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stranger-who-writes-fiction · 3 years

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Ya know what these self-indulgent Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow posts need? Self-indulgent banner art, that’s what.

Spoilers for issue #4!

Let’s start this off right with CREATOR CREDITS. Issue 4 of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is titled “Restraint, Endurance, and Passion.” Written by Tom King, Art by Bilquis Evely, Colors by Matheus Lopes, Letters by Clayton Cowles, and Edited by Brittany Holzherr. (w/ Assist. Editor: Bixie Mathieu & Senior Editor Mike Cotton)

THE STORY:

Right, so this? This issue? Best one yet.

Also the bleakest of the bunch thus far; even though we don’t always see the brutality of the space pirates that Kara and Ruthye are following, there’s...the suggestion of it. The aftermath. And how Kara responds to it.

Okay, getting a little ahead of myself. BASIC PLOT SUMMARY: Ruthye and Kara continue their pursuit of Krem, who has taken up with Barbond’s Brigands.

The Brigands basically just. Murder and terrorize people, for profit.

Each planet they visit brings new horrors, as well as people who need Supergirl’s help.

And help she does.

KARA-CTERIZATION:

I yell a lot about the art on this book, and have, in fact, openly admitted that I’m primarily here for Evely and Lopes.

Well, that wily son-of-a-gun King went and wrote some of the best ‘Super’ stuff I’ve ever read and dang it, dang it, now I gotta yell about the words too. XD

Specifically, I wanna yell (in a good way!) about some words that occur towards the very end of the book.

Kara and Ruthye have Seen Some Things; things like genocide and mass grave sites and horrible violence, and upon reaching a planet where peaceful monks were slaughtered, Kara’s had enough, and needs to leave because if she screams, she’ll destroy what little is left of the monks’ monastery.

Here’s the text in full, because my gosh. It’s so good:

“What I write next I write based on my observations in those long-ago days at the side of the greatest warrior in the history of this august reality we all call home. It is important to note that my assertions do not rely on anything Supergirl said. It was not a subject we ever discussed or even approached, but nonetheless I believe it to be as true as the turning of worlds. You see, what is not well understood about the daughter of Krypton is that her power was not one of action but one of restraint, endurance, and passion. She did not choose to fire a beam from her eyes, or have breath of ice, or run faster than a speeding bullet. Or any of her other well-documented miracles. No, she held back her heat vision to look you in the face. She warmed her breath to converse with you. She slowed herself to walk by your side. Ever moment of every day, she suppressed the forces churning inside of her. All of the energy of a dead world that strained against her many barriers, eternally demanded to be released. I believe this effort hurt her. I believe she lived her life in pain. But I reiterate again, for I think it important enough to repeat--These beliefs are based on my time at her side, watching her as she moved through strife and sorrow. If you were to have asked her, I have little doubt she would have claimed that such as assertion was absurd. She would say she felt fine and well and then she’d as you if you needed any help.”

A long chunk of words, I know (this comic is DENSE!) but like. This is it. This is one of the defining attributes of the Supers--all that raw power at their disposal and they choose to help people, to be kind, to suppress that power for the benefit and safety of others.

HNNNNNNNG.

Hope, Help, and Compassion for All.

Whole lotta folks claimed at the outset of this book that King did not understand Kara, that he was a bad fit. And that may be so, I suppose--there’s a whole other discussion about like. The violence and swearing and ‘does that belong in a Supergirl book?’ But the characterization? Getting that Kara and Clark are just good people?

King gets it. He got it in Superman: Up in the Sky and he gets it here, in Woman of Tomorrow.

Other things King gets! Kara is stubborn! Kara is passionate! Kara is going to fix things, even if the effort of doing so hurts her, physically, emotionally, and mentally!

(Fuuuuuuun fact for the crowd saying that Woman of Tomorrow is vastly superior to the CW show: TV Kara is ALSO all of those things! King isn’t pulling this stuff out of thin air. It’s almost like...gosh. I don’t know! Both the show and Tom King are pulling from the character’s comic history, or something!!!! HOW NOVEL.)

Like, seriously. There’s a lot of overlap. Stop pitting Karas against each other!

Anyways!

I promised art, so here is art!

Oh, right, forgot to mention, Kara literally THROWS HERSELF INTO THE SUN to express her grief and anger, so as to not cause that unnecessary destruction. She gives new meaning to the phrase: Set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.

More art yelling: GOTTDAMN, the way Evely draws Kara just colliding with the surface of the sun and then the way Kara’s hair like...becomes the flames...

I am FEELING FEELINGS. HOW DARE.

Also, props to King and Cowles; King for deciding to have that initial scream, Cowles for the way the letters burst forth from the point of impact on the sun, and then back to King who decided that it would just be...devastating silent screaming from Kara, for the remainder of the scene.

Back to the characterization, I just wanted to highlight something I mentioned...earlier on, I think? In these posts? But haven’t brought up recently, and that is how this book has not once brought up Zor-El, and I think Superman only got a quick mention in issue 2.

Honestly, I think that’s gotta be some kind of record.

It’s so refreshing. Not because I think there should never be mentions of Clark, or anything--I love that boy--but because so much of modern Supergirl comic drama is mined from the same like, angsting over her place compared to Clark, or her crazy sometimes-a-supervillain dad.

