#2021 issue

[kierancaz]

Does anyone else not like the way Damian is drawn in the new Batman and Robin comic ????

Like, after his solo Robin series, I just cannot look at him like that. He looks almost exactly like Jon.

Where is his tan skin ??? His green eyes ??? HIS HOOKED NOSE ???? They took away everything that made his design cool and interesting and new and pretty and also just like a huge part of his ethnicity.

It just bothers me so much like I want to read the comic bc it does seem pretty interesting but Damian’s design is making it soooooo hard. It extra sucks bc the art style is amazing. I actually love the way Bruce is drawn and also White Rabbit is super cool. Damian is just throwing me off so hard like that’s literally not him that’s Tim or Jon or Dick but that isn’t Damian Wayne/AL GHUL like tf look at this

He’s pretty yah, whatever, now look at this:

THESE ARE NOT EVEN THE SAME FUCKING PEOPLE ???? It’s not even a difference in art style bc there was plenty of variations in art style in the Robin series but he still had his main features I mentioned earlier.

Idk call me a nitpicker or smth but this bothers me so much if it doesn’t change at some point I don’t think I will be able to read the new Batman and Robin series.

#like if they change it later I’ll fight through the first issues but if it doesn’t wellllll #idk I can’t be the only one upset by this #I’m sure someone has already talked about it but still #I have to get my opinions out there. I have to complain. Complianing is a core trait of mine. #dc comics batman #dc comics #batman and robin #batman #batman and robin 2023 #robin 2021 #dc robin #robin #damian wayne #damian al ghul #talia al ghul #bruce wayne #red robin #tim drake #jon kent #super sons #red hood dc #red robin dc #jason todd #dick grayson #nightwing #dawn of dc #duke thomas #cassandra cain #batgirls

[fluffypotatey]

okay so:

the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.

and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.

about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:

"mumbo, is the moon... big?"

suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.

this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.

and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?

the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.

and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.

but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.

(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)

(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)

….

holy shit

#ok ok let me see if i have the timeline correctly: #1) s8 begins in June and so does the new update announcement #2) months go by with no issue (that they’re aware of) #3) it’s in November when they realize the moon has been growing #4) does the moon crash in January??? #but gawddam #that is one apocalypse story if I’ve heard of one #also fitting bc i think it was 2021 where we were getting a LOT of asteroid/moon fall movies #idk what was in the air (possibly the pandemic that led to unforced isolation & ppl coped with apocalypse stories) #and somehow that bled through to a Minecraft server???? somehow????? #wild #this also reminds me of an apocalypse movie i watched with a friend called ‘3 Días’ #very good movie btw #highly recommend (it is a Spanish only film which i don’t think will be an issue bc subtitles) #anyway #asks #smp 101 with gumy #hermitcraft edition!

[rondoel]

Looked into my folder and there was so much of them! 😭

#gta v #gta 5 #trevor #michael #franklin #trikey #doodle #rondos #2021 rly was the year that my fandom confidence started evaporating huh #I mean gta rly got me out of my comfort zone with more adult themes #wasn't ready to share my dive into it yet tho #partially bc being an adult on internet started to be a crime #(2019) #but really there were so many things that were super interesting for me to explore #like Trevor's mommy issues #had one comic about that #very emotional #or the casual internalized homophobia #was so fun to write for me #dude it was such important milestone for me <3 #GTAV's writing rly opened my eyes to mature world for real #kinda miss the server if you guys still follow me hii 👋

[damndeacon]

Eddie Brock and his “Himbo Frankenstein” t shirt

#god he’s so hot in this issue #venom 20 #venom #symbrock #Eddie Brock #venom symbiote #veddie #venom 2021 #symbiote #venom 3 #venom comics

[waterphoenix21]

#ninjago #lego ninjago #lloyd garmadon #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #disney luca #Luca 2021 #Luca #Alberto Scorfano #Character poll #Daddy issues tournament

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in robin #1

bonus:

#dc comics #barbara gordon #oracle #comic panels #lighter issue today lmao #damian wayne #robin #batman #bruce wayne #written by: joshua williamson #art by: gleb melinkov #robin (2021) #issue 1 #queue

[what-thisiscrazzzy]

The funniest thing is I found a Bernard Dowd fic directory from 2008 on live journal (which I’ve never used before) and the description at the top literally stated that there are more fics than canon appearances (still true) but like some of these people were dedicated to this niche character. Like the same people over and over again. If you think your fave is too obscure trust me you are wrong

#also there is a fic that links Nina Dowd to Bernard and I couldn’t help but laugh bc that joke was also made in 2021 #history was just repeating itself #it’s so weird tho like he has a fair few fics for a dude in like 16 issues or something #tim drake #dc #dc comics #robin #bernard dowd

[liteee]

my nightlight won’t turn off

#liteeart #1013 #october 2020 #pokemon #umbreon #the foreshadowing of 2021's focus on animation! #but the old file had some compression issues #so i recreated it for this post in the standard 24 fps framerate with the knowledge i have now...

[leeblissy]

hi I'm home sick with covid, am probably not getting paid for my time off, and have had to order quite a bit of food cuz I don't feel well enough to make anything o/-< it's getting very expensive very fast and I don't have much money left, plus the money im losing out on from not working is gonna fucking suck.

I can't draw anything rn cuz my apple pencil doesn't work and I'm just so so exhausted anyway but here's my kofi and my v*nmo is herecomeslee if you wanna help a guy out

#covid #kofi #this is such a miserable experience I already hate being sick and I've had covid once in like 2021/22 but this is so much worse dawg #I'm in sensory hell right now like I was so overwhelmed by how full of snot I was that I cried several times including a full on sob sesh #I can't do fuck all either cuz I'm so exhausted but can't get any fucking sleep cuz I can barely breathe (too much snot not a lung issue) #I want this shit to be OVER AUGH #lee says shit

[manic-eddie]

She’s mommy, I don’t make the rules😤🥹🤭😍😩

#nat romanoff #nat #Natasha #natasha romanoff #natalia romanoff #mommy!natasha #mommy!nat #blackwidow #black widow #black widow mcu #black widow 2021 #natasha and yelena #natasha x reader #mcu #scarlett johansson #scarlettjohansson #mommy #mommy issues #sugar mommy #natasha romanoff smut #natasha romanoff imagine #mommy!scarlett #winterwidow #marvel #marvel imagine #marvel memes #lesbian #bisexual #gay #pride 2022

[foultreenightmare]

Why do comics change Damians' skin color. It's not even like different comic runs that go on at the same time, but comics that change his skin halfway through the series. An example of this would be Robin 2021, where he went from

Just look at him. Don't you just love how he looks from the nose to the eyes all the way to the to his height.

Then they change it to this

I'm sorry, but those are not the same characters. Yes, I know that is damian, and he acts like Damian, but what was the point of changing his design. No one else got a redesign besides Damian. If you can even call it a redesign since, the only thing they change is his skin and features.

And no hate to the artist, but DC has a really big colorist problem. In the beginning, Damian was murding again and returned to his roots. He looked like his Talia, but when he became good again, he looked like Bruce but with green eyes.

When Damian is evil or troublesome, he is usually depicted with darker skin, but when he is good, he has paler skin.

The same can be said about talia and other characters that turn lighter or darker depending on how their morality is depicted.

