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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 21 WAS AMAZING AND EVERYTHING I DREAM OF COMICS BEING. IT'S JESS, NATASHA, AND ANYA TEAMING UP AND KICKING ASS AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE YOU COUNT INTERACTIONS THAT DON'T PASS THE BECHDEL TEST, NOT THE ONES WHO DO, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT A SUPERHEROINE TEAM-UP ISSUE, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH DRIVEN, EVIL LADY SCIENTISTS AND EVIL DIMENSION-JUMPING LADY MERCENARIES.
I was making some notes earlier today for a post about Artemis and Wally that I will be posting in a couple days, and it reminded me that I just cannot consider (or do not consider) Young Justice as part of the larger DC-universe for two main reasons:
- Batman is a better father than Superman and
- I don't ship Dick with Babs/Oracle.
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Of the tragic interactions that never happened in that hellscape known as DC comic's actual canon, is the conversation between Steph and Jason about their mothers. You can't tell me that there isn't some deliciously fraught potential considering that both their mother's were addicted to drugs, and Stephanie's mother managed to recover and get her life together, and Jason's didn't.
Now I'm wondering if Jason and Roy Harper ever had a conversation about drug addiction.
Now I'm wondering if Jason and Roy Harper ever had a conversation about drug addiction.
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ladymercury_10 asked me about Black Canary and I had enough to say about Dinah Lance (comics verse) that I decided to make this a post of its own.Things I love about DC comics’ Black Canary a.k.a Dinah Lance:
- I love that she’s a well-known female superhero who’s well-known for her role on an all-ladies superhero team – not because she’s Green Arrow’s love interest.
- I love that she’s one of the top hand-to-hand fighters in the DC universe.*
- I love that her code name is feminine without being explicitly female (e.g. Lady Shiva, Batgirl, etc).
- I love that she’s a female legacy hero who did not take her name from a male figure; Dinah took up the mantle and was inspired by her mother.
*In general, I find it delightful that the top martial artists in the DC verse are all ladies: you have Lady Shiva, who was THE BEST martial artist (dying at her hands will bring honor to your family in several countries) who thought Dinah had enough promise that Lady Shiva wanted to train Dinah, and Lady Shiva was eventually defeated by her daughter, Cassandra Cain (future Batman).
I will spare you the strange coils my thoughts follow, but I was imagining Stephanie and Damian on a team together, for pictionary, and how absolutely atrociously that would go. Because Steph understands how to play that game, so she’d just scrawl something out and Damian’s Artistic Sensibilities would be offended and he’d be too busy critiquing her skills to actually guess. And when Damian was drawing, he’d run out the clock and have, like, a circle and some beautifully done shading. Whoever they were playing against would win by default.
I had reblogged his text from last night before I had read any comics with Tim Drake and it was funny then, but it is beyond hilarious now:
( Read more... )Also, this rule!63 Damian/Stephanie fanart came across my dash:
and oh my god YES.
Give me haughty, violent, half-arab assassin princess x cheerful, indefatigable college guy!
I did not know how desperately I needed this until now.
It’s like five billion of my favorite tropes! Violent girl x emotionally open guy! Older guy/younger girl! Defrosting the ice queen! *makes grabby hands at the universe*
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I'm attempting to clean up my desktop and I came across several half-written ficlets that I'm hoping to finish up and post this weekend. (Especially because one of them is Sif/Loki and I'm 90% sure that Thor 2 is going to ruin that pairing for me.)
The only finished one is this Bruce/Selina (probably because it's six sentences).
Detours (Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle)
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The only finished one is this Bruce/Selina (probably because it's six sentences).
Detours (Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle)
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Cue Jason Todd feelings.
And then cue EVEN MORE Jason Todd feelings:
I was literally waving my hands at the screen due to an excess of feelings.
Okay, I actually really like Wonder Woman's costume redesign for this movie. Yes, she's not wearing any pants, but her costume still looks really functional, it's clearly referencing her original outfit without being like OH MY GOD, PATRIOTISM, she has the nice bare shoulders/bracers combination which always looks fierce as fuck, and there is NO CLEAVAGE. Thumbs up in my book.
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Some random things:
- So, the winter soldier trailer happened and I am so excited.( Read more... )
- I read the second volume of morning glories and you should all start reading it too. kidiots has a great rec post here, although to be honest, I am kind of temped to just tell you all to just trust my taste and read without any prior info.