There is no Clark and Kara drama here, no manufactured friction, because it’s just. A cool Supergirl story!

Gonna keep going, but let’s do it with some more...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT!!!!

Once again, Mat Lopes is all over the dang place with his palettes, it’s marvelous.

Each new planet gives Evely the opportunity to go hog wild on the worldbuilding and design, and similarly! Each new locale is an opportunity for Lopes to set the tone with colors. Like, here, towards the beginning of the book, we’ve got a planet bathed in this warm, pale yellow/orange light.

(Quick note: “Sure, yeah, I get it. We all have our duties. And it’s mine as a neighbor to do what I can to help you with yours. Please.” A+ Kara content. We love to see it. And then locating the remains of the alien’s daughter, so that they can go visit the grave site and have some emotional closure???? It’s just. So. Touching.)

Anyways, back to colors.

Like!!!! LOOK AT THAT JUMP. From the soft, almost pastoral feel of the delicate oranges and yellows to HARD GREEN, PINK, AND PURPLE. (Difficult colors to pull off in print, I might add.)

(This is also an interesting scene, character-wise, because I think it helps re-contextualize some earlier stuff with Kara. Like, I’m mostly thinking that incident on the bus, where she was swearing at the passengers as the space dragon was about to destroy them. Here, we see Kara kind of...goad this alien woman into releasing her pent up emotions by yelling at her/getting her to fight, and you can clearly see at the end of it that Kara did not mean the things she said, because check this out:

She goes and gives her a hug once the woman is able to finally cry.

It’s not ‘Kara is being mean, Kara is swearing at her’, it’s, ‘Kara has an unorthodox solution to a problem, and she’s gonna FIX that problem, NO MATTER WHAT.’

Circling back to the bus thing--again, that could be an instance of ‘unorthodox approach to a weird situation that Kara is going to handle because lives are at stake.’)

But also, DIG THAT KIRBY KRACKLE, BAY-BEEEEE!

And a little Strange Adventures easter egg! The Pykkts!

(I think those guys are unique to the Black Label series, rather than deep Adam Strange lore, but don’t quote me on that.)

Moving on to YET ANOTHER PALETTE, one I’ve dubbed, ‘Treasure Planet Purple/Grey’

Love Ruthye’s snoozing against the door, waiting for Kara.

Also, just as striking as the colors of the environment, are the colors used on Kara.

If you compare this page with the previous one, Kara’s eyes are a paler shade of blue, and the red-rimmed look on her eyes here is not as intense as the red-rimmed look we saw back in issue one, when she was confronting Krem.

All of which to say! There’s a pale, haunted quality to both the linework and the colors. Like. We know Kara has Seen Some Things. But she’s shoving all that stuff down to protect Ruthye, to save Krypto, and to stop these monsters, and you get all of that WITH COLORS AND LINES ON A PAGE.

I love it, I love it so much.

OTHER BOOKS WISH THEY HAD THIS LEVEL OF CHARACTER ACTING, I TELL YA! THEY WISH THEY HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL ALCHEMY OF INKER, COLORIST, AND WRITER WORKING IN SUCH TIGHT TANDEM!

Ahem. XD

Alright, last bit of art, lest I just. Post the whole issue in here. (Which I’m honestly always tempted to do but Strong Feelings about Piracy hold me back.)

JUST HECKIN’ LOOK AT THAT BLUE, MAN. JUST LOOK AT IT. S’BEAUTIFUL.

And more stunning character acting from Evely. Like. Bottom middle panel. The expression, the tilt of her head and the shadows on her eyes...

*insert silent flailing here*

Oh, also, KRYPTO LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVESSSS (for now).

I’m never right about these things, so I’m glad the one time I’ve correctly read a thing is when it involves Krypto not, ya know. Being dead. XD

Also absolutely love that Kara’s instinct is to send Ruthye home to protect her--once more leaning into that whole, ‘I’m going to protect you, even at great cost to myself’, though of course we know that she can’t send her home, not here, not now, just halfway through our journey.

ERRRRRRGH, so mad we’re not getting twelve issues of this! CURSE YOU, POOR SUPERGIRL TRADE SALES! CURSE YOOOOOOU!

That said, King’s pacing? Has been phenomenal. I feel like Strange Adventures and even Mr. Miracle kinda...I’m not gonna say dragged, that’s not quite right. But it is more build up, I guess. Takes a while to get to the payoff.

Here, I think King is pushing things steadily along as he doesn’t have the benefit of an additional four issues, so he has to get to the point, so to speak. Keeps everything moving.

SOME FINAL, MISC. STUFF:

I’ve sort of glossed over the darker stuff from this issue, and I just wanna note that like. This is a book that features a bad guy getting stoned (in the death sentence way, not the drug way) on panel. Like. I can’t recommend this to children.

I can’t even really recommend it to some other Supergirl fans, because I know that the King elements will be too off-putting.

It never feels like the book is going too far, though. At least in like an...exploitative way? If that makes sense?

The violence is handled with discretion, I guess is what I’m trying to convey. This could very easily tip over into like, gross shock factor territory, if not handled well, but I think the creative team pulls it off.

