#Sal and Oz are real TO ME

[bruciemilf]

So I watched Penguin

[anonymousgayrobot]

bestie you're the only person i agree with about the finale of the penguin

everyone seems so surprised that os is a villain and im ????? did everyone miss that time he set a guy on fire in front of his mother??????? did everyone miss him leaving sofia for dead after she found out he was manipulating her????? he's been a monster all along, that doesn't make him any less of a layered character

i really wish vic hadn't died but his death didn't feel like a revelation of how evil oswald is to me. i think this episode was more about the lies that os tells himself to feel better about his life than it was about "he was evil all along and you too fell for his manipulation". why else would he say all that as he strangled him? vic was dying. if it was about getting rid of him because he didn't need him anymore, why would he bother saying anything?

also that last scene with os pretending to dance with his mom was fucked up but it also seems to me like another way of showing how he's choosing to live in a world of his own lies. he can't deal with the truth, so he doesn't. it's easier that way. and this doesn't make him any less of a monster; it just makes him a complex one.

anyway your analysis is on point and i can't believe they killed off vic to progress os's character

HI! YES i totally agree; please don’t mind my lengthy yapping— i have sooooo much to say about this show

one thing I noticed predominantly throughout the show is the level and intricacies of complexity the characters were given, which you typically don’t see in the average shows pumped out these days, where good and bad is black and white and behavior will always be ‘straightforward’ with the character, unlike in real life where a person’s true nature will more than often contradict their actions, whether that be in acts of denial, or repressing something. whether large or grand, we all do it—so I kind of disagree with people only seeing this finale at surface level.

I really do think Sofia kind of ‘cracked the egg’ with dismantling or at least shaking loose oz’s denials through aggravating the unhealed wound of his brothers and the unspoken wounds between him and his mother; i saw that scene as sofia trying to force out feelings of remorse from oz, which I believe he repressed x100 after his brothers’ deaths, as seeing his expression struggle to remain stoic and continuously denying the truth even if it cost his mother her finger (if he did lack any true guilt, he would’ve admitted it much sooner with indifference ; and if he didn’t feel guilt but never admitted the truth to solely benefit his mother, he would not have hesitated to admit the truth with that priority over his mother. But he doesnt) . But by ‘dismantling’ oz himself, she unleashes this newer version of himself—she showed an opportunist what happens when he slips up with his greed and pauses to care for someone other than himself/guard. before sal and sofia find his mother, sal angrily comments that oz has no one—no one they could weaponize. family is weaponry, a step above simpler loyalty. someone can have as many allies as they want, but it doesn’t mean anything if they’re expendable. oz has viewed all of his allies as expendable, like sal, sofia, and the rest of the gang leaders. victor was an ally initially expendable and a failsafe for alberto’s murder, but upon becoming his protégé, an emotional tie was thrown in.

So in order to fully prevent his guard from ever slipping up again (caring for his mother despite the endangerment), he cannot similarly care for anyone else again (caring about victor despite the endangerment). so vic has to be shut out completely now both for oz’s self-preservation and possibly vic’s ‘preservation’ in a more morbid sense, by knowing his life is now endangered by his own care for oz likewise. who knows what sofia could do to him and what she could wrench out to harm oz again. and when he ‘shuts’ vic out, he has to shut out any sympathies/empathies that follow.

when he steals the money from his wallet, I saw it more as a not-wasting-resources gesture (sewers blown up + crown point hideout raided) rather than genuinely-indifferent disrespect, which goes in hand with that ever-prevalent opportunistic characteristic. “it wasn’t for nothing.” throwing away his ID also appeared disrespectful, but with how his expression froze, it was clear he was shutting out unwanted feelings of regret, perhaps a rogue emotion (seeing as he expresses nearly no remorse for his actions and lies his way around it to avoid it altogether), and threw it away briskly. He needed that reminder gone before the feeling could settle in. (a lack of expression does not always mean a lack of feeling)

If anything, killing victor could also symbolize oz killing his former self—tragically fitting for a finale and change of occupation/direction. it was obvious that he saw himself through vic, or at least began to until it reached a point of no return. That idea could also be applied through vic finding strength in family—oz realizes that was his own undoing, family, and that vic was officially non-expendable. It’d already been basic knowledge that non-expendable people are lethal tools of manipulation (using taj to also kill nadia, and their deaths against sal, alberto against sofia even if it was pinned on the maronis anyways).

And you’re right about him killing vic differently. In the beginning of the show, if he’d done what was expected and had shot vic while his back was turned—it’d be quick and easy, indifferent like everyone else. Same with the second time he nearly killed vic, Oz gives in and spares him, giving him yet another chance even when it didn’t benefit Oz at the moment. Oz centers those around him with how they benefit him, so choosing to spare victor despite the potential burden is an obvious sign of care. Although it makes it much more twisted, oz killing victor the way he did was the furthest thing from indifferent. He could’ve lifted his hand at any moment, but didn’t until the end, further exposing his need to snuff out his own weakness, his care for victor. its the ultimate and worst father-son moment— oz recognizing his care for victor as his protégé to be non-expendable, and the recognition that he couldn’t let himself genuinely care for another person again. i see a lot of people saying that there was no reason for oz to kill victor after everything he did for him—but that’s the exact reason why he needed to. Vic did all of that because he was just that close to Oz, not even taking that exit when given, his loyalty had become familial which could become just as dangerous as Oz’s love for his mother. I also think Oz’s care for vic was similar to the nature of his lies regarding his brothers—not it being a lie itself but rather getting caught up in the short term benefits and attention while blocking out the long term consequences waiting—perhaps distracted by becoming this fatherly figure as a fatherless son himself to a fatherless boy, and avoiding the inevitable pain at the end of the road (their criminal circumstances/predicament) until it’s too late and boils over from his mother’s incident. its also important to note the unique situation this is and how heavily survival and preservation is involved here. Oz can’t care about anyone, it’s dangerous and just as dangerous for everyone else involved in crime (alberto to sofia, nadia + taj to sal). its why he was untouchable when his mother was still hidden, he had nothing to lose—but after sofia, oz learned his lesson the hard way about exceptions, urging him to turn his attention towards vic for the last time.

It could also be similar to how he never returned his brothers despite having time and even staring out the window (slowly killing victor with time to change his mind). It could be that in the moment as a child he was accepting the situation for what it was, he’d killed his brothers and needed to assess what to do, but us the viewer have to keep in mind his opportunistic personality (hinted by oz’s admiration of rex despite his older brother’s moral aversion) and the possibility of shock feigning as indifference (i say this because of the severity of oz’s denial reminds me of a trauma response). as many children do, he sought the short term benefit—the short term benefit was keeping his mother’s affection over disrupting that current peace and causing long term harm. (i don��t really believe the real reason was to have it solely for himself, mostly because it was only from his mother’s bias/pov and then by sofia who was only out to hurt him—but i think he just wanted to sustain it). by seeking the short term benefit of saying nothing and sharing a nice moment with his mother, it also further highlights, as you said, his inability to deal with the truth and the lies he upholds to keep his own peace (something his mother also did by constantly lying to oz that she didn’t know what he’d done and actually loathed him for it instead)—a ticking time bomb which sofia uses and demolishes completely, or at least enough for the viewers to realize the severity of oz’s delusions, which as you said, had been prevalent since the beginning, but never quite the full depth or scope of.

