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[romancomicsnews]

What the new "Heroes" of Superman Legacy can tell us about the DCU

To somehow everyone's surprise, it seems DC has jumped the Gunn. (See what I did there?)

While many were convinced the antagonists of the 2025's Superman Legacy would be The Authority, The Elite, or even a mixture of the two, it appears for now it may be a prototype version of the Justice League.

James Gunn has casted three JLA members including Isabela Mercad as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, and Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern AKA Guy Gardner.

While the Authority, the Elite, or even another major Superman villain can play a part, I believe the spot of heroes who "do what they have to" may have been taken.

While this is a shocking turn of events, and one that may be regretful as over world building was the death of the DCEU, I do think these castings and choice of characters tells a good deal about Gunns priorities.

You see, unlike Black Adam, which brought together a team Justice Society members who it seemed Warner Bros said The Rock could have, this team seems purposeful.

So let's go through the characters and see their potential for the DCU:

Starting with the one I'm most excited for:

Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl

You thought I was gonna say Green Lantern, didn't you?

Isabela Merced is a fairly young actress, known for roles like Juliet in Hulu's Rosalind, The Widow Queen in Maya and the Queen, and most famously....

Dora Dora Dora the Explorer.

Merced is a bright young talent, who has been consistently working since 2014 and landed decent roles in big projects. Whether she continues on to be a great character actress or a leading actor, adding Merced in the DCU early almost guarantees having a star down the line.

But even more importantly than any of that, Hawkgirl is a great choice to begin a DCU.

Like Clark, she is an alien, a young hero, and a brawler. The two can find common footing and begin a very heartfelt friendship that can last throughout the DCU.

Unlike her counterpart Hawkman who isn't really any interesting, Hawkgirl was a founding member of the team for many peoples introduction to DC, The Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoons.

More than that, her betrayal for her home race of Thanagarians is one of the most iconic parts of the show.

If that is part of the larger narrative Gunn is trying to tell, that tells me Gunn is honoring what fans actually love.

Plus having a Peruvian woman play Hawkgirl just makes my Latinx/Hispanic heart happy.

Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific

I'm glad Darwin is getting another shot at this superhero thing.

Known for his roles in X-Men First Class, Twilight, The Blacklist, and The Harder They Fall, Edi Gathegi has also had a rather impressive career.

I like this trend Gunn has currently with Gathegi, Merced and Corenswet of actors you may recognize but not know.

What's more interesting than the cast is the character.

Mister Terrific is considered the third smartest person in the DC Universe. While he is known to use T-Spheres as a weapon, he also is an extremely skilled hand to hand combatant, a Renaissance man if you will.

To put him in perspective, he often has a friendly rivalry with Batman.

Terrific is a fan favorite character, and one we haven't seen before in film. He can bring a dynamic fighting style, and a perspective of advanced intellect that can challenge Clark. Gunn clearly wants to bring in the characters people love, in a way they don't expect.

Which leads me to:

Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern

Just not the one you're thinking.

I could go into Fillion's history, but you know him. Castle. Firefly. The Rookie. He's an icon.

While he was famously fan casted and even voiced Green Lantern Hal Jordan in several pieces of animated media, Nathan Fillion is now the DCU's Guy Gardner.

Which is, bizarre.

While Fillion is more than a capable enough actor, and has the comedic timing to play the role, I never would've expected a Green Lantern in the first Superman movie, let alone THIS one.

For those not in the know, Guy Gardner is the asshole Green Lantern. He was a football star who suffered a career ending injury in college, and kind of lives in his glory days. He's a more aggressive, often more obnoxious Lantern. Definitely the least heroic of the bunch.

Introducing Guy as the first Green Lantern, and likely leader of the JL that lost their way, makes a lot of sense. It could tempt Clark to be more like Guy, and even better, remind Guy what it means to be a hero.

In any case, character shows me Gunn is not following a specific playbook. There is no order to which Lantern comes first, nor Flash, nor any character.

Which is kind of exciting.

James Gunn has hit us with a huge curveball, basically telling us to expect the unexpected.

Which to me is a breath of fresh air.

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[bookwyrminspiration]

do you have any novellas you'd recommend? I've been in an awful reading slump

I must confess, I don't read many novellas, but! My dad does, and he frequently recommends them to me (we have fairly similar taste), so I can pad the list with some of those.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe; there's multiple, and they're these ridiculous short tales of these ridiculous pirates doing. ridiculous things. They made a movie out of the first one. the pirate captain worries he's not entertaining his crew, and on a heist they encounter Charles Darwin, who is training a monkey to be a man and he promises to help him show off this magnificent feat to his snobby superiors and help his rescue his brother from Oxford. Suffice to say things go funky. this is a story that embraces its ridiculousness beautifully

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto; a bittersweet exploration of grief and healing. there's no huge drama, just a girl healing from the loss of her grandmother who finds someone who knew her late grandmother, and finds healing in time and new connections. and in sharing grief with new family. there's also a short story within banana at the end called Moonlight, which also discusses grief. one of my favorites :)

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone; you've likely heard of this one before. an epistolary novel of letters between two enemy soldiers in an infinite war across space and time. one fights for a machine-based side, the other for a garden/nature-based. they travel up and down time, ensuring pieces of the future are correctly in place for themselves and sabotaging each other. but more and more...they find themselves valuing these at-first taunting letters. and there are consequences to that

The Ice Dragon by George RR Martin; this one's meant for a younger audience, but I'm quite fond of it. a little girl was born with the cold inside her, and when the ice dragon visits during winter, she can safely touch it and all the other cold creatures without melting them like other kids. but war is coming, and she has to grow. and as much as she loves this dragon as cold as her, survival means sacrifices.

