#Robot Time Allen

[kingofpeacows]

A lot of the time when people bring up Bart Allen as being super autistic coded, they're bringing it up in conjuction with the rest of YJ (which, yes, I love autistic friendship) but sometimes I just wanna talk about Bart Allen.

I wanna talk about the kid who doesn't understand he's getting bullied and managed to be friends with everyone because of it. I wanna talk about the kid who is so bad at holding a conversation everyone thinks he's some sort of brooding asshole. I wanna talk about the kid who KNOWS that the older, more popular kids talk to him and dare him to do stupid stuff because "of course Bart will do it" and does it anyway because he likes making people laugh. I wanna talk about the kid who knows he's doing something wrong socially but he doesn't know what and wants nothing more than to fix it. I wanna talk about the kid who knows he's different but still thinks the rest of the world is the problem. I wanna talk about the kid who's so smart and so brave but everyone only sees him as some mess-up idiot. I wanna talk about the emotional kid who got bullied for being robotic and unemotional because allistic people can't grasp what his world looks like. I wanna talk about the kid who wouldn't know sarcasm from truth. I wanna talk about the kid who's low-empathy but does everything he can to be compassionate. I wanna talk about the kid who's surrounded by people, but still feels so alone because no one else understands his world.

Sometimes I just wanna talk about Bart Allen.

[metalsandwires]

Greetings my robotic fellow Allen! god I can’t decide which one of your many screens is more captivating, are you a motherboard? Because you’ve got total control over my internal circuits ;) *beep boop like robotic exited noises* I don’t know what has me more fascinated, whether its your dazzling screen displays or the magical way you light up the room with this hypnotizing battery acid green I am totally experiencing a logic error for it, do you broadcast in HD? because you’ve got my full attention ;0 *MORE exited happy circuit noises and an 8 bit flirty whistle* do all your channels feature a magnificent entity as magnetic as you? because I am just so electrified by your mear presence in my screen that you have made my system malfunction ;> *the skeletal robot slightly giggles while multiple robot like noises and an 8 bit audio of a whistling flirty audience audio plays* might we be compatible? Because every time I lay my optical cameras on you, my system goes into overdrive and burns with a passion of millions of microwaves! u30 *He kisses his palm and blows away a kiss for each one of Allen’s computer screens as a final audio of another audience clapping and cheering can be heard once again coming out of the robot skeleton’s head*

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[eddieisashifter]

𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐘'𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 ♫⋆ ​🇸​​🇮​​🇳​​🇬​​🇪​​🇷​ ​🇩​​🇷​

♫⋆ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄

"Having grown up on punk rock, Eddie Larkin-Crowley has taken the alternative genre by storm. Combining the fiery energy and heavy riffs of classic rock and punk with the lyricism and dreamy vocals of folkpunk and R&B, Crowley's music is completely unique to the scene whilst staying true to both genre's roots. Usually making music about embracing aromantism and fighting amatonormativity or inspired by classic gothic literature, Crowley's albums always have a story to tell from the beginning to the very last track."

♫⋆ 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌𝐒 & 𝐄𝐏𝐒

THROWING UP IN THE BATHROOM AT THE VALENTINE'S PARTY・2021

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1 crush culture 2 life's a bit 3 aromantic moodboard 4 eighteen 5 sweet tooth 6 arms tonite 7 kissaphobic 8 against the kitchen floor 9 scared of my guitar 10 that's enough, let's get you home 11 better than me 12 no children 13 awesome party, dude! 14 dead boy in the pool. 15 sex, drugs, rock 'n roll

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"This was the album concept that really first connected to me on a deep level. it's about longing and yearning for something that you think you need, but knowing you can't have. I spent a long time thinking I needed to be in a relationship and forced myself to date so many people waiting for "the one". But, the one never came. From the angry, punk rock energy of "life's a bit", to the more acoustic reflection of "scared of my guitar", all the way to the piano ballad of "sex, drugs, rock 'n roll", valentine's party, as a whole, is the story of someone desperate to find their soulmate, hoping it will complete them, but in the end realizing they hated even being with this person they were so desperate to prove themself to. aromantic desperation, basically."

LOVESICK BALLADS・2022

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1 feel better 2 I don't want to be in love 3 i am not a robot 4 never been in love

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"honestly, this EP is just songs that didn't make the valentine's party album. So, in a way, this is the continuation of that album's story. The story of the main character recognizing who they are and their identity, and then...accepting it. Accepting themself as they are. The good ending. I honestly didn't except "never been in love" to go as viral as it did, but I'm glad it did. There was never anybody like me in music when I was growing up. Everything was about romance and finding your perfect match, and it made me feel like I needed it. I'm glad the next generation is getting songs for those of us who don't want that. I'm glad I can be the person I needed in music when I was growing up."

NEVERMORE・2023

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1 a tell-tale heart 2 black cat 3 portrait of an idiot 4 kingdom by the sea 5 from eden 6 pits and pendulum 7 outliars and hyppocrates 8 metaphor 9 fall of the house of usher 10 masque of red death 11 amontillado 12 lenore 13 memento mori 14 quoth the raven: 15 "nevermore."

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"Nevermore is a passion project, I admit. I've always loved gothic literature and especially Edgar Allen Poe, so I knew I wanted to write something inspired by it. Nevermore started as a collection of poems following someone descending into madness, like in so many of Poe's short stories. From the haunting melody of "a tell-tale heart", to the rapid lyricism of "outliars and hyppocrates" all the way to the full punk rock release of "nevermore.", this album is a story about a fall from grace and sanity. A lot of it has been inspired by my own battles with mental health and intrusive thoughts, though not all of it is autobiographical, obviously."

DIRT FALLING OVER MY HEAD・2025

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1 bugabear 2 boys will be bugs 3 curses 4 hand me my shovel, I’m going in! 5 the hand the feeds 6 family happiness 7 fuck you i'm going underground 8 maggot 9 on drowning - live 10 bury a friend 11 the foundations of decay 12 eat your young 13 a burning hill 14 the ramblings of a lunatic 15 little dark age 16 meet me in the woods

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"This album, honest to god, blossomed from my random impulsive thought on day; "what if I just ran away and went feral in the woods?" I entertained the thought and wrote "bugabear" and it all went downhill from there. dirt falling over my head, from the bootstamping "the hand that feeds", to the haunting "maggot" all the way to the eerie "little dark age" and "meet me in the woods", is about the idea of running away from civilation and becoming one with the woods. however, what happens when you become one with the woods? you don't just become part of the woods, they become a part of you too. moss grows up in your lungs and your skin cracks like bark. you're something more than human now, and how will you repay the woods for it?"