[book--wyrm]

Pengu Ep 7 liveblog time!!

Oh boy.

Oh we are starting strong with a flashback huh

Oh no we are starting strong with some brotherly jealousy. Two minutes in and I am already leaning towards Oz killing his siblings to monopolize his mom's attention

"Is [Rex's car] made of real gold?" "It's just paint"

Not Jack smarter at 15 than Oz is at 50

NOT THE "PARENT NOT BEING PAID ENOUGH" COMING BACK

Also I was wrong Oz is the middle child it seems.

Oz such a lil cheater lol

Oh my god.

Ohhhh my god. That's almost worse than anything I could have expected.

I should have realized. I should have realized. A single moment of stupid, thoughtless, selfish cruelty is all it takes. And an unwillingness to ever face the reality of what he did.

And this makes his snapping at Vic for the Jack thing so much worse. Jack was the son who got shit done. And Oz killed him.

THE TAPPING AND THE BANGING AND THE TAPPING AND THE BANGING AND I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS FUCKIGN SHOW OH MY GOD I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS FUCKING SHOW HOW IS IT SUCH A BANGER EVEN WHEN IT MAKES ME WANNA DIE

Oh shit Vic's here lmao.

Why is there a gap between Sofia nabbing Francis and Sal showing up. Did sofia go it alone. I bet she did.

Fuck the guilt get me results

Love Sofia sending one of her boys to make sure Sal doesn't kill Oz. Sofia doesn't trust Sal, and Sal refutes the idea of Sofia leashing him. In any other show this would telegraph a late episode betrayal between them but with this show i really don't know

Love the scraping noise coming in before the visual

do you feel better ahhhhh

i need more sal and sofia

Sofia why cant you bring me breakfast too. i'll eat a singular toast for u

I love Francis ngl. She's so caustic even in the face of danger.

They didnt' have their umbrellas

Hahaha ngl sofia deserved that

oh my god i legit thought she was gonna brain julian with the kettle lmaoooo i love the way they do diegetic sound design

I kinda hope francis gets to kill julian ngl. i love julian but i just think its what francis deserves

"The Gigante and the Maroni families" not sal putting sofia's name first. this feels too prominent. i am scared

Oh boy oh boy oh boy if this wasn't a penguin show this would feel like a perfect place for Sal to twoface his opponent

Wow is sal dying of a heart attack. Right now? Bro. Timing.

Huh. I see what they're doing, with the stolen valor and the robbed victory. But I wish they'd set up the heart condition earlier.

Oh boy is this where Sofia breaks bad and kills a kiddo. Oh my god wait Gia is in a kid's psychiatric hospital Sofia literally reenacting her own trauma on this preteen she is so full of problems

SOFIA TURNING INTO HER DAD AND ALSO JULIAN HAHAHAHA

THIS IS A GIFT SOFIA BABY YOU NUTCASE

god i am glad she confessed though. like it was in the worst way possible to say that to a child but.

this is the only time we have seen sofia cry. not even when she found alberto.

DR SUBDROP DOING RAVE SHIT

sofia speedrunning self awareness in the penultimate episode

i am slightly afraid again that julian is gonna lobotomize sofia

sofia you were so close baby. you could have just walked away with your boy toy and a bag of cash and gone to metropolis

she should have gotten free wahhhhhhhhhh

we all know it's not gonna happen

we all know its not gonna happen

my heart is fucking palpatating rn

i need to pause my fucking blood pressure

IS SOFIA RUNNING FOR MAYOR. I WANT SOFIA TO RUN FOR MAYOR

AHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

OH MY GOD BOMB SHELTERING IN HIS BROTHERS GRAVES

HAHHAHAAH my prediction of Oz blowing it all to block sofia + sal was the wrong way around oh my god i love her so much

Oh wow. Wooowwwwww. Young Oz really breaking his mother and making her into the woman who makes him a monster.

is it bad i want him to find his brothers skulls down here. is that bad.

boo it didnt happen.

Wow mr cop actually came back huh.

well i was totally off base on everything!!! i am so happy

[maxwell-grant]

The Penguin: Episode 6 "Gold Summit" Breakdown

To taking back Gotham

(Episode 1) (Episode 2) (Episode 3) (Episode 4) (Episode 5) (Episode 7) (Episode 8)

"His family's still fucking ash" lmao you fucking piece of shit

Rules that this follows directly from last episode's triumphant ending and that here we open in what could be an opening monologue for The Batman 2: On Ice. Shots of the city interspersed with a biker making his way underground to the sound of music while we hear our protagonist talking about the changing tides for the city that eventually turns out to be happening in real time (Bruce writing down on his journal - Oz giving a pep talk to his dealers). Love that this opening speech is Oz's take on the Something In The Way Hmmmmm Monologue.

Gotham already divided into feudal warlordism with the gangs scrapping for territory amongst each other and Oz the guy who's most qualified to seize them as clients because he's under all of them and knows the city like the back of his hand

I love the opening speech he gives to Victor and I'll quote it here

"Look around. Look at what we got, kid. The good people of Crown Point, hard at woick, right? Protectin us. Keepin this whole fuckin ting quiet. We got their loyalty. And we got their love. You know why? Cause we pay 'em. You know how meaningful that is, Vic? To be da guy in the neighborhood who takes care a'people? They're gonna tell stories about us one day, kid. Victor Aguilar....and Oswald Cobb...yeah. Our names are gonna live forever...

I love the way he delivers these last lines, like he can't even believe it himself. He says Victor Aguilar in friendly pep talk mode and then stops and sobers up once he says his own name, like he can't even believe that he's not bullshitting anymore and this is all actually happening. Maybe the first time he's ever opened his heart about his dream to anyone other than maybe his ma, and wasn't rebuffed or dismissed for it, the first time he ever seriously meant it

Oz openly admits that he's paying for their love and regards having that love as an unbelievable personal milestone because the dude cannot conceive of non-transactional love

Oz 100% convinced that being the guy who sells drugs to the community and implicates them all in his underground black market is him being the great neighborhood guy who takes care of people is just so Oz, such a Penguin thing from him. So sincerely and utterly childishly convinced of his own hype, the most ardent believer in his own bullshit.

It's great that for Sofia, the hardened gangster and family enemy is this warm father figure here to mostly lend moral support and steer her right as best he can, and the repentant "nice guy" therapist devoted to her is the dark twisted bad boy she can fuck and workshop forms of torture with.

