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raptorific · 3 years

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so your blog has singlehandedly turned me from a casual marvel enjoyer who's apathetic towards dc to the exact opposite, but i've heard asking which comics to start with is the worst question, so i wanted to know if you had any favorite dc writers/runs (characters don't matter) you'd want to share? not necessarily as jumping in points, just favorites in general that i could work up to

Aww, this is really nice of you to say! I also don't object to asking which comics to start with, that'll really depend on what you're personally into, but there's a lot of good entry-point comics. Personally I like to recommend "Batman: The Long Halloween" and its sequel "Dark Victory" for starters, just because they're really good at setting the vibes and are treated as somewhat "quintessential" stories that don't require you to figure out where exactly they fit into Official Comics Continuity.

Some (not all!) of my favorite runs are Controversial, but I stand by them! I personally really enjoyed Grant Morrison's run on Batman, I have the omnibuses on my shelf and I reread them periodically, but that's such a long run that I feel I should be a bit more specific: the one I think is most worth checking out is the "Batman & Robin" series within it, where Bruce Wayne has "died" and Dick Grayson has taken over as Batman, with Damian as Robin. The original Cass Cain Batgirl comics are also a personal favorite.

I love the "New Krypton" run on Superman, it's such an interesting Superman story that isn't quite in the mold of Superman stories you tend to see adapted. You won't find much disagreement that Mark Waid's "Birthright" is a must-read Superman comic.

One that you don't have to work up to at all is Paul Dini's "Gotham City Sirens." It requires next to no knowledge of prior DC media, you just have to kinda know who Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman are, and it's one of the most fun series I've ever read.

My most controversial pick is probably the Adam Glass run on Teen Titans. People hate it for reasons that I think are, at the very least, not necessarily a fair or accurate appraisal of Damian's story in that series. It introduces my favorite, Crush, and has some of the best character interactions.

One that I'd definitely recommend is Steve Orlando's "Justice League Of America." It's all about Batman trying to make a version of the Justice League that's more grounded and human and not so "gods lording over us on high," and really stresses the status of the Justice League that's Global Public Servants.

If you want a more modern take on Batman that's, like, actually good, Scott Snyder's "The Court Of Owls" plotline is one of the few recent arcs that tries to introduce a completely new element into the Mythos and it's actually good enough to stick.

But my honest recommendation is to check out some of the transmedia adaptations. They're generally a bit more focused and easier to get into than the comics, and it's a good way to find out which characters and worlds you want to spend more time with. Batman Beyond has aged fantastically, there's a lot of good stuff in the DCAMU movies, and I will hammer this drum until the day I die: Watch Krypton, a show about Superman's Hot Grandpa, now free in full on the CW's website. It's one of my absolute favorite shows in the world.

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thevindicativevordan · 2 years

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so i just finished Grant Morrison’s run on Action Comics, and it was really GOOD! but i’m still super confused on a lot of it? what was Vyndktvx’s initial plan? what were the timeline of events from start to finish? i feel like i would’ve loved a recap page or something that could’ve told me, “this is the whole story in full finally revealed” cuz i’m still pretty baffled.

Had a minute so I figured I'd try answering this. Totally understand how it can be confusing, Morrison is playing with the way the Fifth Dimension connects to our Third Dimension. Basically it was an attack on Superman at multiple points in the timeline concurrently. Rough timeline would be:

Mxy arrives at the court of the king where Vyn serves as court magician

Mxy impresses the king with his tricks (including his battles with Superman) and wins the love of Gsptlsnz his daughter. He also earns Vyn's enmity for threatening Vyn's position at court and ruining Vyn's chances of marrying Gsp himself

Vyn tries to murder Mxy by stabbing him with a weapon called "The Multispear". Instead he accidentally murders the king who was wearing Mxy's hat (which contains worlds Mxy has interacted with). Those worlds see the Multispear as "The Multitude" (which remember is a 5-D weapon attacking 3-D) appearing as a swarm of angels that attempt to destroy them. Two worlds repel the Multitude: Krypton and Earth.

Vyn panics and attempts to silence the two witnesses to his murder attempt: Mxy and Gsp. Mxy he locks in a coffin (which manifests in the 3-D as Mxy being in a coma) and Gsp hides in 3-D space in the form of an old woman. Vyn chases her there.

Attempting to erase all trace of Mxy, Vyn targets Mxy's greatest trick: Superman, the trick who tricks back. Vyn kills Clark's adopted parents, recruits various Rogues, corrupts the Superman of Earth-45 to serve as his own personal enforcer Superdoom, and also pulls Superman into a future Metropolis that's under a red sun. His goal is to corrupt or destroy Superman so that there won't be anything of Mxy left. Ultimately he's defeated and banished back to the 5D where he's arrested for regicide which from the 5D perspective has only just happened.

Way to understand it is that objects and time in the 5D are different from the 3D. So in the 5D the Multitude is a "Multispear", the universe is Mxy's hat, Vyn is doing all of this at the same time from his perspective, and so forth. In the 3D the Multitude is a swarm of angels, Vyn's attacks are separated by time, and so forth. Superman actually compares the attacks to the marks a fork would leave on a piece of paper. From a 2D being's perspective, the three spots would be multiple attacks, when in 3D it's just a single attack.

#superman #grant morrison #action comics #vyndktvx #mr. mxyzptlk

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ks-caster · 4 years

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The Future is Infinite (Chapter 7)

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“Slow down,” the man who’d been introduced a few minutes ago as Nick Fury demanded, “and start from the beginning.” Octavia resisted the urge to scratch her still-healing burns as Natasha and T’Challa took turns catching the man up on what had been happening with Thanos. According to Bruce (after he’d bravely suppressed a gag at seeing the state of her body) she was healing up at a phenomenal rate, and should be back up to 100% by the end of tomorrow.

She had taken that as an official release from medical, and had grit her teeth through a painful and ill-advised shower, pulled on another pair of soft pants and a shirt, and had wandered into the introduction and briefing of the former director of SHIELD. She figured it wouldn’t hurt to listen in, if only to get caught up on everyone’s names.

“Shortly thereafter,” Thor was jumping in, “Thanos attacked my ship, carrying the remainder of Asgard’s people as refugees. He slaughtered about half of our number; the other half escaped in pods. While Loki, Hulk and I held them off…”

According to both Wong and Tony, Strange was going to lose it when he woke up and found out that they’d prioritized saving his life over retrieving the time stone. Octavia’s mind replayed those moments over and over, trying to find another angle she could have swung her sword or a way she could have caught up with the fleeing wizard. While she didn’t regret the decision to choose the life of a comrade in arms over an inanimate object, she did know how bad of a thing it was for Thanos to have it. Particularly if the wizard Mordo could use it the same as Strange had.

“...While Wanda was trying to destroy it - we almost lost Vision,” Natasha continued. “If the ship from Phyra hadn’t shown up when it did…”

Steve had looked like he was going to either hug her or cry when he’d caught sight of her upon her return. She’d made a joke about Venus being too hot for a vacation, and when it fell flat, reminded him that the infinity stone made her able to heal. Eventually she’d managed to push off some of the attention on Peter, pointing out how he’d bravely saved her and Valkyrie at the last moment.

Tony had alternated between worried scolding and beaming pride, and something about the way he and Steve no longer flinched at each other’s presences made her think that someone had forced them to come to an understanding. Maybe it was Shuri, she thought tiredly. She was just glad it hadn’t been her this time.

“And you must be Miss Blake,” the woman who had come with Fury addressed her, holding out a hand to shake. Octavia took it. “Maria Hill, former agent of SHIELD, current hero-wrangler with Stark Industries.”

“Octavia Blake,” she responded, “current human infinity stone.”