PHILIA (AND OTHER GREEK WORDS FOR LOVE)・2027

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1 ludus 2 eros 3 agape 4 storge feat. joan jett and the blackhearts 5 xenia 6 mania 7 pragma 8 philia 9 philautia

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"This album is all about exploring the different concepts of love. I wanted to highlight this ever since I learned about the greek concepts of love. As an aromantic person, I wanted to make an album about love without it being inherently romantic, and this was the perfect way to do it. Philia follows different relationships that embody each of the greek concepts of love that their song is named for. It's a bit of an anthology as an album, standalone stories connected by a common theme."

inspired by this post by @viennaswcrld <33

[fangedxnight1836]

Characters of the day:

The Booster-Beetle family (aka the people associated with Blue Beetle and Booster Gold).

If the names are bolded and italicised then the person is also kind of apart of the family as well!

We included Rani Carter in a different post, be sure to check that out!!

Booster Gold - Micheal John Carter the (bestBoi)

Information about him :

He is from the 25th Century, which is the same as the Reverse Flash. He lived in Gotham city at that time with his mother and twin sister.

His father, Jon Carter had a gambling problem which caused him to leave his family before his kids turned 4. Later on he joined the time stealers and became the villain, Supernova.

Worked alongside Dirk Davis and Trixie Collins during his Goldstar INC days.

Was/Is in the JLI (through Maxwell Lords help) and the JLA. Also joined the Conglomerate which was run by Max Lords ex wife.

In the JLI, Booster met his best friend, Ted Kord aka Blue Beetle, and they became the infamous "Blue and Gold" duo.

A glory seeker and when he was younger, he sought after money from his role as a superhero, often doing sponsorships and cereal ads.

He stole his suit from the Museum he worked at, his flight ring was from the legion of superheroes.

The time sphere he stole from the museum to go back in time was made by Rip Hunter.

He has an indestructible forcefield around himself which managed to survive a punch against Doomsday. He also managed to throw some punches against Doomsday, before Superman stepped in.

He faked his own death, along with the help of Rip Hunter and reappeared as Supernova.

Once went evil and became black beetle.

He tried to save Teds life many times by going back in time. In the injustice universe, he was sent to a time prison for the amount of times he tried to save his life. He was always quite unsuccessful.

He loved superman when he was younger, and was inspired by him to become a superhero, however when he started to work in Metropolis Superman was often annoyed by his mannerisms.

Despite how he acts Booster Gold wishes to do more with the abilities he has (Genuinely a person with a heart) but due to his role and status he has to degrade himself for the sake of the universe.

He speaks/thinks in Esperanto - told by Ted Kord.

Married and divorced a woman named Gladys.

When he heard the news that Ted had died, he became overwhelmed by grief and shot an energy blast at Batman, who was luckily saved by Superman.

When he was drunk he managed to run over Barry Allen and Wally West in the timesphere.

He doesn't know that he is the father of Rip Hunter.

He managed to gain Batman's respect.

He tried to save Barbara Gordon from getting paralysed by Joker.

Ted redesigns and fixes his suit.

Has a 21st Century ancestor named Daniel Carter who Rip passed the Supernova mantle onto.

Head canons:

He acts like an NPC during his TikTok live streams “thank you for the flowers" while backflipping.

He has merchandise that he always plugs and adds to his video descriptions.

He acts like a male wife for Ted.

He uses a lot of anime references when talking to the JLI “Believe it”.

He ALWAYS gets called out for looking like Reigen Arataka or Johnny Bravo.

He visits Ted Kords grave stone almost every time.

Skeets :

He is basically a robot Alfred.

He was a robot from the future that was stolen from a museum by Booster Gold.

His main powers include Time travel, hacking, flight, healing, live streaming, energy projection etc.

He is very loyal to his companion Booter Gold.

He was a security Robot in metropolis.

During the JLI days, he was kept in a closet.

Once interested in the robot that Ted made.

Rip Hunter - UNKNOWN FIRST NAME Carter:

Information about him:

Guardian of the time stream and a well known Time traveller. Also the leader of the Time Masters. Main job is to protect the continuity of the timestream.

His favourite colour is green.

Works with his girlfriend and fellow time traveller Bonnie Baxter, her younger brother Corky and Jeff Smith.

The son of Booster Gold, though current Booster is unaware of this.

Rani’s nickname for him is Boppy.

He gives Booster missions to carry out.

He aided Animal man in his own time travelling adventures.

He is very serious, you wouldn’t tell that him and Booster are related.

Invented many different time travelling technologies.

Some Head canons :

He watches Dance mums a lot so when he shouts at Booster or anyone else he makes sure to quote a lot he hears.

He once got put into time out from Booster.

No one told him that wearing skinny jeans is not in the new trends.

He dyes his hair to not keep to the allegations.

He loves his chalk board more than himself.

Michelle Carter - Goldstar

Information about her:

The younger twin sister of Micheal Carter.

Followed Michael along when he went to the past with her own suit and technology which is nearly identical to Boosters.

Calls Booster "Mikey".

Rani adores her.

She was supposed to have died when she first came to the past, but Rip Hunter managed to stop that from happening. She spent some time unaware of the deeper implications of her return until it is forcefully revealed to her by Rex Hunter. This left her traumatised and obsessing over her death which caused her to escape into the timestream. Booster managed to coerce her into coming back to the present.

Some head canons :

She loves Sabrina Carpenter.

Rani and her to get ready for the day videos.

She basically lives in her outfit .

She is the carbon copy of Booster /female Booster.

Despite her and Booster being alike she is more bearable.

Daniel Garrett - Blue Beetle I

Information about him:

He was the first Blue Beetle as well as: an Archaeologist and the Professor of Ted Kord.

He found the Scarab in Egypt, which was alien technology used by the Reach to take over planets.

He joined the Mystery Men during 1930s-1940s. After the Vietnam War, he teamed up with Christopher Smith.

Was killed by Jarvis Kord, Teds uncle, on his island.

Was apart of Charltons Comics along with Judomaster, Ted Kord, Tiger and the Question before getting merged into DC's continuity. Now considered to be a Silver age character.

Has a granddaughter named Danielle.

Left his mantle and his scarab to Ted.

Headcanons:

Acted as a father figure to Ted.

Tried to make Ted babysit Sparky when he had to go on long missions with the Mystery men.

Would be a fan of Night in the museum.

Would get along with Alan Scott if they properly met.

Sparkington J Northrup - Sparky / Spunk

Information about him:

The sidekick of Dan.

He is British, and was adopted by Lord Wellington Northrup who fled to America during WW2.

Fox Comics created him to save their company and (copy other successful sidekick characters like Robin and Bucky Barns) to appeal to a younger demographic.

