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This cat looks like a very old and wise spirit of the forest :3

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It's Winnie's world and we're just living in it

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Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

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not to be a hedonist but. pleasure IS the whole point, my loves. we are made for pleasure. humans have not survived out of spite or sheer grit or simply to make more humans. we live for pleasure. the pleasure of licking the last delicious crumbs off your fingers and feeling sunlight on your skin and massaging a loved one's shoulders. we're made to fill our bellies with delicious food, to nap in soft grass, to touch each other in joy and comfort.

there is no shame or guilt in our bodies doing what they were made to do. and we are made for pleasure.

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 *The Friendship Squad*

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harley rolling up to the wayne manor is her bedazzled heeleys: omg brucie you’ll NEVER guess what happened—oh are you busy?

bruce laying in the grass as his kids spray him with a hose from ten feet away: no go on I’m listening

harley laying down next to him: alright cool SO!

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Stolas WOWWW

#loves him FIVE HUNDRED percent more now

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Baby elephant thought man was drowning and rushed to save him

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Title: Delicate Rating: T Word Count: 4,052 Summary: This thing between them is delicate, just one wrong move could shatter them both

Or: Continuing with my DC AU nonsense featuring Kryptonian!Yuri, Bat-family!Viktor, and the complicated nature of trusting someone with the things that could kill you

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33348319

#vikturi #victuri #viktuuri #victuuri #yuri on ice #yoi #yoi fic #yuri on ice fic #vikturi fic #viktuuri fic #victuri fic #victuuri fic #yuri katsuki #yuuri katsuki #viktor nikiforov #victor nikiforov

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If the rumors are true, the key word being *rumors*, it wasn't China leaving that got "BL" canned it was actually Cress Williams. He didn't want to be BL full-time (and who can blame given how exhausting the hours are with all the night time shoots -- all the CW actors have complained about that) and that's why CW pulled the plug. People have noted that 1.) Cress and China didn't actually share a single scene together in S4 and 2.) Cress was absent from any social media pics posted by cast members up to the finale --- but I've always looked askance at the of using social media as a gauge to any "drama" on set - who follows who, who's not in any pics -- it's all paparazzi -ish and well too intrusive

Ooooh really? I hadn't heard about Cress but yeah I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case given how **much** being a lead on one of these shows is on a person

I certainly don't judge by social media either, but it sounds like people were going by more than just that to draw their conclusions about Cress?

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Sometimes I wish that "Crisis on Infinite Earths" had been the grand finale of the Arrowverse instead of the shows slowly ending afterwards

I know what you mean :/

I feel like it would have been a good wrap for some, if their seasons had been geared to it like Supergirl- Leviathan could have been a great final big bad for her- well, Leviathan leading into Lex who's ultimately dealt with by Lena, with Lena and Kara's relationship mending being essentially the close of the show I feel like they really drew out the schism way too long anyway

Batwoman is really the one that would have suffered the most from that since she had the misfortune of climbing right into it- as Kate herself says- wile she's still "Getting a hang of the vigilante thing", but Batwoman wouldn't have been bad as a one-season wonder, it did alot in one season wile also staying pretty self-contained, they could have closed up the Alice stuff at the end of the season in one form or another and then sent Kate out to find Bruce- it could have been pretty natural

That being said, I've enjoyed the latest seasons of every Arrowverse show I watch, wich is alot more than I can say for alot of former slow-death shows, so I'm not upset that it wasn't the franchise finale, though I do think it would have made more sense in terms of a natural conclusion

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WB is the worst when it comes to DC. It's no coindence that Constantine is leaving 'Legends of Tomorrow" in the wake of the upcoming HBO Max show. And this pandemic ruined a lot of plans. As you said "BL" wasn't meant to be in the Arrowverse put when it happened they were all gung-ho for it. They had plans for Jeff to visit Central City and for Anissa and Grave to chill in Gotham. But then the pandemic and whatever BTS drama that got "BL" canned. Like *something* happened. It got an early renewal in Jan then it was cancelled in Nov. And CW didn't even bother to have proper trailers for new episodes. Don't tell me somebody on the show didn't rub the network the wrong way to result in that level of pettiness

Yeah, WB isn't just the worst with DC, but really the worst with favoritism in my personal opinion

They tried so hard to make the DC streaming service a huge success but as soon as they saw it wasn't going to be they got rid of everything like it was on fire, HBO Max is the new golden child so they're cutting their own throats in other areas to make it succeed- IE: Theaters

My poor Suicide Squad 2 ;_; no I won't say "my THE Suicide Squad" it won't roll off the tongue it was a sacrificial lamb to the damn streaming service :(