“What abilities does it give you?” Fury asked, somehow managing to look like he was staring her down both with his eye and the patch on his left side.

“So far, I can survive having my ribcage crushed by a titan, and a walk on the surface of Venus; if someone touches me and I don’t want them to, they get thrown across the room” she listed tiredly. “And bonus, when I wish that the floor would open up and swallow me, it actually does.” She focused hard on staying where she was, not wanting to accidentally give a practical demonstration right then and there.

“So in general, not a combatant,” Fury summed up. Half the room raised hands and voices to correct him. Octavia smirked while Fury raised an eyebrow, first at the room at large, and then at her.

“Untrained, then,” Fury corrected himself. Octavia inclined her head, allowing that.

“You happen to have a course available at SHIELD?” she checked, half sarcastic, half wondering what resources they might have. “How to use your infinity stone in 10 days or less?”

“A course, no,” Fury shook his head. “But,” he added thoughtfully, “I do know someone with experience in that area.”

“Actually, so do I,” Rocket realized aloud. Everyone turned to look at him. “Well, not a lot of experience.” he backtracked quickly. “And he can’t do it anymore. But he did pretty good for himself at the time. And he needs something to do anyway.”

“My option is on the other side of the galaxy,” Fury shrugged. “It’ll take her some time to get here.”

“Mine’s holed up in his room down the hall,” Rocket responded.

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Peter Quill was a horrible teacher.

First, he had no idea what he was doing. His experience was limited to two days living on a planet that was also his biological father (she wasn’t 100% clear on the details there and wasn’t sure she wanted to be). While his ability to control his surroundings sounded a lot like the descriptions she’d gotten of the reality stone’s powers, he understood them about as much as she did - which wasn’t much.

He also insisted on expressing himself in metaphors based on a culture that Octavia had no context for, and didn’t become at all discouraged by her blank looks and complete lack of understanding.

“Once again,” she growled, “I don’t know what the force is, or how to use it, I’ve never heard of Krypton, my name isn’t Daniel-san, and I still don’t understand why the thing you want me to do with the power of the universe is bend a spoon.” She held the piece of cutlery up and waved it back and forth between her fingers, thinking that she could easily bend the metal with only her hands. Hardly a god-like feat.

“Look,” Quill growled right back, “the only time you’ve been able to use it is when you were emotional - you wanted to fall through the floor, you didn’t want the King Panther dude to touch you, you were upset and lashed out. Now when I had my powers, they were tied into my emotions too - you don’t fly the arrow with your head,” he choked off, and Octavia bit down on the inner corner of her lips to try to prevent a scowl.

“I don’t know that one either,” she sighed, but stopped there, noticing that he was tearing up. Rocket had warned that he wasn’t terribly stable - his girlfriend had been killed by Thanos hours before he’d landed on Earth. He’d also described the man as funny, irreverent, friendly, and kind of an idiot. A good friend.

Like Jasper, she thought, heart twisting as he tried to make another joke to smooth over whatever he’d been saying about arrows.

“So what you’re saying with all of this is I need to get emotional,” she summed up.

“Not exactly,” he sighed, rubbing a hand across his eyes, ostensibly in frustration, but clearly also to remove the evidence that he’d started crying. “According to Thor, when his ex had it, it protected her when she felt she was in danger. Now the times you described that you used it, you were in danger too - or thought you were. But you’re not in danger here in this room.”

“So I need to… recreate what I was feeling at the time that I used it to defend myself,” she summed up.

“Yes, exactly,” Quill exclaimed. Octavia could feel herself shrinking on the inside. That toxic combination of fear and despair wasn’t something she wanted to relive.

“And you’re absolutely sure that this is the only way?”

“I’m absolutely sure that this is the only way I know of,” he responded, flinging his arms wide, “since I was only a damn deity for about two days, and I’ve only had my hands on an infinity stone for about thirty seconds. And I barely survived both of those things.” He gave her a confused, awed, pitying look with which she was becoming familiar as the people of Terra-Earth learned the various things she’d survived.

“Something something evolutionary next step ,” she said, waving the spoon dismissively. Then she glared at the curved metal, willing it to bend - for the hundredth time that morning, but this time focusing on the fear and pain she’d been feeling when she ran from the medical wing.

The spoon glinted defiantly at her, a perfect, smooth curve.

She forced herself to go back into the darkest recesses of her head, tracing the thoughts lurking at the edges of her consciousness, threatening to flood in and consume her if she let her guard down.

Functionally immortal. She’d gone from comfortably courting death, knowing that her final rest was on its way and having faith in all the good that would do her people, to possibly never being released from this life. She’d never see Ethan again. Or Jasper. Or Lincoln. Or her mom. And her people would never truly be free of The Dark Year. The last of the human race wasn’t even the last - just an abandoned test colony. It had all been for nothing, she’d given up her soul for nothing…

“-Tavia! Octavia, geez, stop! Stop!” Her eyes snapped to Quill’s wide, terrified ones. The spoon stood, perfect and unbothered by her inner turmoil.

“What?” she began to demand, irritated that this man would demand she tear herself apart with emotional pain only to interrupt her before it did any good.

“I think maybe your problem is less about power, and more about… aim,” he explained quietly, pointing off to the side. Turning her head first one way, then the other, Octavia found her eyes going just as wide as his had.

The columns supporting the room’s roof had all bent down, doubling over in response to her command. She glanced up, noting the red mist holding up the ceiling, and then following the long tail streaming off of it to its source of Wanda Maximoff’s hand.

“Nice catch,” Quill thanked the woman as he stood and dusted bits of plaster off of himself.

Octavia exhaled slowly, making a concentrated effort to calm herself down.

She was accustomed to power. She was accustomed to scaring people.

She was not accustomed to being unable to control those things.

‘The sword doesn’t care what you meant,’ she remembered coldly admonishing Illian, lifetimes ago. ‘It just cuts.’ This power was far more destructive than a sword or a gun, and for the first time in her life, she wasn’t sure if she could stop herself.

“Hey,” Natasha greeted them from the doorway, and three heads swiveled in her direction. “Strange is awake.”

“Awesome,” Quill responded dryly, “he can take over as Mr. Miyagi.”

“About that,” the red-haired agent sighed. “There’s been a complication.”

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“Mordo’s spell was intended to remove his magic at the source,” Wong was explaining as they arrived. “Thanks to Octavia’s timely intervention, he didn’t succeed, but the damage is extensive - and it seems to have reset his memories back to June, 2016.”

“Look, Mr… whatever your name was,” Strange was trying to growl, his hands shaking even more uncontrollably than usual as his voice cracked. “I don’t know who the hell you people are or how I got here, but if someone could quit talking about magical miracle bullshit for ten seconds and call a real hospital, that would be great.”

“I take it June 2016 is prior to him becoming the master wizard we all know and loathe?” Tony sighed, pressing a half-full glass of something brown to his temple.

“Right before,” Wong confirmed. “The last thing he remembers is going to look for Pangborn. We think that that since Mordo’s spell was meant to remove his magic, and said magic is obtained through study and practice, he had to suppress the relevant memories..”

“What the hell kind of hospital allows this many visitors to pile in at once?” Strange grumbled. “What country is this? And who’s in charge here?”

“Well that’s an unfortunate twist,” Octavia sighed, scrubbing her hands down her face as Shuri introduced herself and started to talk about chemical memories and a bunch of other scientific stuff that the warrior didn’t pretend to understand. They were short one time stone, one wizard, and she still didn’t have a competent teacher.

Fear froze through her at the familiar thought that she might be on her own in this, carrying a power she neither wanted nor fully understood, again. Was it too much to ask of the universe that she not be alone to carry such a burden? She squeezed her eyes shut, breathing deeply as Wong had instructed her to do when she felt her mind start to slip down that path.