Clancy Brown in his natural element playing a criminal dad. I love that he gets a role here where he can bring so much warmth and affection and sorrow to it.

I love that Sal Maroni, partially because of his role as the opposite of Carmine Falcone, is kind of an easily-played chump, and this is prominent in the scene they'll have later at Oz's apartment with Sal blinded with rage smashing anything he can find while Sofia's the one who actually finds a path to Oz, but I also like their conversation here where he corrects her in thinking that the Triads won't back down on their deal, providing some needed experience and street knowledge to Sofia, who is still relatively naive given her upbringing and isolation.

I love the contrast set this episode, between Oz and Sofia's family units, both with their sidekick and their family member. Sofia and Sal with a lovely dinner made from an old family recipe inside the opulent Falcone mansion, while Oz and Victor and Francis squat in a stolen apartment on the the apocalyptically shitty Crown Point over scrambled eggs not even with any electricity in the building.

Every scene with Francis just crushes me, trust me if I don't talk about her enough it's certainly not because there's nothing to talk about. I don't wanna think about what kind of horrible bomb they're sitting on regarding how Oz's brothers died, I don't even wanna think about Francis' scenes in general even if they're all terrific.

This one line does so much to explain what is up with Oz's worship of Rex Calabrese. He wasn't just this cool guy who ran the neighborhood and had a cool chariot and took care of people and died the kind of death Oswald desperately wants to have, he was the guy who got shit done, the guy that Oz's mom relied on more so than his actual dad. He was the guy who got the closest to achieving the main and only thing Oz wants, to be the guy who can take care of his mother.

The whole bit with Jack is even more crushing. You get where Oz's hurt is coming from, you get why he think Victor's crossing a line, you get he doesn't want to set her up for even more dissappointment and why he needs to be hard and real with her as she is to him, but at the same time, you also get why Francis is so miserable a lot of the time. Victor actually is vastly more qualified to tending to her emotional needs than Oz, he actually does have nurse-like qualities as a result of his mom, he's doing what you're instructed to do with dementia patients and Francis gets the tiniest little nugget of joy and relief, before Oz rips it away and stomps on it, in no small part because he still refuses to admit what's happening to her, and he cannot accept that he's not taking care of her the way she needs someone to. Oz is trying his damndest to and it's not working, he's not good at it. Even besides the shithole they're in because of his actions, he's not good at being warm and thoughtful and considerate to other people, and he was never raised to be. This is the one thing in the world he wants and needs to do more than anything else, and he just sucks at it no matter how hard he tries.

"The hanging and the pinky? Jesus Sofia, pick a fucking lane" lmao

Just in case you forgot that this is a guy who cares about the branding, the trademarks of how you murder people and sign your name on it, seen all the way from bickering with Victor in Episode 1 over the best way to deliver the corpse to the Falcones. Of course he cares about the branding, he's a Batman Villain.

Love the creeping musical sting that plays as he figures out what to do, when he gets his impossible idea to solve an impossible conundrum. Love the cigar that teleports into his lips mid cut.

What Sofia says here, that Oz's greatest asset is that he has nobody he cares about. It isn't true of Oz for now, but it definitely rings true of her, that there's not really anyone she cares about that is still alive and thus Oz can't hurt her nearly as much as she can hurt him.

LEFRANC: We know Oz's brothers have died, and we don't really know why or how it happened. But with that, I think, comes a very heightened relationship between Francis and Oz. It's just the two of them now. So all the love that Francis had across three boys is put into one man, and every - all her hopes and dreams for whatever this person could do across three boys is all put into one person. And it felt interesting to explore, in part, why she's so intent on having him succeed. O'CONNELL: There is nobody. It's just the two of them They had to let go of a lot of relationships to just keep this clarity. I think they moved through a lot of people - The Penguin Podcast Episode 6

I totally forgot that Oswald giving his mother jewelry he attained from bloody methods comes from Pain and Prejudice and honestly I kinda forgot most of that comic in general, although I'm not surprised to hear directly that this was the Penguin comic Lauren LeFranc named as a reference, that much is kinda obvious.

I think I said before that I'm not too big a fan of Pain and Prejudice and that my feelings on it only really got more mixed to negative over time, even though there are still things about it I do very much like. It doesn't actually matter that much because the show doing incredible redefining definitive stuff out of largely mediocre comics is something this saga has been doing since the movie (Long Halloween, Hush, fucking Earth One), spinning gold out of manure is one of the strongest points of adapting this stuff in the first place. I'm mostly bringing this up because I don't want to talk about that scene, some scenes I just wanna digest privately and not pour a ramble on top of them.

Cannot get over the close-up of Oz putting lipstick on his mom while we see the dirt beneath his fingers.

Love that Victor's eventual decision to murder Squid starts from this scene where he tries to reach out to Oz for a solution to this problem, and sees that Oz is not even remotely in the mental space to think about this right now, and so Vic sidesteps the issue and decides to try and handle it solo with money. I love that Victor's first murder comes not from Oz telling him to do it, not even implying it, but from Victor's emotional intelligence leading him to figure out where Oz is at and decide not to overload him with another burden, correctly trying to handle the situation himself but incorrectly assuming he could just appeal to cash-based compromise like he could with the cop. I like that it's specifically a very Victor decision and situation to arrive at, done not because of anything Oz decides but to protect Oz and Francis as his new family.

I like that "he has nurse-like qualities" wasn't just a dumb joke, but an extremely accurate assessment of Victor's character disguised as a dumb joke.

Hahaha fuck yeah they did a "Could be worse, my nose could be gushing blood" bit.

This isn't a show that's really committed to nerd references but there were definitely a lot more than in most previous episodes and that includes what feels like several references to Batman Returns. The coat he wears underground, the politician nose mangling, the cold underground hideout, power being siphoned from the city, I was kinda parsing them as mostly coincidences and then it turned out that Oz's cold miserable apartment was in the fucking Zoo of all things.

I've grown increasingly mixed-to-negative feelings on comic book villains, and specifically Batman villains, painted as overtly sympathetic and justified anti-heroes scrapping against bigger and more blatantly uncomplicatedly evil targets like the government and Elon Musk pastiches and yadda yadda, largely because I increasingly do not care for dumb simplistic toothless bullshit done with characters sold as violent and edgy and morally complicated and etc, that's a whole other thing. I'm just prefacing this because, all else said, Penguin threatening and sticking pliers up a corrupt politician's nose to force him to put the power back on a poor neighborhood, even if it was really just for his mom and criminal operation, was extremely cool and good and I was rooting for him the whole time (well, more so than I already am).

"You think you can just raw dog the people of Gotham with an invisible dick?" Thank you Dan Fuchs, this Fuchs, I know you're very happy you got this through WB.