...Still wouldn’t hand this book to kids, though. XD

As mentioned, we’re halfway through this series! Can’t wait to see where it goes--every time I think I have this book figured out, it surprises me. So, like. Bring on the Dinosaur planet! With no sunlight! I wanna see how Lopes handles THAT. XD

(But Oh, OooooOOooh, we gotta wait until NOVEMBER.)

(Hhhnnnnng!)

(Then again, maybe that’s good; we’ve got the TV show in the meantime, and then once it ends we can pick right up with new Supergirl content just a few weeks later.)

(...Aw. Made myself a little sad, thinking about the TV show coming to an end.)

So as not to end on that sad note, here once again is tiny, smushed Kara:

Give ‘em the ol razzle dazzle.

#stranger speaks #supergirl: woman of tomorrow #supergirl: woman of tomorrow spoilers #dc comics #comics talk #comics opinions #comics thoughts #long post #are those the right tags? I can never remember #gif

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ask-rijus-ocs · 3 years

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[ Carly was resigned to the fact that she has both not told Twilight about his weird lens flare, and that she is not going to. ]

[ The old book on sheikah translations in her hand meant nothing, absolutely nothing. She's sure it's nothing. It's fine. Twilight is just some edgy swordsman. It's fine, she repeats again. She was just curious. Damn her and her curiosity.....this is far too much to handle. Twilight has that flap that leads to the basement locked for a reason. She's sure it's nothing, though. After all, what could a simple brunette teenager have to hide?]

[ Oh, she's being a hypocrite, isn't she? She's only sixteen, and yet, here she is, replacing the Hero of The Wild, Master Sword still in her possession. Twilight hasn't noticed - after all, she's a pacifist, and so she doesn't really have it out, it's still in her sheikah slate. She still doesn't understand the strange messages it receives from time to time, but then again, Carly is just a kid, so she can't be expected to know everything. Everything about this seems so - adult-y. She isn't cut out for this. And yet, here she is, in all her 5 foot 5 glory, inside the man's wack as heck basement, holding a centuries old translation book, writing down the meaning word by word.]

[ Twilight had to go out for work, as he often does. He took the bag with his journal with him - he's not that stupid, unfortunately. He herds the goats, that's his job, she reminds herself, just a farmer, just a farmer, it's fine. Luto was kind enough to give her this book once they made up, and though she would prefer the Sheikah boy himself to translate, she knows that it'll be a while before they meet again. And Luto isn't chaotic enough to give her a faulty book as a prank. He is, at least, somewhat honorable. ]

[ Carly's sketchbook is laid out beside her- the picture of Twilight is hastily put together, and certainly not her best work, but she had to work quickly on the translation. "The hero of." Hero of what? Hylia above, she needs to know. Hero of farming? Of goats? What the heck? Why did her Sheikah Slate even recognize him? It's only ever done that when.....when.....]

[ Princess Zelda. When she took a picture of princess Zelda.]

[She gasps lightly. "It - recognizes historical figures. Hero of, hero of...T. Okay, and this one is W and that's I. T, W, I. Twi." Why did she have to choose that as his nickname? It makes it so much worse. She feverishly checks the rest of the word. "Hero of Twilight."]

[ Just a farmer, mhm, yeah right. She still isn't telling him, but ooh, the fact that he wasn't upfront about it kind of makes her mad. She's starting to wonder about that green tunic and the facial markings and the strange wolf hairs that just happen to appear on him at random intervals. It takes a few minutes to check the next sentence. "Trained by the Hero of Time." She reads off, flabbergasted. The huh? She doesn't even know who that is! And she's still mad at him!]

[ Then, a noise, but she brushes it off. The lantern here makes weird sounds all the time. "Capable of transforming into a b-" "Beast," he corrects. Wait, he? Oh. Oh.]

[ Twilight is right in front of her, in the same pose as he is in the compendium picture, still entirely composed, but something's not the same. Carly almost wants to check to see if fairies are still in the slate, because the something is the fact that Carly can tell that he is most certainly pissed off.]

[ "May I see the screen, please?" Well, even though he's pissed, he's being quite polite about it. "Uh, one second." Carly holds up her index finger, closing her sketchbook. She only trusts Mama Nadetta, Mama Eshana, and Luto with that thing and no one else. He's patient. "Am I dead?" She whispers, raising an eyebrow as she hands the slate to him. ]

[ "No, you're fine. Honestly, I kinda expected me to be dead at this point with how you handled the lance," He shrugs, looking through the entry. "Sorry about breaking it, again," Carly replies sheepishly. How foolish. A sheep in the wolf's den.]

[ "It's okay." There is no hatred in his voice as he sighs. "I got home early. Epona was really energetic today. You're pretty loud, so it wasn't that hard." He sees the picture. "Ah. Yeah, that. So, uhm, if you have any questions or wanna cuss me out, now's the time." He rubs the back of his neck. Is he apologizing?]

[ "Okay - I - what the hot footed frogs does the 'turning into a beast' part mean?" Carly blinks. "It means I turn into a beast. Simple as that," He nods. "So - so you can just - do it? Like, anywhere? And you can turn back anytime?" Carly puts down the other book, confused. Another nod. Okay, so now she's even more confused, if that's even possible. And then another thought crosses her mind, coming out slowly and carefully - "....can I see?".]