#bo better dc #damian wayne #robin #robin 2021 #talia al ghul #ruce wayne #damian is a race changing shapshifter #dc needs to decide whether damian is whote or not #why is white when he's good but darker when he's not #rant? #not really a rant #dc needs to stop race changing Damian every 5 seconds #why are the al ghuls white when theyre good? #people need to understand that this is an issue #i just an answer thats all #dc stop being cowards

[boanerges20]

Motolove Model: Rachel Lou Stag Magazine // Issue 13- February, 2021

#motorcycle #rachel lou #biker girl #stag magazine #wild n sexy #chopper #style #custom bike #classic motorcycle #issue 13 #february #2021 #cover photo #moto love #lifestyle

[danothan]

started reading robin 2021 and i wanted to take the time to appreciate two of the most beautiful spreads in issue #1. they captivated me with how gorgeous and momentous they felt, which must have been the point bc i ended up staring at them sm that the symbolism finally kicked in

SPREAD 1:

1) LOVE the red and green at play, it’s such a difficult color scheme to get right lest you end up making the whole piece feel like a christmas card, but gleb melnikov pulled it off. the environment is rich and elegant and well-contrasted; it rly brings out damian’s classic red/green robin combo, even tho he’s not actually wearing his robin suit here. the green of his clothing highlights the green of talia’s, as well as the assassin’s tattoos, and, when combined with the cool-toned background, makes the red just pop out at you. pretty palette aside, it’s a very calculated choice in colors.

2) speaking of red, melnikov rly wanted you to notice the blood in these two pages. from the emphasis of the words DEMON BLOOD to the reflection of damian in the blood puddle, it only draws attention to the fact that his blade is perfectly clean of it in the second panel. one can only assume that talia killed that guy so hard that damian’s sword was caught in the collateral (damn talia !). it frames damian as the one to land the killing blow, as though his doubts/restraint with killing mean nothing because he still has the blood on his hands, blood passed down from talia. that doesn’t necessarily make it true ofc, but it does give us a reflection of his mindset with the blood acting as a literal mirror.

now before we delve into the second spread, lemme preface this with some context: many characters will refer to damian as an actual bird (“what better way to take out a robin than with a hawke,” “i’ve fought little birds like you before,” etc.) which speaks to his reputation, but i think it’s most notable when coming from talia:

at first, it’s used condescendingly, as it usually is from most ppl, and she speaks in a possessive tone when she talks abt returning him to the nest. she even tells him that if he IS to be taken under her wing, she would not treat him as her son but as a weapon. however, we know that this contradicts her intentions as she later uses the same “baby bird” petname as a term of endearment, even to calling him her son—notably when he is out of earshot.

you get the sense that they have this unspoken code of conduct around each other—family dynamics tend to be rigid in that way—but there’s also this feeling of regret as well as unfamiliarity navigating it coming from talia. i mean, she said it herself: damian was just a baby bird. he flew out of the nest too early.*

*see read more

so why does she taunt him for running back to his mother? why is she pushing him away? and why does she monologue for so long that she lets her guard down and closes her eyes long enough for him to disappear…?

SPREAD 2:

BECAUSE DAMIAN IS JUMPING OUT OF THE HELICOPTER!!! BECAUSE TALIA IS PUSHING HIM OUT OF THE NEST !!!!

talia doubled down on her militaristic plans as an opening for damian to leave. with that sense of regret mentioned earlier, talia knows she raised damian under harsh conditions, but she doesn’t know to raise him differently either, so she urges him to find his own path. presenting “the way of the demon or the way of the bat” as the only 2 options to her already rebellious son was guaranteed sabotage. she pushed him too early when he was younger, but she knows that her baby bird is ready to fly now :”)

bonus: what a classic jason todd move to wear a mask underneath your mask btw. guess it just runs in the family! (but on a deeper, unironic level, damian switches out both his robin and his demon suit into this new one. this obviously symbolizes his forging a new path, but also reveals his intent/doubts abt the whole confrontation. a mask underneath his mask? he was never truly looking to rejoin the league. after running away from bruce, he runs to talia to test the waters and see if he would do better there. and when it ends in the same shadowing of an ambitious parent, he ditches the whole thing. the fact that he had a back-up plan meant that his heart wasn’t in it, just as talia’s heart wasn’t in keeping him caged. a confirmation bias given permission by a mother’s facade. god, the al ghul mindgames are truly smth to behold)