I know it's an unpopular opinion to not be all over streaming but they're really clearly cutting way more than just corners in order to feed that specific beast and try to make it compete with Disney+, that's why they're starting to draw the string on the Arrowverse :/ The same thing happened, I think, with the DC streaming service though, when they saw that the biggest success of DC was the Arrowverse, they decided to pull their dying streaming service as well as the DCEU into it to pump the Arrowverse up more, now that the Arrowverse is starting to go under- with three shows being gone, Batwoman being in questionable territory, and the two biggest successes of the year being largely disjointed from it (Superman and Stargirl), I think they're going to try to scramble it like eggs :/ They're doing the same with the DCEU to a degree though, by having loosely connected stories that do more universe hopping and tone changes (IE: Joker coming out just months before Birds Of Prey and having been preceeded by Shazam!) I think since they're seeing more promise in that approach right now for the movies, they might be trying to do the same for TV- or they're just trying to let the Arrowverse die of neglect so they can pump up HBO Max like you said

Ofcourse now that WB has been bought by Discovery, we might get some big changes to this; Discovery already said they wanted to pour seven BILLION dollars into DC properties specifically in the first year alone, and I know the rumor is that they're only going to try to gloss up DC so that they can sell the assets to the highest bidders once their "probation" period ends but like.... seven billion is a hell of alot of gloss..... and if they can start pulling in more numbers like Joker, Superman & Lois, and The Suicide Squad (wich may have not been a huge hit at the box office but wich reportedly smashed the HBO Max numbers enough that WB is circling James Gunn like a starving shark), then I have a hard time believing they'd be wanting to get rid of it, especially when, let's face it, DC is easily the most well known and most marketable asset Discovery has ever had and probably ever will have purely because of Superman alone, you can't find a person anywhere who hasn't atleast heard of Superman, regardless of how much the film properties are hit-and-miss financially, I have a hard time believing anyone would just throw that kind of name power to the wolves....

But onto Black Lightning, I actually have a pretty strong theory about that one

I'm almost certain that China Anne McClain is why the show was canned

And do not get me wrong, I don't mean that in a snippy way, but China quit Black Lightning pretty urgently- to the point that she only wanted to do limited episodes for the final season

Backing up a moment here though, let me explain why I think this was the nail-in-the-coffin

Black Lightning was very quickly becoming centered around Lightning specifically

That doesn't mean to say that it wasn't still Jefferson's story and that Anissa wasn't still important, but Jennifer was getting set up to be The Powerhouse of the show, with the bulk of the drama probably surrounding her and the thought of her potentially taking on her father's mantel

It seemed like the idea of Black Lightning retiring or atleast putting on the suit a little less was starting to become a thing, and with Jefferson firmly accepting his daughters as part of the world of Metas at that point, that would have lead to Anissa and Jennifer taking much more of the spotlight than they had in the beginning- that's a natural progression of things, and although I actually prefer Anissa's storyline (it's just more my personal cup of tea), I will readily admit that Jennifer was the one who had the ability to carry an entire season's worth of story on her shoulders.... not so much Anissa, who has her wife (so romantic subplots are pretty toned down), her powers are developed and stable (nothing quite like the learning curves Jennifer was facing), she has a stable job and a stable superhero identity- two, in fact-, so no literal schoolyard drama or issues with "Am I in my father's shadow? Is this how the world sees me and do I want them to see me this way?" much like what Jennifer was starting to experience in the end of the show either

TLDR Anissa mostly had her shit together, wich is great for her, but it doesn't lend to being able to carry the most dramatic storylines like it does with Jennifer, who's still figuring out pretty much everything

I think Jennifer was already starting to take a very large amount of the story as of the last season and even starting to steal the spotlight before that, if they were to come back for more I feel like she would have been in a place of being much more obviously groomed to take on the main charector status wile Jefferson stepped back just a little bit to be more supportive to her journey instead of the other way around

And the show could still exist very much as Jefferson's story wile that story happened to center on Jennifer

.....Buuuuuuuuuuuuut that's where the problem comes in

China said before the show was cancelled that she was going to step down from playing Lightning because she wanted to focus on her faith more and be removed from anything that wasn't "in service to God", wich is totally fine for her, but it does put Black Lightning in a bit of a difficult position because the charector they were gearing up to make their breakout star was suddenly going to either have to pull a Winn and just... be.... gone.... or have to get recast

To be entirely honest, I'm not sure why they didn't stick with the recasting instead, I thought Laura Karuki did a fantastic job as Jennifer and the "Am I Jennifer or am I JJ?" story would have been a great thing to explore for an entire season, but if I had to guess, they maybe just didn't want to mess with it?