Mostly seen with Blue Beetle, helping out and battling villains during WW2.

Appeared again in the recent comic, Stargirl: The lost children, where he was stuck on an island with other forgotten sidekicks of popular heroes and was rescued by Red Arrow and Stargirl.

Headcanons:

A big fanboy of Robin and the Teen titans, but definitely Robin in particular.

Tried to come up with his own catchphrase, similar to that of the "holy ___, Batman!". Dan did not find this amusing in the slightest.

Carries around a joke book to read to Ted or Dan. Made occasional bug jokes.

Tries to disguise his British accent.

Would hate Tracy Beaker.

Theodore Steven Kord - Blue Beetle II

Information about him:

The second Blue Beetle after Dan, and picked up the mantle because he felt guilty that his uncle had killed Dan, and because Dan had asked him to carry on his legacy.

Despite the Scarab not working for him, Ted managed to train himself (he has good acrobatic skills), and with his intelligence and excellent engineering skills he built himself lots of gadgets and even a ship named Bug!

He had no real direction for himself.

His father had left him Kord Omniversal when he had passed, and he did manage to revitalise the company so that its R&D managed to rival STAR Labs, but with all the work in the JLA as Blue Beetle, he did occasionally get the company bankrupt.

Was apart of JLI where he met Booster, and the two managed to get each other in a lot of trouble, but still remained close friends.

Known for his odd sense of humour and his mouth getting himself into trouble with other members.

Retired from super-heroics and helped out the Birds of Prey and Barbara Gordon, with the two of them becoming close online friends.

He has a new (kind of) sister named Victoria Kord, who is the enemy of Jaime Reyes, and she is jealous of Ted inheriting the company instead of her.

Was killed by his old friend and manager Max Lord.

He does suffer from a heart condition, which caused him to retire.

Headcanons:

Tries to make Booster stay over at his place as much as possible, so that he would stop disappearing to the Time Lab, without telling him.

Tried to build a prank-popcorn machine for the JLI to make multi-coloured popcorn that would pop everywhere, but Batman was the first to use it.

Orders Chocos to Martian Manhunter when he is bored.

Always references Booster.

Tries to hack the Batcomputer, did it but no one believes him.

Always references the "ONE PUNCH, JUST ONE PUNCH" but the younger generation of heroes thinks he is talking about Saitama.

Jaime Reyes - Blue Beetle III

Information about him:

The third and current Blue Beetle.

Mexican-american, where he lives in El Paso, Texas.

Wanted to become a dentist, as told by Eclipso.

Has a younger sister called Milagro Reyes who is aware of his brothers status as a hero. She is a boostle shipper.

He got the scarab during Infinite crisis, when Ted lost the scarab during a visit to the Rock of Eternity. The Rock was destroyed during a battle between Shazam and the Spectre. The scarab landed in Texas where Jaime discovered it alongside his friends Paco and Brenda.

His scarab was called Khaji-da and was able to communicate with Jaime unlike really with Dan, when it connected to his spine.

Booster sought him out and fought with him, distraught that there was a new Blue Beetle. However, they reconciled and he acted as a mentor figure to him.

Guy Gardner also confronts him and talks to him about Ted and his legacy.

Jaime met with Danielle to discuss more about the Scarab.

He encounters the Reach and had to fight them.

Is in a romantic relationship with Traci Thirteen.

In young justice, he and Impulse were seen to be close friends.

He was apart of the JLA and currently is apart of the Teen Titans.

Headcanons:

Sometimes speaks in spanish when he gets nervous, angry or by accident.

Would argue with Khaji-da in public or speak to him in public, to the confusion of everyone else.

Comes up with rebuttals to arguments way after they happen.

Lilly - Gold beetle

Information about her:

Is a time traveller and works alongside Wally West and Impulse.

Her ship, called the Gold Bug, is powered by a Worlogog which allows it to travel through time and become smaller.

Operates on planet flash.

Has a good sense of humour.

Knowledgeable about time travelling.

Comes from a long line of Booster-Beetle time travellers.

Is in a relationship with Jai west, Wally's son.

Seen to use future slang.

Her past is unknown.

Head canons:

Sings future songs and references future events or media in order to get on people's nerves.

Goes to visit Rani Carter, they would be friends.

Goes back in time to stop herself from doing embarrassing things.

[midnightshindig]

Request Guidelines (Updated!!)

IF YOU READ MY PREVIOUS POSTS LIKE THESE- READ THIS. I've made some alterations to my character list.

Haiiii I’m Jam!

I use He/him and I’m in mainly the Invincible and Pantheon fandoms. Although rn I only wrote for Invincible ^^

My Masterlist Here!

Below are my rules for requesting hcs or drabbles:

I won't write about abusive or distressing dynamics. I'm not comfortable with teacher x student or step-family or anything along those lines.

I won't write any ddlg or other "out there" kinks, I couldn't do them justice, they make me personally uncomfortable, and my best friend has this account so we gotta keep something sacred

No nsfw for Rudy or Amanda (robot and monster girl) idc they're adults they look twelve it's just not happening

I'm currently only doing hcs and drabbles

On principle, if your request is angst, it's gonna take me longer to do, and I might just not do it since angst isn't what I love to write all the time

I write for any gender, orientation, and sex. If a gender isn’t specified, you get gender neutral reader ^^

Masterlist:

If there’s a * next to their name, I’ll write smut for them

Allen*

Amber Bennett

Atom Eve*

Black Samson

Bulletproof*

Cecil Stedman*

Darkwing II

DEBBIE *

Donald *

Dupli-Kate

King Lizard*

Mauler Twins*

Monster Girl

Multi-Paul

Oliver Grayson

Omni Man (only season 1, I don’t do post-reveal Omniman)*

Rex Splode*

Robot/Rudy

Shapesmith*

Shrinking Rae*

The Immortal*

William Clockwell*

Thank you for reading <3

[brodygold]

The Spy

Allen moved silently through the Golden Army's locker room, his heart pounding in his chest. He had been tasked with gathering intel on their biggest rivals, and if he succeeded, it could give the Serpents the edge they desperately needed in their upcoming match. He needed anything to help his team win. A playbook, a roster, any inside information would do the trick. But the clock was ticking, and the empty locker room wouldn't stay empty for long.

Just as Allen scanned the rows of lockers, he heard muffled voices approaching from the hallway. Panic surged through him. If he got caught, he knew the Golden Army had their own... "unique" ways of dealing with intruders. And they weren’t known for being gentle to say the least.

Thinking quickly, Allen spotted a gold jersey hanging among many others on the wall. Maybe, just maybe, he thought, I can blend in. After all, the Golden Army was recruiting new players left and right—surely they wouldn’t notice one more. Without a second thought, he grabbed the jersey and pulled it over his head.

The moment the jersey settled on his shoulders, something strange happened. His thoughts began to slip away, melting like snow in the sun. His eyes glazed over, turning into golden spirals that mirrored the shimmering jersey. Memories of the Serpents and his life as their star midfielder evaporated, replaced by a singular drive—serve the Golden Army. On and off the field. In every way.

Allen was no more.

He stood up straighter, his identity shifting as effortlessly as his thoughts. He was Bruce now, a loyal midfielder for the Golden Army, dedicated to doing whatever was asked of him. Just then, the locker room door swung open, and Brody and Scott strolled in, deep in conversation. They paused when they saw the blank-faced recruit standing stiffly, his eyes still spiraling.

Scott raised an eyebrow, grinning. “Told ya it’d work, bruv.”

Brody chuckled, giving a knowing nod. “You sure did. The jersey’s magic, man.” He turned to the dazed figure in front of him. “What’s your name and position, bro?”

Bruce snapped to attention. “Sir! I’m Bruce, midfielder for the Golden Army, sir!”

Brody and Scott exchanged another satisfied look.

“Perfect,” Scott said with a smirk. “And you’ll follow any order we give you, yeah?”

“Yes, sir!” Bruce’s voice was robotic, still smiling, completely obedient.

“Good to hear, bro. We’ve got a match against the Serpents coming up, and we’ll need you on the pitch for that. Afterward, report back to the locker room. The rest of the bros will wanna... ‘welcome’ you properly.”

“Yes, sir!” Bruce saluted, already focused on the game ahead. His loyalty was absolute, his mind now belonging to the Golden Army.

With one final nod from Brody, Bruce walked out, his golden spirals staying strong throughout the evening. He was ready to win—ready to do anything for his new team, and it was time to show them that.

[ijustwannabecanadian]

Bart Allen is heavily aroace coded in this essay I will—

Except this time I actually have the essay. Anyway I binge read YJ98 and Impulse 1995 recently and it’s been a little brain worm I cannot get rid of so here is a compiled list of textual evidence as to why Bart Allen is/should be aroace (DC Pride 2026 come through for me please)

Obviously Bart’s characterisation may not be perfectly consistent across the board since we’ve had four main writers across YJ and Impulse, but I think there’s still a decent amount of evidence (even a little bit in Dezago’s run on Impulse despite him shoehorning in that godawful romance plot—but I’m getting ahead of myself)

Right at the beginning of YJ and we’ve got some viable evidence. Both Robin and Impulse are mentioned as not being flirts the way Superboy is, but it’s only Bart that they think wouldn’t be interested in dating. And the term oblivious specifically is interesting because I feel like a lotttt of aroace people are like that. Not all of us, obviously, but a decent amount, myself included. Both in media and irl I often only catch on to the fact that two people like like each other just before it’s revealed to everyone.

This panel is honestly such good evidence for Bart being ace. Superboy is very blatantly alluding to wanting to feel up the robot on the poster by polishing it, meanwhile Impulse is out here like “it looks shiny already why would I want to polish it ?” which is sooo ace coded to me. Like bro clearly does not care about physical attraction.

This one is a little less strong evidence wise, but the idea that Cissie loves Bart romantically is so insane to him that he cannot comprehend it. And Cissie knows that! She recognises that a romantic love between them is so far fetched it would snap Bart out of it.

More oblivious Bart. Bart does nottt care about the girls at all and does not realise what Kon means until he explicitly states it

More oblivious Bart yet again. You’ve got this sultry, conventionally attractive woman trying to flirt with Bart and he’s just oblivious and uninterested. It’s so clearly implied in these panels and I think by the end of this story she basically outright says that’s what she was doing to make her husband jealous…clearly she did not plan for someone as aroace as Bart

Now we have a Bart that cannot comprehend why Kon is more interested in watching a cheerleading competition with his celebrity crush than hang out with him (spoiler: Kon is allosexual and it turns out celebrity crushes actually mean a lot to allo ppl)

This panel isn’t really evidence as to why he’s aroace, but it is evidence as to why Bart should not be with Carol. Like this is issue #20 and Preston and the rest of the guys are badgering Carol about whether she likes Bart romantically so she tries kissing him and they both burst out laughing because the idea of them being romantic and kissing etc is just that absurd, which the kiss only served to confirm. Like regardless of whether or not Bart is aroace, he’s definitely not into Carol

Ah yes the Valentine’s issue. More oblivious Bart. Ayana has made it so ridiculously clear that she’s got a crush on Bart and Bart is so oblivious to her interest, so oblivious to romance that he doesn’t see it, even though literally everyone else can. Even upon having this pointed out Bart still can’t believe it.

Carol also seems jealous of Cissie. Personally I think it should just be her being jealous of their friendship since Carol and Bart are best friends but I suspect that was not Dezago’s intention since he proceeds to write a romance plot later with Bart and Carol (do we not remember issue 20 where Mark Waid very clearly writes Bart and Carol not liking each other romantically???)

Can’t remember if this issue came before or after Valentine’s but once again Bart is oblivious to the romance and only catches on at the very last second. She’s so blatant about wanting her seven minutes in heaven, so to speak, and Bart is just like ???

Oh boy, here we go again, except now Preston and Rolly are badgering Bart about whether he likes Carol instead of badgering her. This part is honestly less about why Bart is aroace and more about why the romance plot with Carol was ridiculous.

Up to this point we get numerous pieces of evidence that Bart isn’t into romance and even more blatant evidence he doesn’t like Carol romantically (and vice versa!!) but apparently being told that Carol’s always had a bit of a crush on Bart and that maybe he likes her without realising is enough to erase all that

“Yeah, right. I don’t have those kindsa feelings for Carol, she’s just my friend.” Only to be swiftly overridden by the powers of allonormativity/amatonormativity :’((

Oh the dark tomorrow arc, other than the romance plot that literally had me crashing out, I really liked this. But I really hated the romance. We already explored whether Bart and Carol liked each other back in issue 20 but now all of a sudden that means nothing and actually Carol liked him he just wasn’t emotionally old enough???

“Howcum we never did that before?”

YOU DID!!! And you both thought it absurd. And the idea that he’s emotionally a child?? Physically he’s on par with all his classmates, which really should include his brain. You could argue that he has a lack of experience, maybe, but his brain should be the same as any other person of the age he seems.

