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Different Dragons from different movies and Shows.

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If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting the world around you over a book, forgetting cold and hunger– If you have never read secretly under the bedclothes with a flashlight, because your father or mother or some other well-meaning person has switched off the lamp on the plausible ground that it was time to sleep because you had to get up so early– If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless– If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won’t understand what Bastian did next.

Michael Ende, The Neverending Story (via theperksofbeingabookseller)

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Ghostbusters + Dog Shaming = “Terror Dog Shaming”

This awesome illustration of the Terror Dogs being shamed for their involvement in summoning Gozer the Destructor is the work of freelance digital artist Jason Farmer, aka Evolving Eye. The design is currently available here as a print and on clothing.

Follow Evolving Eye on Instagram or Facebook to check out many more of Farmer’s geektastic artwork.

[via Evolving Eye on Instagram]

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Now I am become kitten, destroyer of everything

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Superman in BvS: An Alien in America

I saw a comment somewhere that said Batman v Superman was a tragic state of affairs because it proves “in a post 9/11 world, Superman cannot exist. In a post 9/11 world, Marvel has convinced people that Captain America not only can exist, but should.”

Which to me, is an interesting comment….and altogether wrong. 

In my opinion, it’s still partially tragic that, in-universe, people haven’t universally accepted Superman as a hero, as the loving, happy, incredibly kind figure he is. That there’s no established rapport between him and humanity, the way you’d get in Superman: The Animated Series or the Christopher Reeves films.  

But in terms of dealing with the hand you’ve been given, as in the earlier events of Man of Steel, i genuinely could not ask for a better depiction of humanity’s perception of him and his subsequent response to that perception. The decision to make him this mythic, esoteric individual is constantly, appropriately shown as the HUMAN decision to portray him as such - to many, he is very literally a god in the sky, untouchable and imbued with ultimate power. 

The fact that he’s an ALIEN though, I think, isn’t touched upon enough in discourse about BvS. The moniker has a distinct weight upon him and imho, provides a deep, real world relevance. The fact that he’s introduced to the world in MoS, so baldly, as a member of another race, an old inhabitant of ANOTHER PLANET, others him in such a specific way that people can’t divorce that from his identity. 

The title card/intro scene in BvS gives that away immediately.

‘Metropolis, 

Mankind is introduced to the Superman.’

He’s not Superman; he is THE Superman. 

Superman is othered by humanity as a god amongst mortals, an alien amongst humans. designated as the frightening outsider, when all he’s ever wanted to do, I feel, is assimilate, to be accepted, to help, to LOVE. 

It’s the immigrant story.

Which is what Superman’s always been, at the heart of his myth. he’s a boy raised in the american heartland, who’s only ever wanted to be accepted for who he was. 

But in Man of Steel, he was outed and forced to own up to his identity, an identity that predated his status as an American. His status as a human. To everyone from then on, he is strange and he is different. 

And in Man of Steel, mankind inextricably ties him to Krypton, to other Kryptonians, to those who perpetrated violence upon American soil and harmed others for the sake of sheer carnage or their own prerogative, when all Clark wanted to do was live, to love, to be accepted. From then on, he is strange and he is different and he is dangerous. 

In BvS, humanity argues if there is a place for him amongst us; it portrays a corrupt billionaire hellbent upon ridding the world of him, with a logic mired in the fact that his fear and hatred basically comes from Superman’s genetic makeup. 

So to me?

It’s the post-9/11 immigrant story. 

An analogue for all of us painted in a specific way by the American public, by the world, due to our heritage, our belief system, the color of our skin, or the clothes that we wear. Due to the sparse connection between us and those who have spilt American blood on American soil. 

Clark Kent seeks to be accepted and understood in these films, and so do we. 

So, in a post-9/11 world, we may want Captain America to exist, but Superman DOES. And the way he’s treated does too. 

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OF COURSE THEY’D PUT THE “HAPPY LINK STAMP” IN THE ONE CAVERN THAT’S FULL OF POTS

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angel lol

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The seal is broken. The king of darkness returns.

I am convinced that this is the only proper way to open a Ganondorf amiibo.

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Tony Stark: Builds fifty Iron Man suits that cost 500 millions each, blows them up for giggles. Builds another hundred suits, wasting billions more, and refusing to share the tech.

Bruce Wayne: Funds troops and the police force with so much money and tech, that BPD and GCPD are almost militant.

Tony Stark: Throws cocktail parties for society “friends” and personal friends every other night.

Bruce Wayne: Only attends charity balls and fundraising events.

Tony Stark: Clean free energy!! … but sorry, for Avengers Tower use only.

Bruce Wayne: Is indirectly responsible for the Gotham healthcare system that America as a whole still doesn’t have, in addition to funding dozens of free clinics all over the city. And has built hospitals, including mental health facilities.

Tony Stark: Provides high-tech and expensive housing exclusively for his personal friends.

Bruce Wayne: Supports a number of orphanages, free schools, soup kitchens and social services groups. Provides cheap housing for low-income families. And made sure every building under his name is made disability accessible.

Tony Stark: Kills every mook he comes across. Offers no second chance.

Bruce Wayne: Provides jobs to ex-felons right out of prison to rebuild their lives. Offers stable legal employment and free education to people living on the streets.

Tony Stark: *Thinks money solves everything*

Bruce Wayne: *Knows money isn’t enough*

Tumblr: Why doesn’t Bruce Wayne do something useful with his money??

DC fandom: … …

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Today Is National Take Your Dog To Work Day.

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“Tetra, you ALWAYS look beautiful to me!!”

haha sorry dumb cheesy comic!! 

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Video: Grizzler the Border Collie is the World’s First Canine Photographer