Black Lightning had good numbers but it wasn't in the top five or anything to my recollection, not since it's premiere season anyway, and it could have been a compound decision of "We weren't going to keep this up much longer anyway so let's just take this as a sign to wrap it up", although I think that the way the recast was done could have presented a stable option for them if they had decided to give it a go for a full season, although maybe that's just my opinion and they initially made the recast so that the people behind the curtain could see if Laura would work well enough as Jennifer and when they decided that the vibe wasn't right they went on ahead and pulled the plug rather than risk getting the same um... resistance.... than Batwoman met over their recasting choices

Although I could go on for days about why that situation is different (to be clear: I do like Ryan quite alot but I don't think the Batwoman situation was nearly as seamless as Black Lightning's in terms of recasts, but that's another story for another day)

TLDR I think if China had stayed aboard they would have gone on for atleast another season or two, but there are some shows where members of an ensemble cast are so essential that their leaving is too big of a blow to stay through

It's much like when Dylan O'Brien had to bow out of Teen Wolf for a little wile, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a fan who absolutely loved season six, and even before that people were having a hard time staying with a lack of Tyler Hoechlin, with some even stepping away when Crystal Reed left, even though- at both of those points- most of the core cast was still there and at no point did the titular main ever leave, I feel like Black Lightning's situation is very similar, people were just too invested in Jennifer

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Another thing - I thought "Supergirl" was ending because Melissa simply opted not to renew her contract since she's a mom now?

Oh is that really why? I've been searching for answers and always get the *shrug* response basically

I heard in the very beginning that Melissa was "as shocked as everyone else" that the show wasn't getting renewed but that could have just been people making assumptions or her saying that publicly to avoid any backlash (ugh backlash...) but the timing of the baby as well would fit pretty easily

Being an actress and a mom is incredibly difficult even on the "easiest" (IE: least physically and/or emotionally demanding) projects but Melissa has all of my awe and respect for going through this final season doing all the stunts and physically exhausting shit she has to do after having just had a baby, not to mention that, if the preveiws are anything to go by for the tone of the last half of the season, she'll be doing some really exhaustive emotional work too with the PTSD stuff

If it was Melissa's decision then I really can't be mad about it; if it was WB's/CW's decision I can be absolutely bi-furious about it :)

I still find the timing of Superman & Lois to be extremely sus to be perfectly honest though, I mean, people have been screaming for Tyler's Superman to get his own show for years and they JUST SO HAPPEN to air the first season of it at the same time they're airing the last season of Supergirl? To the point that they really decided to split the seasons with eachother (air Superman A then Supergirl A, then Superman B and finally Supergirl B) with Supergirl getting FAR less promotion than Superman?

Mmmmmmmm smells executive to me

But to be just extremely and entirely fair, it's also possible that Melissa gave the network plenty of head's up that she planned on becoming a mom and wasn't going to renew past season six, wich would leave the CW one Kryptonian short and thus motivate WB to go ahead and greenlight Superman, knowing that it would have atleast the amount of success Supergirl did- and remember that Supergirl has been regularly coming in just under The Flash for the most watched DC show, with, I think, last year possibly being the exception due to Batwoman claiming that slot? I actually don't know if Batwoman claimed silver on this or not but I think it did

In any case I hope that you're right so I can let go of my bitterness @randomnessoffiction xD

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tylerhoechlin Novel, but worth it! Before the season finale of Superman & Lois tonight, I wanted to share something that happened this weekend that I believe exemplifies what Superman is all about. I was on vacation with my family & while we were at the beach, a young man walked up to us & asked if we wanted to buy a rock he had painted. He started into an elaborate story about a man who wanted to purchase the rock for $100, but of course, wasn’t there that day. So, he said he’d give me deal & sell it to me for $5. I asked him questions about his career as a budding artist/what he wanted the money for (answer: “Arcades & other stuff.”). After about 10 minutes, I decided to reward his bold & imaginative efforts with the purchase of this rock. I gave him a $10 bill & without missing a beat he said, “Thanks for the tip!” He ran off to join his buddies waiting for him at the boardwalk & off they went to the arcade, I assumed. On our way to dinner, we passed him & his friends (more of them now) still at the beach & with an extensive selection of painted rocks being offered for “donations”. After I stopped to ask for a picture (I thought it would be a nice companion piece to go along with the story), we were told by a young girl that all the proceeds were going to a foundation in their friend’s name for pediatric brain cancer research, of which their friend had passed away from a few years ago. Their parents told us they had been encouraging the kids to enjoy their vacation at the beach, but the kids had insisted that THIS is what they wanted to do. My other family members quickly joined in with donations of their own. The next day, I passed by one of the parents & asked if I could share this story & she said, “absolutely.” Dexter, thank you for the art rock. It will forever be proudly displayed in my home & I will relish the chance to tell this story to anyone who asks me about it. To me, Superman isn’t Superman because he can do everything. It’s because he does anything good that he can whenever he has the chance. That he’s a friend when friends are needed. And that’s what these Super young people were doing. So I tip my cap to them for doing good, and for being good friends.