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones; an. intriguing story about a kid living on the reservation who sees his dead dad's presence come back to visit--but there's something...off happening. and his little brother's seizure and condition are getting worse, and it turns out there's no escaping the past. this one leaves a bit of unsettling contemplation in my experience--and this author has also written a bunch of other things if it turns out to be to your liking

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark; this is one I haven't read myself, but it's apparently an alternate history in Egypt of detectives trying to solve why this tram car is haunted--and trying to fix it. i intend to read it one day, just haven't yet

Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard; another one I haven't read about a princess sent away as a hostage when she was younger, but who has now returned and now faces an old love (I think? it's a little fuzzy. i believe it's also queer, but I wouldn't want to advertise it on that alone).

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey; recommended by my partner, is comprised of 2 novellas. I don't know much except that it's an alternate world where America did, indeed, bring hippos over to serve as a main meat source. however they are very viscous, and that causes problems, which I believe the main characters are trying to help solve...? they're spoken very fondly about it with me :)

I could likely come up with more if needed, but these are a solid few to get you going--if you want to read any of them. There is, of course, no pressure if none of these work for you! I think, personally, the first two are my top picks from this list; I've used them to get out of slumps myself. I wish you luck!!

#book recs #book recommendations #novella recs #quil's queries #gayupstraight #another trick to get out of reading slumps I've learned is to reread old books you like #hence my tgI reread #a quick series I know I like to just go through the motions and make it familiar again #warm up and strengthen my reading muscles enough to move on to new stuff :) #long post

[morethanonepage]

3. What fic are you attached to? I know I'm still very attached to the ClintCoulson voicemail fic bc i like hurting myself

3. what fic are you emotionally attached to?

ohhhh my gosh, another blast from the past, good ol' You Have Reached. That is another great little fic, i don't know why i don't bring it up more often in this kind of meme. because it WAS very painful -- it was even painful for ME to write, i remember getting choked up about it, even, esp with the last message.

but anyway, RIGHT fics i am emotionally attached to....i guess it's either all of them or none of them to be honest. (well, never all of them -- i find like, a solid 50% of my output to be unforgivably cringy). but obviously adrift -- i bring it up A LOT and i wrote it, unbelievably, more than FOUR YEARS AGO, but it really is something i'm proud of. the fire and the flood, i wrote a bit more recently (2020, so not THAT recently LOL) but it's something i had worked on for SO LONG (while the show was still airing, i think!!! that's how long!!!!) and i am still proud of myself for actually finishing it, though it isn't perfect. i also think of like heartbeats between thunderclaps a lot. for a fic i only wrote because i'd rewatched one of the episodes of The West Wing that Clark Gregg was in, it really turned into just a very -- soft and intimate and domestic little moment between them. idk i just love writing characters who are TIRED but get to rest next to someone they love. WHAT does that say about me etc etc but here we are.

also i have great fondness for blended cotton with gannex twill, aka, the sentient trench coat fic. like i found the idea genuinely delightful, a mutual bullied me into writing it, it was fun and funny (i think???? at least funny for me to write) and idk, whatever, just delightfully absurd.

i also will always have a sad little fondness for A Battle, A War, A Growing Up -- I wish I had written more of it, I wish it was better in general, i wish i wasn't so -- cringe and awkward when writing their dialogue. but it's one of the few alex/darwin fics out there, which is a travesty, and i'm happy to have contributed what little i could.

#deep fic writer asks

[pythagoreancenter]

On Immortality

On Immortality

A Dialogue by George Santayana Set to music by Don Stratton Directed by Dan Barrett with Nancy Ellen Ogle and Gregory Shaw, narrators and the Swingmatism Jazz Ensemble: Jay Bregman, tenor saxophone Dan Barrett, trombone Colin Graebert, piano Bob Roman, bass Bobby Duron, drums

Notes An ancient Greek myth about the after-life turns out to have been true. A stranger who has recently died finds herself on a raft crossing the River Styx, being ferried along with other newly departed souls to the Island of Remembrance by the god Charon.

In this modern version of the myth, Santayana engages the departed soul in conversation with the gaunt ferryman, exploring issues of life and death. In Santayana’s view, truth is simply everything that has actually happened; as such, it is impossible for anyone to live in the present and, at the same time, live in the truth. On realizing this view, the stranger becomes liberated from previous notions about living and dying and is newly able to enjoy the phenomena of existence as they arise.

Don Stratton (1928-2016) was a teacher, composer and trumpet player of national acclaim. In 1976, Don's “The Seasons in Maine” was performed by the Bangor Symphony at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., representing our State in the national bicentennial celebrations.

A Clark Terry protégé, Don was known as a trumpet player influenced by Bix Beiderbecke (as well as modern jazz trumpet players. Notably he blew with Phil Woods, Kenny Clarke), Elliot Lawrence and Claude Thornhill. His American Post-Forty Blues, for orchestra and solo trumpet is a perfect example of Third Stream Music.

As Professor of Music at UMaine, Don created the 20th Century Music Ensemble, in which students enthusiastically performed a wide variety of jazz along with far out experimental works and lyrical compositions. Don's music is archived in a special collection at the Bangor Public Library.

Philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952) wrote in a broad spectrum of genres. His major works include The Life of Reason (5 vols.), The Realms of Being (4 vols.) and a best-selling novel, The Last Puritan. He spent his final years living in Rome, where he wrote “On Immortality,” which was published posthumously.

Emeritus Professor of History, and member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Jay Bregman has taught at UCLA, UC Berkeley and Howard University, as well as at UMaine, where he has taught History of Jazz for over 30 years. He studied Jazz with Lennie Tristano, Yusef Lateef and Don Stratton, and played with Don. For a decade, he and Don taught an Honors Seminar on American Aesthetics and Subcultures, covering such topics as the New England Transcendentalists, Zen, Ives and Monk, Neoplatonism, the Beat Authors and Pythagorean Aesthetics. Tonight’s composition reflects that interdisciplinarity.