In, out, Strange’s voice was relieved as he began to realize that Shuri really actually did know what she was talking about.

In, out, this wasn’t her earth, there was no more bunker, no more Blodreina.

In, out, Tony and Steve were discussing how this would affect their plan in low, stressed voices.

In, out, she just needed someone who understood this, who knew what the hell they were doing, she needed she needed she needed she needed so hard that the universe was warping around that need.

She swallowed, clenching her fists against her forehead. Too much, too much power, too much need.

In, out, Rocket was quite vocal about how screwed they were now. Strange was quite vocal - and in a much higher register - about the fact that a raccoon was talking.

In, out, she could feel the power flowing through her, infinity crying out to infinity, the whole universe beneath the soles of her shoes and more, answering her call as it had every time she’d felt cornered and afraid so far.

Her heart pounded, once, twice.

Their hearts pounded, once, twice.

In, out, a green-skinned woman was waking up, breathing herself for the first time in a long time, blinking in confusion at the light coming in through Quill’s window as she threw back the curtains and stared at the city below, trying to get her bearings…

“Octavia!” The hands on her were Wong’s and she realized that she could feel the stone’s power about to throw him off, and reined the impulse in with an iron will, the same as she had the impulses to murder and maim so many times when she was queen. She felt the power rising against her, but she opened her eyes, aiming her fist at the window and letting the burst of red power shatter it. Wong’s hands left her shoulders out of sensible caution - not because she’d hurt him.

Progress.

“I think I’m getting the hang of this,” she commented blandly.

“So the light show and broken window were on purpose?” Rocket snorted.

“That window could withstand a missile blast,” one of the red-armored warriors who followed the princess around said, her eyebrows up. “If that was on purpose, I’d hate to see an accident.”

“Who the hell gave me LSD?” Strange choked.

“Some guy named Mordo,” Octavia responded flippantly, “I’m sure Wong can fill you in. Rocket, Nebula, with me please.” She turned and walked out of the room, knowing and not knowing where she was going all at once. She felt the stone singing beneath her skin, felt another pulling at her, felt a third pricking at the edge of her consciousness, wanting to wake...

“Uh, where are we going?” Rocket demanded, standing up from all-fours after he’d caught up.

“Quill’s room I think,” Octavia responded, turning left and descending a flight of stairs.

“Why?” Nebula shot back, not trying to disguise the irritation and disgust in her tone. Octavia threw open the door to the guest hallway, and came face to face with the green woman, dressed in what were probably Quill’s spare clothes, holding two halves of a broken stand lamp like batons. For a long moment, no one spoke. No one moved. No one breathed.

The poles clattered to the floor as Nebula flung herself at her sister.

To Be Continued...

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canaryatlaw · 6 years

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well, today was fine. not exciting, but there are gonna be a lot of those now that I’m officially immersed in bar studying as a full time thing. I set an alarm for 1:15 pm because I didn’t want to sleep in too much, so I got up when that went off. I made eggs for breakfast because I feel like I’ve been living off sugar and carbs lately (I say this as I’m snacking on “cinnamon toast crunch blasted” shredded wheat, which is entirely sugar and carbs) so maybe I should vary that a bit. By 2 I started my first bar video, which was 3 1/2 hours, and basically finishing what we were doing yesterday by going through each of the 7 subjects tested on the MBE (multi-state bar exam), being torts, con law, contracts, property, criminal law and procedure (which is two different classes but treated as one subject), civil procedure, and evidence. So we did 5 practice questions for each and then went over them. So that was the first video, which I finished around 5:30. I took like ten minutes to get some food, then started the next one, which consisted of a “mini-test” which had two questions for each of the 7 subjects we’d reviewed in a random order like it would be on the actual bar, and then we went over those, so nothing too mind blowing, just a long time commitment and having to stay engaged. There are a handful of other bar tested electives like secured transactions and wills & trusts, but those are on a different part of the exam. While going through the second video, Jess and I started to scheme about going to eternal con in a few weeks, which is conveniently located on Long Island, where my family is, so we could stay with them, and it turns out Frontier Airlines finally unrolled their direct flights from O’Hare to the LI airport that they told my parents they were going to do like two years ago and they’ve been bugging me about it ever since, lol. They are currently the only airline that has a direct flight from Chi into the LI airport and not the city, which is a big deal for my parents because they really loathe picking me up from Laguardia (like, a lot) so I knew flying into Islip would be a lot easier. Once the bar review video was over I called my dad and talked it over, then made the arrangements, so we are good to go! I’m super excited because I haven’t been at a con since HVFF Chicago, and by the time I’ll get to this one it will have been like 2 months, lol, which is way too long considering the rate at which we’d been going before conpocalypse weekend right before everyone got super busy with life stuff. I’m trying to figure out if we might run into anybody I know, there are a couple people from LI that I know do cosplay, so we may run into them. I’ll have to figure out what I’m doing cosplay wise. But yeah, I’m excited about that. I also talked to him about the bar and future plans and all that good stuff, I still haven’t heard back on the email I sent the NY job, so if I don’t get anything tomorrow I’m gonna go ahead and call them. I’m feeling more and more like this isn’t going to happen based on how I haven’t heard a peep from them yet, not even like a “hey we’re still deciding but we’ll get back to you” it’s just been nothing, and I don’t know how I feel about that. I mean, I’m pumped about potentially staying in Chicago, which is objectively the better option at this point job wise, but the idea of really not having a job lined up makes me anxious, even though I know a lot of people don’t get hired until after they take the bar. just gotta keep applying....I need to spend some time looking for jobs and applying soon, the bar studying schedule is just really intense, they have stuff scheduled for every day, including weekends, so that’s gonna be a lot when I do have weekend obligations I need to do, so I’ll have to figure all of that out. We’ll see what happens, hopefully by tomorrow I’ll at least know if I’m going to get an answer. After the phone call I watched one episode of 13 Reasons Why, which the only comment on I’ll make is that in reality the entirety of Clay’s mom’s firm would’ve been conflicted off the case, not just his mom, because if they attempted to screen her off and establish a “chinese wall” (that’s the term they use to describe it when you cut one lawyer off from any info in a case, I have no idea why) they clearly have broken it on multiple occasions and the courts don’t play with that shit, so they’d be long gone at this point. That and I have to reiterate my assertion that there is no way in hell the school would ever have gone to trial, even if all their offers got rejected, and they especially would not be making the arguments they’re making in court because they would be getting absolutely crucified by the media and it would look really, really bad for them. Anyway. The fact that the Krypton season finale was on tonight and there were people tweeting about it on my feed reminded me that I haven’t watched last week’s episode (and I won’t be able to watch the finale until tomorrow because I don’t get stupid Syfy) so I then switched over to that. Interesting developments, the most of which I’d credit to the Zod family, finding out Drew Zod is actually Seg’s son as well as Lyta’s was quite the revelation, being that it means him and Jor-El are actually brothers (who end up being sworn enemies). So I guess we’ll see how that plays out in the finale. After that I watched a few episodes of 30 Rock while I tried to wind things down on the computer (and by that I mean reading all the articles and buzzfeed posts I’d pulled up) before starting to get ready for bed, and now I’m here. Good stuff. PT tomorrow, then more bar prep of course. Such an exciting life I lead, I know. I’ll take it though, because boring right now means excitement later, and that’s where I want to end up being. Alright, I’m done for now. Goodnight huns. Sleep well.