[ "I suppose there's no point in hiding it now, after all, you figured out my biggest secret in record time." He smiles. Twilight reaches into his tunic to tug on the strand of a necklace, at the end of which is a small, pointy crystal with orange engravings. He clasps it into his hand - how does that not hurt? - and there's what she assumes to be a flash of black particles, who knows with the low light, and finally, left in his place is a huge, gray wolf, biggest heckin' wolf she's ever seen, dear Hylia, and the boy - man - wolf- whatever he is has some sort of broken chain attached to his front paws. In the exact same place that she always sees those heavy arm guards or that cloth, she notes. Oh. Oh, that's why.]

[ "You -" Words evade her. There's this weird marking on his head, the same that she sees on his forehead when he's human. Oh, that's why. The fur is the same color as the hairs that magically end up on his clothes. Oh, that's why. Everything, strangely, makes sense. "Are there any other animal forms I should know about?!" Carly throws her hands up in the air, dumbfounded. He transforms back. "No, I'm afraid," Twilight shakes his head that totally didn't have wolf ears two seconds ago. ]

[ "And the hero thing?" She ventures, and realizes that this is apparently a touchy topic, because he flinches at the word hero, as if it's some taboo. "That's why I can do - well, that." He confirms. "Nothing else about that you wanna explain?" Carly has a rising tone now, unsure if she wants to pursue this line of questioning. "Actually, I'd rather not, but if you want to ask, then that's okay. I only have one condition, really." He sighs, almost as if he's ashamed with himself. ]

[ "And that is?" "To please, not tell anyone about this. Mi - my companion told me that I have to keep this secret. I would've been upfront about this otherwise, but my life hasn't been the greatest, and if people knew that I was some alter ego demon beast then - well, there'd be problems. Do you understand, Ms.Callisto?" ]

[ Companion? What? Honestly, that could've been formed as a threat and still worked, but somehow, Twilight is sincere and almost seems like he's pleading to her. "Who else knows?" She asks, curious. "Only Rusl. I believe he's told Uli as well- there are no secrets between lovers- but Colin and pretty much everyone else in Hyrule doesn't know." Twilight explains, fixing the lantern to where it's on the actual hook that it's supposed to be on. Oops. "Okay. I get it - but - and here's the kicker -" Carly sees his eyes light up as she agrees, and then he gets pale as snow as soon as he hears "but". She doesn't believe she's ever seen him actually get scared. Before this she was convinced that this man has absolutely no fears whatsoever. "You also have to be honest to me from here on out, alright? Friends aren't supposed to tell lies, friend," Carly brightens, getting up from her seat. Twilight doesn't say anything, but she can physically feel the sigh of relief that flows through him at that.]

[ "That's fine with me." He nods. "Friends also call eachother decent nicknames! Quit it with all the 'Ms.Callisto' stuff." Carly laughs. "I'm sorry, Ms.Call- Carly." Twilight offers awkwardly. "Hylia, you're hopeless. Okay, I don't actually mind your weird formal stuff, as long as it doesn't get awkward." She sighs. "Promise?" "Promise." ]

// Story development time!

- Mun Riju

#loz #zelda #a chance encounter // beginning arc #carly callisto #twilight princess link #a wolf in sheep's clothing // halloween arc #linksona #botw #tp

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synchronmurmurs · 4 years

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I was tagged by @iggy-dearest thank you so much! 💖😭

Rules: Answer 20 questions and then tag 20 blogs you want to know better

Name: Pris

Nickname: Pris is already sort of a nickname lol. My actual name is Priscilla, so. Pris. 🤣

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Height: Last I measured my height, I was around 170cm? So that’s about 5′6?

Languages: English, Cantonese, and pretty heckin’ fluent in Japanese if I say so myself.

Nationality: Australian. But if it’s ethnicity y’all wanted to know, I’m chinese-vietnamese!

Favorite Season: Autumn. 😌 Perfectly chilly to suit my weather preferences.

Favorite Flower: ...red spider lilies? Not for any particular reason outside of how otherworldly they look.

Favorite Scent: Man I’m drawing a blank on this one HAHAHA. I like a lot of things?!

Favorite Color: Purple and yellow/orange/gold. 😌

Favorite Animal: ...I also have a real hard time choosing this, there is legitimately no animal on this bitch of an earth that I don’t and won’t love with every fibre of my being. But for the sake of choosing something, I’ll go with m y fave dog breed: the pittie. 😌

I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THAT BABY... 😭💖 THAT IS A WHOLE SWEET POTATO!!!!!!

Favorite Fictional Character(s): Vergil (surprising nobody), Gintoki Sakata (Gintama), Majima Goro (Yakuza series), Saejima Taiga (Yakuza series), Josuke Higashikata (Jojo's)

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: I like all three djsk. But I'd probably pick coffee if I had to.

Average Sleep hours: Around 6? But it's typically very broken sleep. I very rarely sleep through a whole night without waking up like 4-5 times.

Dog or Cat person: I love both, but since I'm allergic to cats, I'll go with dogs. 🤣

Number of blankets you sleep with: Just the one unless it's Winter. Then I get either 2 or 3.