- I don't think fandom gives Alfred Pennyworth credit for what a sick, twisted sense of humor he has.
- This picspam made me really hope that someone requested unrequited or partially requited Art/Beth for Yuletide this year. I always thought that Art, at least, had a bit of a thing for Beth.
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Everyone should check out these poetry remixes with the bat family. Needless to say, Jason's in particular is fantastic.
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I came across this literally right before I walked out of the house to drive down to the Coast, and my CAPSLOCK stands.
Jason Todd fantrailer
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Also, fyi, the Romeo the mobster is played by the same actor as Fritz on LBD.
Jason Todd fantrailer
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Also, fyi, the Romeo the mobster is played by the same actor as Fritz on LBD.
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I sent her the link to that wonder woman vid, and after informing me that she wanted to watch all the wonder woman things, this conversation ensued:
Red's mom: is this [source material] where people think Superman and Wonder Woman have a thing?
Me: There are a couple comics where they're together.
Red's mom [immediately]: What about Lois?
Me: I dunno, everyone kind of hates [that pairing (Wonder Woman/Superman)].
Red's mom: Why would they have Wonder Woman date Superman when Batman's there?
Me: Whoa, what did Wonder Woman do to deserve that?
Red's mom: ....and she can lasso him with the lasso of truth and make him realize that some things just need to die.
I wasn't going to go into how Batman is already dating someone who ties him up (don't even try to tell me Bruce doesn't have restraints in his bedside table, I don't believe it) and I was laughing too hard to go into the fact that Catwoman hasn't done anything to deserve Bruce either but trust me, those thoughts were thought.
Red's mom: is this [source material] where people think Superman and Wonder Woman have a thing?
Me: There are a couple comics where they're together.
Red's mom [immediately]: What about Lois?
Me: I dunno, everyone kind of hates [that pairing (Wonder Woman/Superman)].
Red's mom: Why would they have Wonder Woman date Superman when Batman's there?
Me: Whoa, what did Wonder Woman do to deserve that?
Red's mom: ....and she can lasso him with the lasso of truth and make him realize that some things just need to die.
I wasn't going to go into how Batman is already dating someone who ties him up (don't even try to tell me Bruce doesn't have restraints in his bedside table, I don't believe it) and I was laughing too hard to go into the fact that Catwoman hasn't done anything to deserve Bruce either but trust me, those thoughts were thought.
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Stop what you're doing right now and go watch this amazing wonder woman fanvid:
Okay, I'm finally going to finish up this meme!
Ever felt like you should revoke your shipping credentials? Because you like the strangest ships and/or parts of your ship? Well TELL US MORE. Answer the questions with ships you love like burning.*
*I have comparatively few pairing that I could accurately say I ship like burning, so I qualify this as ships that I a.) really like and b.) would be interested in reading and/or writing fanfic about.
(masterlist of prompts)
(past answers)
( BtVS | LoTS | Push | Avatar | DC Comics | The Avengers | OUAT )
Ever felt like you should revoke your shipping credentials? Because you like the strangest ships and/or parts of your ship? Well TELL US MORE. Answer the questions with ships you love like burning.*
*I have comparatively few pairing that I could accurately say I ship like burning, so I qualify this as ships that I a.) really like and b.) would be interested in reading and/or writing fanfic about.
(masterlist of prompts)
(past answers)
( BtVS | LoTS | Push | Avatar | DC Comics | The Avengers | OUAT )
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- avatar,
- comics,
- game of thrones,
- iron man,
- justified,
- legend of the seeker,
- once upon a time,
- otp: forever bitter,
- otp: swan queen,
- otp: the one thing i can't live without,
- otp: there's hope in our line of work,
- otp: two master assassins in love,
- otp: you'd be milady,
- parks & recreation,
- push,
- the avengers,
- the buffyverse,
- the vampire diaries
So, I just read Stephanie's run as Robin, War Games, and the couple of issues that have her coming back and I'm about ready to crawl into a fetal position and sob.
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I just want to point out this panel:
Steph's done this in Robin comics too - automatically understood the dynamics of a criminal enterprise - and it just struck me as a unique skill that I've never seen people mention when they talk about Steph.
Also,latenightcuppa, come talk to me about Steph's hallucinatory conversations with Cassandra, cause that was trope-y as fuck.
Steph's done this in Robin comics too - automatically understood the dynamics of a criminal enterprise - and it just struck me as a unique skill that I've never seen people mention when they talk about Steph.
Also,
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