#daily journal #May 2018 #Rachel's cosplay adventures

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sonofsuperman-archive · 7 years

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Permanent Starter Call List:

to be reblogged and edited every time a new verse and permanent starter call is created.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:

Krypton Verse: Royal AU. Krypton was never destroyed but Kal-El, son of Jor-El, still had his eyes on the world his father spoke of. In a bout of teenage/young adult rebellion, Kal-El used one of Kryptonian’s ships to travel to Earth, hiding his location from his family as he did so. It was during this trip that he was welcomed by Jonathan and Martha Kent as well as fell in love with a reporter named Lois Lane. For a few years, he argued, flirted, courted, and eventually married the human of his dreams. When Kal-El was found by his cousin Kara Zor-El, the Lane’s were expecting a child and thus a concession was made, Kal was allowed to stay on Earth just until the child was born before bringing the newest heir home to be trained and raised as a son of Krypton. Civilian Verse: Modern (Kinda) AU. The youngest Superboy’s powers are often faltering but never before had they collapsed as badly that bullets were able to pass through him with no barrier. Almost dying due to this mission, and with his fear of dying in an all time high, Jon decides to quit being a hero and try and live on as a civilian. A Kryptonian was never meant to stay normal though. His past comes to haunt him as he’s slowly being dragged to the world of heroism once more, but Jon’s not willing to give up his life of safety without a fight.

NEWLY ADDED:

Urchin Verse: When Jon’s parents die during the Convergence event, Brainiac sends him to a world alone. Placed on an orphanage, Jon slowly loses hope of gaining a family after repeatedly being sent back and gaining a reputation as a ‘bad kid’ for fighting the other Orphans who bully those younger. Leaving the orphanage at 8, he uses his charms, looks, and smarts, to survive the streets and become useful to any rebellion or person with the right amount of cash. [Useful for Crossovers, set in Y.C.’s world]

UPCOMING:

Sirens Verse: After a tragic accident with The Cube (an unknown object that has transported Jon and his father to a Dinosaur world before), Jon was left in the streets of Gotham without his father and with his 5 year old memories and unlocked powers. Forced to steal to eat and live in Gotham's streets, he breaks into the Botanical Gardens, meeting the Sirens along the way. Taken in by Poison Ivy, and renamed Aster, Jon ends up as a superpowered thief and helps his new mother in her attempts to help nature. Earth-3 Verse: Clark Kent and Lois Lane were/are/will always be destined to be together, the cosmic beings have ensured that ever since they were born. Thus it didn't shock anyone when Superwoman, Lois Lane, and Ultraman, Clark Kent, ended up together and having a kid. A half-amazonian, half-kyptonian child named Jonathan Kent or Jon-Il. At the age of 2, young Jon had already unlocked his powers and started his reign of terror, becoming a nightmare for any kid and adult he set his eyes on, securing his title as the strongest boy in the world and gaining his title as Ultraboy. He plans to overthrow his own father and mother as the strongest Villain in Earth but first.. he needs to grow stronger and make others weaker. Star Wars Verse: When Clark Kent chose a new world he, Lois Lane, and their new son can live in, the man picked something unknown, something exciting, yet something where they can be normal. To his own surprise, they were left in a world with luscious forests, clear rivers, and a full accepting society, a world named Alderaan. Though they planned a normal life, Clark allowed himself to be dragged to the wars, joining the Rebellion. Lois and Jon were brought and forced to live in hideouts where young Jon learned the stories of wars and jedis and how to fight. As a kid, he used his age to help the rebellion, passing on messages, spying on imperial, etc. Now that the war's over (13) and with Luke Skywalker teaching, Jon's unlocking his natural force sensitivity and the powers of a Jedi. Young Adult Verse: Superman has dropped the mantle and its time for someone to become the new face of truth, justice, and the American way. Lucky for the Kryptonian hybrid, he was able to escape that responsibility, to have more time to grow as a hero and as someone who’d have to overcome the huge legacy of Superman. With his brother stepping up to the plate, Jon decides that it’s time to be his own man and have his own team. Taking the mantle of Flamebird, as a remembrance to his brother Chris who was once Nightwing, the Super son contacted his generation of superheroes and created the newest Young Justice, protecting different cities and partaking different missions as they readied themselves into taking their parent’s titles. Adult Verse: There’s no such thing as truly ready but there is a thing called prepared and Jon’s finally prepared to take on the mantle of Superman. Leaving his team to a new and reliable leader, he heads on out to become Superman. It takes months for him to get used to protecting Metropolis and the rest of the world but he makes it through and decides to join the Justice League. With Batman and Wonder Woman as the team’s leader, they expect him to rise up among their ranks soon and to take his place as part of the trinity, here’s to hoping that he fulfills their expectations.

#//when I said I'm a multiverse... I meant it. This isn't even everything. I have WAYY more in mind a few prepared already #permanent starter call #list #verse #long post #╰★ | 𝚒 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚍 ( saved )

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epistolizer · 6 years

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Hit & Run Commentary #109

If Obama is so outraged by the divisiveness sparked by the numerous sources of information online, why is the propaganda he intends to produce to be available over a streaming service rather than traditional broadcast? So apparently he can provide his “alternative facts” but it is an outrage for Alex Jones to do so.

The winter 2018 edition of PETA Global is heralding the lawsuit the front group filed that granted intellectual property rights to a macaque that took a selfie with a camera set up by a photographer. Will the next time an ape hurls poo across its enclosure qualify for a government arts grant? The brief write up goes on to celebrate how the photographer was strongarmed into a settlement forcing the surrender of a percentage of the proceeds generated from the image to a number of wildlife charities and how other wildlife photographers are being intimidated into making similar donations. In the future, will you be required to get your dog or cat to sign notarized releases before uploading their images to social media? Too bad PETA is not as concerned about the animals euthanized in its care just so the creatures wouldn’t be forced to endure the indignity of having their basic needs catered to by adoring and dutiful human beings.

Propagandists at Good Morning America warn in an editorial posted on the program’s website “Alabama Senate Race Highlights That New Tribalism Threatens Our Democracy”. The piece observes that a group of Alabama voters have decided that ideology and party are more important than integrity and the common good. But in rejecting Moore now for decades largely over his defense of the Ten Commandments, these media elites are the ones that established the precedent of downplaying the existence of a morality beyond that of the group or “tribe” (as it is termed in a denigrating way in this segment). But aren’t these as dedicated to the so-called “tribe” as the consideration that trumps all others? For example, Barack Obama was elected primarily for being Black. The masses were directed to back Hillary Clinton simply because she was a woman. And no one is supposed to say a peep critical of Black Lives Matter despite the propensity of those in that movement to loot beauty salons for haircare products and burn other businesses to the ground in the name of social justice.

A Harris Poll concludes 84% of Americans hold the opinion “no gun under 21”. Why don’t the same numbers oppose enlistment in the military or enrollment in Select Service below that age threshold?

In a SermonAudio homily, it was correctly warned that many of aspects of life can be pursued with such zeal that we fail in one’s service to God. To bad this admonition was not applied to organized religion as well.

World educators supportive of students skipping class in opposition to the Second Amendment be as supportive if students walked out in favor of Confederate war memorials, the Tea Party movement, or school prayer? An alleged study indicates that a significant number of women are demanding that a man be at least six feet tall before they would considering dating them. Even when you meet their height requirements, they still aren’t likely to go out with you. And if women demanding a man meet certain physical requirements in order to be worthy of companionship, what is so wrong then with men insisting upon sufficient bosom birth, an exacting hip to waist ratio, or a specific age parameter (with some men preferring younger while other skew older) in order for a woman to be worthy of consideration?

The punishment for the teacher feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students ought to be to force him to put his own hand in the snapping turtle’s mouth. If he loses his hand, he should have thought about that before feeding the puppy to the snapping turtle.

