#preston was absolutely at fault for getting him into comics

[radioactive-earthshine]

Every now and then I come across Bart in fics where the author writes him as completely disinterested in older media or is contemptuous of black and white film when the comics make it very clear that Bart actually has a pretty wide range of interests across decades.

Impulse #21

During the LoSH vs Bart Allen debacle featuring the Cosmic Treadmill Bart quotes The Jetsons, the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the 1960s. In the 1990s reruns of this show was broadcasted very frequently alongside dozens of other cartoons so he would definitely have had an active choice to watch it or not.

Impulse #53

The Patty Duke Show from the 1960s is a little niche even for teens of the 90s and it is interesting that he watches it. The show was not colorized, and was aired on Nickelodeon during their "Nick-at-Nite" broadcast block in the 1990s.... which Bart should have been asleep for.... because his bedtime is 8:00pm... and that block started at 9:00 iirc.

But that's how it was for our world, for the comic world Pickelodeon may have had a completely different broadcast. Still it is a little charming to imagine Bart sneaking to watch this show, and maybe Helen would permit it and supersede Max's bedtime regime.

The premise of the show in relation to Bart and Thad's relationship is amusing and fitting, identical 'cousins' who are completely different in personality, taste and temperament as they get into shenanigans and fumble around displaced from home.

Impulse #57

On Christmas Eve it has been a long standing tradition for It's a Wonderful Life (in this case X-Mas) to air on American television. It is regarded as a treasure and is enmeshed in pop culture whose core premise of how one man can have a profound change on everything has been reused countless times across multiple other forms of media. The film is from 1946, has been colorized but is more frequently broadcast in black and white.

Bart admitting that he wants to watch it, and furthermore that it is his favorite Christmas movie is a little unusual for teens of the 1990s compared to the monolith of other options. He watched it among many others and decided that this beloved classic was his favorite over the others.

In closing; Bart Allen plays a lot of video games, watches MTV, cartoons, and movies that are rated R but he also watches older classics too and enjoys them.

Bart came to the year 1994 with very little prejudice and does not have any contemptuous opinions regarding older media. So for your next fic instead of having him turn his nose up at the idea of watching something from the far distant decade of... 1980... consider that he would be absolutely 100% all about it.

#bart allen #impulse #mine #there's a reason why he gets along with preston so much #other than just having a compatible personality #they both have a wide range of taste #preston may have helped impact some of bart's media taste #preston was absolutely at fault for getting him into comics

[sigurdjarlson]

I’m going to take that last post of Arthurian legend and run with it for my girl 😂

You are Guinevere, Sole Survivor of Vault 111, your husband is dead, your son is dead and replaced with a robot version of himself and you find yourself looking for some companionship. Who do you pick?

(This is just for fun because quite a few few people on this list she doesn’t actually have any romantic feelings for 😂 also some of the pros and cons are jokes don’t take them too seriously eh?)

Arthur

Pros

Hot

Named after your fictional namesake’s husband which is some soulmate level shit in your opinion tbh...or it’s a coincidence but that’s no fun

Actually has a heart in there if you squint

Gives you really cool shit

Runs a military so he has a shit ton of resources at his disposal

Huge nerd like you

Intelligent, a great tactician, good with words

His giant nuke throwing robot is pretty cool too

Trusts you a huge amount for some reason

Flawed but truly cares about the people under his command and wants to help the people of the Commonwealth..even if he’s way of doing that is questionable

Cons

Hates non-humans

Your fictional namesake cheated on him with his best friend so that’s a bit weird but hey it could have been solved with a threesome

Really hates some of your friends

Might be as stubborn as you are if not more

Tried to kill Danse

Is 20 so he nuts immediately

Emotionally repressed and is not working on it

Semi Functional alcoholic but so are you

Works constantly

His giant nuke throwing robot never shuts up about hating Communism also it almost blew you up like 50 times on your way to the institute

Danse

Pros

Hot

Protective, sweet, would die for you and kill for you.

Believes in you more than anyone ever has

If you need him he will be there

Loves to kill things with you

Also probably in love with Maxson

Loyal to a fault

Contrary to popular belief he does have a sense of humor

Surprisingly considerate and willing to talk about things even if it’s hard for him

Your best friend and mentor

Cons

Has internalized synthphobia

Emotionally repressed but to be fair he’s working on it

Likes country and Bluegrass

Hates most of your friends

Maxson tried to kill him

Says things like “better than a training exercise” after sex

Rarely leaves his power armor because he’s most comfortable when impervious to all forms of attack which means you can’t see that hot body as much as you’d like

Bossy but it’s kinda hot

Told your one synth friend to donate herself for study :(

Maccready

Pros

Hot

Your best friend, you know each other inside and out. You trust him with your life.

Would kill for you and also die for you although he’d rather not die so try not to do that..

Funny as hell..you have a blast with him

Usually doesn’t judge you because he’s a mercenary

Nerd. You both like comic books

Loves his kid and would love yours just as much

Surprisingly sweet when he cares about someone

Cons

Still mourning his dead wife

Doesn’t bathe

Only 22

Sent his dying son a cure to him in the apocalypse version of the mail

Can be an ass

Inconsistent

Whines about everything

Doesn’t want to carry your useless junk but he will

Thinks you’re too nice sometimes

Clingy

Pickman

Pros

Hot

Stalks you so he already knows you really well

Would kill for you

Hates raiders so he has some standards

Charming

Likes to give you presents

You’d have really dangerous hot kinky sex

Cons

Super pretentious artist type

Stalks you so he already knows you really well

Probably incapable of healthy attachments to others

Might kill you one day who knows

His presents are horrifying

Also he’s a serial killer

Cait

Pros

Hot

Funny as hell

Would kill for you..please let her kill for you

Kicks ass

Doesn’t judge you because all she wants to do is kill people and have a good time

Loyal once you’ve gained her trust

Cons

Bad temper

Drug habit but she’s working on it

Tries to fight everyone

Thinks you’re too nice to people

Will not stop accusing you of looking at her arse. I mean you are but c’mon Cait don’t call people on it

Hancock

Pros

Only hurts people who have it coming

Has already killed for you

A good friend

Funny as fuck

Great in the sack if his dick don’t fall off

When you hang out you have a blast together

Cons

Constantly stoned

Dick might fall off

Looks like beef jerky

Might get radiation poisoning in your coochie

Enables your drinking problem and unknowingly encourages your self destructive tendencies

Preston

Pros

Sweet and sexy

A genuinely good person

Genuinely cares about others and making the world a better place

Considerate and thoughtful

Cons

A settlement needs your help let me mark it on your map

Just kidding there are no cons

Piper

Pros

Always wants to do the right thing

Sweet and beautiful

Sassy and smart as hell

Gives you snacks unprompted

A writer so she’s good with words

Cons

Nosy

Doesn’t always think things through

Always wants to interview you

Little sister is mean to you :(

Nick

Pros

A genuinely good man

One of the most loyal friends you could ask for

Has a sexy noir aesthetic

Would give really good back scratches with his metal claw

Wants to make the world a better place

Always helping others

Extremely considerate, always making sure you’re okay

Would absolutely treat you right

The only person in the world who can pull off a fedora

Cons

Literally falling apart

Married to his work

Weird brother

Eats noodles but they fall out the hole in his neck. He’s a robot he doesn’t even need to eat

Wastes cigarettes

Might have a sketch of the mysterious stranger under his pillow

Curie

Pros

An absolute angel

Free stimpaks

Loves traveling with you

Nerd

Extremely caring and loving

Cons

Idk..French?

#fallout blogging #oc silliness #ch: Guinevere #long post

[matt0044]

Ninja Steel is Fun Actually or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Victor Vincent.

1. The season seems keen on chilling out for most of its run with a dash of goofiness, each episode being its own adventure with the thinnest of Myth arc sown together. The Ninja Rangers themselves don’t have to answer to any higher power aside from the semi-sentient Nexus. No Zordon and especially no Gosei. They feel like high schoolers who choose for themselves to be heroes.