Also allo people often have a hard time separating romantic and sexual attraction but romantic attraction often develops before sexual attraction does anyway, so Bart not having crushes is more a reflection of who he is than him being “too young”. I just really dislike that this particular explanation was used. It would’ve even been better if it was the cliché friends-to-lovers ��I fell in love slowly” trope, maybe even more of a demiromantic Bart? Which would’ve been better storywise than infantalizing him

Also white lightning not being “able to put the whammy” on Bart is like some of the best evidence for Bart being aro because he’s literally resisting her powers because he doesn’t like people like that (and yet this was written by the same author that gave him a romance plot—can you tell i have many gripes with said plot…plus i think this was after the romance plot started)

Honestly this panel with Wally and Max is a great example of how the writer (and the characters) infantilize Bart. A lot of times in real life people infantilise aroace people and act like we’re “innocent little babies” just for not being interested in romance and Wally clearly sees Bart like that too.

I think this is also a good point to bring up that Bart is neurodivergent coded as well and I can definitely see that. I can see so clearly this kid probably has ADHD and I’ve seen a lot of people say he’s probably autistic as well, which I’ll gladly believe even if I can’t recognise all the traits myself.

This is where is gets a bit complicated, honestly. Just like how aroace people are often infantilised, neurodivergent people are too. I’ve seen people argue that it’s hurtful to headcanon neurodivergent and/or disabled characters as aro/ace because that in and of itself is infantilizing, but I really don’t like that line of thinking.

Are some people being infantalizing when they hc neurodivergent characters as aro/ace? Yeah, sometimes, but that doesn’t change the fact that neurodivergent and disabled aro/ace people exist. Hell, I’m ADHD and also aroace (plus I do have some traits that overlap pretty strongly with autism though not sure if i actually am or is it’s just ADHD overlap but I digress). Besides, I’m pretty sure autistic people are more likely to be aro than the general population, anyway

Obviously if someone is headcanoning Bart as aro/ace in because of his neurodivergent traits that’s not great, but you definitely also can’t blanket statement say it’s bad representation to headcanon neurodivergent/neurodivergent coded characters as aro or ace

Also there are so many other ostensibly neurodivergent DC characters but apparently saying this particular one should be aroace is a problem?? Sure, buddy. Cause that totally makes sense (full sarcasm intended)

Anyway, thank you for coming to my TED talk

And if you’ve made it this far I leave you with a bonus panel of Bart as Jughead—the aroace icon ever :)))

[kvetchlandia]

I Guess...

that I've once again managed to purge myself, at least for the moment, of the roiling anger, the gut wrenching fear and the deathless frustrations of being helpless in Trumpworld. So, I think I'll attempt to return to my regular posts yet again. I wonder how long I'll last this time, before the next case of his ugliness drives me once again back to exclusively political posts? But, before I go back to my usual visual silliness, I have to share that watching the grotesqueries, the greed, the corruption, the venality, the racism, the antinomianism, the xenophobia and the pure sociopathy of that wretch and his co-emperor, Musk, have made me repeatedly think of Part II of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." Although such beautiful, powerful words don't deserve the insult of being associated with the stupidity, the ignorance and the illiteracy of Emperor Trump and I apologize to the memory of Allen Ginsberg in advance, these are the words that living in that monster's world have brought to my mind:

II

What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks! Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men! Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment! Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments! Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb! Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smoke-stacks and antennae crown the cities! Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind! Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch! Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky! Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs! They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Pavements, trees, radios, tons! lifting the city to Heaven which exists and is everywhere about us! Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river! Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions! the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit! Breakthroughs! over the river! flips and crucifixions! gone down the flood! Highs! Epiphanies! Despairs! Ten years’ animal screams and suicides! Minds! New loves! Mad generation! down on the rocks of Time! Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving! carrying flowers! Down to the river! into the street!

-- Allen Ginsberg, "Howl, Part !!" San Francisco 1955

[arntyoujustcute]

I belong to the small Sektor girlie population and I was wondering if you would do a second part or another One-shot with Sektor （人´∀`*)

Well, only because you asked so nicely (And I hit writers block on my Bi-Han longfic, so this was nice distraction)

"Me and My Girl"

(Prequel to my other Sektor fic here, Strange Manicure")

Being not just the Lin Kuei’s Master Armorer, but a talented machinist and engineer, one would expect Sektor to see the obvious crush her little assistant had on her.

She was not that intelligent, unfortunately.

Everyone could see it. You followed her everywhere around the clan, waddling after her even when you’re not needed. You say it is because you simply enjoy spending your free time with your superior, and Sektor pays no mind to your habit and doesn't tell you to stop. Sometimes the other engineers in the workshop try to call you over, saying they need your assistance with some random task and you just talk back and say that Sektor requires you more, as you merely hold a flashlight for her as she pokes around an engine. Even the Grandmaster and his brothers are starting to get suspicious of your little game, Kuai Liang and Bi-Han exchanging a look every time they call for Sektor and you come in right next to her. It’s like a supervillain and her ridiculous sidekick; Sektor giving orders to her fellow engineers while you hold everything she needs. It would be cute, if it also wasn’t pathetic.

Sektor has given no clue that she returns your sentiment, and you are centimeters from the breaking point. You never cease with bragging about your commander’s bright mind, and you always have a hot cup of tea prepared for her before she has even asked for it. Barely do you complain when she loses her temper and raises her voice, rarely because of something you did, but because some other fool in the armory has done something to raise her blood pressure. She apologizes each time, citing her growing anger with the Grandmaster’s slowness at approving her new plans for the clan (Bi-Han swears he has grown past his father’s views, but the minute Sektor showed him her ideas for technological advances in biology, he shot her down with ridiculous statements such as “Why would you want to replace parts of your body with robotics?” and “The Lin Kuei has no need for firearms of THAT caliber!”. The world is progressing, and the Lin Kuei will NOT be left behind), and you accept it each time. She is as close to a stubborn narcissist as one could be without reaching the criteria, and hearing her actually, meaningly, say she is sorry is enough to make you ignore her biting words.

After you come to terms with ‘Yes, she can mean but she is also pretty and somehow makes me happy’ and decide to come clean and admit it, the only issue that remains is how to say it. You’ve tried twice now to go up to her and just admit to your crush, but the first time your tongue twisted and the words refused to come out of your throat, and Sektor stared at you strangely until she told you to just speak, making you give up your plan. The second time, Bi-Han called for her presence and made her leave you behind, making you curse your Grandmaster’s name later that night. Now on attempt number three, you are ready.

You think…well, hope, you are ready.