Trump’s suggestion of a “Space Force” to handle extraplanetary military operations has allowed for a good laugh across social media. However, the concept is less ridiculous than NASA conferences held were the attendees ponder the question if Jesus died for Klingons not from the standpoint of whether extraterrestrials have souls but rather as way for academics to bash Christians for holding up cultural development and where Levar Burton and Nichelle Nichols were no doubt paid significant honoraria to make a public appearance.

In response to the hordes of students skipping class in opposition to the Second Amendment, Nancy Pelosi said no one's political survival is more important than the survival of the nation's children. Unless, of course, if the child is still in the womb.

The Washington Post is celebrating the lone student at one school that walked out of class in opposition to the Second Amendment. Would this liberal rag defend students that remained in class in support of the inalienable right to bear arms?

A brat demonstrating against the Second Amendment remarked that you should not be allowed to own an "assault rifle" unless you can articulate a reason why. Shouldn't the same apply to cellphones and free birth control?

Nancy Pelosi has decreed that the prototypes of Trump’s proposed Great Wall Of America are too high for civilized society. If the Congressional leader ever watched “Pacific Rim”, she would have probably applauded the interdimensional monsters busting through the barrier to lay waste to what remained of human civilization. But in all seriousness, if high barricades are an offense to democratic values, does she intend to advocate for the removal of the ones surrounding the Capitol? More importantly, does she intend to tear down any fences surrounding her properties or to leave the doors unlocked at night so vagrants can traipse around at their own leisure?

Hispanosupremacist Jorge Ramos says that he is now having the worst time of his life in his 34 years in the United States. He is always free to return to Third World poverty any time that he so desires.

The Syfy drama Krypton is not without potential. However, it is not as enjoyable as Smallville or Supergirl. One has to be really steeped in Superman lore to follow what is going on and the English accents of the actors don't help either. As a family member not as familiar with superheroes and comics confided, this Krypton certainly looks different than the one from the TV shows and movies. Often Superman's home world is depicted as almost heavenly with crystalline architecture of an almost cathedral like appearance. However, this world simply looks rundown. In many versions of the Superman story, Krypton is left to its fate as a result of a scientific establishment too mired in its own procedures to admit to the obvious. Yet this version seems to want to take the narrative in a bit of another direction subtly anti-Christian as the religious elite deny the existence of life beyond their world to the point of persecuting those advocating on behalf of the idea. To emphasize the point, the primary religious leader, the voice of Rao, is depicted in a multi-faced mask reminiscent of an image from church history intended to illustrate the Trinity.

The cover story of the April 2018 issue of Sojourner’s Magazine is titled, “How Evangelicals Became White: For much of American evangelical history spreading the Gospel meant spreading Whiteness”. Does Sojourner’s stop to explain and, even more importantly, lament how the so-called “mainline churches” are probably even “Whiter” than those of the Evangelicals being denigrated in this propaganda? Are Black denominations being condemned for being overwhelmingly Black? Is the Roman Catholic Church ever condemned in the pages of this publication for abetting in the violation of U.S. immigration law?

Revolutions are seldom satisfied accomplishing the initial stated objective. These movements eventually become increasingly strident. Once those with wandering hands or raunchy mouths (as determined by feminists that are not so much in favor of decorum as they hate men) are removed from public life, what is to prevent assorted surveillance technologies from being deployed to eliminate the last remaining vestiges of maleness? For example, close circuit TV could be used to catch those stealing a glance of a jiggly bosom or backside strutting by. Will fit bits be required to catch men that become aroused by an alluring woman in their presence who saying nothing about it but who would be betrayed by an increased pulse or blood pressure rates?

One adolescent orator at the March For Our Lives Rally claimed to speak on behalf of “African American girls whose stories don't lead on the evening news.” In her racialist tirade, did she point out that most Black youths are shot by other Black youths with firearms not acquired or used in a manner approved by the NRA nor by the organization's membership?

A number of dimwitted waifs at the March For Our Lives rally insisted that the Constitution was outdated. So if these rabble rousers had been denied the opportunity to assemble or had their gathering disbanded at the end of police batons, tasers and tear gas, there would have been nothing wrong with that. Because the right to speak and petition for the redress of grievances is just as much part of that Constitution these activists denigrate as the Second Amendment.

Miami officials are considering a plan to allow educators strapped for rent to live at school. And you thought accounts of the sexcapades occurring in the public schools were wild before?

In calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, does that also include the right to bear arms of the security details of retired Supreme Court Justices as well?

If former Supreme Court Justices are calling for the elimination of the Second Amendment because the constitutional provision is no longer considered socially utilitarian, what is to prevent them from issuing similar pronouncements calling for the elimination of freedom of speech and religion when those particular statutory clauses are deemed similarly subversive to public order?

If Youtube can’t be forced to allow for Conservative speech, why should Christians be compelled to bake gay wedding cakes?

If the census should not be allowed to ask if a respondent is a citizen of the United States, why on the American Community Survey was I required to answer how far I drove to work and how many toilets are in my house?

A Maryland Park and Planning Commission is holding a teen athletic competition advertised as the first annual “Hunger Games”. As a science fiction fan, I found the Hunger Games series of films a compelling and highly plausible dystopia. But it is a DYSTOPIA. That means no rational individual would want to find themselves in that situation. In spoofing the emphasis placed upon the love triangle in the story, Homer Simpson lamented, “When do we get to killing the children?” Will this be the fate of those losing these municipal competitions? For like it or not, that was the point of this fictionalized athletic spectacle as a form of social control and the only way to survive was to kill or be killed. Any bureaucrat employing this name as part of what ought to be a wholesome youth activity either doesn’t understand the point of the narrative or are hoping to manipulate the population to the point where one day such blatantly homicidal bloodsports are accepted without question.

If it is unacceptable for the government to ask who is a citizen, why is it acceptable for government to not only know how much money individuals make but also how much of that money individuals withdrawal from privately owned banks after taxes on those funds have already been paid?

For daring to comment on a public online post by gun control fanatic David Hogg, pundit Laura Ingraham has been accused of cyberbullying. But isn’t Hogg even more directly a bully? After all, is he not the one issuing threats and ultimatums if his preferred policy directives or managerial preferences are not implemented?

It was argued on the Berean Baptist Church SermonAudio podcast that, even if a “pew sitter” comes to church 52 out of 52 Sunday’s a year, they are not sufficiently demonstrating the value of the church until they sing in the choir, serve in AWANA, or play an instrument for 52 out of those 52 weeks. Would the pastoral staff be serving the 52 out of 52 weeks if there was no paycheck on the line? If showing up is not is not sufficient demonstration of devotion to Christ, perhaps they’d rather people not show up at all? Furthermore, why would anyone want to hazard the commitment necessary to hold a volunteer position in a congregation that has mentioned in previous publicly available podcasts how criteria to qualify are nowhere detailed in the pages of Sola Scriptura? Furthermore, by definition a church of a finite size only has so many teaching positions available and, given that these are non-compensated, one is under no obligation to pursue them particularly if one is not skilled in or desirous to participate in the open opportunities.

It was said in a Berean Baptist Church SermonAudio podcast that the true believers are those that serve IN the church institutional or organizational. How can one hand down a definitive ruling that those not explicitly serving under ecclesiastical scrutiny are not performing works for Christ beyond an inquisitorial gaze? Furthermore, how is what this pastoral staff is advocating little different than the blatant works righteousness of most strains of Roman Catholicism?

A Sacramento woman with her house on the real estate market is refusing to sell to any Trump supporters. It is claimed that political affiliation is not listed among the protected classifications known for rampaging in the streets and looting local businesses at the rendering of unpopular trial verdicts. As such, this would not constitute a technical act of discrimination. Fine. If this is allowed to stand, all one should need to do to get out of selling a home to minorities is to decline on the grounds that the individuals are likely Obama voters. Christian bakers wanting to avoid entanglements with gay weddings could articulate similar reasons. More importantly, given that most Americans do not necessarily wear their politics on their sleeves, what is to prevent someone from saying that they did not vote for Trump when they really did? It’s not like this inquiry is regarding one’s faith in Christ.

