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oldtvandcomics · 1 year ago

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Happy Queer Media Monday!

Today: The Movement from DC Comics

Inclusive superhero group done right.

(The team sitting over their city at the end of the first story arc. From left to right: Vengeance Moth, Burden, Katharsis, Virtue, Tremor and Mouse.)

The Movement is a 12 issue comic book series published in 2013 and 2014 by DC Comics as part of The New 52. It is probably best known on Tumblr for featuring the heroine Tremor, who is canonically asexual, but it has so, so much more to offer.

The Movement is a group of disenfranchised teenagers in Coral City, led by Holly Ann Fields aka Virtue. The series can be kind of divided into three story arcs: Their fight against the corrupted police (issue 1-8), Batgirl visiting (issue 9-10), and Burden’s fight against his brother (issue 11-12).

Superheroes being used as a metaphor for oppressed groups is nothing new, but what makes The Movement special is that they really are an incredibly diverse group, featuring many different identities. We have:

Virtue / Holly Ann Fields, who is a Black lesbian,

Tremor / Roshanna Chatterji, an asexual Indian immigrant,

Mouse / Jayden Revell, who could be argued to have an intellectual disability, though nothing concrete is actually said,

Katharsis / Kulap Vilaysack, a Laotian immigrant,

Burden / Christopher, who is gay,

Vengeance Moth / Drew Fisher, a former addict and wheelchair user with muscular dystrophy

Here is an article from when the series launched, where the creator discusses the politics of it, and a lengthy one written at the end of its run about how it championed diversity in the superhero comic medium.

Here are the Wikipedia and DC fandom wiki articles about the series.

Queer Media Monday is an action I started to talk about some important and/or interesting parts of our queer heritage, that people, especially young people who are only just beginning to discover the wealth of stories out there, should be aware of. Please feel free to join in on the fun and make your own posts about things you personally find important!

#thought I could get away with this during #disabled pride month #not because it has a disabled queer character #but because it has a team that does both the queer and disabled members justice #SUCH. A. GOOD. TEAM #and it is like completely impossible to find anything about them on here #occasionally somebody mentions #Roshanna Chatterji #Tremor #but even then only that she is asexual #nothing else #and it's such a pity #because both she and her team have got very interesting personalities and stories #my favorite probably is #Drew Fisher #Vengeance Moth #IDK I just like her #quite possibly because she is disabled #which most superheroes are #but in her case her disability actually affects her powers negatively #instead of being their source #The Movement #DC comics #superheroes #comic books #the new 52 #canon queer characters #canon disabled character #Queer Media Monday

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luxwing · 4 months ago

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Congrats to the TF2 community for finally getting a cosmetic into the game with the trans pride flag hidden on it. About damn time

#a trans flag AND a bi flag good for yall #team fortress 2 #im suprised it took this long tbh but then again idk when the last content update was so #like i literally havent played in over a decade but i still respect the part of the community that isnt a pile of shit #tf2

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homkamiro · 2 months ago

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Heavy language

#ahh yess...french and russian speaker solidarity #good luck to all of you who pass russian literature exam this year and have to read the whole war and peace page by page #we didn't even read it in my school. or teacher recapped it to us each lesson until we cheated on our tests lmao #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 fanart #tf2 fanart #tf2 spy #tf2 heavy #minor soldier beating scout's ass in the background if you squint your eyes

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egophiliac · 1 month ago

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can't believe that skeleman has turned on us, and Halloween Prom is tomorrow.

(what a top-tier UM...we are about to be just totally obliterated in the absolute silliest way. what possible use could this power have outside of bringing us to the brink of utter holiday disaster.)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #lost in the book with nightmare before christmas #hajimari no halloween #unique magic posters #this was so unforseeable!#i hope malleus gets pumpkinified immediately and sebek has to carry him around on a little velvet cushion #i hope jade puts his plant knowledge to good use by being extremely judgy about the firmness of everyone's rind #i hope that everyone is still wearing their silly little hats as pumpkins #(i know they won't. but if we don't have hope we have nothing.)#and i'm still feeling like oogie's gotta show up later and menace jamil just by existing #perhaps we'll have to team up against him with the scullsman or something 👀#also just to get it out before being proven entirely wrong #my theory is still that he's from the past and we gotta teach him about the True Meaning of Halloween (aka candy and funtimes)#so he can go back to his own time and become the founder of modern-day candy and funtimes halloween or something #bootstrap paradox be damned #i could be entirely off-base but that's what i'm thinking right now #idk he just has the vibe of an old-timey boy to me #he's had the great misfortune of being born before there were hot topics where he could meet other jack skellington fanatics #too late for the black plague too early for the black parade 😔

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ohposhers · 2 months ago

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SHES THEIR #1 FAN DUDE ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!! shadow's literal wingman fr fr fr

#annoying best friend that outs you to your crush by shouting X HAS A CRUSH ON YOU across the room #rouge save me rouge #she was soooo good in the new episode oh my fucking god #sth #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #rouge the bat #shadow the hedgehog #team dark #sonic x shadow generations #sonic x shadow dark beginnings #dark beginnings #sonadow #shadonic #my art #sonic x shadow

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theeminentlyimpractical · 9 months ago

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The Guardian out here asking the real questions.

#perfect screencap choice 10/10 no notes great job editorial team #bafta-nominated game show host david tennant #david tennant #good omens 2 #good omens

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trustymikh · 5 months ago

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tfw when your cat wants attention, but you're busy

#the first drawing in weeks #feeling pretty good honestly #i just missed the process of coloring things #mik draws #giovanni #giovanni pokemon #team rocket giovanni #giovanni's persian #persian #pokemon #fanart #digital art #drawing #digital drawing #artists on tumblr

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ghostsberry · 5 months ago

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demoman!!

#wanted to do something graphic and blocky hehe #also gonna open commissions in a couple of days #yeah samuel l jackson was all over my reference board and what about it #the lighting in pulp fiction makes him such a good reference+his expressions are just so fun #tf2 #team fortress 2 #my art #illlustration #artists on tumblr #fanart #tf2 demoman

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timmydraker · 2 months ago

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Thinking about Tim getting super mad with Bruce about something and instead of shouting at him he just goes ‘okay then’ and leaves for a bit.

Bruce is a little worried considering Tim’s ability to make plans, but he brushes it off quickly.

The next day he walks into the lounge room to find Damian ‘I Hate Tim Drake’ Wayne hugging Tim ‘Damian Is Not My Equal At Anything’ Drake.

He’s naturally terrified of what this could mean but nothing can prepare him for seeing his youngest son lift up a 50lb Boa Constrictor at least twice his height with he biggest, most unnerving smile on his face.

Tim just gives Bruce a blank look and mouths ‘see what I can do?’

Bruce apologises to him immediately.

#batfam #tim drake #bat family #dc comics #batfamily #dc universe #dc #tim drake is red robin #tim drake is a menace #damian wayne #bruce wayne #Damian and Tim are good brothers #damian and tim #they team up to make Bruce go grey

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magewritesstories · 6 months ago

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just gonna leave this here

#spencer reid #criminal minds #spencer reid x reader #criminal minds x reader #bau team #matthew gray gubler #spencer reid fanfiction #spencer reid fluff #dr spencer reid #HANDS #hands #im just a girl #pls #have mercy #he looks so good #this man #who allowed this

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monkesupreme · 21 days ago

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Starving and wasting away etc etc

bonus:

Hes tall and huge and HEAVY and he is so overly active that he has to maintain an insanely high caloric intake to make sure his body doesnt collapse from the strain of everything. He will eat virtually anything but he is spoiled from the best takeout Gotham has to offer: 11$ shrimp and broccoli from the chinese food spot that closes at 4am- among other things.