UMaine Professor Nancy Ellen Ogle’s work with contemporary composers is available on recordings on Capstone, Cormorant, Woodsum, New Media Productions and Parma labels. In 2014, Nancy was a Grammy nominee in the category of best classical solo vocal recording for a CD of Scott Brickman’s music featuring Ogle singing his Dear Darwin songs (Ravello Recordings). Nancy has premiered several of Don Stratton’s compositions, including A Recital of Birds and Ktaadn.

A fellow of the F.S.A., Gregory J. Shaw is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College (Massachusetts, USA). His research interests include Religions of Late Antiquity, especially Neoplatonism; history of divination with an emphasis on dreams; contemporary religious movements that draw from Hermetic and Platonic sources; Jungian psychology; UFO phenomena.

Dan Barrett teaches trombone, tuba, jazz improvisation, jazz piano and arranging, and runs the jazz combo program at the University of Maine. He has been privileged to perform with many jazz greats including Bob Mintzer, Conrad Herwig, Andy Martin, John Fedchock, Thomas Gansch, Ingrid Jensen, Phil Markowitz, Eric Marienthal and Byron Stripling.

Colin Graebert has been playing jazz piano in Maine for almost twenty years. He is an active member or the Maine music scene as an accompanist, choir director, vocalist, musical theatre director and clinician. He recently graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and is looking forward to officially joining the ranks of Maine’s music teachers. He lives in Stockton Springs with his wife, Hilary, and two children, Eric and Ruth.

UMaine graduate and student of Don Stratton, Bob Roman maintains an active performing schedule. In addition to this ensemble, he is also a member of the house band on “The Nite Show with Danny Cashman” and many others.

Bobby Duron has been playing drums professionally for over 40 years. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Hampden, Maine, where he is a professor at Husson University and an active freelance musician and clinician in the greater Bangor area.

[xtruss]

Jaw-Dropping Ways to Experience Chile 🇨🇱! Discover Chile’s Many Adventures Through This Awe-inspiring Gallery.

Chile is a country of stunning landscapes. It’s home to icy mountain peaks, glistening glacial lakes, and vast blooming fields—and each landscape offers a different kind of adventure for its visitors. Explore some of the most remarkable activities in the country through this striking photo gallery.

The Milky Way shines over the Atacama Desert. The northern Chilean region is known for its clear skies and excellent stargazing opportunities. PHOTOGRAPH BY GIULIO ERCOLANI, ALAMY

Steam rises from the Villarica volcano, which stands in the Chilean Central Valley. Unlike many other volcanoes, Villarica has a persistent lava lake, or a collection of molten lava, in its crater. PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON MCCOY, ALAMY

Two kayakers paddle past La Portada, a natural archway off the coast of Antofogasta in northern Chile. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MCBRIDE, AURORA

A hiker pulls a sled though the Southern Patagonia Icefield, which covers over 5,000 square miles of snowy, icy land. Building the ice sheet, storms bring rain and snow to the area in large amounts—the equivalent of 6.5-36 feet of rain—each year. PHOTOGRAPH BY BORGE OUSLAND, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

A mountaineer traverses the ridge between Monte Sarmiento and Cardillera Darwin, both of which sit on Tierra del Fuego—an archipelago at Chile’s southern tip. PHOTOGRAPH BY RALF GANTZHORN, ALAMY

A professional freeskier shoots off a peak at the Nevados de Chillán Ski Resort, which runs a project promoting responsible backcountry skiing. Participation in the program is free, and skiers are asked to check in with the office to sign a safety contract and submit their medical information. PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM CLARK, AURORA

A skier carries his gear through a cloud on a mountain peak in Chile’s Lake District. In the southern portion of the country, the region is home to multiple ski resorts that open volcano-created trails to winter-loving visitors. PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM CLARK, GETTY IMAGES

Bright stars shine behind an antenna at La Silla Observatory outside Chile’s Atacama Desert. The observatory has been at the forefront of multiple scientific discoveries, including finding planets outside our solar system and studying the explosions of massive stars. PHOTOGRAPH BY SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ALAMY

A group of hikers trek through the grassy plains of Torres del Paine National Park. Because weather can change quickly in the area, visitors need to be prepared with both sunscreen and a warm, waterproof jacket. PHOTOGRAPH BY RUBEN SANCHEZ, GETTY IMAGES

Two tents light up under a starry night sky in Salar de Surire. The Chilean Natural Monument, which sits 13,776 feet above sea level, is mostly made up of a large salt flat and a group of small saltwater lakes. PHOTOGRAPH BY CEDRIK STRAHM, GETTY IMAGES

[sem1-reflective-journal]

Lecture 10 Decolonising Design

Critical Race theory

According to the Imigration Museum, in 1854 physician and surgeon Josiah Clark Nott and Egyptologist  George Robins Gilddon created a theory that human races have separate origins and types of mankinds. However, Charles Darwin in 1871 refuted that argument. This artwork shows the colonization in pictures back then which had barely any proof to be true, the Europeans had main-character syndrome and thought they were the peick ideal in mankind with a ‘normal look’ while people of colour look ‘animalistic’ therefore being a racist stereotype.