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╰╮Without a Body | Ivana Bašić, FlucT & Sable Elyse Smith ༄Hosted by SIGNAL ﹅Andrea Rosen Gallery 525 W 24th St, New York, New York﹅January 6 – February 4, 2017 The body is the boundary point of overt social control — something that can be worked, borrowed against, confined, a unit that can be processed. The artists in this exhibition share a concern with the body as the locus of dispute between the world and the self, in conflicts both physical and psychological, and the ways in which the systems of social control through which our bodies must move work within and without us.

FlucT is the collaboration between performers Sigrid Lauren and Monica Mirabile, who create highly charged choreographic works exploring social control and power dynamics enacted upon the body. Their “violently intimate” dance practice frequently sees their bodies colliding and entangling, and the two artists locked in confrontation with the audience and each other. – —– ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈—– —– —– —–—– —– —– —– ┅┈ ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈┈┈

╰╮In)compatible ༄Hosted by Interstitial ﹅January 14 6 PM – 9 PM PST﹅Interstitial﹅6007 12th Ave S, Seattle, Washington Interstitial presents “(in)compatible”, a group exhibition with new works from renowned media artists Dylan Neuwirth, Carla Gannis, Faith Holland, and Kathleen Daniel that explore the origins of online culture, structure, and aesthetic. Through sculpture, video, and installation works, this exhibition explores a new and dynamic area of contemporary art: the post-internet movement. “(in)compatible” greets the viewer with Daniel’s otherworldly video work tucked into the entrance corner of the gallery. Suspended monitors create a false wall displaying a triptych of Gannis’s recent video work “A Subject Self-Defined.” Sculptural objects by Holland examine the “anthropomorphized interaction of technology with itself.” Neuwirth presents a series of illuminated glass sculptures containing helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon. Together the exhibited works form an eclectic expression of the current digital moment. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with I Want You Studio. – —– ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈—– —– —– —–—– —– —– —– ┅┈ ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈┈┈ ╰╮Game Over FaceBook hosted by ݕ GameOver FB Ξ̿̿̿̿..ş̨̧̧̨̨̨̩̦̤̥̘̗̗̜̕̚ ᚙ presented by Hacker Gallery ه҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈‎ ﹅January 1, 2017 – January 13﹅

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╰╮MM/1: When removed from view, removed from existence presented in part by ANTImateria ﹅Thursday, January 19 at 5 PM – 7 PM﹅The Winchester Centre for Global Futures in Art Design & Media﹅Park Avenue, SO23 8DL Winchester, Hampshire ·÷±‡± ±‡This is the first show of meta/motion, a series of exhibitions that proposes an exchange of digital based artwork between Latinamerican artists and artists from other places across the globe. When removed from view, removed from existence features the work of: Luis Nava (Mexico, 1986), LATS (Mexico, 1983), Diego Ortega (Mexico, 1993), Miguel Ángel Salazar (Mexico, 1988), Monica Lopez (Mexico, 1993), Gibrann Morgado (Mexico) & Salvador Loza (Mexico, 1988) and will be accompanied by a public program, please find all the information about this events attached in the comments – —– ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈—– —– —– —–—– —– —– —– ┅┈ ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈┈┈

╰╮OPEN CALL VID SUBMISSIONS: SHORTCUT TO HELL ﹅DEADLINE: Monday January 16th﹅EXHIBITION: January 22nd﹅Otion Front Studio﹅1196 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, New York﹅SUBMIT: [email protected] »»———————► January installment of Otion Front’s monthly dance video screening series. ·÷±‡± ±‡The Tetris effect occurs when avid players hallucinate game pieces and patterns in the real world and in thoughts, mental images, and dreams. Sea legs describes the perception of sailors who find their bodies rock as if on a boat even after arriving on land. Highway hypnosis is a trancelike mental state caused by driving for long periods of time while staring at a fixed horizon. This open call seeks dance oriented videos that survey attention absorbing tasks, repetitive gestures, images, and action that provoke fixation, and activities that require intense focus and lead to dissociation. Shortcut to Hell charts new directions for muscle memory and conditioned reflexes. – —– ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈—– —– —– —–—– —– —– —– ┅┈ ┅┈ ┅ ┈ ┅ ┈┈┈┈ Sam Cannon, Untitled 2016

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╰╮Mana BSMT presents: Surface ﹅Public reception: January 21 6PM – 10PM﹅January 21, 2017–May 31, 2017﹅888 NEWARK AVE. JERSEY CITY, NJ Surface is a group exhibition opening in Mana BSMT’s new 3,000 square foot gallery. It will feature work by five Mana BSMT Residents who work primarily as GIF artists: Matthias Brown (Traceloops), Sam Cannon, Julian Glander, Thoka Maer, and Hayden Zezula (Zolloc). Until now, their artwork has been created for and seen on screens, and shared across social platforms. This exhibition is their first exploration into creating work that can only be experienced in a physical space: sculpture, installation, performance, and gaming. By eliminating screens and creating site-specific experiences, this exhibition will illustrate a collective surfacing from the digital to the physical realm. Join the conversation online using #SurfaceBSMT ⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰ ㋡㋡㋡㋡㋡㋡ ᙚᵐⁱᒻᵉ¨̮♡© 、。〤〜 ___if Y0U have an event, exhibition, net art news, post⋆internet portal, postironic update, pretty pixelated picture, avAnt garde video art, notable tweet/meme series, extra cool NewHive, l’espirit d’escalier, or unusual increase in ostensibly meaningless coincidences, dystopic fantasy, idea for organizing the revolution, clickbait worth clicking on, or lucid dream for ＦＥＢＲＵＡＲＹ＇Ｓ ᵗʰ⫲ˢ ᵐᵒᶰᵗʰ ⫳ᶰ ᶰᵉᵗ⋆ᵃʳᵗ □□□۰۪۫▪︎▪︎■ plz e-mail info 2¸¸,;’°`◊ [email protected]

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Breaking down the song too sweet by hozier and literally shoving any dc ship in it. Well mainly any bat x super ship cause honestly I love the idea that the song is from the bats perspective talking about their respective super.

Also I feel the need to make this clear, I do ship superbat, timkon, and Damijon but not all in the same universe. Like no offense to anyone who has written anything containing all three of these ships but I think it's just weird cause it's like man if superbat is canon and then you put damijon it's like Damian and Jonathan are brothers so it just makes me feel weird about the ship at that point. But if they are all in separate fics then I feel like it's fine and I love it.

But anyway! I was writing my newest chapter and on my superbat fanfiction called " does superman cry" (FYI I regret not making the title too sweet or ice tea and tears or something silly like that)

Cause I'm so OBSESSED with Clark having a deep appreciation for ice tea and loving it cause Martha would make it during the summer months and would make it warm during the winter so Kal just always had that bitter sweet tea after a long day of working on the farm.

So Bruce learns about it and he absolutely hates tea. He takes his whiskey neat and coffee in bed at 3 and this man just can't stand the bitter taste. Even with sugar in it he hates it. But after he learns Martha makes it he has Alfred the tea steeping master he is make his own so every time Clark comes over he baits him into drinking a glass.

Especially if he wants Clark to stay longer. He secretly just brings him a glass and Kal the nice boy that he is can never refuse a glass of home made sweet tea.

Eventually they fall into this pattern and even start dating and Bruce finds that he doesn't mind sweet tea as long as it's on Clark's lips when he kisses him. Thats the sweetest tea of all.