This is honestly my favorite kind of team similar not unlike with Lost Galaxy. They’re not Rangers because they were bestowed these powers by somebody but because the powers deemed them worthy. While Mic plays mentor, he and Redbot are mostly two Alphas working as one. It feel like an unofficial after-school club down to how their base is located in the high school ala Fourze.

Mic Kanic was a fun character, owing to Kelson Henderson’s being able to show his on-screen chops after being on voice-over duty. He’s the one who dispenses the moral of the story not unlike with Keeper, illustrating his points through reverse engineering them not unlike... a mechanic. Damn, that’s good.

Unlike with Keeper, he doesn’t feel as though he’s “there” for the sake of moralizing. He’s the one forging the Ninja Power Stars whenever the Prism displays a new weapon to wield along with Redbot. He doesn’t pretend to be smarter than the others, he’s just helping teens out in his own weird way. Not that his shape-shifting couldn’t have been played with in more episodes IMO.

2. The episodic nature feel far more like a feature than a flaw. In addition to the Rangers being high-schoolers, we have ourselves a light-on-plot format not too dissimilar to Mighty Morphin’ way back when. Now as an anniversary season. this can feel like a problem when many expect it to be “Go big or go home.” I get that yet... I also enjoy how one could go back to any episode in isolation.

That’s not to say that I don’t feel like it can’t feel held back at time in adhering to this format. I can say that giving each Ranger more pronounced character arcs while maintaining this structure wouldn’t have been impossible with a bit more focus on Story Editing. Preston reconciling with his father could’ve been set up if Marcus Tien had more of a presence up to that episode for one thing.

3. Victor and Monty. Where do I even begin with these two goobers? Chris Reid and Caleb Bendit go absolute ham with their characters ever scene they get. The latter is an over enthusiastic nerd who I swear has the hots for Mr. Vincent. The former has such a flare to him in bringing this young Gaston to life with such delicious arrogance.

Now... I get why they’re (charitably speaking) not exactly fan-favorites. Their C-Plot antics can feel divorced from the story compared to a lot of Bulk and Skull’s escapades way back when. To say nothing of some of their... bowel-based comedy routines.

Yet for me, there was just an unabashedly enthusiasm to their wacky hijinks that I could never hate for the life of me. They could be so juvenile yet did it without ever feeling an ounce of shame. Even their fart jokes don’t just settle for less.

One episodes they’re cocooned by a spider monster and float into the sky in their inflated wrappings. Another they try to turn the entire class into one big Dutch Oven to avoid a test they didn’t study for... only for the teacher to pass out gas masks. The cherry on top? They don’t get any.

It leaves me in a sense of “Oh my god,” but in the best way possible. I shouldn’t like them. I really shouldn’t but... I’m too much of a late 00s kid to grow out of it. Go ahead and call out my bad taste, I don’t care.

Now this isn’t to say that there were things that couldn’t have been improved upon from small adjustment to pretty major tweaks that I’ve often pondered.

1. The villains were a tad hit or miss. Odious was a good Star Scream in how she schemed behind the scenes and got the likes of Ripcon to take the fall when her fake Aiden plan didn’t precisely go as planned. Cosmo Royale is a huge ham in the best way as Galaxy Warrior’s host, playing up each monster of the day.

That said, Galvanax and Ripcon were the weaker of the lot. The latter could’ve had more of a rivalry with Brody. Maybe as a former master who gave him the skills his father couldn’t, leading them to clash when out in the field. It would help him stand out as a villain.

The former should’ve been less of a gruff brute like Sledge and more watching from the shadows ala Doctor Claw, stepping in when stuff got real like the season finale. The camera could hide him from view until he stepped into the fray. He could also do with a smooth yet menacing voice so to speak. You know, hype up his final showdown in the end.

2. Brody’s time is space could’ve been expanded upon. Perhaps a few of Galaxy Warriors’ contestants crossed paths with the young ninja and are in a conflict of interests. Be it a noble warrior or a former foe. Again, Ripcon could sort of be the Shadow Weaver to Brody’s She-Ra of sorts.

Wait... does that make Odious Catra?

Um...

Additionally, maybe show how out of touch he is with Earth customs due to living on an alien ship for a bit of comic relief. Think Super Sentai’s comedic Reds but more chill and far less obnoxious, being a good leader even with his eccentricities. You could have him be the ones to weird out Victor and Monty.

