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just imagine Jason recording Batman angrily yelling “Nightwing!” then setting it as the sound for Dick’s phone alarm so in the next morning when it goes off he flips the fuck out

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Coolest thing about lord of the rings? The king of horses shows up. It appears he is no different from all other horses

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You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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as far as i'm concerned all gore is necessary

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Throwback to when I took painkillers and woke up with Photoshop open on my computer to this image I had made

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anyone order this thing?

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week 4 of kittenhood is the peak. their ears haven’t even straightened out and they have triangle tails. unbelievable.

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clarification

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Weiner dog wearing armor at the Michigan Renaissance Festival (2002)

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I feel that the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon has a weird chokehold over a lot of the DC fandom, particularly the parts that don't actually READ or even like COMICS, to the point where this show, whose creators openly admit had to be simple enough for a toddler to follow, largely informs a lot of fans' interpretations of some pretty complex characters, themes and continuity. The show, specifically, can tend to become nostalgia bait, and I think it's due time for a lot of this fandom to take off their rose-tinted glasses and let the show go.

Like I enjoyed the show growing up and I still have a soft spot for episodes like Lightspeed and Hide & Seek, but...frankly it's a simple show tailored to young kids that just does not, and was never meant to, do justice to the Titans' comic canon. This show could never have done Who is Donna Troy? and conveyed the unlabelableness of Donna and Dick's relationship, but it was never supposed to. Characterisations are intentionally dumbed down, themes are broken down into bite-sized morals, half of the show is dedicated to comedy, and character development is purposely few and far between because this show was designed for kids aged 2-11. And all that is fine but it's just not at all a reflection of what the Titans really are in print. It should not really inform any serious reading of the DC comic universe.

On the one hand, I really didn't need to see a Red X comic arc or Starfire talking in broken english in a comic, it's all just cheap nostalgia bait that people need to stop falling for. It's sacrificing theme in favour of cheap references. On the other hand, I do think the fans I'm talking about probably owe it to themselves to a) be a little more honest and critical about their engagement with DC media, and b) challenge themselves more when engaging in media to avoid wallowing in flanderized fluff.

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they cant even understand the farmers of veldt don't use machines to cultivate their grain because it's literally part of their faith and culture to do it all by hand out of respect and love for the earth even though they literally say it in the movie

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by talos this can’t be happening is a mandela effect because the actual phrase is by the gods this can’t be happening and i’ve never heard anyone say the former in game

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson