#Glowbois

[vyorei]

Live coverage of the 6th of November 2023 has now begun.

Here is an amalgamation of news from the last few hours.

As always, lots is happening but nothing useful, and the glowbois of the lettermob are out to play

Link to the article about Gaza's hospitals:

[grandmasickomode]

Astarion, pinching the cheek of my drow cleric of Lathander: lmao such a cute lil choir boy awwwww. Dont worry, we'll make sure you dont get any blood in your eyes~

Astarion watching the same drow cleric slaughter every last goblin they see with a smile: Oh.

[waveofahand]

“Put him in sex jail...”

That’s actually what is happening in this pic. They’re coming for JPM, the deliberate little bastard, with his ahead-of-the-curve monochrome clothes and those damn freaking broad shoulders. They’ve coming to take him away... to SEX JAIL. The glowboy needs to be locked up for the good of society! 

And John Lennon is holding him back. He’s saying, “No, NO! Not SEX JAIL! You can’t put Paul behind bars! I won’t let you! I need my Paul!” 

Yup. That’s the story, and I’m sticking to it. Sex jail. 

Animal. 

He freaking looks like he’s having sex all day. In sex jail. 

[dollydiamond]

06.21.2023

The start of summer only means that my beautiful baby will be here by the end of it. We will be a sweet family of three. I cannot believe it.

[cyraen-ae]

Y'ALL LOOK AT WHAT FINALLY GOT HERE

(so many thanks to @pantsless-glowboy-stan for helping me get it delivered)

[theloverofdragons]

“This will be your greatest challenge yet, but we need you to watch someone for a little while…”

That’s what they’d both been told, but it wasn’t until Lynn had walked into the kitchen to make her signature tea and saw Draco raiding the cookie jar that they realised that Certain People hadn’t been entirely honest about who was looking after who.

“Draco, you need to get down! Papa says I’m in charge!”

“Don’t be ridiculous small human, Hero told me that I’m in charge, as is my right as the World Destroyer!”

“Don’t destroy my cookie jar!”

“If it continues to keep the cookies from me, I might have to!”

“I don’t want to get involved…”

“Akriloooooooth I can’t understand them if you’re not here to translate! Besides, I’m a princess so you have to do what I say!”

“Well I’m a dragon, so that outranks princesses!”

“Does not!”

“Does too!”

“Tell you what,” Akriloth Jr interrupted. “There’s a castle out in the back garden, why don’t you both…stake your claims there and I’ll look to bring out the cookies? Amadeus showed me how to open the jar and I can make them warm.”

“Hmph, it is acceptable,” Draco decided, leaping down and sauntering past the other dragon. “Small human, follow me.”

“That’s princess to you!”

Akriloth Jr sighed, covering his face with his paws as the other two left to go conquer their castle, Amadeus’ words coming back to him.

“Think of it as learning responsibilities as the Great Fire Dragon, but as things stand, you’ll be watching the both of them. Good luck.”

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For @pantsless-glowboy-stan who requested: gravy and hero's dragon babysitting each other. they have both been lied to re: who is babysitting who

[thatvampireenthusiast]

AW YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE

@pantsless-glowboy-stan i am in your debt thank you for the tip so that i could change my class like this and not have to constantly go to osprey cove

[pantsless-glowboy-stan]

df-thoughts ----> pantsless-glowboy-stan

decided it was time for a change 😌

[simontesla]

Glowbois~ (by Animancer)

Art by @Animancer@mastodon.social / Animancer

Posted using PostyBirb

[vyorei]

Live coverage of the 8th of November 2023 is now closed.

The new page for live coverage of the 9th of November 2023 can be found in the link below, I'll be back to deliver reports tomorrow like usual

Livelink:

[paragonrobits]

What are your thoughts on hulk putting a guy in a coma in the first issue of immortal hulk?

Given hulk has a specific hatred of the system later on, and becomes a pseudo champion for the downtrodden, it seems him not on,y ruining this man’s life, but the lives of his family as well was excessively cruel

Tho that may have intentional, devil hulk is not a morally pure character by any means and is meant to be questionable at times, but it clashes with his later actions,

And hell, what about dr mcgowen? She worked in an MGH lab, hurting mutants like glow boy, she wants the active cause but she still participated

But we understand she was driven to these things by poverty, but the gas station robber was as well?

We know dr mcgowen is respected because she stands up,to hulk, but we see the gas station robber apologizing profusely, admitting he’d been done wrong and wanting to do better,

Ultimately it boils down to a few important character details. The first is the thought of "He was a murderer who just could not WAIT to kill someone with that gun despite his protestations to the contrary, kills a little girl for startling him and Banner for being in the wrong place, and the cashier"

When the Devil Hulk lays out everything he did wrong and taunts him with the knowledge of what's going on in that guy's mind, its delivered with the attitude that he is exactly correct. Devil Hulk just KNOWS stuff about people, just as he is a mirror of all the aspects of human nature that Banner desperately doesn't want to admit are part of himself, and always WERE part of himself. The Devil Hulk shows you two things; the you that is seen in the mirror, and the you that you DON'T want to see.