Dream Trip: Let me travel around Europe again omgggg. Last time I did it, it was on tour, so there wasn't that much free time to do what we wanted. Want to be able to soak up the place at my own pace. 😌

Blog Established: About 10 months or so now? My main blog was around 2016?

Number of Followers: 354. I was expecting that number to go down during this Anti-Thirst Week, but I actually... gained followers somehow. I'm so sorry to everybody... You can do better than me... 🤣🤣 I'd also really considered doing some sort of follower giveaway, but the milestones kept going by while I was doing other stuff... Maybe if I ever hit 400, I'll try and throw something together.

random fact: ya gurl can't whistle. 🤣

Hoorgh now comes the tagging part uhhhh @julieis5ftofdork @music-of-chaos @virberos @shiranyaaww @bettybattaglia @thelyingelf @thottyonmainsquid @daemongal @but-two-days-old

And honestly if you wanna do this go right ahead!!! 💖💖 Conversely, if you don't really feel up for it, I understand!!

#tagged in #ask meme #😌#thank you again for tagging me!!

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barry-j-blupjeans · 4 years

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get to know me meme

tagged by @desiree-harding-fic (thank!)

Rules: Answer 17 questions and tag 17 people you want to get to know better.

nickname: vic is actually my nickname! my full name is victor :b

zodiac sign: Capricorn

height: doctor’s have debated by i’ve been saying 5′2

last thing I googled: “how old is the oldest building in america” because i was trying to compare it to the oldest building else where in the world and then got distracted and never finished that thought.

song stuck in my head: “Our Doors Are Open” from Starkid’s Black Friday. it’s a rr good musical n a rr good song.

hogwart’s house: Hufflepuff!!!!

following: 71

followers: 112 :O!!!!

amount I sleep: ima be honest? it varies. i just slept for 18 hours but i’ve also slept a one hour night in the past week. there’s a lotta nights i just can’t sleep bc anxiety n stuff, and then there’s that one night i slept for twenty two hours, woke up to feed myself and stuff, and then fell back asleep for another 11 (not recommend)

dream job: if i could live off being an author, hell yes i choose that. but librarian is rr good too!!

lucky numbers: it’s not really luck as much as it’s my favorite, but the number 5!!!

wearing: my pajamas!! a sort of unfitting harry potter shirt that says “i solemnly swear that i am up to no good”, plus some fuzzy hello kitty pants i’ve had since i was nine, plus my astronaut socks!!! they have astronauts with santa hats on!

fave instrument: i’ve always loved the sound of piano, it’s really relaxing to me.

random fact about me: ohhh boy i have so much. but the first one that comes to mind is that i’ve had a saliva gland removed ! if you wanna know more random facts, just send an ask bc i’ve got so heckin many

fave author: see this is rr hard? because i haven’t read any books in a while, but i have read a lot of fanfics? so fanfic wise, right now it’s prob @marywhal and @anonymousalchemist !! they make me cry all the time, and that’s good author ablities.

fave animal noises: ducks go quack and i fall in love!!!

aesthetic: there’s a boy sitting on the beach. you can see him in the light of the sunrise. he’s drawing in a journal, with different colors of paint on his hands even though he has no paint. he sees you approach and waves, but then puts his head back down quickly, seemingly embarrassed someone has caught him out here so early. the waves crash against the sandy beach, bringing the softest taste of salt and love. it’s peaceful.

tagging: i have literally no one to tag besides ppl who have already done this. so if u wanna do it, feel free to tag me as the “tagged by”!!!

#that's my aesthetic #aka windswept artist #lsdkfj #vic speaks #not taz

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regrettable-username · 5 years

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Summary: The Good Hair Crew decides to start a podcast so they can catch up on each other's lives while Andi is at SAVA. Plus, Cyrus just really wanted to do it.

Each chapter is written as a transcript for one episode of their podcast! They will be discussing their lives as well as occasionally irl events/news, and bringing in some guests in the future!

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Buffy: Hello world!

Andi: Testing…is my mic working?

Cyrus: Yep! The bars right here move when it picks up your voice.

B: I told you we should’ve went over this before we started recording.

A: I just like to go with the flow.

C: Exactly! And no one got hurt.

B: (jokingly) Fine, whatever. Welcome to our podcast everyone!

C: You forgot to say the name. How will the listeners know what show this is?

B: I didn’t forget.

C: Fine, I’ll say it: Three’s A Crew!

B: We did not agree to that name.

A: It’s not that bad!

C: Buffy just gave Andi a disapproving look.

A: Cyrus, what are you doing?

C: I’m narrating our podcast for vision-impaired folks.

B: Cyrus, this is a podcast. Nobody can see what’s happening except us.

C: Then I guess it’s a good thing I’m narrating.

A: (laughing) Well…um, okay, we should probably get to the start of this podcast.

C: Yes.

A: So we’re all in my room right now, with a bunch of audio equipment that Cyrus begged his parents to buy for one big reason.

B: Andi is going to Shadyside Academy for Visual Arts—

A: (dramatically) —SAVA—

B:—yeah, SAVA, this fall, so she won’t be joining Cyrus and me in high school.

C: So I had the great idea of starting a podcast!

B: If you’re listening, you either know us personally or you just happened to come across this on SoundCloud somehow.