Also I'm imagining Clark not actually being a coffee fan and liking tea cause it tastes more like home and the earthy flavor it provides, but he will bring Bruce a steaming cup of coffee just like how he likes it as compensation. Kinda like a trade of sorts ♥️🖤💙💛

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One thing I will always and forever enjoy about the jondami ship by itself is the fact they are very angel x goblin coded.

Here me out

Jonathan is an angel and for the sake of everything we are gonna say biblically accurate. Cause he's sunshine wrapped up in puppy looks and baggy clothes and he looks for the good in people but with one look he could turn you to salt. Like literally could deliver divine punishment if need be. Which I think is interesting cause you got to learn to be gentle but also when to stand up and be rough. So like an accurate angel of sorts.

Then we have Damian and I know everyone is obsessed with him being a demon and stuff like that but like...after seeing the comics and reading some of the things he's said or done he's really not. He's just an autistic goblin.

Like he has no idea what human interactions are hardly and how to be normal about them so he just kinda stands there but the more you get to know him and the more comfortable he gets he just gets...weirder.

Like I can imagine him talking about animals for hours and talking about different characters from video games and backstories and drawing them out and Jonathan just stares at him like like a frog until he's done because he doesn't want him to stop. Plus Damian can have non verble moments so the moments he does speak are very special to him. Then the flexible points were he scuttles around on all fours to look for a pencil because he knows it freaks Jon out or the fact when they go outside he gets distracted by different plants he could eat (becuase hes vegan and knows a lot about plants) and even keeps special rocks in a secret drawer that he shows grayson and Alfred. Not to mention the collecting of special things like animals and swords.

So like a divine angel x a goblin really and I think it's a sweet deal honestly.

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jonjaydami · 14 days

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A jonjaydami headcanon.

The choas that would be released if and when Damians brothers find out he's dating another hero and the shovel talk that would soon be after. The thing is they already have Jonathan a shovel talk cause they had always kinda assumed they'd end up together but when they didn't they were not only shocked but super angry.

But of course they leave it alone cause they don't want to damage their little brothers friendships cause they know he doesn't have many but they notice slowly how much Jonathan and Jay start coming over.

Maybe once every other week becomes every week and then almost every day they are always catching Damian texting someone and smiling at his phone. They become confused.

Soon they start their own investigations cause is Damian dating someone? And on patrol maybe they find Damian sneaking a kiss to Jay and they absolutely loose it.

The theories just run wild!!

Jason: soooo our brothers a home wrecker?

Dick: noooo I raised him better then that!! :(

Tim: I just think it's like one of those stories with the love triangle?

Jason: I know you read wattpad and ao3 but leave it out of this

Tim: you know what wattpad is?

Cue to Damian overhearing this and deciding to be an absolute menace. I think from then on he ropes his boyfriends into pranking them by not knowing who's dating who until the batkids break down and finally sit Damian down to talk to him. Then the big reveal they were dating all along.

What surprises Damian is when money starts being passed around.

Damian: you made...bets?

Tim: well duh *rolls eyes*

Damian is about to kill him until Bruce walks in and raises an eyebrow.

Dick: they are all dating

Damian in shock: :0

Bruce just walks over to the table and grabs the biggest cash pile.

Bruce: by the way Jay is a very informative young man. I approve

All the batkids in shock- :0

Turns out he had already not only figured everything out but also went ahead and gave Jonathan and Jay a fatherly talk. Well as a fatherly one as batman can.

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jonjaydami · 5 days

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So I need to know what animal they think is the batfamilies special interest.

Like we all know they are on the spectrum like look at Bruce. He's a 30 year old man that dresses as a bat and don't get me wrong there are several reasons he dresses as one but it always has something to do with the animal itself and I always think that's funny how it's even used as a joke in several comics, and animated movies/ shows.

So Bruce knows everything about bat's, shape color, species, what food they eat and how they live and even the different culture views on bat's. He could talk all day about it if asked and he always does it with the utmost care. Like he was giving a speech at a gala or speaking to the league.

I think we all know Dicks is obviously Robin's. Cause why else would he choose to be a brightly colored vigilante that's after a bird from the north? I feel like after moving in with Bruce he took a quiz on what bird he would be cause he was studying birds in school and got a Robin and took that to heart as a passion and not only learned everything about a Robin's but that had just become his identity for awhile and he loved it. Bruce when he heard it at first had thought it wouldn't work but after making him his own costume and even watching several videos on the birds he thought it fit his son nicely.

Jason didn't break away from the Robin role and embraces it actually. But he was always way more shy when it came to discussing his favorite. I think he would have a fascination with bugs and snakes and would absolutely be the kid with a spider or a beardy. He once convinced Bruce to get him a baby beardy and then it became an obsession. He had a sweatshirt that even had a cartoonish looking beardy printed on it and he proudly talks about it to any one who asked. Bruce would silently close his eyes and soak in all the information about them he could.

I totally think Tim loves frogs and even sea creatures. He has a tank with shrimp in it and his boyfriend makes fun of him and calls him a shrimp farmer but he also has a tank that has glass frogs in it. It's a huge tank that takes up over half his room and he loves just watching them sleep and even makes cute little tiktoks with them. He always is getting cute things for the habitat and going shopping. He also takes Damian on these trips. Because they both enjoy walking around and even stopping to pet or talk to the people who bring in their dogs. Bruce also enjoys walking into Tim's room and seeing the frogs and shrimp and even says hello to them before leaving again.

Damian is no stranger to having a soft spot for animals but I know he loves cats and dogs. He is definitely a cat person. Alfred the cat is his prized possession and he will proudly take pictures and then draw them. He loves using his animals as drawing references and has multiple books filled to the brim of just them. Sometimes if they are really good he goes to Bruce and asks them to be laminated so he can hang them up in his room because they deserve to be celebrated and respected. He also tells Bruce odd facts about his animals. How Alfred (the cat) specifically likes to sleep on his left side and enjoys being scratched behind his ears the most.

Bruce loves his weird sons because he is weird and for Christmas he always gets them something related to their animals because it's like a bonding experience for them. Some days they don't even talk about anything but their animals but I can imagine them all settling on a couch and out of pure bordem putting on documentaries and spending time just listening and learning. Of course this could also lead into some heated debates about who's animals is the best.

Jason: no you don't understand

Damian: *scoffs* actually Todd you never understood anything

Dick: ok well I set the whole thing for Robin soooo

Tim: oh please you were eight!!

Bruce: I think we are forgetting how bats-

Kids: *groan because they have been hearing about bat's for over half their lives and are tired*

Alfred just walks in and smiles as he sets a pitcher down.

Alfred: actually you are forgetting how important bee's are to the environment. Which is why I plant only the best pollinator friendly flowers

Cue to everyone rioting cause after all this time Alfred has never talked about the fact he is in fact a bee guy. Ever since he started working for the Wayne's they let him have full control of the gardens and he always loved that in the bleak of Gotham he had his own personal eden with the flowers. Bruce's parents also appreciated him for this and would let Alfred do as he pleased when he would passionately talk to them about the bees. Even when they passed away Bruce had always assumed Alfred just did it because he didn't trust anyone else.

Which was part way true but he loves watching them bumble around and bump into each other as he works.

If anyone knows what Duke, steph, and Cass would like please comment or feel free to debate!! Just please remember to be nice and save the bees 🐝

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jonjaydami · 11 days

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Headcanon but with TimCon

Like can you imagine Tim absolutely loving dnd and playing with his friends quit frequently (it was actually Jason who showed it to him) and somehow becoming the forever dm that always has to host.

Everyone loves when Tim hosts at his house because of the fact he has a whole room dedicated to being the dm. A while table, the figurines, the spreadsheets, the snacks and anything else you could think of.