In the United States of America, every June Target decides to drop a collection of pride clothes. This year I have decided to discuss some of the clothes provided. In my opinion some clothes are nice because they are made by actual queer people… however, the rest is feeding into the ‘queer steriotypes’ such as the bisexual shirt. Online it is known that bisexuals are akward and use finger guns as a way to make things akwards which is really stupid because everyone does it straight or not. Most of the generic clothes have just a rainbow and random toys as well… I actually find it infuriating that massive companies like Target, Oreos, Mattel and others just chuck a rainbow on a product but literally means nothing nor does it go to any charity. They fetishize the lgbtq+ for a month and continue to discriminate the other 11 months.

This lecture only focused on race which was had to realte to when it comes to queernes and sexuality so i basically related it to steriotypes and how companies use June (Pride month) as a fetish for money and over doing the steriotypes again every year

[dailyfrogs]

🅱️lease come up with a funny caption for this wonderful flat boy from the milwaukee zoo because i can’t……

it’s peach……..

#frogs #frog #finding nemo #this was the first thing that popped into my head when i saw that froggo im sorry if it's not funny #also i have plans to hang out with friends tomorrow!! i can't wait #it's always hard to hang out when u commute from home but guess who has a car?? #M E #u guys wanna go to chipotle? guess who's ur only ticket out of here #M E #also hot take: i don't rly like mitski's music DON'T HATE ME #I CAN APPRECIATE HER MUSIC AND THAT SHE'S AN ASIAN AMERICAN SINGING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES BC DUDE ME TOO!!!! #BUT IM NOT A FAN OF THESE PARTICULAR NOTES SHE CHOSE TO SANG IN THAT PARTICULAR RHYTHM #u know who i like? dodie clark #also orla gartland #ALSO rebecca clarke #y'all search rebecca clarke viola sonata it is SO GOOD #ALSO DANSE MACABRE IS A SLAMMER #HAVE ANY OF U HEARD DARWIN DEEZ BC HE'S ALSO RLY GOOD #AND BEN FOLDS #im gonna stop with the music recs now thanks for coming to my TED talk consisting of me ranting in the tags of a tumblr psot #*post #AND IN THE TAGS OF A PICTURE SOMEONE SUBMITTED TO ME OH HOW SHAMELESS #submission

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[space-life]

Some things about Space Life

Space Life is a science fiction webcomic set in an indefinite future on a small spaceship traveling the cosmos. On board the spaceship we find Tom, an astronaut we always see with a suit and helmet and AL, the voice of an artificial intelligence. Welcome to spaceship Beagle 5. Sit back and enjoy following Tom and AL on an extravagant adventure among the stars. Try to find countless references to famous and little-known jewels from scifi, nerd and pop culture.

Some things about Space Life

The Beagle 5 spaceship takes its name from the HMS Beagle ship. The HMS Beagle on her second voyage hosted the then young naturalist Charles Darwin on board, whose work made the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history. Number 5 is a tribute to Eagle 5 (which also has a certain similarity with the name Beagle) spaceship of Spaceballs (A 1987 american science fiction comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks).

AL is a tribute to Alan Turing. Philosopher, mathematician and cryptographer. The test that bears his name is still considered today a valid tool to ascertain whether a machine is able to compete with human intelligence.

AL also remembers HAL 9000, the supercomputer aboard the spacecraft Discovery in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Arthur C. Clarke's book of the same name. In 2003, the American Film Institute placed HAL 9000 in 13th place on its list of the 50 Best Movie Villains of All Time. What surprises will AL have in store for us?

The work break raises the question about the future of work and about human-machine interaction. For further information see Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

The game of chess proposed by Tom in "Origin" is a tribute to the great chess challenges between man and computer. Chess and computers have gone hand in hand since the dawn of information technology. Between the end of the 40s and the beginning of the 50s the first articles appeared (with signatures of illustrious scientists such as Claude Shannon, Norbert Wiener and above all the aforementioned Alan Turing) that designed algorithms capable of playing. Memorable were the challenges between Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue.

In "Spoiler" Tom says he wants to start reading "War and Peace". The reference is to the Peanuts character Snoopy who loves War and Peace, but in order not to get tired he reads no more than one word a day.

After the Apollo 1 fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of the Apollo program's aerospace security, testing and rebuilding.

The Apollo 10 lunar module was named "Snoopy" and the command module "Charlie Brown".

The Silver Snoopy award is a special NASA award in the form of a silver pin engraved with Snoopy with a space helmet. It is given to an astronaut who works in the space program who has gone above and beyond on the pursuit of quality and safety.

In "Cultural evolution" we refer to the cultural evolution in animals. In recent decades, a burgeoning literature has documented the cultural transmission of behavior through social learning in numerous vertebrate and invertebrate species. A meaning of "cultural evolution in animals" refers to these findings and I present an overview of the key findings. I will then address the other meaning of the term focused on cultural changes within a lineage. Such changes in humans, described as "cumulative cultural evolution", have been spectacular, but relatively little attention has yet been paid to the subject in non-human animals, other than claiming that the process is unique to humans. A variety of evidence, including controlled experiments and field observations, has begun to challenge this view and in some behavioral domains, particularly birdsong, cultural evolution has been studied for many years. The scifi reference is to "Planet of the Apes" and compared to the bears to the short story "Bears Discover Fire" by American science fiction author Terry Bisson.

"Time" is set in the vicinity of the black hole M87 . It's the central black hole of the giant elliptical galaxy Galaxy Virgo A, encoded as "M87" (the largest galaxy in the "near" universe, located 56 million light years from us , in the Cluster of the Virgin). It has a mass approximately 6.6 billion times that of the Sun.

That the  time be one illusion is a mantra of many modern theoretical physicists. In the equations of the "loop quantum gravity model", with which Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin and others try to unify Einstein's general relativity and quantum mechanics, time disappears. What exists at the fundamental level are only "atoms of space". The universe and its history are nothing more than ways in which these "space atoms" are arranged. (Rovelli's Book)

Tom's answer - "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so"- is a quote from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams.