C: Either way, we love that you’re here.

A: Anyway, this podcast is going to run in sort of a loose format. Since there are three of us hosting, we will each choose a topic to talk about for about a third of the time. It can be a current event in the news, something going on in our lives, or just a topic that we’ve been thinking about a lot lately and want to talk about.

B: So we did a rock paper scissors competition to see who would go first this week.

C: I won!!

B: Rock Paper Scissors is the only type of physical competition he’s can do without injuring himself.

C: It’s true. The school nurse can testify for me.

A: Alright, well maybe that can be a topic for another day. What have you got for us to talk about today, Cyrus?

C: Alright, get ready for it…(beat) FLAMINGOS!

A & B, in unison: Flamingos?

C: What up, I’m Cyrus, I’m 15, and I’m heckin’ afraid of flamingos!

A: Did you just make a vine reference?

B: I’m surprised you didn’t just want to make a group Tik Tok instead of a podcast.

C: I did consider it, because that would showcase the incredible hair of the Good Hair rew. But I wanted to be an active voice and not just behind the camera.

A: I’m proud of you, Cyrus.

C: Aww, thanks Andi. But you might want to hold off on that until after we talk about my fear of flamingos.

B: Yeah, so, when did this even start?

C: So basically, you know how you go to the zoo in first grade with the class and you do a little animal fact scavenger hunt thing with your chaperone group? Approximately halfway through that.

A: What happened?

C: I am soglad you asked. I’m just minding my own business, filling out my scavenger hunt worksheet, and we’re just getting to the flamingo exhibit. So I read the next question on the sheet, and it just wants you to list one fact about flamingos. Seems innocent, right? So I go up to the information board for the flamingos, and I read it to find something interesting. But instead I find out that flamingos get their pink color because they eat so much shrimp!

B: What?

A: Huh?

C: So I start thinking, what if I eat too much shrimp? Will I turn pink too? What if I eat too much of one specific type of food? What if I eat too many blueberries and become Violet-freakin-Beauregard?

A: That doesn’t sound like a fear of flamingos in particular though, just fear of changing color based on your food I guess?

C: There’s more. So while little six year old me is having a full-blown crisis, a flamingo walks right up to me on the other side of the fence and does the leg thing. You know, where they put their leg all the way inside their feathers? It was practically going into attack mode. Who knows what it was getting ready to do. Swing it’s leg out to kick me in the face? Grab a knife it was hiding under its feathers to kill me? Showing off its clear ability to do anything that requires remotely good balance? That flamingo was out to get me, and I’ve been afraid of flamingos ever since.

[long pause]

A: Uh…

B: Don’t you have four parents that are all psychologists? Why are you bringing this up to us?

C: Because I already know it’s irrational. I just wanted to get it out and hear your honest thoughts about flamingos.

B: Okay…I guess. But my thoughts are just really that I’m not afraid of them?

C: You’re not afraid of anything.

A: Everyone’s afraid of something.

B: Except me. I’m fearless.

C: Maybe we should make a trade.

B: I get to be afraid of flamingos and you get to walk through the theater department scene shop without jumping away from all the ladders?

C: Hey, not walking under ladders is a safety issue and not just a petty superstition.

A: Maybe we should get back to the topic at hand.

C: Of course. So Andi: thoughts on flamingos?

A: Personally I like flamingos. They just seem so graceful and beautiful. And have you ever seen those pictures where they put their heads together and their necks for a heart? Ooh, I just got an idea for an art project!

C: You're going to project my deepest fears into your art?

A: Pretty much.

C: You know what, that might actually help.

A: Buffy, can we say it?

B: Are you okay with it just this once, Cyrus?

C: Go ahead, ladies.

A & B, in unison: Just another service we provide.

A: Hell yeah!

B: Now do you see how satisfying it is?

A: I feel like I understand the universe now.

C: For our listeners who need some context, “just another service we provide” is something Buffy and I say together when we help Andi with one of her problems. We started doing it a few years ago. Now she finally got to return the favor.

A: To be fair, I’ve had a lot of stuff.

C: Speaking of which, what would you like to talk about today Andi?

A: Thanks for asking Cyrus. So I just got the school supply list for SAVA, and it’s majorly freaking me out. It doesn’t start for a few more weeks but I’m already feeling overwhelmed.

C: Why is that?

A: It’s just…y’know, looking through the list is so intimidating. Name brand oil paints. Charcoal. Shading pencils. Four different types of erasers. And that’s just the stuff we need to buy on our own for outside of class. I got into SAVA with just paper cranes, friendship bracelets, and trash turned into an art piece. I don’t know how to use any of this high-brow stuff. And why does everything have to be new? Why can’t I just recycle something?

B: They probably just want to teach you the basics in a lot of different art forms so that you can build from there, find a specialty, or even combine them.

C: Buffy’s right. And how do you know you can’t use anything recycled? You don’t even know what your assignments are yet.

A: I just feel like I’m not even there yet but they’re already trying to weed me out. I thought I wanted to go to SAVA more than anything, but now I don’t know. If I was good enough to get in on my own, why can’t I just keep up with what I was doing and become an artist that way?

C: What you’re feeling is called imposter syndrome. You think that you don’t belong, that you’re not good enough. But remember that they choseyou. They saw your potential and wanted to help you thrive as an artist.

A: But all of this fancy art stuff isn’t what I applied with. It’s like they’re trying to change me to fit their idea of what an artist should be.

B: Andi, you haven’t even started classes there yet. Learning all these things will just give you new tools to make your own art with. And if any of those snooty art teachers try to tell you that your art doesn’t line up with their ‘brand’ or whatever, I’ll personally march into SAVA and fight every single one of them.

C: And I will support you both with snacks and first aid supplies from a safe distance.

A: (laughing) Thanks. I guess it’s just hard not to doubt myself when I know that I’ll stick out like a sore thumb just because of my art style. But I’ve already stuck out as the weird girl, the quiet girl, the Asian-stereotype girl, you name it. I can handle it.

C: And now you’ll be known as the artist, the environmentalist, and the change-maker.

B: Those seem like much better labels to live by.

A: You’re right. Well, if I’m not dropping out of SAVA before the start of the school year, then I should probably prepare my parents for when they find out how much cash they have to drop on art supplies.

B: Maybe we should make some cookies when we’re done recording.

A: Good call.

C: Speaking of recording, we have just enough time left for Buffy to tell us about her topic for this week.

B: I’m actually really glad I get to talk about this, because I wasn’t sure if Andi would actually bring it up or not and I didn’t have a backup plan.

A: Really? What is it?

B: I want to talk about the fires in the Amazon.

A: You’re right, that’s an important topic.

C: I’ve heard a lot about them on social media. What do you want to talk about?

B: I guess just…everything? I can’t believe that it’s happening but at the same time it feels almost too real. It’s completely dystopian and yet it fits in with everything else happening in the world.

C: That’s a really valid feeling.

B: Did you hear that the fires were intentional too? I just thought they were regular forest fires at first. They were set to clear the land and get rid of Indigenous peoples. I can’t believe that people are so greedy. It’s absolutely evil.

A: I wish we could just raid a dumpster like we did with Mint Chip. How are we supposed to do anything from halfway across the world?

B: You? You could do anything, Andi. You can create an art piece and auction it off, and donate everything to the Amazon frontlines. What am I supposed to do? I can’t just play basketball and save the world.

C: Why not?

B: Is that supposed to be a serious question?

C: I mean, it’s not such a crazy idea. You could do a charity basketball game, or even a tournament. Any money you make from tickets and concessions could be donated.

B: Don’t you need a ton of planning for that though? I don’t know how long I have to do something before these fires go past the tipping point.

C: You won’t know unless you try.

A: He’s right, Buffy. Basketball is something you really good at, but you’re even better at organizing people and making things happen. A charity event would be incredible.

B: I’m just worried that I’ll be too cocky and take on more than I can handle. It happened already with the track team, the basketball team, and when I tried to run that marathon. I’ve never done something this big and I don’t want it to be a disaster.

A: Well luckily for you, you’ve already got two amazing people to help you every step of the way.

C: And as a professional disaster myself, I think I know enough to help minimize the casualties.

B: I guess we’re doing it then. [pause] I guess I really didn’t expect that conversation to end on an exciting note.

A: Considering everything that’s happening, I think we could all use some excitement.

C: And can I just say that I think this first episode of our podcast was very exciting!

B: It was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. I mean it’s just talking into microphones on Andi’s bed, and yet it’s…cathartic? Is that the right word?

C: Yeah, it fits.

A: Considering that we had no idea what we were doing, I think we rocked it.

C: Speak for yourself. As someone who spent the last week outlining exactly what I was going to talk about, I think I absolutely heckin’ killed it.

B: We’re still saying “heck,” huh?

C: We have no idea who our audience is going to be. What if my parents hear me swearing?

A: I think they’ll be more interested in the whole flamingo thing.

C: Cookies? Didn’t someone say we were gonna make cookies after recording?

B: Buffy rolls her eyes at Cyrus.

C: I thought you didn’t like the narration.

B: I wouldn’t call it narration. Considering at least half our audience probably just rolled their eyes too, it’s more like...audience interaction.

A: Cyrus is right though, we should be wrapping up. Bowie wants to start dinner by 7.

B: Is that it already? It feels like we barely got started.

C: We can try starting early next week and going a bit longer.

B: What do you think, Andi?

A: I don’t really have a preference. Whatever decision you come up with is fine, just do it quick so I can go and shove pasta in my face before it gets cold.

B: Let's talk about this over dinner then.

C: You dad didn’t make cauliflower taters again did he? As much as I love him, I just can’t get behind those baby tater frauds.

A: Nah, I think it’s real veggies on the side tonight.

C: Thank god. I’m fine with eating healthy, I want to eat healthy, I just need healthy food to be upfront.

B: Alright, well I guess this is the end of our show then. See you next week!

A: I hope you enjoyed the first episode!

C: Remember to subscribe and rate our podcast! It really helps get ourselves out there and noticed by other listeners. And if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to chat, we have the twitter handle listed in our description. And—

A & B, in unison: —Cyrus!

C: Okay, fine. Thanks for listening!