Now the part everyone hates. Tim is a prodigy he is smart and cunning and makes the most difficult quests he can come up with and those plans that the players can sometimes get around if they use what's around them? Gone there is nothing but plan after plan of curated actions that he finds joy torturing others.

The thing is conner doesn't understand any of it and everyone always gets mad cause when conner plays Tim will always make slight adjustments. Only sometimes because he still finds joy in torturing his boyfriend who only wants to see him because they have been playing for 6 hours straight.

Conner however has once or twice stolen his folder and looked at the plans for the next session on occasion and when he does he absolutely obliterates all of Tim's plans. Everyone is flabbergasted and in awe and Tim is pouty cause he immediately knows conner peaked.

After the 3rd time he's banned from being a player but that doesn't mean he doesn't go around being a menace when he can. Especially if it means he can get his hands on free food.

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The other potential of this is Tim and Jason convincing the batfamily to have a game night and it turns out to be dnd. The groaning and whining they do but they try to be hopeful that it'll be quick cause Tim said it was a one shot so nothing to long.

Nope it's 7 hours and steph and Cass are laughing cause they are the only ones who are able to figure anything out and got some really good stats. Dick is dead and in the corner cause he aged past his years. Damian is foaming at the mouth cause his halfing just got eaten by a mimic.

Duke tried to be nice to an npc and got stabbed four times because of it. Bruce is trying desperately to keep good faith but he's watching his paladin get thrown off the table (he goes to sit with his oldest in the corner)

Jason is sitting at the end throwing spell after spell but getting horrible rolls and is about to throw the table.

Alfred is the only one still standing beside steph and Cass and is quit proud of himself (but that is also because Tim has made sure Alfred got nothing but the best stats possible)

Ok so I might write a fic on this so it would be awesome. So lmk if I should also someone let me know what they think what dnd race each member of the batfamily would be!!

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jonjaydami · 18 days

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Trying to prove Damian would like Jay literally at all realistically would be a losing game.

Omg honestly I didn't think I would get this popular to be getting stuff like this cause it's a rare ot3 but my chat is tweaking about this and congratulating me.

So to explain myself I'm a firm shipper of jondami and Jay x Jonathan but I really wanted to pull the ultimate power move and add my favorite ships together but also I'm super mad at DC for ending the supersons comic the way they did.

Like they literally shouldn't have aged up jon to be older then his best friend and they hardly see each other anymore and this causes a lot of angst within the Fandom. Again I love the fact Jonathan came out as bi but they ruined something that was literally going so good. Plus Jay gets a lot of hate for no reason.

I've seen in way to many fics were he is a creepy perv or abusive or something like that I just want them all to be happy. Even if it means me taking something good and making it better.

Seriously even if Damian doesn't have romantic feelings for Jay or Jonathan then what does it matter? Telling me this isn't going to make me stop shipping it or trying to make the world love a character who's adorable.

I love all good characters and growth whether or not it's in a ship. This would be like saying people shouldn't ship somethin like Jason or Rory, superbat, heck even things like Tim x conner.

It may not be cannon or maybe even the best ship ever but I like it and I'm doing this kinda for me. I mean like I love people and everyone who has supported me already is amazing and I love you but like it's cool dude.

Just do your own thing and be happy about it. Life is kinda cool like that.

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okay, so. I woke up some time before my alarm went off (I don’t remember exactly when) and quickly deduced I felt like utter crap thanks fo my period, and was just like yeah today isn’t happening, so I sent a quick email from my phone to let them know I wasn’t coming for the babies room and went back to bed. I woke up sometime around 12 or 1, something around there, to the sound of my roommate apparently cleaning our whole apartment, which was pretty great because our dirty dishes stack was growing pretty high and when I’m already stressed out about school stuff cleaning shit like just gives me even more anxiety and I legit like, cannot function with it lol so I just end up not doing it and then feel bad about it, but whatever, it’s done now. So I had some breakfast (leftover fried rice from Friday night and a few oreos) and set to work on this stupid legal drafting assignment that’s gonna be the death of me. The more I think about it the more irritated I am about my grades because like, I know, objectively, that I am a good writer. And with the last assignment I sent it to my brother, who is a bona fide lawyer to look at it first and give me feedback, and he changed a few things but ultimately said it was good so like.....is it just something about this lady that she hates my writing, even when I was actually working in the office we’re pretending to be in my supervisor thought I was the best writer and gave me super complex motions to draft and argue in super high profile cases because he believed in me that much?? I’m just hoping, praying, that there is some sort of curve to the grading, probably not the traditional curve because there’s not enough students in the class from that, but so that I don’t end up flunking the goddamn class. If I end up getting a shitty grade (which I probably will) I have half a mind to challenge the grade because it think there’s a fairly good chance I’d win on that claim, but at the same time assuming I at least pass I’ll be graduated and does it even really matter? Like one shitty grade, assuming my other ones are solid, really won’t affect my GPA very much. Sure it’ll look shitty on my transcript, but what’s one shitty grade out of 30 A’s, A-’s, and B+’s? sigh, I’m ranting. it’s just really gotten under my skin lately. Anyway. I set to start walking, but my prof hadn’t answered either of the emails I wrote her yesterday about the format of the motion or what kind of cases we should be citing, and I didn’t really know how to move forward from there, so I ended up texting the one other person in the class that I actually know, who was actually one of my mentees last year which makes me feel bad for going to him with questions lol but I didn’t have many other options here. So he clarified what exactly the format should be, so from there I started writing the introduction, and then got to the argument and figured I’d start writing the rule based arguments and then worry about the case based arguments. So I found the relevant portion of the statute, and just started typing, and before I knew it I’d written 3 full pages of argument. I always do this, I get super super anxious about writing the argument section of things because I always think I can’t do it, but then when I actually get to it, it just happens like it’s the easiest thing in the world. I just wish I could convince myself of this for once instead of going through the anxiety every damn time. Sigh. I started looking at cases again to see if I can find anything on point, which is difficult because what I’m looking for is a very specific case type, and out of those cases the courts almost always side with the state when I need cases where they side with the parents and those are pretty much nonexistent, so hopefully tomorrow my professor will answer my email regarding the cases and I can have somewhere to go from there. It was like 6:45 at that point and for some reason I was craving vanilla cupcakes, so I found a small batch recipe and started making those, popped them in the oven soon enough and got them out right before Brooklyn 99 started. It was airing two new episodes in a row tonight, and they were both fucking hilarious. This show is just so damn good, I don’t even know how to describe it. After that I figured I might as well watch the last episode of Jessica Jones season two, and much like the rest of the season, I was rather underwhelmed. The scene with them saving the family from the burning car was pretty good, but the rest of it was just.....idk, it just didn’t have any of the same appeal as the first season and was just a pretty disappointing storyline. I was especially disappointed by their storyline between Jessica and Trish, because I’d heard it was supposed to be good, but IMO it was very much....not good. I don’t really know what they were thinking there, but oh well. I was finished then so I figured I’d start watching Krypton since that was on my list to catch up on. So I watched the pilot for that, and the first half was relatively boring, but the second half was actually pretty damn good and I enjoyed it, so I’ll keep watching and see what happens going forward. And oh yeah, I did laundry sometime in between all of this, which means I accomplished all of my goals for the weekend except cleaning up the disaster area that is my room right now, but that’s alright, I can live with that. And yeah, after the episode ended I started getting ready for bed and ended up folding some laundry beforehand so the thicker items could finish drying all the way because our dryer sucks and never full dries things like jeans. sigh. but yeah, that’s about it. I have PT in the morning, but it’s supposed to be in the 20′s and snowing, so I am really not looking forward to having to deal with that. lovely. oh well. Talk to you then. Goodnight babes. Have a good one.

#daily journal #April 2018

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