Have fun finding references and quotes in the next few episodes! feel free to write your ideas in the comments.

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[sometimesrosy]

Hmm regarding the episode titles, a few ancient God like titles and royalty. Also isn't Anaconda meant to be the title of the back door pilot for the spin off I thought it would be later in the season considering they filmed it later but they must of filmed it whenever they got time, probably better it's mid season considering people are usually too distracted to pay too much attention to them if their near the finale like in arrow.

Anaconda is supposed to be the back door pilot. Hm. I thought it was going to be near the end, but it’s not. I wonder what that means. I still think it will have something to do with our plot/story, but let’s see.

Almost all the titles do seem to have something to do with religion/mythology and/or a larger meaningful theme. Well, he did say there IS a point to all this and we’ll find out this season. But I’m pretty sure he’s also threaded that meaning throughout the whole show and I don’t think we’ll be that surprised if we were paying attention to the text.

7.01 From the Ashes: This comes from our canon story. From the ashes we will rise. It is both the motto of the Second Dawn cult and part of the death rites for the grounders... indicating that the two are connected btw. It’s definitely a post apocalyptic theme, but in the case of Second Dawn, it would be preapocalyptic, indicating that they are a death cult, obsessed with the end of the world (possibly causing it) so that they may rise, in power. (possibly an indication that we’ll see sheidheda back [did he sneak into Russell’s minddrive and body snatch him? sounds likely] and maybe that he knows more about second dawn than expected. what is his connection to cadogan? what is cadogan’s connection to russell?)

7.02 The Garden: From the old testament and from our canon story. The Garden of Eden. 5.01 was Eden. Two serpents, one garden. Also referenced twice (?) when bringing up Adam and Eve.

7.03 False Gods: From the bible and from our canon story. Graffiti painted on Sanctum walls in regards to the Primes. 

In Abrahamic doctrines, a false god is a deity or object of worship that is regarded as either illegitimate or non-functioning in its professed authority or capability, and this characterization is further used as a definition of "idol".[x]

7.04 Hesperides: Greek mythology. 

In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas [x]

Not from canon so far. But it reminds me of Second Dawn, the sanctum obsession with eclipses, dawns, etc. Also the buttery light of Bellarke’s last meeting. But this is sunset not dawn. Hmm. I speculate this might be one of the planets.  Relates to false gods, because that concept comes from monotheism in reaction to pagan pantheism, like worshipping greek gods and their daughters.

7.05 Welcome to Bardo: A new one to me. This is in fact religious. Not biblical, greek or western.

Used loosely, "bardo" is the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. [x]

This fits with the apocalypse and rebirth of humanity. A waiting place. This also fits with the primes when they are in between hosts. Perhaps Murphy’s “hell” experience. Likely a new planet. 

7.06 Nakara: No idea. May be the name of a planet.

Nakara (drum), an Indian musical instrument Nakara (martial art), a traditional martial art in the culture of Kiribati Nakara, Northern Territory, a suburb of Darwin, Australia Nakara people, a group of Indigenous Australians Nakkara language [x]

Ah, wait. It’s an island nation in the pacific, one of the most isolated nations in the world.  I suspect it’s also one of the colony planets.

7.07 The Queen’s Gambit: Ah. Not religious/mythic. One of the oldest opening chess moves. Canon theme. Chess. But who is the queen? Clarke who seems to represent the queen in this theme? Octavia our red queen? Someone else? All of them. It also seems to be a move that starts of with the pawns, in order ot open the board up so queen has freer movement, but i’m not a chess player, so if anyone has insight. Who are the pawns though? Wonkru, Sanctumites, COGs, Miller, Niylah, Jackson, Emori, Echo, Madi, Jordan even?

7.08 Anaconda: We’ve talked about this. A giant snake, mythic in nature in South America. We keep connecting it to the ouroboros, the snake swallowing its own tale, a symbol of infinity, sometimes in a circle, sometimes a figure eight. Also the two serpents of Octavia and Diyoza, which might be the light/dark element, in a circle, sorta like a yin yang. idk.  This is the backdoor pilot episode supposedly. I tend to think it will be about the circularity of time, as we go back in time to see the original victims (perpetrators?) of the apocalypse.

7.09 The Flock: Whose flock? These are the followers in a religion, particularly judeo christian religions. The sanctumites? wonkru? COG? the people on the other planets? the second dawn cultists? ALL of them? idk.

#the 100 #the 100 s7 #titles #speculation #mythos #allusions

[vannahthehufflepuff]

NEXT GEN OC | ISLA WEASLEY

House: Hufflepuff

Blood Status: Pureblood

Place of Birth: Hogwarts

Career Path: Herbologist or Healer

Sport: Quidditch (Beater)

Likes: knitting, flowy dresses, nature, flowers, mud, plants, foraging, sunshine, sweets, fairytales.

Dislikes: shoes, pants, any constricting clothing, people babying her just because she’s soft.

Favorite Classes: Herbology, Ancient Runes, Care of Magical Creatures

Physical Quirks/Scars: she has lots of scrapes on her legs from climbing trees, running through tall grass, etc. tall.

Speech: very soft, light tone. she’s usually told to speak up. breathy.

Wand: Cypress wood and unicorn hair, 13 ½”, Slightly Yielding

Patronus: Dolphin

School Pet: a rat named Beasley. Beasley Weasley.

Family: Fred Weasley, father. Maisie Barker (now Weasley), mother. Amelia Weasley, twin. Alfie Clark-Weasley, younger brother.