#andi mack #buffy driscoll #cyrus goodman

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tagged by @whoisaudreytoday so uh here goes

So rules are to answer the stuff below and tag 20 people. I can’t tag 20 people but :P

the last:

1. drink: water

2. phone call: my mom to ask her to pick up my little brother’s book from the library

3. text message: a friend to tell him how to find a hamilton video on youtube (this kind of thing btw)

4. song: "Cheshire Kitten (We’re All Mad Here)” by S.J. Tucker

5. time you cried: Monday after arguing with my mom

have you ever:

6. dated someone twice: nah (no dating for me)

7. kissed someone and regretted it: nah (no kissing for me)

8. been cheated on: nah (no dating etc. etc.)

9. lost someone special: yea

10. been depressed: yee yee

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: Can’t drink, don’t want to

favorite colors:

12. dark green. Like the green of healthy lawn grass in the shade

13. Deep blue

14. Red, tending towards the darker shades

15: Gold

16: A nice, pale pink

in the last year have you:

17. laughed until you cried: yeah. Recently, in fact. See the hamilton video linked above

18. found out someone was talking about you: in what way? Because my mom loves to talk about me to other parents when she thinks I can’t hear

19. met someone who changed you: Probably! I may not be conscious of it but it’s almost definitely happened

20. found out who your friends are: I hope so

21. kissed someone on your facebook list: Nope

22. made friends: Yeah boi

23. fallen out of love: Mmm no

general:

25. what did you do for your last birthday: I don’t know... We might have seen a movie? I honestly don’t remember I don’t really celebrate

26. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them, but only like 5 are actual friends. The rest are just classmates because I have facebook as a school necessity

27. do you have any pets: No, I wish tho (I plan to befriend the crows as soon as I find a relatively foolproof way of keeping my parents from interfering)

28. what time did you wake up: 10 ish? I got a week of summer left I’m using it

29. what were you doing at midnight last night: taking a shower

30. name something you can’t wait for: Meeting some of my friends next summer! also getting out of high school

31: what are you listening to right now: a weedwhacker in the distance

32: have you ever talked to a person named tom: yep a classmate

33: something that’s getting on your nerves: heckin college apps

34. do you want to change your name: Not really

35. hair color: Black. Or if you’re nitpicky dark brown but yeah

36. long or short hair: Medium ish. It’s grown out since I cut it a few months ago

37. piercings: Nope!

38. tattoos: Nope!

39. blood type: O. idk beyond that

40. nicknames: Phoenix, Nixy, Nix, etc.

41. relationship status: N/A

42. zodiac: I think I’m Virgo

43. pronouns: she/her

44. most visited website: Tie between Youtube, Gmail, and Tumblr probably

45. right or left handed: Right

46. surgeries: nope. Wisdom teeth pending

47. sports: Used to do swim team

48. favorite tv show: Uhhhh Young Justice, Legend of Korra, Avatar the Last Airbender, please don’t make me choose

49. vacations: Summer vacations tend to be either back to China or a road trip somewhere. California, before, or to Canada for a day or two. We’ve gone to Mexico twice for winter break

50. sneakers: I have a pink pair that I don’t really wear because they aren’t comfortable

more general:

52. eating: rice. tomatoes and eggs. potatoes.

53. fave drink: apple juice probably

54. what you’re up to: procrastinating on college essays

55. waiting for: the start of school and college app hell

56. want: to sleep and to figure out Opentoonz

57. get married: Depends on circumstances. So, tentatively maybe-yes

58. career: I cannot make up my mind so ideally something arts/writing related or conservation related

which is better:

60. hugs or kisses: hugs hugs hugs

61. lips or eyes: eyeballs

62. shorter or taller: On the one hand shorter people make me feel tall on the other hand I have a certain weird pride in being real short so? either

63. older or younger: For friends? I don’t particularly care, I just want to be able to make jokes they can understand and have shared interests

64. nice arms or stomach: Arms? I like arm muscles I suppose

65. hook up or relationship: Nnnnneither. Well, platonic relationship

66. troublemaker or hesitant: Hesitant

have you ever:

67. kissed a stranger: No kisses

68. drank hard liquor: No alcohol

69. lost glasses/contacts: I have lost individual contacts for a few minutes but otherwise nah

70. turned someone down: Not for anything romantic, no

71. sex on the first date: Nooo

72. broken someone’s heart: I don’t think so

73. had your heart broken: Nope

74. been arrested: Nope

75. cried when someone died: ye

76. fallen for a friend: Not romantically, no

do you believe in:

77. yourself: Haaaaa maybe? On certain things

78. miracles: A tentative yes.

79. love at first sight: mmmmmm I’ll say no. Unless it’s for an animal. I have loved many animals at first sight

80. santa claus: No

81. kiss on the first date: No kisses. No dates either for that matter

82. angels: Tentative no

other:

83. current best friend’s name(s): N/A

84. eye color: Brown

85. favorite movie: Uhhhh I put Pacific Rim on my college app so there’s that

um um if it’s okay to tag you guys (no obligation to do this) @sunshines-stories @ivegotonefriend @ollie-official @guyorsomething @marfacat @cariykon @alrightmomentgone and any followers who want to, I’d love to see your answers :)

#did u know I once made it a goal to watch pacific rim at least five times #I don't quite know why I was so adamant about it but I was #I was in middle school #tag game

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