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I really wonder how "Supergirl" will end. And it's not just Kara it's the other heroes too Until Diggle showed up there was no acknowledgement they even existed

I know part of it has to do with the pandemic

Batwoman was originally supposed to have a minor crossover with Superman this season, as well as Supergirl at the end of season one, and I would be more than willing to bet a similar situation went on with Supergirl, it's just too strange that they wouldn't feature her at all in the debut of her cousin's show when there wouldn't be a Superman & Lois without Supergirl, and it's equally strange to think that Supergirl is going to end without a cameo from her- to be perfectly realistic- more famous cousin, but I'm pretty sure Clark isn't going to make it

Another problem is filming schedules colliding

Remember that Melissa had her baby several months back, causing Supergirl's filming to be pushed back by a few months, so by the time most of the Arrowverse was half-done with their seasons, Supergirl was only just starting

The producers have mentioned multiple times that it's really hellish to rig even small cameos because of getting filming schedules and locations and paychecks straightened out, but when you add in the pandemic precautions, I'd say that it's especially shut down this season- wich absolutely sucks being Supergirl's last :( And when you add the fact that Melissa had several weeks where she would've been out of commission thanks to being a new mom, you just tighten that noose even more....

Supergirl is probably going to have a much quieter, more downplayed finale than it deserves because of the combination of these problems :/

I also wonder if there's some WB Fuckery going on

Before Supergirl made history by getting a real Superman appearance on TV at the same time that the DCEU had him in film, Superman and Batman were hard "no"s for appearing on TV from WB, that's why Smallville and Gotham were prequels and always made sure to use "Clark" and "Bruce" instead of "Superman" and "Batman", because WB didn't want people to like a TV version more than the film version, wich hilariously is what ended up happening on Supergirl- people were campaigning for Tyler Hoechlin to take over as Superman pretty much as soon as his first cameo aired- but it's also what sparked WB to loosen that leash and allow for doubles to start up

....However....

I don't think it's a coincidence that Supergirl- wich actually has higher ratings than many CW shows, even including other Arrowverse shows like Legends- got canned the same year WB decided to bring a version of Supergirl into the DCEU (although there are rumors that it's Lara Lane Kent who will appear, not Kara, the design does look alot more similar to Lara) and the same year that they premiere Superman- wich is by FAR the most removed series from the rest of the Arrowverse since Black Lightning- wich wasn't supposed to be in the Arrowverse initially in the first place so that one makes much more sense

Superman & Lois also seems to be getting a different audience or, atleast, a much broader audience, in comparison with Supergirl, Batwoman, and alot of the "less grounded" (because I don't know a better comprehensive word for it) Arrowverse shows, and that may be part of the reason too- an effort to create distance between Superman & Lois and the Arrowverse, to keep that broader audience

The CW does seem to be steadily inching towards that more "family oriented" Americana flavor lately, with S&L, Stargirl, and Walker being their most notable recent successes and what they're pushing hardest, with the only one breaking from that mold being Kung Fu, although that one is successfull without the push and is still family oriented

I really hope it doesn't mean that we're going back to Mayonaise Land and losing some of the great diversity- both in terms of the casts AND the stories themselves- CW was starting to have on it's roster as of 2018/2019...

But back to Supergirl!! xD

I feel like it's going to be a more downplayed finale than it deserves, as I mentioned before

I have the sense that the end of the season is going to be much less "Giant Big Bad To End All Big Bads" like alot of series ends, and much more introspective and sort of a "Kara started Here and now she's Here" type of story, reflecting more heavily on the Super Freinds and Kara's personal growth and her overcoming her PTSD- wich we've been seeing in the commercials, one of those "Supergirl's last battle is with..... HERSELF" types of moments

And I DON'T mind that at all, Supergirl has always been more about personal growth than it has been about the villain of the month, but I fear it means that we won't get cameos from our freinds like Clark, Winn, and James :(