BADIE: You would think Eve's apartment, the way she presents herself in her outdoor appearence, you would think she'd be slightly more pulled together, but you see she is vulnerable. You did see wigs cause that's her thing. She's costuming. She plays characters all the time in her world, and with Oz and with everybody. Just like she said, Oz doesn't like to see her in her natural state. They want the fantasy. - The Penguin Podcast Episode 6

Much like the scene with Francis at the bathtub was a keystone they used to figure out the rest of the character, the scene with Eve here definitely feels like the scene that informs her entire role and justification for being here, a real highlight of the series.

Excellent twist for a start, leading us (and Sofia) to assume Roxy was selling out Eve, using Sofia's natural expectations towards distrust and backstabbings and her preconceived notions about these people as well as ours, playing off how we were already narratively primed to mistrust Roxy based on her prior appearences, before revealing Eve asked her to do it so she could take the bullet for her girls. LeFranc calls them the strongest family unit in the show and this scene proves it (and also makes me think Oz will definitely ruin it down the line)

Extremely good tennis match scene between them, Eve trying to maneuver herself into the least disgraceful way to die while Sofia tries to maneuver her into a more justifiable victim, and then the Hangman is brought up and then turned around and it sinks in for both of them that this is not going where they expected it to, and how they both have more in common than realized until by the end they're almost on the same page, because Sofia maneuvered Eve into a position where she cannot blame Sofia for what she's doing / condemn her as a privileged monster, and Eve maneuvered Sofia into a position where she can't kill her without proving her right / becoming her father.

I didn't think they were neglecting the severity of it, but I'm glad to see it spat out on such clear terms here that Oz was complicit in the horrible shit Carmine did to those sex workers, that Oz sold out Sofia for a job promotion, that he knew that Carmine killed his wife and those women and knew that he'd keep on killing and kept quiet about it, that he has no business parading himself as an ally and a friend to Eve and her girls when he helped cover up the brutal murders of her friends.

Sofia goes into that interaction with a lot of preconceived notions about who this person is and a lot of judgments about why would you perform for men? Sofia comes from her own very privileged life, even though her life has been absolutely and utterly awful. She still, I think, comes in with a lot of judgment and disdain. Also, she knows Eve has been part of the lie about the death of her brother, and that is such an engine for her that everyone must pay for her loss. But she sees in Eve someone who has also been underestimated and overlooked. Who she encounters is actually extremely smart and real, and I think just gets through to her. Clearly, Sofia’s body count at this point in the show is so many. [laughs] But she still has a very specific code of villain ethics. She can’t be responsible for taking the life of someone in the way that she was accused of. It’s almost like Tony Soprano with the Ducks. She spares a child. She won’t engage in the type of murder that she was accused of, especially when she connects with someone. But then when it comes to her family, other people on the show, it’s not even a thought. - Cristin Milioti

Eve with the umbrella symbol, the person in the show who is most concerned about protecting her family / the people under her from the world surrounding them, to the point she is willing to die not just for the girls but for Oz, until it sinks in just how deeply Oz has always been betraying her and she's willing to let Sofia have her chance to kill him even when she's already out the door sparing her.

This is part of why LeFranc has repeteadly stressed that she wanted Oz to be a man who respects women, who relates and acts differently towards them than other gangsters. Not just because of how it reflects his relationship with his mom, but because of his relationship with Eve and this scene. The actions he takes and the brutality against them he's complicit in, no matter how nice and respectful and upstanding he is at them to their faces, because he still backstabbed them and fed their friends to the meat grinder. Even if there was nothing he could do against the Falcones and he had his mother to take care of first and foremost, even if he had his reasons, he still pushed them under the bus and profited from his silence and acted like he was such a big fucking friend to them all.

Someone who can be the biggest feministest ally of all time to women they're friends with / want to fuck / will do things for them, not even entirely in a fake self-serving way but actively believing they're being a good guy doing right by them, and still be passively and actively complicit in horrific misogynistic brutalities, and they will even be rewarded for it.

If you don't know someone who calls himself your good ally, and who would sit by and let the Hangman cruelly butcher you and your loved ones, in return for a promotion or out of mere personal convenience and never even think twice about it, well who am I kidding, you obviously know someone like that, you know a thousand someones like that.

Extremely rules that we get Sofia and Eve, embodying the two different extremes of Gotham, coming together to realize how they've both been used and discarded by Oz, on the same episode he ends by giving his big Independence Day speech to rally the gangs in class warfare. I'm sure the future images we've seen of him in the fucking top hat bode extremely well for this revolution of theirs.

Lmao I was comparing him to Paulie day one and then he does the patented Sirico finger point. Surviving the Gotham wars by the skin of his nuts.

I love Gotham mob hierarchies, I would like to learn more about these guys. Love that this moment of Oz rallying up forces against the upper strata of Gotham crime families, the first time he assembles an actual criminal empire to help him, involves him calling together his own Five Families. A Five Families made from Gotham street criminals uniting under his banner to take out the last and greatest titans of the upper class organized crime that ruled the city for the past 20 years.

"They don't even know your fucking nAAAAAME"

Beautifully elegant directing, using the crackling beers in place of where any dialogue would feel a tad too corny.

Oz driving to a meeting full of gangs lining up to kill him and getting them lining up to join him is maybe a first, or at least very rare, as far as The Penguin, really any version of The Penguin, showing actual leadership skills, showing how does he get people to work for him and give him things even when he's in no position to threaten them and they disdain him and know he is not to be trusted.

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Love how Oz responds to the interruptions in the speech, how good he is at turning those extremely valid criticisms and reads around as reasons they should join up him.

People don't trust you Oz, you're a piece of shit, and you're ugly, and you ooze sleaze and you're very very ugly

I made the comparison above between Oz with the beers and Bruce with the flare because to me, this feels like Oz's pivotal moment, this is his flare moment, the scene where you can see the legend of what this man is and will become take form in front of the city. The moment this classless codeless fool, this crude little backstabber hated more than any other criminal in town, a bargain-basement hustler derisively named The Penguin, rises through the ranks to become the king of the city.

Oz taking over the world with a giant ice box

The Penguin ready to take over as soon as winter rolls into Gotham.

(Credit to @postbusters2k16 on twitter for pointing this out)

Once again, the happiest moments we'll ever see Francis in, and Oz is not there to see it.

And oh hey there's one more set of parallels, probably not intentional, but it sure seems like Victor's speedrunning his way through Jason Todd-isms. Starting off by attempting to steal the hubcaps off the Penguinmobile was one thing but this episode goes all in. The motorcycle, the gun, a criminal named Squid (who was a part of the storyline that introduced Jason Todd and Killer Croc), shooting his first criminal dead, being traumatized, getting pulled deeper into the deep end, ending the episode with a Batman Villain holding a crowbar while looming over him and his (new) mom.

Fun times ahead for everyone.

[razorblade180]

Actor AU

Ruby:*looking at cameraman* You know in the show how we ham up the fact Blake likes fish? Well actually.... *points behind her*

Blake:*stuffing down sushi roll*.....What?