*so much can be said abt how talia’s approach to parenting parallels and contrasts bruce’s. they both have the same good intentions for their son, and they both realize that he’s too young to face what he had and what he’s abt to. but talia wants to start the healing process of her control in his upbringing, and bruce wants to prevent damian from having to face it alone knowing firsthand what suffering he “endured to become batman.” one is letting go, the other is desperate to bring him back.

it’s such a fascinating look into the push and pull of their fatal flaws and mistakes as parents, as well as making them feel human and reasonable within the limits of all they know and are capable of. OF COURSE they’re overcompensating for their regrets, that’s just so… them!

and the fact that you can see both parents’ traits and influence in damian as he searches for his own identity just makes the whole family feel well-rounded. robin 2021 is so good you guys, it’s too fucking good

#damian wayne #damian al ghul #talia al ghul #bruce wayne #batman #dc #robin #robin 2021 #panels #meta #danbles #long post #alt text #described #no spoilers please i only just finished issue 2 🫶 #god i can’t wait to get to talia and damian’s reunion that shit looked tense

[juhbebbie]

Moon Knight (2021) #26

#now rinse and repeat with every character in mk 2021 <3 #all jokes love marc but badr issue goes hard asf #moon knight #moon knight comics #marvel #marvel comics #wednesday spoilers #moon knight spoilers #moon knight 2021 #jed mackay #dr badr #yehya badr #dr badr moon knight

[ichthyorelationships]

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc

#luca 2021 #pixar luca #alberto scorfano #another idea i've failed to write for & so invite anyone else to run with: ciao alberto but what if he peaces out by swimming off lol #ends up in a coastal town maybe an hour's swim from genoa. but not Getting In Touch w/anyone for a while b/c plausibly he thinks that #giulia may not be a fan of him now by extension; just being too embarrassed asf to reach out to luca kinda lol....luca off doing his own #thing just fine & alberto not wanting to write him now like b/c i Ruined Everything again ahaha.... #and by ''not in touch w/anyone for a while'' who knows. months; a few years even....might stumble across news of him b/c like. #say more sea folk are coming to land / more humans know abt them & not many places are as [harpoon]ly from the start anyways #portorosso exceptional in that way....maybe where alberto settles down they're like legendary but also considered Good Luck anyways lol. #anyways like some people know of him who might; say; swim down to portorosso. have their own teen who knows a teen who mostly lives on land #most convenient re sparking [wow could they mean Our alberto] if he doesn't go so far as to take up an alias lol. but why would he.... #that difference in that massimo might figure that however alberto was surviving before; he could continue to do so now; but even though tha #is some comfort it's still Not Actually Enough....feeling way more Parentally towards alberto than his biological dad like that; obv #and anyways re: this [The Change gets messed up] idea it's more of an inconvenience lol but one that could still have some significance #like if he first finds out the issue exists via hopping right into the ocean; failing to change forms; never being human form'd in water b4 #thee worst....crash intro course to the experience of drowning. observation of How Humans Swim / being able to grab any part of the boat... #and besides That unpleasantness it's like; hey. where's my nonhuman form at #or; of course; being in sea form even while dry....especially if he's still dealing with Nonsense on land. which is presumed. #&/or if there's an upswing in nonsense b/c of Other ways you're Othered...ofc we can consider like; tfw you're a gay fish & maybe that's no #something that on its own would be like Aah until it's like well a) i kinda wanna do things that would make this Visible and b) i've learne #that humans also Have Issues about this kind of thing.... #appropriately my tablet was also all thrown off. no pressure sensitivity; input sensitivity overall was rough #but i would've had to restart my laptop about it lol like eh i'll just work around it

[age-of-moonknight]

Variant cover for Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #1 by Frank Miller.

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #let’s get this other bread #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #…Frank Miller… #I shall…keep my opinions to myself #but I’ll just say that my local comic shop /still/ hasn’t managed to sell Miller’s variant covers for Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021) no. 25 #and is in fact the only copies of that issue still on the shelf #make of that what you will askdhsjsh