In this case, its that this desperate, poverty-stricken family man with a child and another child on the way also really wanted to kill other people, relished in the power over life and death that having a gun offered him, and given the chance, he didn't hesitate to murder.

He regretted it, sure. He was motivated by money to keep the gangs off him and support his family. He still did it. And the thing about Devil Hulk is that he does not care about extenuating circumstances. If he thinks you deserve to die, than by all that you hold holy he is absolutely going to kill you, regardless of why.

Contrast with Charlene Mcgowan, who is also in a very bad position; she's implied to have been stuck working for supervillains and other morally unspeakable employers because she had no other options and was stuck in a bad place with no alternative. The distinction here is that, contrasted with her mad scientist counterparts in the same organization, she is actively trying to alievate the pain of an undying gamma mutate who is in constant suffering, and the other doctors want to dissect him.

She didn't have to try, but she did. She puts herself at SERIOUS risk trying to make it easier on him, time and again, taking his pain away; Fortean has a guy demoted for simply expressing basic human compassion for someone Fortean terms an enemy, so just imagine what he would do if he realized how extensively she was going out of her way to help a gamma mutate?

So gas station robber dude didn't have to kill anyone, but he wanted to, and did it even when he didn't do anything. He claimed remorse, and might have meant it, but Devil Hulk didn't care, as he seems to value actions over desire. Macgowan, conversely, put herself at serious risk to make Glowboy's pain stop. She didn't have to, but she did.

Robber-guy felt bad for it, but again, that doesn't seem to matter much to Devil Hulk.

There are two further possibilities to consider, here. The first is that er willing to stand up to him and defend herself while Robber Guy immediately started making excuses while begging and pleading led to his different decisions. making excuses or refusing to acknowledge that you had a choice in the matter REALLY sets him off. Standing up to him and making a case for yourself as honestly as possible, conversely, tends to gain... not leniency, but he will at least hear you out.

This leads into the second interpretation to think about; that Devil Hulk during the Hulk In Hell arc is explicitly compared as a Satanic figure, but NOT a Christian one. He better fits the Jewish conception of it less as a specific figure and more as a broad office of a divine prosecutor, demanding humanity account for its innumerable crimes to itself and others. Devil Hulk demands that the people he encounters explain themselves, and give a defense for their crimes. This is by FAR the single most consistent aspect of his character, and the bit that ultimately separates him the most from any other incarnation or depiction of the Hulk.

He is a judge. He has implicitly judged all humanity for its crimes. In the face of blood on your hands, doing it for you family doesn't matter much to him. There was, he might say, always a choice. You might die or something worse happen to you, but then you wouldn't be guilty of what you DID do. It is his purpose to judge all the world, and in his judgements, we see a microcosm of what he may one do to humanity as a whole.

Macgowan accepted what she did was wrong, and didn't make excuses, but tried to help out another person in misery. Bank Robber Guy murdered people on an impulse and when he realized how deep he was, he mostly comes off as scared and upset these things are happening to him, but he doesn't come off as genuinely remorseful to a meaningful degree. Sure, what Devil Hulk did was fucked up, but 'fucked up' is what Devil Hulk IS.

The robber really doesn't seem to WANT to do better, he just doesn't want to suffer for the things he did; he killed three people in cold blood (panic, perhaps, but cold blood all the same, and as Hulk infers, he WANTED to do something like that the whole time, just because he could) so its hard to feel any pity for him.

(I would also note that bad men doing bad things and being excused from the consequences because they had a family would probably sit very poorly with Devil Hulk, given that he exists specifically as a protector alter to an abused child. He might say something along the lines of lots of people having families, and it doesn't make them special or deserve anything more than what they get.)

[the-dot]

pinned post bc i just realized i never made one of these

hi! i'm dot. this is my main blog, although i generally just lurk around tumblr these days. you've probably found me through one of the following:

@dotmander - gw2 blog (mostly inactive)

@dotty-arts - art blog (mostly inactive except for commission messaging)

@pantsless-glowboy-stan - dragonfable blog (mostly inactive)

@damarcore - damar series blog (inactive)

currently, the only non-tumblr place i can be found is dotventures on bluesky. this may change! probably if this hellsite dies i'll just go offline forever.

[waveofahand]

Retweeting because added pictures. And I still stand by all of it. On stage glowboy

Glowboy VI: The Glowiest Yet

WHY, Paul? Why did you glow? Yes, you were beautiful, but WHY DID YOU GLOW? 

Oh, John… poor besotted John, gazing at the glowing boy, looking like he wants to eat him or get on top of Paul and absorb the lad into his own bloodstream!

Maybe he was an alien. A big-and-round-headed guy from outer space.

“Sure, girl. You sound sane….”

I can’t help it. Look at you. Look at you glow! You had a big, perfectly round head. And you GLOWED. Were you RADIOACTIVE? 

“I am a man of many facets! I have been, through the ages! And yes, I glowed! Look at me, below, glowing. There is steam coming off of me, and the gal wiping my glowy face loves it!” 

Yes, so does the guy who is TOTALLY checking you out, while your radioactive alien steam fuzzes up the picture. 