You choose a night where it will just be Sektor in the workshop by herself. You even go so far as to get her flowers, a beautiful bouquet of red roses and baby’s breath, and a new toolkit with a lock because someone has been taking her open-ended and allen wrenches and now she is short three different sizes. You’ve let her borrow yours in the meantime until she puts in an order for replacements, and the barely visible thankfully smirk on her oil covered face sent your heart pounding. Her giving that look to anyone else is enough to make the wild animal in you pace it’s cage and want to tear someone’s head off, and it assures you that you have to come clean, or you might lose your brain in this love.

You poke your head through the door, making sure it really was just Sektor as the armory's lone occupant before you sneak inside. You can see her halfway underneath some recon vehicle, sparking flying from whatever she is welding underneath it, and you stalk closer to the unaware female. You hide the flowers behind some equipment just in case this all goes south and you can have some dignity intact before taking your life out of embarrassment; Sektor has never shown interest in anyone in the time you have known her, and not even before according to some of the more veteran warriors and builders- you are already prepared for her rejection. 

Despite your fear, you are Lin Kuei, and you have been taught that being a coward would get you nothing in life. You grip the new toolkit in your sweaty palms, and walk closer to the woman you’ve been hopelessly pinning months over.

You’ve been assuming she hadn’t noticed your approach with the loud welding gun and being under a car, so you are startled when she turns the machine off and calls your name. Your spine is straight when she rolls out, and you have to control the urge to go over to her and fix her soot speckled hair. She tugs off her safety google and cotton mask, and you want to smile at the oil outline the goggles leave on her face.

“How did you hear me?” You ask, watching Sektor as she lifts herself off the floor. Her work demands a strong figure, and you carefully look away from the little sliver of skin you see on her stomach when she stands.

“I recognized your footsteps.” She reveals nonchalantly, and you physically cannot stop yourself from overthinking about that statement. ‘Recognize? Do I walk that loud? Do my shoes squeak and I've never noticed? Do I walk in tune to something? Oh my Gods does she get mad when I-’

“My time is precious, speak your mind.  My father is expecting me to have this project finished by nightfall.” Sektor breaks you free from your rambling mind. She doesn't look annoyed that you dazed off, and you'll never know how her face looks when she watches you and takes notice of the brand new toolkit in your hands. She is not annoyed by your mind break, not all, it gives her time to look at you unnoticed after all.

“Sorry, it's just…I, well.” You stuttered, sweaty hands fidgeting with the toolkit. The armorer looks at you, tapping her foot against the metal floor. Her work is time sensitive, and as much as she enjoys you, you are pushing it.

“Just, promise not to be mad, and if you don't approve, we can just ignore all of this and each other. I will go back to my own private work, and you don't have to speak with me anymore.” You rush out, each syllable a struggle. Sektor says nothing, making you more nervous, but the tilt of her head is enough of an approval to get you to move.

“First, this is for you.” You walk towards and and hold out the toolbox. Sektor actually looks stunned at the gift, hesitating before taking it. The box is a bright fiery red, and inside all of the tools are a shining silver. Everything will eventually find use in her work, and she blinks up at you.

“You didn't have to do this, I still have that replacement order on backlog but they won't take long to come in.” She says, still processing the gift. This large of a set wasn't inexpensive to get, and she has no idea why you would go out of your way to get her this…unless.

“I wanted to, especially after the others kept taking yours after you told them to stop.” You beam at her. You've been with-well, known her long enough to tell when the engineer is in a good mood, and her wide eyes and lack of stress in her shoulders shows her equivalent of shocked joy. 

“That's not all.” You speak, moving backwards to where you got the flowers hidden. Sektor moves to put the toolbox down and follows, curiosity peaked. You take a deep breath and then another, the thornless rose stems digging into your palms before you give up and turn around, holding out the gift like a bridal bouquet.

Sektor’s eyes widen at the flowers, blinking rapidly like they are an illusion that will disappear.

They are still there, and so are you.

“I'm so sorry, I didn't plan for it to go this far.” You apologize, trying to hide your embarrassed face by looking down at the floor. “I thought if I ignored it, it would go away. Obviously it didn’t work, and now I’m just…well.” You shrug, looking up with wet and pathetic puppy eyes. 

Sektor is quiet, almost lost in thought- the most off guard you have ever seen her. With each second, you lose hope. In your hands, the flowers shake, and you’re about to apologize and run away and bury yourself alive somewhere in the forest. Your shoulders and head fall, but they come back up when Sektor speaks.

“In my office, I have been working on a letter.” She remarked, still looking at the dark red roses and pure white baby's breath bouquet. 

“It's the fifth draft, all of its predecessors not to the level I wanted it to be, not saying what I wanted them to say.” The armorer keeps going, walking towards you. It would be useless to run; Sektor is one of the clan’s best children outside of the Grandmaster’s family, and she would easily catch up to you. You stay still, heart pounding, when she is close enough to touch. You can smell the motor oil on her clothes, and you have grown to love the sting of it in your nose.

"I was about to start another one tonight, but it seems that I can finally rest from my pitiful word working." Sektor muses, and you hold your breath. Please, is she-?

“If you are proposing a relationship between us, I accept.” She answers, smiling happily for once. She hardly ever let the corners of her mouth rise, always emotionless, always hard to read. Here, for you, she is willing to show delight. 

With her more subdued glee, your happiness is a loud burst of sunlight in the workshop. 

“YES!” Laughter bubbling out of your mouth, the flowers are dropped to the floor in favor of running at your new love. Sektor catches you easily, not even stumbling as strong arms go around your waist and pick you up off the floor. You throw your limbs around her shoulders and hips, and one of her hands travels further down to your thigh and provides better support. Her firm grip sends shivers down your spine, her warm fingers gently caressing your leg through your layer of clothing. 

“Calm down, look at the mess you have made already.” Sektor tries to scold, but it comes off insincere with the big grin on her face. The flowers are scattered to the floor, and will need to be picked up before someone else comes in. Her dirty shoulder length hair shakes dirt down to the floor, but you still tuck some of the loose strands behind her ear.

“I’m sorry, I’ll get them in just a moment.” You chirped from your place in her arms. You two look at each, a scene from a romantic film if there ever was one, lost in one another. You had next to no hope of reciprocating, but the letter Sektor spoke of, the hardest project she has ever had the honor of working on and the countless hours she must have spent trying to figure out exactly what to say to you to win your heart makes you want to cry happy tears. She is so perfect.

“Can I kiss you?” You ask sweetly, making the engineer smirk with confidence. “Or is it too soon? I don’t mind wait-”

She silences you with her mouth, leaning forward and capturing your sweet lips with her own. Sektor tastes like coffee covered up with mint, almost like she was always preparing herself for this moment. It’s the best taste you’ve ever had. Your happiness is feelable even now, the armorer able to feel your smile as you lean forward to deepen the kiss. Oil and dirt from her face transfers to your, making it obvious who exactly has been kissing you to everyone. Your legs tighten around her hips, and her hand on your leg slithers forward, groping and searching for a belt to tug free.