Friends: Darwin Weasley (lou’s oc, cousin), Einin Wood (lou’s oc), Finlay Weasley (cousin), Gresham Malfoy

Love Interest: Gresham Malfoy

Personality: kind, caring, thoughtful, soft. finds beauty in everything. a little shy. surprisingly courageous. a tad headstrong. not a mean bone in her body.

Face claim: Julia Adamenko

#next gen oc: isla weasley #family: barker-weasley

[81scorp]

Constructive criticism: The Superman film series

(An editorial originally posted on Deviantart Mar 26 2015)

Superman, created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. A popular character that has remained popular through the years and is considered an american cultural icon. He has appeared on the radio, animated shows and live action TV. Then someone thought "Wouldn`t it be neat to see the man of tomorrow on the big screen?". Because of the special effects they had back then, portraying Ol` Supes most well known and iconic power: flying, was hard to pull of without making it look a tad bit silly. From what I`ve heard they were, at one point, thinking about taking it in a direction similar to the campy Adam West Batman universe. But Richard Donner (to my knowledge at least, correct me if I`m wrong) wanted it to be a movie that people could take more seriously. So, with a more serious script, good casting, acting, well made flying effects and the music of John Williams you would`ve believed a man could fly. It was a critical and financial success, and with financial success comes sequels. Superman II was a little more tongue in cheek than it`s predecessor but was still considered good and did well at the box office. Then came Superman III... and after it came Superman IV... Both were not that good. Let us, in my very subjective editorial, take a look at were they went wrong and how it could have been improved. Truth, justice and SPOILERS Superman Not really much to mention about the first movie. It is, for it`s time at least, an almost perfect superhero-movie. The score by John Williams fits perfectly with the tone and story and, this is probably just me but, the space scenes have a bit of a 2001: A space odyssey feel to them. There is of course one thing that makes it end up on this list. Reversing time by reversing Earth`s rotation/traveling backwards in time                                                                                                                   In a way it`s an admirable gesture that shows that he is willing to move heaven and earth for Lois and the scene before it is a powerful one where he holds her body in his arms. But still. If he somehow made the planet spin the other way it wouldn`t affect time, the sun would just rise in the west and set in the east. Assuming that the planet and it`s inhabitans would survive the change. Some say that he didn`t actually change the rotation, that it was just a way to illustrate that he actually travelled backwards through time. It would make more sense if he used a wormhole to time-travel. But if he time-travelled, wouldn`t there be two Supermen? The time-travelling one and the one from that time-period? Oh my, I`ve gone cross-eyed! But to be honest, I wouldn`t like that either, I feel it makes him too powerful. Don`t get me wrong, I want Superman to be powerful. But there should be limits. Instead: He`s holding her body in his arms. Superman: "Lois... please... don`t be dead..." (He COULD try to bring her back with CPR. But maybe he`ll accidentally crush her chest with his superstrength or destroy her lungs with his breath? You could argue that he has learned to control his power and hold it back. Yes, but in this scene he`s in a very emotional state. Is he stable enough to control himself that much?) There is silence for a moment... Then: ba-bump! He hears her heartbeat! she`s alive! She regains consciousness and he takes her to the nearest hospital. This shows that despite his god-likeness there are limits to what he can do. Maybe not perfect, maybe it lacks something, but at least it makes sense. Superman II Donner had a different vision of Superman 2 than the one that ended up on the big screen. However, due to off-screen problems between Donner and the producers over shooting schedule and final cut privileges, Donner (who had shot roughly 75% of the movie) was replaced by Richard Lester (who had to shoot 51% of the film in order to get directors credit). I still like the film but I have to admit it lacks a little of what could have made it great in some areas. Zod being amazed by so many things on Earth. I know, Earth and Krypton are two different planets, but still. He could understand what some things are even if they are different from Krypton. Like when he lands in a lake and goes: "strange surface". What? You don`t have lakes on Krypton? Then again, from what I saw of Krypton I don`t remember seeing any, so maybe they don`t. But at one point in Krypton`s history they must`ve had lakes and oceans, right? Not to mention that he`s confused that humans don`t have superpowers. Less of scenes like these. Zod`s telekinesis powers Not poor writing, just a personal opinion of mine. I like it better if all Kryptonians`s powers are limited to the ones Superman usually has. So away with it. That stupid STUPID kid at niagara falls Now this is poor writing. I know that it`s necessary for Superman to save someone so that Lois can get suspicious, but does it have to be in such a stupid way? The kid could have been leaning to get a glimpse of/trying to photograph something and lost his balance, and he could have been on the right side of the rails! (I assume they`re called rails,correct me if I´m wrong, english is my second language.) Not perfect but at least it makes him look like less of a Darwin-award nominee. Real kids are smarter than him... I hope. That female Daily Planet employee Remember the woman who said that the other ones were just as strong as superman? The way she said it made me think she was gonna turn out to be Nelson Muntz in disguise who mocks Lois for rooting on the losing team. She could have said it like: "Oh my god... The other ones are just as strong as Superman!" As if she`s aware that if Supes loses, everyone on Earth is doomed... including her. I know, it`s a small scene, but still. The unnecessarily thrown-in "comedic" moments during the big fight The producers seemed to have thought "this is based on a comic, as in comical. Let`s force in some comedy!" You know scenes like when the man eats an ice cream and it blows away, and the man who tries to make a phonecall and still stays on the phone even when the phonebooth he`s in gets obliterated. Away with scenes like those! Superman throwing the giant "S"-shield and the holographic doubles People think of the "S"-shield thing as another Superpower, but it doesn`t have to be, it could have been a thing that he had prepared. However, since we never find out if it was