Ruby:Absolutely nothing changes. That sushi bar is her playground.

xxxx

Nora:Aye cuz, you ready for your big scene!?

Penny:*getting face painted* Time to die! Wooo!

Nora:Woooo! *whispers* she’ll be back. Ssssshhh!

xxxxx

Blake:Now most people might think Yang and Adam would cause some friction offset with all drama in the show. *looks at food bar*

Adam and Yang: *dancing while eating doughnuts*

Blake:*snickering* They are the biggest clowns here. Ruby, come get your sibling before they choke!

Ruby:Real or fake one!?

xxxxx

[Vol2]

Weiss:*balancing on chair* Boom! Told ya I could do it. All balance baby.

Yang:This her fifth attempt. Please tell me we got the second one on film?

Bloop!

Weiss:So Blake, What is wro-aaah! *smacks against the door.*

Ruby:Weiss!!!

Yang:HAHAHAHAH AHAHHAAAAA!!!!

Bloop!

Yang:*wiping her tears* God that was hilarious. Her body just went wham!

Weiss:Shut up!

xxxx

Weiss:Psssst! Look at this bitch over here. Practicing for his debut.

Whitley:*reading his lines*......!? *flips her off*

Weiss:*smiles* He’s gonna do great.

Whitley:Imma steal all your light. *smiles* They’ll make me the new ‘W’ for RWBY.

Weiss:Brothers, I tell ya. I don’t know if he’s more annoying on or off set. Got a whole ass trailer with his name on it. Such a diva. I’m so proud.

xxxx

[Vol2]

Ruby:I just wanna say I’m the greatest sister ever. I got connections and influence so... *points to set*

Coco:*winks* Surprise!

Ruby:I got her a small part. Got siblings all up through this set.

Adam: *chilling on a roof* I actually earned my part!

Ruby:Somehow! “PerFect! SeT THe ChARgeS!” What kind of line delivery!? Hahaha!

Coco: “YaNG! IS tHat yOu!?”

Adam: “YAng!? Yaaaaaaaannnnnng!”

Ruby:*red* Shut up!! That was my first read and I was younger!!!

xxxx

[V5]

Weiss:Your mom kidnapped me!?

Yang:You kidnapped her!?

Raven:And proms tomorrow!? Yes I kidnapped her! I’m a god damn bandit!

Yang:*keeping it together* Y...You fiend! How could...hehe. H-How.....

Raven:*snickering* You...you good?

Yang:Why prom!?

Raven:I don’t know!?

Vernal:*activley laughing*

xxxxx

Pyrrha: You know I asked my girlfriend is she ever misses me on set. *smiles* Smart ass said if I did then you’d be alive.

Cinder:*barges in* Am I wrong though!?

xxxxx

[V8]

Emerald:You just can’t go to Vacou! Cinder-

Mercury:Forget about her. You’re backing the wrong horse here. She doesn’t care! See ya around Em. *kisses her and walks away*

Emerald:......*looks at camera, then the hall* Di..he didn’t realize..?

Tyrian:I don’t think he has!

Crew:*laughing*

Mercury:*walking back* Did I just kiss you?

Emerald:*holding laughter* Took you long enough! It’s only been what fans wanted forever! Eight volumes Mr.

Mercury:*face palming* My bad everyone.

Tyrian:I was just stunned! I thought I missed part of the script! Couples, focus man! I know you love your girlfriend but I need ya too hate her a bit right now!

Emerald:*laughing* Please put this in features!

xxxx

Salem:*controlling grimm*

Oscar and Neo: *flossing off camera*

Salem:....Fuck *smiles* Damn you two! Let me be serious!

xxxx

[V8]

Ren:You cheated your way into Beacon!

Jaune:And you cheated on Nora!

Ren:WHAT!?

Jaune:WITH ME!

Ren:IT WAS ONE TIME! *hits bike* I WAS SO AFRAID, AND YOU WERE SO WARM!!!! *tears up*

Yang:*Amazed and confused* And the plot thickens!!!

xxxx

Oscar:James, you need to calm down. Now I know you miss Oz-

Ironwood:I miss no one. *shoots Oscar* No one.

Ozpin:*off screen* Nooooooooo!

xxxx

[V8]

Oscar:I’m not upset you left. I’m upset you came back.

Ozpin:Fine I’ll go get some milk and cigarettes. Shit, wanna be alone so much.

Oscar:Oh my god hehe...d-dad no! Wait! Haha c-come back! What do I tell mom!?

Jaune:And that was the last time Ozpin ever showed up.

xxxxx

Cinder: You know I hope I get another fight scene with you Jaune.

Jaune:Why’s that?

Cinder:You know, took your partner’s heart and rearranged your crush’s guts. *smiles* Jealous?

Nora:My lord...

Jaune:This is who I deal with off set. Cinder unchained. Witty as hell.

xxxxx

Penny: *dancing with Oscar*

Nora:You know...starting to think my cousin wasn’t excited to comeback for me. Fine, I’m not salty. I bet Cardin would love to come back. Get the whole family up in here.

xxxxx

Soldiers:*aiming guns*

Ironwood:Making progress? *strokes beard*

Watts:*strokes mustache*.........Yeah.

Ironwood:......?

Watts:......Huh? Oh are we filming!?

Ironwood:Oh my-yes! Haha! For like a minute.

Crew:*laughing*

Watts:My bad, zoned out.

Ironwood:Man is just stroking his mustache out of character as guns are pointed at him! *nudges him*

Watts:I..I got nothing. *face palms*

[the-hate-keeps-me-warm]

I’ve been wanting to try my hand at writing more seriously for a while so here’s how the Salem Oscar meeting might go

Oscar awoke in a bed one made from stone sheets and blankets had been layered over it to presumably make it comfortable He was confused the last thing he remembered was sitting on the hover bike with ren no that wasn’t right there was something else ren yelled for some reason ren never yells but Oscar couldn’t quite remember why he decided to sit up as soon as he did waves of pain shot throughout his body the room was dimly lit and he could almost make out someone standing in the dark he almost calls out to it but Ozpin interrups

We need to leave I’m not sure where we are but I can tell she’s close

Do you mean sal-

Yes now can you stand

Oscar can tell he was afraid he didn’t even want to speak of her

Oscar attempts to stand but what he hears stops him dead

“No stay she says too”

The voice falters like someone not sure how to say a word they just learned or a shy child talking in front of people they don’t know

He looks to the figure it takes a step forward silently and comes into the light as soon as he sees it he recoils back remembering exactly what happened he stares at it his mind couldn’t come up with words to describe it but Ozpin knew exactly what to call it a monstrosity Oscar stared at the creature it had no eyes and so many teeth Oscar hadn’t had too many encounters with Grimm but he knew they did not talk was this someone’s semblance maybe emeralds trying to scare him where was he was he captured were the others all right his mind began to race with the possibility’s

Calm down you if that is a Grimm it may attack if you don’t control yourself and I don’t feel long memory on our belt