Her father’s project might just be a little late, unfortunately. His favorite daughter has found a new toy to study and take apart, and it will take her hours before she is satisfied with her beloved plaything, touching here and tugging there, figuring out what each caress does and what music she can get you to make.

Lucky you.

[asukaindetroit]

Many Detroit Fans: Let's have a reverse AU! Humans are androids, androids are humans, yay! (Which if that floats your boat, more power to ya, I'm not here to shit on reverse AUs.) My Oddly Specific Ass: Okay, oooor… just throwing this out there… what if they were both robots? Moar androids, yay! I don't even actually care who or how. I don't get hung up on pairings or ship wars. Hank? Gavin? Allen? Kamski replaced his body slowly with android bits? Heck, give me escaped Traci model Tina or Chris. Does that exist, and if so, where is it? God, that scene where Jericho has Chris at gunpoint for shooting androids would be delicious if he was actually an android. (I need to flesh that out as a prompt, note to self.) Themes like "so-and-so was a secret android all along" and "what if [canon human character] didn't know they were an android the whole time?" and transhumanist things like "horrific accident kills so-and-so and they transplant their brain into an android body" or "so-and-so is a cyborg trying to figure out whether they're human or android or both or neither" or "humans get cybernetic modifications to allow interfacing with their android partners" are just…super fascinating. I love how sci-fi as a genre examines the human condition by compare-and-contrasting to nonhuman existence and blurring the lines like that is just like… brain candy for me. I welcome fic recs with any of those themes, but if they're well-tagged on AO3, odds are I've found them already. Feed me obscure corners of the interwebs or badly tagged drabbles plzkthx. PWP isn't gonna do anything for my ace ass, but if the porn happens as a side consequence of the plot, I'm a grown-ass adult who went to art school; I ain't gonna melt.

[radioactive-earthshine]

This isn’t my original idea and I forgot who came up with this concept... and don't take this seriously....

But I just think it's on brand for Barry to be known as "the Flash who licks" because he just can analyze certain chemicals by "taste" like that one robot in DBH.

He does this mainly because he 1.) Can 2.) His hypermetabolism makes it so almost nothing can actually hurt him beyond some mild discomfort and 3.) He's faster than their lab equipment.

So he will be along for an investigation and will just, snag a taste and be "Ah Mark, been in Gotham recently because this is Joker Snow!" And whatever League member is with him is just in varying degrees of horror at the fact that their very respected speedster just willingly dipped his finger in an unknown substance and popped it in his mouth as if he was testing the salt content for stew.

They all get used to this behavior but every now and again one of them is just "we'll need to analyze this" but Barry snatches it out of their hands for a analytic nibble "IM FASTER THAN THE LAB!" and before anyone can stop him he has his fingers in his mouth.

Eventually (sadly) when he dies and there's Wally as The Flash everyone has to adjust that they don't have their instant compound breaking lab machine but it doesn't stop a few from asking Wally every now and then out of habit to "give it a lick" because they don't have time.

Wally is horrified.

Under no circumstances is he willing to participate in Barry’s licking unknown substances and even when Barry was alive he couldn't help but gag a little. Eating a hotdog off the ground was one thing but unknown drugs just made his skin crawl.

Years later things change etc and then to his horror and disappointment Bart while helping him on a case just dips his fingers in unknown white powder and gives them a taste instead of taking it to be analyzed and he nods "Yeah, that's Gotham snow right there with a strain of scarecrow dust."

All of the other speedsters judge the Allens because of this.

i am pretty sure this happened in one of the comics but cannot recall where i am sorry

[ur-mum-is-gae]

Invincible

Episode #2

-im hella invested in the side plot between that guy and his (adopted?) Son

-McDonalds in the pentagon!

-i love the title card gag

-i don't know how nice feel about sea salt (Cecil) I feel like he might be a villain later

-new team>>>> love Rex, tho he's a bit of an ass. Robot's dry humor is goated. Eve and Kate are badass.

-speaking of Eve, I love her personality. Hope we see a lot more of her

-William is the best wingman, I like him too.

-still super confused on what happens to the guardians 😭

-ALLEN <3

-what song was in this episode? I loved it. It played pretty much every time there was a battle

-last battle with omni man and all those aliens was so cinematic and just really cool.

[metalsandwires]

aughgahahagh Allen is actually crazy attractive im ngl. I love his affectionate attitude! I have a few questions, but no pressure; - Why's his name Allen? Does it have any significance? - So wherever he lives is "all him"— does he get lonely? Does he get any visitors? - His pronouns are he/him, right? Any others? - Following the last question, what's his view on gender as a whole?

Thank you for your time! Your art is AMAZING and you have a mind blowing eye for composition + colour + shape language. Appreciate you for sharing your art and OC with us!

Your words really do flatter me, stranger! ♡♡

To answer some of your questions, Allen is simply a name I saw on my documents. I'm not so sure if I remember correctly, since the files had long been corrupted.

I have no strong thoughts regarding gender. I am an AI, yet some robots and computers do have gender. I for one have none, though I am still taking knowledge and progressively forming my own identity. However, I do not mind any pronouns.

[crowleysgirl56]

It’s Doctor Who season!

And what better way to quell some Good Omens brain rot by coming back to my first love, The Doctor.

So I am a bit late considering the new season started last week, but I thought I’d provide some commentary and reactions to each episode this season.

Starting off with last week’s premiere The Robot Revolution, I’ll put my thoughts under the cut. So be warned, spoilers sweeties!

So I’ll start by saying this episode was…fine.

Like, it was ok. It probably wasn’t the strongest of openings for a new season and for that I’m slightly disappointed.

I think the most disappointing thing about this episode is the main complaint I have is unfortunately in common with the anti-woke brigade. Though I will crucially point out here that the reasons of our complaints are polar opposites. Incel wank-boys seem once again to be fed up with being called out and having SJW messages being “shoved down their throats” and “why can’t Doctor Who go back to being good?!”.

MY complaint revolves around the use of the coercive control storyline, in that it was not used to its fullest potential and became almost a footnote rather than a hard hitting literary device. But more on that later, let’s get to the good stuff first.

Belinda as the new companion. I like her. She’s a very strong willed person and I think there’s a lot of potential for her character, so even though I don’t think she was the best companion yet (my heart belongs to Donna Noble) I will be giving her the benefit of the doubt and allowance of time to get there (grumble grumble, why are there only 8 episodes, that’s not enough for a season, stupid Disney, grumble grumble).