a power or not and it didn`t really change much, I`d say: loose it. The holographic doubles: From what I remember (correct me if I`m wrong) this is supposed to be a superpower. Why didn`t he use this in other scenes? I would change it to: Supes and Zod and the others fighting each other by moving around quickly with super-speed. The amnesia kiss Added superpower and lazy writing. Instead of Supes erasing Lois`s memory because she can`t handle that Clark is Superman, how about: She feels that having this knowledge is hard, but she can handle it. It would be more mature that way than to reset everything to status qou. Good performance by Margot Kidder though. Superman III Richard Donner was not involved in the making of this movie. Richard Lester was the one in the director`s chair, and the small seeds that hinted the direction of where this franchise was going in the second movie had blossomed to their full potential in this one. (If you can call it "potential".) In this case I don`t feel that it`s enough to list a few points like the previous ones. I`d change most of the plot. Bad guy Since Superman fought a computer in the climax I`d pick Brainiac as the villain. Since it came out 1983 I`d go with the pre-crisis version of him. Plot Earth is visited by an extra terrestrial A.I. that comes in peace, to gather information about us and then leave to continue it`s fact-finding mission (yes, I know, it`s a lot like that episode from that animated series). The A.I. (Brainiac) exposes Supes to a radiation that makes him evil. Some of Earth`s population put their trust in Brainiac since Supes has lost it. Eventually Supes manage to defeat his bad side in a junkyard (I liked that scene so I`m keeping it) and goes to battle Brainiac who, after being defeated, flees back into space. Subplot Since Lois was mostly absent from the third movie she`ll get more screen time in my version. She thinks it`s a bit much to be Supes girlfriend so she leaves Clark to date a more earthbound man. (But she has no trouble keeping his secret though, just so you know.) There could be some scenes where the three meet that could be a little funny but also a litte sad. However, in the end Lois realizes that she still loves Clark and goes back to him. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace This movie was not directed by Richard Lester or produced by Ilya and Alexander Salkind. It didn`t make it any better though. I still kinda liked this movie more than III though. Partly because of it`s so bad it`s goodness but also because it felt more like a Superman movie than a Richard Pryor movie. Still bad though. First... NO CHINESE WALL RESTORING VISION! Nuff said. Lenny Luthor Remove most, if not all of his goofiness or replace him with miss Teschmacher or come up some other assistant of Lex. Lex breaking out of prison Instead of Luthor being freed because the two guards wanted to see what it was like to sit in an expensive car: Have Lenny/miss Teschmacher/new character come flying in with a jetpack, give Lex an extra jetpack that he/she was carrying and have them both fly away together. Badguy Since Nuclear Man was a clone of Superman I`d use Bizarro. The thing with Bizarro though is that he`s not much of a villain. Wether he`s evil or (trying to be) good he`s always mentally slow. Therefore he could be like Frankensteins monster. He may not be as threatening as Nuclear man, but at least he`s 3-dimensional. So technically, the biggest villain in this scenario would still be Lex. Bizarro would just be an obstacle. Also: He wouldn`t be solar powered. Subplots Clark`s mom would be very old but Lana could be helping her take care of the farm. So that scene where a man wants to buy Clark`s farm but he refuses because he only wants to sell to a real farmer wouldn`t be necessary. Since Lois remembers Clarks secret identity in this hypothetical movie and they`ve gotten back together there`s no point in having that scene with the "double date" with her, Clark/Superman and Lacy. This would give more room to Lois`s conflict with David Warfield over what he`s done to Daily Planet, and in some cases she`d have to have this conflict with Lacy Warfield. Plot After Lex escapes from prison he and Lenny/miss Teschmacher/new character gets a hair sample from Supes just like they did in the movie. But they create him in a lab in Lex`s HQ (no rockets in the sun). Lex fills the clone`s head with knowledge through a subliminal "teaching-helmet". The clone is at first a perfect duplicate of Supes but then turns all Bizarro-y. Lex calls him "bizarre" and adds "Oh!" as in "Oh. What the hell am I gonna do with it now!?" But realizes he can still have use for him. Bizarro causes disasters, fights Supes and wins the first round (Beginners luck?). Supes manages got get a piece of Bizarro`s hair during the fight. He gives it to Prof: Phineas Potter (a friend of Supes in the silver age comics) to analyze. Later Bizarro slowly developes a conscience. Round 2: Supes wears a protection suit and tries to use a bit of kryptonite on Bizarro. (It`s the rock that Lex used in the first movie.) Supes gave it to scientists to use against him if he turns evil again like in the third movie (Continuity!). It doesn`t work on Bizarro, they fight. Their battle puts people in danger, Supes has to temporarily incapacitate Bizarro and help them. Bizarro sees how Supes cares about others and then leaves. It ends in a draw. Round 3: Prof Potter has, by comparing Bizarro`s dna with Supes and analyzing how ordinary kryptonite affects Supe`s dna, created blue Kryptonite. Supes uses it against Bizarro. In their fight, civilians are put in danger. Supes try to keep them safe. Bizarro, even though he`s weakened, helps him. They see that they are not enemies and Bizarro turns on Lex who tries to destroy him and sends him to an ambiguous death. In the climax Lex puts on a super-armor-suit, battles Supes, loses and goes back to jail. It is hinted that Bizarro is still alive and travelling the world, trying to do good. In my version there`s no "Supes gets rid of nuclear weapons", but I hope the subplot with Bizarro`s inner journey is enough to make it feel that there are enough plot-lines. Superman Returns After being absent from the big screen for 19 years, Superman (much like the title says) returned to a world with new actors, a bigger budget and digital effects. Directed by Bryan Singer, it completely ignored the last two movies and was a big love letter to Richard Donner`s Superman movies. And it wasn`t very successful. People were not very keen on Supes having a kid with Lois (based on a scene from Richard Donner`s cut of Superman II where Supes and Lois have some nekkid action after he`s given up his powers). Plus Lex`s evil plan was pretty much the same plan he had in the first movie, except with more kryptonite. Lots and lots and lots of kryptonite. How I would have done it.