“Yes yes the cane where was it” Oscar thought he reached for his belt it wasn’t there he could feel the fear coming from Ozpin at that fact

“She will be here soon”

The voice emanating from the Grimms teeth saturated mouth spoke once again

Oscar could feel oz start to panic the fear of Salem was one they both shared

Oscar suddenly felt more calm when others panicked he always did manage to feel more at ease because if they were panicking too that means the threats real and he can do something about it so he decided to speak

“Where am I”

The Grimm stayed silent

He heard the creek of a door light shone throughout the room blinding Oscar he strained his eyes he recognized her by her figure alone and was relieved it was cinder

“Get up she wants to talk to you” her voice was cold but behind it he could feel the furry he shakily got up from the bed when he did he noticed his coat was gone and over his arm was a bandage that rapped several times around it “hurry up she doesn’t like to be kept waiting” Oscar shuffler tworads cinder keeping an eye on the Grimm he couldn’t decide who he was more afraid of the Grimm or cinder but he knew who probably would kill him if he turned his back and that was cinder so he decided to go with her

She led him down a long hall way decorated with black lamps so everything was so dim you couldn’t really see anything but all you could make out where figures and shadows but compared to the light of the room he was in before it was almost blinding his whole body hurt so maybe that was why his eyes hurt too his body telling him that whatever he did to end up in this much pain to never do it again and he got the message loud and clear they reach a set of double doors cinder opens them and he follows the room was beautiful in a strange sort of way it’s architecture looked natural and unnatural at the same time but what he was more concerned with was the woman siting at the end of the long table in the middle of the room cinder led him closer and closer he could almost hear the fear coming from Ozpin his desire to run away and hide grew by the second they were only a few feet from her now he could see her face clearly now and her expression took him back it wasn’t one anger or malice more like pitty cinder pulled out the chair next too Salem and said “sit” so he did he could hear cinder walk behind him and leave now alone with the woman he could feel his hands staring to shake he grabbed his left with his right to try to make them stop but for some reason he could not look away from her ozpin had gone silent now oscar could feel noting from him

“You don’t have to be afraid child”

Her voice was sweet it almost reminded him of the one his aunt would use when he was little and he was afraid

“I am not going to hurt you If you give me what I want”

“A-and what do you want”

“How do I use the lamp I know you know and please don’t try and lie”

Oscar stayed silent he knew she had the lamp but knowing and being told it by her are two very different things

“Your probably wondering what do you get out of this I’ll tell you I can separate you and ozma so that you can be your own person”

What she said can’t be true Ozpin said they were one now that there souls were bound together

“You seem suprised he might not of known that he can be separated from his host but he can he’s done it with the maidens so why couldn’t it be done with him right now he’s probably telling you I’m lying or that I’m tricking you but I’m not I am no lier”

“He hasn’t told me anything he’s quiet now”

She leans back in her throne “that doesn’t surprise me he always was a coward hiding in the body of a child doesn’t come as a surprise to me anymore tho It does break my heart that he would do that take someone’s whole life away”

“But he doesn’t get to choose”

“No he doesn’t but he does get to choose what to do once he’s bonded he could stay quiet and not ruin people’s lives but he chooses to do so and I’m sorry that he chose to do that to you my offer isn’t a lie I can separate you from him you could be free to live your life again I’ve been told you were a farmer with an aunt don’t you want to go back to her she must be worried did you tell her where you were going when you left leave a note perhaps”

“I-I left a note”

He doesn’t know why he told here that there was no point in telling her that but he for some reason felt so relaxed around her even tho he was scared moments before all the fear he feels is coming from oz

“Now that just isn’t fair is it she took care of you when your parents passed and you just left without even a goodbye”

“How did you know that”

“Oh watts knows a lot about computers and after we found out who you were I decided to have him do a little research find out who you were before Ozma”

Oscar could feel the fear returning if they knew he his aunt was they could find her have they hurt her maybe worse

“Did you did you hurt her”

“No we haven’t laid a finger on her but we have been watching her she’s struggling without you she’s getting up in years and can’t do a lot of the field work on her own if you were separated you could go back you could go back to growing food and living a simple life a happy life and I’ll even have someone take you there with enough lien to last a life time and we will never bother you again”

What happens if I refuse your offer

“I may have to use more drastic means than polite conversation”

Can I have some time to think

“Yes of course child”

Her voice dripped in sweetness he felt as tho it could be a front but desperately wanted it to be true he wanted her to be the Salem oz remembered the woman so fierce in combat she scared him at times but the same one who was so soft after the battle the one who held him as he wept for the old world after there second meeting the one who held there children in her arms with the brightest smile the woman who’s sass knew no limits and her love even less he felt the sadness from Ozpin and tears began to well up in his eyes he looked down at his hands away from her for the first time sense sitting down

“It’s ok if you want to cry child”

Oscar couldn’t hold the tears and let them fall holding back the sobs she places a hand on his shoulder he feels as though he should be afraid and pull alway but he doesn’t

“I understand it is hard having so much responsibility thrust upon you at such a young age it must be hard being away from everything you know on top of that”

Oscar not only couldn’t hold back the sobs but didn’t want too anymore the woman Ozpin had told him was the ultimate evil was patting him on the shoulder and telling him it’s ok the woman so many of his past lives had dreamt of holding in there arms the woman who was wronged by the gods for loving someone and not wanting to be alone this was the first time he had let himself cry in a long time

“I’m sorry the gods wronged you This way I know how it feels I promise you never asked for this”

I hate him too he didn’t let me say goodbye to her because she would try and stop us

“It’s ok let it out then we can talk more”

That’s the end it was supposed to be way longer but I lost half of it and honestly couldn’t be fucked to rewrite it all so sorry this was my first public work and honestly I know it’s not great just trying to toss an idea around that what if Salem is kind to Oscar when they meet

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RWBY- Shopping Daze

I didn’t expect to upload anything else this week, but this is an idea I had for a while and just decided to go with it. So, I hope you enjoy this.

Think of this as like a RWBY chibi sketch. It’s jokey and funny.

Oscar Pine sighed as he looked at the clothing store before him.

“Really, shopping?” Oscar asked aloud.

“Of course.” Ozpin answered within his mind. “You truly are a real huntsman now so of course you’re going to need some new threads to go with it.”

“Threads?”

“Oh, is that not what the kids are saying these days? What about duds?”

“Um… no.”

“Well no matter. The point is clothes make the man and with our triumph back at Haven Academy, you’re definitely deserving of some new clothes.”

“If you say so…”

Quickly, they went into the clothing store and picked out a few outfits that both of them insisted on.

Soon, they were in the fitting room and began trying on outfits.

The first one was one that Ozpin insisted on. It was a dark suit with a green scarf that sat nicely around his neck along with tiny glasses that rested on his nose.

“There. Don’t you look dashing, Oscar?” A triumphant Ozpin asked.

