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I think I’m hilarious. Just btw.

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Dc writers do not comprehend the amount of food these superheros would have to be eating in order to fight like that.

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you would not believe the amount of heavy lifting having a pet does to quell the "wtf was that sound" anxiety

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How u one of the strongest in DC but loose to ADHD?

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i have a confession.

when i need new fics esp dc fics i stalk the writers i like bookmark’s page and read fics off that.

you are one of those writers.

No need to confess, bookmark stalking is a time honored Ao3 tradition 😌

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The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) dir. Mike Rianda

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heyy i was just curious, ive gotton into dc recently but i dont know which comics to read/where to read them, was wondering if you could offer some advice on that front :)

mostly interested in batman/fam, also superman/fam and the flash/fam

So when I first got into Batman, I started at my local library. I checked out a TON of comic anthologies from all different runs and I just kinda skimmed through to see which ones most appealed to me and read those. I loved Batgirl/Robin year one, Super-Sons, Young Justice ‘98, Lil Gotham, and the We Are Robin runs in particular. Then I ended up subscribing to DC Universe for a while to be able access tons of comics without ads (since the ads on the free online sites drove me absolutely nuts and I wanted to be able to download them to read offline) but I know tons of people make it work on sites like “readcomicsonline.li” with ad blockers and good antivirus software.

Later I discovered that what I enjoyed a lot more than the traditional comic format were the DC graphic novels, for example:

Back in 2020-2022ish, I read every single one I could get my hands on through my library and had a ton of fun. They’re great one-sitting books.

What I would recommend is just getting a ton of different comics for free—either online or from the library—and seeing what appeals to you most. I say this because I also tried it the other way — searching out rec lists and “starter packs” of what people online said were the most vital runs for various characters, and while I’m glad I was able to get that exposure to the story straight from the source material… it wasn’t the most enjoyable way to explore comics for me. It kind of felt like homework, making myself to-read lists of all these runs I wasn’t particularly interested in for whatever reason (didn’t like the art, didn’t like the storyline, didn’t have enough humor, etc etc), and that’s the fastest way to drain the fun right out of something.

The best decision I ever made in my comic reading journey was to just read the ones that appealed to me and leave the rest, and not spend a lot of time wondering whether or not that made me a fake fan. At the end of the day, hobbies are for having fun.

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I enjoy the Two Cakes Philosophy and I believe it deserves its place enshrined in fandom culture.

Forgive me for the extended metaphor but I also want to simultaneously celebrate what I’m calling Bakery Display Case Philosophy. You know when you walk into a bakery and the display case is full of beautiful treats? And there’s a variety of different colors, textures, and flavors to discover? And that’s so deeply exciting?

You might say to yourself, “No one is going to want to read this pairing. No one is going to want to want a character study of that character. No one wants genfic in this fandom, only shipfic.”

And you might use that to discourage yourself from writing a certain fic.

Fandoms, like bakeries, need cakes and cookies and éclairs and cream puffs and shortbread and brownies and pies and tarts and petit fours and turnovers and cinnamon rolls and madeleines and meringues—and so many other things—to survive.

Write your dark chocolate pistachio croissant fic. Your fandom needs it actually.

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bros been on a reblog spree and i love it

I say this with complete genuineness because there’s obviously no way you could have known this, but the reason I’ve been so active today is that I’ve been trying to distract myself from the WORST day I’ve had in months and therefore this is the FUNNIEST possible ask I could have received 😂😂

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literally

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a collection of my favorite tweets regarding the Ever Given in the Suez Canal