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bruce was so funny for this

#yarns are contagious #this checks out #bruce wayne #batman

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what musical artist/band have you seen in concert the most and how many times have you seen them?

#big time rush #7 times i think? #not counting seeing kendall solo which i think is another 3

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the role of the person in the passenger seat is not only navigator but secretary as well. you have to type up the drivers messages to random ladies on facebook about cbd cream & google whether that billy joel song was the theme song for that show or not

#important

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artblock therefore kon doodles

#superboy #kon el

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U know when it comes to things like comics and other purportedly hard to get into types of media I think ppl often like. Overthink it a lot.

I think it's a similar issue to how it's difficult to pick up a new skill as an adult bcos you're too conscious of being bad at it? Like let's face it a bunch of big comics fans are prolly people who went to their local library/comics shop/bootleg website/whatever when they were 12 and grabbed stuff they thought looked cool. & There's really no reason you can't do that as an adult? Who cares if you don't know what's going on. If you don't like what you're reading put it down & grab something else.

The way I got into Discworld as a kid was literally by picking books based on the cover art. The way I got into classic who was by reading a bunch of wiki pages & then looking up a story I thought sounded cool. & I had blast both times!

Like they're funky little books w pictures in. Who gives a shit just read whatever you want and have fun.

#YES #YOU GET IT #comics

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“Squirrel makes a home outside a window and then moves the family in over the cold months”

(via)

#squirrels!

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holy shit is this gorgeous.

#incredible

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#guy gardner #kyle rayner #green lantern

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This scam made the California University study 124 imported oils and found that over 70% of samples failed the tests.

These failed:

Mezzetta

Carapelli

Pompeian

Primadonna

Mazola

Sasso

Colavita

Star

Antica Badia

Whole Foods

Safeway

Felippo Berio

Coricelli

Bertolli

These brands passed:

Corto olive

Lucero

McEvoy Ranch Organic

Omaggio

California Olive Branch

Bariani Olive oil

Lucini

Ottavio

Olea Estates

Cobram Estate

Kirkland Organic

Also, test the olive oil yourself at home. Put the bottle out when cold, or in the fridge for 30 min. if it gets solid, it is pure and has monounsaturated fats.

#food #useful stuff

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Some matt and foggy stuff from these past weekssss

#daredevil

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#light blue is the coldest this is correct

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Had a dream this morning that Archive of our Own had a Random button which would simply take you to a random fanfic, like Wikipedia has. (AO3 does not appear to really have this, I checked and couldn't find one, but I kinda wish they did.) Someone had started a game where whatever fic you got, that was your new fandom, which is very fun! I would love this meme in real life.

The problem came in where so many people used the button that it broke and just started sending everyone to Stealing Harry, and like...I have fond memories of Stealing Harry but it's not my best work and nobody should be assigned to be a Harry Potter fan in this day and age.

So I decide to go off and find Astolat and demand she fix this but when I finally did (there was a whole quest) she turned to me like the baddie in a horror flick and said, "But that's the most random story there is" in a dark voice and I was terrified and woke up.

In the cold light of day I know there are more random stories by me on the archive, let alone by others, but I'm not going to try to get back there to argue my case. Pretty sure whatever I spoke to was actually the demon specifically assigned to plague fandom and not Astolat at all.

I'd say "get thee behind me, demon" but I know just how many porny fics on AO3 begin with that premise. (I've written some.) Begone foul spirit, and take your Satanic Panic with you!

#time to get into star trek i guess #specically tng

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I'm not sure if you've already answered something like this, but what are your reasons for disliking Tom Taylor?

I haven't read everything of his regarding the Titans and Dick but I don't really like what I've seen so far. I was excited at first with the current Titans run, etc. But that excitement has faded away.

What I don't like that is hard to put into words is his writing seems to reflect that he doesn't really understand the characters that he's writing, AND he seems to prefer Dick with Babs instead of Kory.

But what are your thoughts on Tom Taylor's writing?

in a nutshell — tom taylor is a fundamentally incurious person who writes comics to go viral on twitter. there’s no tangible substance in what he writes aside from moments of unearned toothless fluff, he isn’t interested in preserving legacy relationships or characterisation, and he lauds himself as a champion of representation while blocking those from marginalised communities who critique his works for being harmful or otherwise inaccurate.

his writing on nightwing reinvented dick grayson as a spineless, inoffensive character with almost no conviction. babs gordon has been removed from oracle entirely and exists as his girlfriend who lovingly banters with him but otherwise possesses no personal stance on any issue. his portrayal of bludhaven is devoid of its grit, style, or culture. dick’s inability to perform basic tasks as a hero — solving cases on his own, any degree of instinct or self preservation, acting like an adult — is notably absent. his chip about kory manifests in strongarming babs into being dicks one true love — something that defies existing canon and harms both of their existing relationships with other characters.

his writing on titans pisses me off even more, because now he has a wide cast of established characters that he can water down into stereotypes, flat characterisation lifted out of the cartoon, and bad politics. raven is basically a non-character who exists to be bb’s girlfriend. roy is totally absent. kory is underwritten. donna is flat and lifeless. the dynamics of the group are totally off. the decisions they make are bad, and because he’s established dick as a dunce i don’t understand why anyone would sincerely trust him to lead this group.

the issue is that there are no stakes. taylor’s liberalism allows for surface-level representation with no substance and no personality. why should i care that superman is bi if said superman decides to hug space-hitler instead of fighting him? why would i care that dick grayson is back in bludhaven if every character around him exists to support his new, inferior storytelling? taylor does not appear interested in improving his craft or actually collaborating with the people he claims to represent. there is no compassion, no sincere interest in nuanced storytelling. only window dressing with shiny cover art by dan mora

#this is such a great description of the problem #everything is shallow and trite #there are no real stakes or consequences to anything #i.e. blockbuster finds out dick's secret id and is helpfully killed off in the very next issue #which prevents dick from ever having to deal with anything ever #there is no substance to his writing and no substance to his politics

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My assortment of roys and mias

#roy harper #arsenal #mia dearden #speedy

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I've been rewatching elementary (2012)

obviously great show love it love it to bits ESPECIALLY how much of it is shot precisely on location but why did we invent a fake train/alternate timeline where the K wasn't discontinued in 1988 and also its iconography doesn't adhere to the exacting new york city transit authority graphics standards specifications

#i never finished elementary #but this is the kind of obsessive nyc spiral i am here for #TEAL??? #elementary #i love new york

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Yes, these Muppets have taken Manhattan. The question now is can they HOLD it

#muppets #laugh rule

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Fuck it,.

#a classic