Oscar sighed. “This is just what you wore in your last life…”

“What…? Really?” Ozpin so obviously lied.

“Yes!”

“No, it isn’t.”

“I’ve seen pictures of you!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

“Well… how did this happen?”

“You know for someone who lies so much, you’re bad at it.”

“Oh fine. Let’s tryone of the others.”

Now Oscar was dressed in even worse farm clothes complete with overalls, a dirtied shirt and was even barefoot.

Oscar put his hands on his hips with a smile.

“Now this is what I’m talking about!”

“You must be joking.”

“What? This is great.”

“No, it really isn’t.”

“Sure it is! Cousin Joseph wore this stuff all the time and he was the coolest guy back on the farm!”

“Yes, sure. But out here you look like rubbish. Please change.”

“Aw… come on.”

“You’re barefoot. We could trip over Jaune’s self-esteem and die like this.”

Oscar sighed, but complied.

They tried on the next outfit and Oscar had to lift up the hole in the helmet so he could see.

“No.”

“Why not, Oscar?”

“There is nothing fashionable about this.”

“but I wore it all the time back in the middle ages.”

“Yeah? Well no one does now.”

“So?”

“So where does someone find a green suit of armor in the middle of a Hot Topic?!”

“Well…”

“Next!”

This time, Oscar had a nearly identical version of Ruby’s old outfit only opting to go with long black pants instead of a skirt.

“Oh, this is pathetic.” Ozpin deadpanned.

“What’s wrong with this?”

“It screams desperation.”

“No, it doesn’t…”

“Really?”

“Sure. Ruby is just a friend who I happen to admire and wanted to show that.”

“This is not the way and please, my presence makes your silly crush rather awkward and undesirable.”

“You’ve been through your teens hundreds of times. Isn’t that all weird high school romances?”

“Touché.”

“Alright, what do you suppose we do then?”

“How about we pick something out we agree on and hope for the best.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

So the two did just that, eventually deciding on an outfit that they could both at least tolerate.

When they got to the checkout counter, the shopkeeper asked them an important question. “Do you always talk to yourself when you’re changing?”

“Perfect.” Ozpin practically grinned. “Tell this old hag to watch his mouth and know who he is-”

“Yeah…” Oscar sighed, cutting him off. “Sometimes I can be pretty annoying when no one asked me to speak!”

“Rude!”

“Right…” The shopkeeper nodded. “anyway, that’ll be eighty Lien.”

“Right…”

“I don’t have any money…” He whispered.

“hm… true.” Ozpin noted. “Not to worry, I have this.”

“Oscar, I told you that my cane holds a special place in my heart, correct?”

“Yeah, you told Ruby that it’s not a relic.”

“It’s even better than a relic. Please, turn the handle to the right three times, left four and right twice.”

“Okay…”

Oscar did so and when he did, the glass on top of the cane popped open to which a radiant golden light streamed out, forcing everyone to cover their eyes.

When the light finally cleared and they could look again, Oscar’s eyes widened in shock, surprise and delight at what he saw.

Hovering just a little bit above the exposed glass was a solid gold credit card as an angelic harmony sang from nowhere in particular thanks to the incredible musical stylings of Jeff Williams.

“Wow…” Oscar gaped.

“Mr. Pine, as my new host, I bestow upon you the single most powerful item in the world of Remnant: My credit card. It is armed with poorly misplaced trust, government funds, the Beacon Academy tuition fees and however much Ironwood thinks he donates towards the fight against Salem but is actually just my hot cocoa account. I drink a lot of expensive, exotic hot chocolate.”

“It’s beautiful… C-can I touch it?”

“It is yours now.”

Smiling, Oscar took the card and happily swiped.

~Shopping Daze~

Back at Beacon, Salem’s crew was absolutely bored. Ever since the Battle of Haven Academy and the loss of the relic, they hadn’t really had anything to do.

For this reason, that’s how Emerald was still crying in her chair, Arthur was fiddling around with his custom scroll, Salem was glaring into her crystal ball and the rest of the guys were playing Go Fish.

“So…” Mercury asked. “Got any twos, Tyrian?”

Tyrian, who was hiding his face behind his cards slowly looked up from them revealing a great big Cheshire grin on his face. He let out a little chuckle. “Hehehe… do I have any twos? Ohohoho… Do I have any twos he asks me. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA…”

And with that, the chuckles slowly rose to cackles and then great guffaws.

“Shut up!” Mercury shouted. “We’ve been doing this for two hours and every single time you make any sort of play you just keep doing that! You know what, I quit! You and Hazel have fun playing!”

At that, Mercury got up and stormed off to the head of the table where Salem was still glaring angrily at the silver ball.

“Yo, what’s up, Sal?”

“First, do not call me that, insect.”

Mercury sheepishly held his hands up in defense.

“Second of all, I am trying to find Ozpin’s crew. The Grimm between Haven and Atlas haven’t spotted them yet and I am growing frustrated.”

“Maybe they’re on a train.”

“Don’t be stupid, the story’s much more fun if they go on foot.”

“Whatever.” Mercury rolled his eyes.

He then poked the crystal ball, to which Salem hissed. “Don’t touch that!”

“You got any movies on this thing? I’m think of watching The Room…”  

Salem was about to snap at him only for the crystal ball to let out a loud alarm in the room.

Salem, pushed Mercury away and nearly, broke the ball getting herself up close and personal with it. “Ozpin just used his credit card! Finally! Hazel, go and get the Grimm Ozpin is-”

She looked only to see a cartoonish puff of smoke and cards scattered around the ground where he used to be.

“Yeah, he left the moment you said Oz.” Mercury quipped.

~Shopping Daze~

Oscar came out of the store carrying shopping bags (one of which had a few boxes of expensive chocolate, hot chocolate mix and milk curtesy of General James Ironwood), eating a triple scoop and whistling a happy tune. This was actually a pretty great day now that he had Ozpin’s dirty secret money. Nothing could go wrong.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

He looked up from his cone only to drop it at what he saw. A mess of Grimm of ridiculous shapes and sizes stood in a circle outside of the shopping mall and sitting atop a dragon Grimm was none other than, Hazel freshly dusted and ready to be a hypocritical child murderer.

“What the fu-“

“Oh yeah… I forgot Salem had tabs on that card.”

“Now you tell me?” Oscar asked as he threw aside the shopping bags and pulled out his cane.

“No worries, you’re a true huntsman now. We’ll take them on, together!”

And with that, Oscar ran into the fray.

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“¡Cómo pierdo 10 libras en 7 días con esta dieta de la sopa de repollo alias dieta militar!” ¡Mírame hacer esta sopa de repollo de principio a fin!

Voy a ir a Disneyland la próxima semana y decidí que no quería llevarme un blusón ancho encima, especialmente porque tengo una linda camiseta ajustada que quiero ponerme, pero me veo tan… L !!

