes many problems. but Zexion? it's. a lot, especially considering back in 2004 people on game forums were calling him the most useless organization member (no respect for strategists smh, it's aaaalways about powerscaling and combat ability to these people)

we start with Replica Riku going to fight Riku after realizing that even if he has "newfound power" (Zexion's) it's still not actually his. in the Days novel Axel brings up Repliku devouring Zexion like two other times when thinking about Xion's state of being. I'm not even counting this. novels don't count and it's not like Repliku uses any illusions or anything, it's just his raw power.

In regular canon Days, Axel makes explicit mention of him when talking to Saïx.

He also mentions Marluxia, but it's in the middle of their conversation, when talking about how Marluxia was a traitor after all. This, on the other hand, is like an important thing Axel almost forgot to mention.

He later brings up getting rid of Vexen and Zexion, but the first time is just Zexion. These two are true for both DS Days and HD Cutscene Days.

And then! Zexion gets a voiced cutscene in the middle of Days! The game that does not do voiced cutscenes except for when they want to do something really big!

my beautiful wife nintendo ds dual screen

And they couldn't just reuse things from Re:CoM either because the memory Riku's having was of a moment that used dialogue bubbles, they put in work for this.

I think?? The scene is supposed to showcase Xion absorbing thoughts from other people? It's really weird since it's the only time it happens to someone who isn't Roxas but you know what this means? Riku was thinking about it. 8 months later, Zexion's accusations are still burned into his mind. This is REAL NARRATIVE HAUNTING, BABEY and it KEEPS GOING

Before Zexion put the idea in his head, Riku didn't even consider that Sora might not accept him with the darkness in his heart. He had his big moment in CoM where he accepted himself, but it still scared him badly enough that he did... basically everything he did in kh2 instead of trying to find Sora and talk to him. Zexion's actions "lived" this long. I think it's 3/4 that Sora's memories of CO were erased and 1/4 that Marluxia simply did not have the presence in the Organization to leave a gaping void after his death but man, the final boss left barely a whisper in comparison to this.

And then finally there's this of course

done to keep his weapon a mystery but how weird do you think it must've felt for the characters to see it? did they wonder what happened? I sure wonder what happened

also I lied this somehow isn't the end. for whatever reason in Melody of Memory Zexion gets more spotlight than almost every other member of the original organization except xemnas and the sea salt trio

in conclusion i hate it here. I would also say Vexen deserves more respect for leaving the most obvious void in the group after his death except that someone wrote a full 358/2 Days au longfic about it so I really don't need to

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Dafne Keen - Laura - Marvel's Deadpool and Wolverine

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okay so theres no shot this is actually laura, is there? i mean, the art, and the dialogue, and just everything is all wrong here

since issue 6 is apparently going to be about there being a traitor in the group, i have to assume that the reveals going to be that lauras been replaced by a shapeshifter cause this laura is so out of character its wild

this goes beyond not getting a character, if this is actually laura, then this read as malevolent character assassination, like theres no shot you could read any of her appearances, and then think she talks like this, its just insane

until they reveal who the traitor is, im gonna be reading this with the assumption that thats not laura. because either way its not her

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Been having lots of talks with family and friends recently (we are all visibly poc).

The situation in general hasn't been this bad since the 80s or 90s I would say. I went out to get groceries yesterday and suddenly felt quite uncomfortable. Last years riots are still very fresh.

Pretty much every parent or grandparents is telling us to make some plans to get out of here. It's not that easy though

Wikipedia is lost to our friends across the waters.

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Detective Comics #1100 - "Lost & Found" (2025)

written by Tom Taylor art by Mikel Janin

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There actually is a problem in the Batfandom with how Helena Wayne and the JSA get disrespected

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(oh look! that's the panel my icon is from! chapter 80)

I just love how long Arakawa gives for this to sink in.

Hawkeye has responded to a comment of Wrath's by bringing up how betrayed his wife would feel to know she was married to and mothering inhuman creatures, and his reply is that his wife is the one thing he chose for himself.

That's such a spiteful thing for him to say in Hawkeye's face (I'm not the first to think it's a comment on how Hawkeye cannot choose to marry the person she wants to), but it's also so bewilderingly human.

He's not a drone just doing Father's will the entire time - there's a part of him yearning for individuality and choice in his life - and he's not even always WRATH incarnate - it's plain to see he treats his wife well.

And Riza is stuck trying to figure out how human he really is.

Is he mocking her? Or showing how little he cares for Mrs Bradley's pain when she learns about Pride and Wrath? How could he choose a wife, knowing that she would be sacrificed along with the others on the Promised Day?

Note that following this Riza is so shocked that he has to redirect her to her task (making his tea). We see her fluster, but there's no continuation of the conversation. She's just aghast. There's basically just some silence, and when it has all sunk in, this is where her face has progressed:

(heartbroken for Mrs Bradley and for herself, chapter 80)

His satisfied smile shows just how pleased he is to have hurt her. He displays wrath not just in violence, but also in twisting the emotional knife.

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This is from a post with a lot of reblogs yet I can't find a single person in the notes pointing out how insanely racist the entire second paragraph is. Hello??

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were you the one with the posts about italian! Thomas Wayne and the Kane’s (Martha Jacob and Philip) ? i remember loving them but i can’t find them anywhere.

hi!! I'm flattered that you think so but that wasn't me, sorry... I really wish I could find the post about the Kane's too. It was so detailed and I've incorporated like all of it into my own HCs. Alas!

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Selina Kyle in covers for Catwoman (2018) by Sebastian Fiumara

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I swear if they retcon Brian and Maria as Selina's parents to the freaking Falcone's again....

Even within the ORIGINAL story that plot thread popped up, it's highly implied that it's not true! And if it was, Selina doesn't and will never know for sure - but what she does know is growing up in the Little Cuba neighbourhood of Gotham with Brian and Maria Kyle as her parents. Not all this mafioso crap....

some type of foreshadowing going on in catwoman #78 re: carmine falcone

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read older comics and you too can be upset that modern comics have completely forgotten about important friendships or relationships between characters

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is this anything