3. Sledge’s crew should’ve been a rival to Galaxy Warriors in Super Ninja Steel as they catch onto her ruse and return. You could actually have him bring over the Galactic Ninjas with Fox Bots replacing the Viviks, making them more of a big deal.

Odious would go along with it to boost rating for the show and attract more warriors for her benefit. She could try to play both side leading up to the finale with Badonna as a spy so to speak. She has magic so while not let her shape-shift.

4. I get the sense Dane Romero was meant to be dead but it was deemed a tad dark and brought back since they had three Akaningers to adapt. He could’ve acted as a secondary mentor for the Rangers as he caught up with his sons and taught them more advanced skills.

Despite this, Ninja Steel was a fun ride even if it was a touch mellow. I feel like some of the hate is a touch overblow for the sake of hyperbole but I don’t fault anybody for finding this to not be their cup of tear. The anniversary element is another post entirely so I’ll save that for later.

Alright, guys, tear me apart.

#Power Rangers #power rangers ninja steel #power rangers super ninja steel #ninja steel #super ninja steel #ninja rangers fear no danger

[nukaworld]

zer0shimada replied to your post “raleighsamson replied to your post “i know it seems like im kidding...”

Preston has really bad survivors guilt and has seen so much death that like one of the only reasons he keeps going is to help as many people as he can??

Preston was severely underwritten and was given a role he wasn’t supposed to be given by Bethesda which pissed people off (radiant quest giver) and also it is VERY obvious somewhere through the writing Bethesda kind of gave up on him because he has some really interesting and telling lines of dialogue, but also as you progress in the game you notice his writing falling off and him becoming more generic and I absolutely blame Bethesda for this, but then again what’s the point of that. So I understand why he won’t be people’s first choice. To get into his character you really have to travel with him a lot and just dedicate an entire play through just for him and you will see that he is as great as all the other companions. 

The fault with Preston is that his personality and story are buried beneath his trauma. Preston is one of the characters whose trauma wasn’t distant, it happened very very recently, in fact I think a week or so before you meet him. So you find this very traumatized young man (and I don’t wanna go in the fact that Preston is written both as being early 20s and also early 30s depending on who wrote him at the time) who just saw innocent people die, innocent people he was supposed to protect, his friends and his mentor, whom he knew since he was 17, die at the hands of people he knew and people he trusted and followed. He was hurt, he lost so much and he was betrayed. And on top of that he couldn’t mourn, he had twenty people with him he was supposed to save and he only managed to save four of them as they were being hunted by people he once trusted. So on top of his grief he feels guilt, he feels like a failure, he becomes suicidal, depressed, he doesn’t see a reason to fight anymore. Everything he had, everything he knew was lost suddenly just like that. And I don’t understand how even people who don’t like him are unable to sympathize with him compared to every single Sadhusband McDeadWife case fandom loves. Preston is one of the people who lost the most on a personal level and when you find him he is actively going through a lot of trauma and PTSD. 

And yet when you travel with him you can hear through his comments that he is very playful, he can be snarky and sarcastic, he is actually very snarky when you do stupid things like going into radiation or jumping into water or walking into places obviously not meant for you to walk in. He also shows a lot of interest in books, comic books (he gets really excited at the library and every time you pick up a magazine), he loves reading, he is very curious about sports especially baseball, though I think he is more curious about watching than playing, and also he used to be very eager to study and become a scientist (and yes he has a line where he says he wanted to be a scientist! “I always wanted to learn more about science when I was a kid, but... you know”) but some unknown circumstances forced him to become a Minuteman. 

So even though he doesn’t crack a joke at every turn like all the other popular companions, Preston has a very interesting personality in his own right and most of all he is kind, he is good and he is very loving and patient. And for someone that went through that kind of trauma to still be good at heart and do the right thing when people like Kellogg and co. decided to become bad after a loss, it is really admirable how truly great Preston is and I really hate that fandom racism and circumstances made him one of the most unjustly hated companions.

#zer0shimada #magpie talks shit #long post //