“Ah, I was used to that. What you gonna do? A glowboy gonna glow…” 

Yeah… glow pretty, though. I mean SO pretty. Ridiculous. Why were you so pretty? Alien! That’s the only answer! Glowing, mouth-breathing ALIEN. 

“You’ve figured me out…” 

I did. You freaking beautiful choir boy alien radioactive man from outerspace! 

“Thank you, baby, I love you too… bye-bye now…” 

GASP! He loves me and he called me “Baby!” 

“Tapped that beautiful glowing alien long before you ever did, girl. SEE MY WRIST and how I tap, tap, tap it?  I had a ticket to ride!” Love, John Lennon

“I had a big round head and I glowed. So what? I was cute.” 

Lad, you were more than cute. You were and are a life-ruiner 

Can’t argue with it…any of it. Big glowing round headed radioactive glowboy. Life ruiner.  Glowboy at dinner…

Why were you so glowy, glowboy? 

[paramina-fr]

[shit-talk-turner]

Does anyone happen to know where in LA the photo was taken? You can't tell from the photo😅 // apparently glowboy forgot how to use a comb to comb his beautiful hair and the wind was very strong LOL they ate tacos and well the cup of coffee from starbucks in alex's hand must mean something would he have a pumpkin drink?👀

that’s a whole lot of fiction pulled from thin air there, anon lol

[theloverofdragons]

“You know you need to sit still for this, right?”

“Contrary to popular belief, Mira, I am capable of doing so.”

“Look all I’m saying is I remember a certain someone saying she doesn’t like to go too long without, quote, ‘stretching her wings’.”

“…I will concede that you’re correct there,” Quenelda pouted slightly, eyes flicking up to look at her sister standing behind her in the mirror, brows furrowed slightly as she wove strands of blonde hair together. “Are you going to tell me what style you have planned?”

“It’s a surprise,” Mira replied, not breaking her focus but the corner of her mouth quirking up slightly. “Trust your sister.”

“Usually when you say that, you’re about to do something reckless.”

“…I promise I’m not going to do something reckless. Aegis would kill me.”

“As would I, my beloved sister. Where is Aegis by the way?”

“He’s either making sure the ice sculptures don’t melt, or distracting Draco.”

“So having his ankles attacked?”

“Having his ankles attacked. What about Two Gulps?”

“Hmm,” Quenelda closed her eyes and reached out through the bond with her battledragon, getting the sense of swooping through the trees. “He’s actually stretching his wings, and probably keeping an eye out for any…uninvited guests.”

Mira snorted slightly as she finished one braid and looped it around to connect to three others. “If anyone even thought about it, they’d be fools. I’m pretty sure your wedding is better defended than Alteon’s castle.”

“Ha! You’re right there, we have got the World Destroyer and Saviour, the Great Ice Dragon, a battledragon and the Primary Dragons themselves here, not to mention several…fairly accomplished other guests.”

An actual smile, not her Hero Smile, bloomed across Mira’s face (Avatars knew Quenelda was one of the few people who could cause it) as the sisters laughed together before her expression became slightly more somber. “I…I saw you’d laid a seat for Celestia.”

Quenelda bit her lip and went to nod before remembering that she had to sit still. “Yes… In a way, it feels like she can still be here for the wedding…”

Mira became more focused on the braid she was currently doing, trying to swallow down the conflicting emotions that always rose up when Lady Celestia was mentioned (she’d pulled Mira out of the dirt, was the first one to love her, but she’d put a sword in her hand and asked her to be a Hero…) that she was suddenly pulled out of when she felt a hand cover hers, and looked up to see Quenelda’s eyes looking into hers in the mirror, her expression soft in a way she only reserved for the ones she loved so dearly, Vilmor and Two Gulps and Celestia and Elysia and…and Mira.

Quenelda, who met Mira before she was The Hero and loved her anyway, who’d grabbed on with both hands and didn’t let go.

Making sure the braid she was working on was secure enough, Mira turned her hand over and squeezed her sister’s hand, before resuming working on braiding her hair as the two sat in a comfortable silence until Mira stepped back in satisfaction.

“Done!”

Quenelda made an approving rumble as she turned her head from side to side, examining the braids woven to form a wreath at the back of her head, the rest of her hair flowing down her back and over her shoulders. “It’s perfect Mira, thank you so much. Heh, we’ve come a long way from the early hairstyle attempts in Sunbreeze Grove, haven’t we?”

“Yeah, we have…” Mira paused for a moment before pulling her sister into delicate hug. “I’ll see you out there.”

“You too.”

Despite it being her wedding day, that didn’t mean she was above teasing her sister a little. “And after all that pining you and Vilmor did. What was it you said? Friendship is good?”

“Oh very funny. Tell me Mira, how is Kara SuLema?”

“I’m LEAVING, GOODBYE,” Mira announced, making a very dignified exit, her sister’s laughter echoing behind her.

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For @pantsless-glowboy-stan who requested: mira braiding quenelda's hair for her wedding

The hairstyle I was picturing Mira doing for Quenelda is this by the way 😊