Plot Supes returns to Earth after having been out in space for a few years, searching for the leftovers of Krypton. His mom is now dead and the farm (like in the last movie) is being taken care of by Lana. She`s glad that he`s back and thinks that he should take care of the farm now because she has plans for her own life and she`s engaged to Pete Ross. Since Supes never found what he hoped to find in space Lana thinks he should try to focus on his life on Earth. Lois is dating a guy (and if there has to be a kid in this movie he/she should be the child of the guy that Lois is dating) and Lex is out of prison. I`d keep the part about Lois writing the "Why the world doesn`t need Superman" article and the part where Supes prevents the plane from crashing. When Supes travelled in space an alien being noticed him and tracked him to earth. Early in the movie Lex seems to be the main bad guy, but then it turns out to be the alien that followed Supes to Earth, and it should be... Mongul! You may ask: "Why not Darkseid?" For the same reason the Avengers didn`t fight Thanos in their first movie, he should come later. Supes fights Mongul and gets unexpected help from Lex who uses his high-tech weapons against the threat. Mongul is defeated and Supes and Lex are celebrated as heroes. Supes however doesn`t believe that Lex has changed, that the heroic act is just for show (and he`s right). Lois leaves the guy she`s dating but doesn`t go back to Supes (at least not yet). Meanwhile: elsewhere, a man is watching the celebration on a big computer-screen (he`s seen from behind and the computer-screen is the only light source in the room). There`s a butler standing next to him. They`re in a cave. With bats. (Sequel-bait!) And those are my ideas. They`re not perfect but I hope they`re not bad.        

Have to go now. I have to fight a giant metal spider for some reason.

#superman #richard donner #dc comics #movie #constructive #criticism #editorial #81scorp

[puddles-and-yellow-flowers]

Photographs

I fell in love with our first photographs- the ones on the dock on Clark lake; on our first date, where I almost fell in the water and you said you would jump in to save me ( I think I would accidentally pull you in.) 

The photo from my aunts memorial- when we are both dressed in black, standing next to one another. You made me strong that day, and amongst my family you gained a sort of legendary fame ( good job Mr. Keaton). Of course that just reminds me of-

That picture of Monty and me, in your clothes on the kitchen floor. That black dress which didn’t last long, on the floor in your old room. 

The photograph Darwin took of us on the couch at your dads, the polaroid's from new years and pops shoots... god damn we look good together. 

But I don’t just want those photographs... I want more. I want ‘ oh my fucking god your really here’ photos from when you come visit. The post hotel-sex photos from that future night... and all the post-sex photos after. I want photos of us at the house, when I don’t have to leave anymore... photos at our temporary apartment’s front door in Bozeman. 

Photos from game nights and parties, and quiet days. I want pictures when we go mudding, or are just incredibly dirty. I want photos of us shoulders up, from after going skinny-dipping ( a bucket list item of mine). The ‘oh shit she’s driving’ photos where you're (even if you say you aren’t) a little nervous of what i could end up doing. All the little quick photos, when ill come up to you and kiss your cheek or slap your ass. 

The engagement photos that Owen’s gonna take, and the wedding photos that he’s most definitely not going to. I want photos of your face when I walk down that aisle in white lace... and when I kiss the cake off your face when I just smooshed some on your face. First dance, carrying me into the reception and the garter-throw. I want a photo album of that day to be displayed on our bookcase. 

I want the road trip photos, the ones in the back of Kris. I want the oh-my-god look where we are photos- all around the world, on top of castles and when you find me lost in Hobbiton. I want to take selfies in the car while your driving and I may be being a little annoying. 

I want photos that we’ll send on cards to friends and family- when we tell them ( the ones that we haven’t told) that there’s a baby. I want photos in the hospital, when I’m exhausted and we’re both lying on that hospital bed, our baby nestled between. Bringing them home for the first time, and all the time in between ( not like imma remember a lot of it.)

I wanna fall in love with all the photographs, and have all the memories to flip through in a photobook- point at a page and say ‘ do you remember that day?’ I wanna show people how lucky we are- so that our smiles are immortalized on a page.  

[fableway-blog]

Eye-Opening Quotes That Will Make You Notice What You Always Ignored

Seem to be going through life without taking the time to smell the roses? Here are some eye-opening words to help you notice things which you have always ignored.

Sometimes you never realize the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. Dr. Seuss

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not why ships are built. A fortune cookie

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in a long-shot. Charlie Chaplin

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Max Lucado

It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

Another flaw in the human character is that everyone wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Kurt Vonnegut

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. Mark Twain

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. Anonymous

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

What do they call the person who graduated last in his class in med school? Doctor.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined efforts of everyone I’ve every known. Chuck Palahniuk

There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing” Elbert Hubbard

Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon. Paul Brandt

If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets. Haruki Murakami

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending. Thích Nhất Hạnh

Warning: everything saved will be lost. Wii notification

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. Patrick Rothfuss

Imagining the Future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. John Green

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius

Treat the Earth Well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. Kenyan Proverb

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone. Robin Williams

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

A person is a person no matter how small. Dr. Seuss

There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory. Confucious

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. Teddy Roosevelt

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanore Roosevelt

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. André Gide

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. George Carlin

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Mr. Rogers

Stay strong. Depression lies. Wil Wheaton

I have noticed that people who claim everything is predestined, and we can do nothing to change it, look both ways before crossing the road. Stephen Hawking

You are the universe experiencing itself. Alan Watts

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#eye-opening #qoutes #ignored #value #memory #moment #life #aristotle #charlie chaplin #books #ebooks