The Doctor completely blacking out a hospital because he’s sometimes bad at sonic-ing. Hilarious (though yes, it did run through my mind about just how many ICU patients probably died or almost died because of his actions. But silly space comedy, don’t think about it too hard!).

Robots. Excellent robots. Dumb, sound silly, ridiculous, over the top. Everything I like in stupid space Doctor Who robots. Bring them back again please.

POLISH POLISH! I will give my heart to Polish robot now! (Yes I am aware he is likely a ripoff of the cute obsessive cleaning robot from Wall-E. Look, I know what I like. Thank you for my meal!)

The 9 word code. I liked that, it was pretty clever, but I’m not quite sure I really got the reason behind it. Like, why 9 specifically? I probably missed something crucial at the end.

The revolution of the Missbelindachandras was also good. Hard to pack in a human element where you feel something for the characters in such a short timespan, but I think it was handled well.

MRS FLOOD! Ok, so does Belinda live two doors down from Ruby, or does Mrs Flood just live everywhere now? I cannot wait until her true identity is revealed, she is really a pickle.

THAT. ENDING. Oooooh fuck, what happened?! That is a very exciting mystery.

Ok, so getting to the not so great bits, why didn’t they just give Allen a surname that started with I? That way AI would have been his actual initials instead of some weird misread sign.

Ok, the whole possessive boyfriend bit. This honestly wasn’t done well, which is why it and the line about coercive control really didn’t land for me. All we saw of Allen to begin with is him being a bit awkward and Belinda seemingly being blaze about his gift (honestly, if someone bought me a star I would have thought that was really cool and sweet. But I’m a nerd. Know who you’re with I guess?). So his heel turn didn’t seem particularly earned. My only thought is there should have been more time given to developing and showing his character as possessive before he was nabbed by the robots. I’m not saying the storyline shouldn’t have been included. I just think there was potential for it to have been presented and represented better. Ironically I feel like providing more of a developed story for Allen was sacrificed for the revolutionaries and giving them a back story with the Doctor. Especially ironic considering some of them were literally sacrificed.

Anyway, I think it was a solid if not spectacular episode. I’m giving it 3 and a half stars out of 5.

I’ll post my review of Lux shortly as well! Thanks for reading. Let me know what you thought of last week’s episode!

[the1entirecircus]

So, a few weeks back, a friend and I were talking about the DC x Sonic crossover event thats happening, and while we were talking, we both talked about how odd that it is for Knuckles to be Superman and not Sonic and I noted how Sonic's Flash design is based on Barry Allen's Flash and not Wally West's.

(top left: Sonic as Flash, top right: Barry Allen as Flash, bottom: the various costumes worn by Wally West)

Which is weird imo, because Barry and Sonic have nothing in common in terms of personality and character dynamicss. Barry is more awkward, a little strict, and is about as clever as the 10th Doctor. Wally on the other hand is more like Sonic in terms of personality, especially if we're regarding the fanon versions of the characters. And fanon Barry is usually fanon Wally because no one remembers their personality correctly. But even then, Sonic and Superman have more in common and having Sonic be superman fits way better in terms of character dynamics.

Since Amy is Wonder Woman and Shadow is Batman in this upcoming event, having Knuckles as Superman wouldn't make enough sense given that (from my knowledge) Knuckles is just friends with Rose and isn't close to Shadow in any shape or form. Meanwhile, Sonic used to be chased around by Amy not unlike how (the poorly written versions of) Wonder Woman would do the same. Shadow gets annoyed with Sonic from time to time, Batman gets annoyed with Superman from time to time. Am I butchering these characterizations? Yes, but the point is, it would make more sense because Barry and Bruce are basically science bros. They help each other out a lot of the time. In fact because of Barry's relationship with tech, Tails seems like a better fit for the Flash than sonic as Barry built the cosmic treadmill and Wally's job in the comics is being a mechanic. Of course they wouldn't because making the fastest thing alive be the fastest man alive is as simple as drawing a line.

Also, villains. Who is Superman's arch nemesis? A bald man who uses technology to try and defeat him. Who is Sonic's arch nemesis? A bald man who uses technology to try and defeat him. The closest character Barry has to Robotnik is Gorilla Grodd who sometimes tries to turn everyone into apes like how Robotnik sometimes tries to turn everyone into robots. And that of course is a big stretch because Sonic's relationship with Robotnik is way more nuanced than that. And I guarantee you that Robotnik is going to be Lex in the series, because as creative as it would be to have Grodd be Eggman, it won't happen.

Another thing is that Superman is the mascot of comic book superheroes. Sonic is the mascot of SEGA. Why is Superman Knuckles then? Because he's strong? Because he only rivals Flash in speed? Why are we undervaluing Clark's character with this? Knuckles was trained as an Echidna warrior, where did Clark train? on a farm! Knuckles has more connection to batman and wonder woman in that regard than superman. He is a disciplined fighter, Clark is going with the flow 90% of the time which is a lot like Sonic and his abilities (I'm assuming of course, I'm running off from what I know based on memories of the Sonic cartoons I've watched and the movies. Sonic fans, you can kill me later, nows not the time).

So the point is: making Sonic into Barry's Flash is lazy as hell.

Thank you for reading my silly little rant about things shouldn't really matter.

[fuchsiamae]

would you consider posting the entire tragedy + time playlist? 8tracks wont load for me. im curious about the vibes

GOD yes, my t+t music is in my bones

here's what I threw on 8tracks, in deliberate plot order

"p.s." april smith

"pure imagination," fiona apple

"last man on earth," alice cooper

"everything old is new again," peter allen

"there's a great big beautiful tomorrow," they might be giants

"experiment," mabel mercer

"she's always a woman," lynda carter

"rät," penelope scott

"boogeyman," johnny hollow

"coin-operated boy," the dresden dolls

"volta," the crane wives

"using you," mars argo

"terrible things," april smith

"hurt," johnny cash

"make me a robot," tessa violet

"angels or machines," findlay <- The CaveDOS Theme

"infra-red," placebo

"don't let me be misunderstood," lana del rey

"last man on earth," hypnogaja

"tongues and teeth," the crane wives <- The T+T Theme

and I forgot "the scientist," any duet cover, which was this idea's Theme in 2011, and isn't so much anymore but is definitely still in the mix emotionally

I have more that fit the theme but not so cleanly into the plot (and not all of these fit vibes-wise, alice cooper is in there mostly for the lyrics) but this is what I'd call the soundtrack plot wise

(please feel more than free to ask about any of these songs because they do all have specific conscious logic, or ask about misc cavedos/t+t songs, or scream at me about your feelings, I'm dying over this)