Cuando necesito bajar mi barriga o 10 libras rápidamente me miro 2 dietas que nunca me decepcionan: mi dieta de batido verde y mi nuevo amor, la dieta de sopa de repollo ¡¡de 7 días!!

He aquí por qué adoro la dieta de la sopa de repollo:

¡¡FUNCIONA!! No es ciencia. Reduzca sus calorías, azúcar no saludable, almidones, por un período de tiempo mientras bebe mucha agua y perderá peso rápidamente.

¡¡ES RÁPIDO!! En la mañana del octavo día, la escala es siempre 7-10 libras más ligera.  Mi ropa me queda diferente, y mi tripa normalmente hinchada es plana. ¡¡Me encanta!!!

¡¡HAGO TRAMPA!! He descubierto que puedo engañar un poco con esta dieta. He colado un panecillo unas cuantas veces. También he usado algunos condimentos para condimentar las cosas.

¡Ideal para pre-dietas!  Esta dieta es GRANDE para el comienzo de una dieta real / plan de alimentación. Ya sabes, uno en el que comes una variedad de alimentos saludables y un equilibrio decente de calorías. A veces sólo se necesita un impulso, una limpieza, un aumento de la confianza en la balanza. ¡Esta dieta lo hace!

Sé que algunas personas Odian este tipo de dietas rápidas, ¡pero me encantan! Funcionan bien para mí y el peso se mantiene mientras coma una dieta balanceada. Si vuelves a comer azúcares y carbohidratos malos de inmediato, vas a volver a subir de peso rápidamente.

Tranquilízate.  Principalmente uso esta dieta para perder peso rápidamente durante un evento, la semana antes del Día de Acción de Gracias o para iniciar mi dieta de primavera antes de la temporada de trajes de baño.

¡Como siempre, consulte a un médico antes de reducir sus calorías de esta manera!

¿QUÉ ES LA DIETA DE 7 DÍAS (DIETA DE LA SOPA DE REPOLLO)?

Bueno, hablemos de la dieta de la sopa de repollo de 7 días. Es una vieja dieta que ha existido durante AÑOS y ha sido revisada una y otra vez. Es probable que encuentre varias versiones diferentes en línea.

Últimamente, estas dietas de 7 días se han vuelto populares. Hasta el Dr. Oz tiene uno. Lo leí por primera vez en un blog con el que me tropecé y pensé en intentarlo, aunque no esperaba mucho.  ¡Ahora estoy enganchado!

NUNCA pensé que me gustaría esta sopa de repollo, ¡pero es tan buena!

¿CÓMO SE HACE LA DIETA DE 7 DÍAS?

En la dieta de 7 días, usted sigue un plan de alimentación específico todos los días. Junto con comer estos alimentos, se le permite comer sopa de repollo o sopa milagrosa para bajar de peso o sopa milagrosa para vigilar el peso (tantos nombres para esta sopa.) siempre que lo desee.

Esta regla de la sopa ilimitada es lo que me llevó a la dieta de la sopa de repollo de 7 días. Me encanta poder comer esta sopa en cantidades ilimitadas. Odio tener hambre, y no seguiré ninguna dieta si tengo hambre. Punto. No olvide que DEBE beber ocho vasos de agua al día. Mis resultados varían si disminuyo en el agua, pero de 7 a 10 libras es lo que normalmente pierdo.

LA RECETA DE LA SOPA DE REPOLLO (“WONDER SOUP”)

Ahora sobre esta sopa de col de la pérdida del peso (sopa de la maravilla), la mayoría de los Website que ofrecen esta dieta dicen que usted debe hervir las verduras en agua, uh… ¡no señora! Siempre he usado caldo de pollo o caldo de verduras con tomates enlatados sazonados, y nunca ha impedido mi pérdida de peso.

De NINGUNA MANERA estaría comiendo esta sopa todos los días si la preparara con agua.  ¡Qué asco!  A lo largo de la dieta, también uso sal (muy ligeramente), pimienta, muchas hierbas y condimentos, aceite de oliva y un poco de mantequilla en el día de la patata.

También agrego saborizantes de 0-5 calorías a mi agua para asegurarme de que entre toda mi agua si es necesario. Estos cambios nunca han afectado mis resultados.

Mira hacer esta receta de sopa de col para adelgazar (sopa milagrosa) ¡de principio a fin!

DIETA DE SOPA DE REPOLLO EN 7 DÍAS

(Actualización: Ahora añado té desintoxicante con un chorrito de limón fresco a mis mañanas. WOW es todo lo que puedo decir! ¡Inténtalo! Yo uso Total Tea pero cualquier té de desintoxicación funcionará)

TABLA DE ALIMENTACIÓN DE 7 DÍAS

(¡No olvides beber agua todos los días y comer la sopa de repollo todo lo que quieras!)

Día 1 – Hoy no comas nada más que fruta (excepto plátanos) y toda la sopa de col dietética que quiera. Usted debe tratar de consumir las frutas con menor contenido de azúcar como manzanas, arándanos, etc.

Me gusta comer manzanas al horno con canela por la mañana, una gran ensalada de frutas y sopa de repollo para el almuerzo, y sopa de repollo y una ensalada de melón para la cena.

Consigue tu dosis crujiente con frutos secos.  Aperitivo de frutas durante todo el día. Las piñas y uvas congeladas son deliciosas. Además, la mezcla de sandía congelada hace que sea refrescante y natural. Hoy no fue tan malo como esperaba.

Día 2 – No coma nada más que vegetales (excepto maíz u otros vegetales con almidón). Sin embargo, usted puede comenzar el día con una patata asada (rústica o dulce). ¡TE ENCANTARÁ tener esta patata asada, créeme! ¡Nunca pensé que estaría tan feliz de comer una patata al horno por la mañana! Yo prefiero una batata.

Para el desayuno, corté mi batata en dados, espolvoreada con un poco de aceite de oliva y canela y la asé en el horno junto con algunos pimientos y cebollas.

Para el almuerzo, hago la sopa de col, y una ensalada espolvoreada con sal, pimienta y aceite de oliva. Es bastante bueno.

Para la cena, hago coliflor de arroz cubierta con un sofrito de calabacín, zanahorias asadas y pimientos morrones con salsa de soja ligera (trampa). Picoteo espinacas fritas horneadas. Hoy estuvo bien.

Día 3 – Hoy en día usted come frutas y verduras (excepto plátanos, maíz y otras verduras con almidón) ¡Hoy tampoco te dan patatas, es una mi****! Sólo hago una repetición del primer y segundo día para mis comidas.

Día 4 – Hoy en día sólo se comen plátanos y leche/yogurt. Este día es el MEJOR. Lo odio. Puedes tomar plátanos y leche o yogur sin azúcar. Boooooo, ¡pero hagámoslo lo mejor posible!

Para el desayuno, hago un batido de plátano hecho con plátanos, leche de almendras y yogur griego.

Para almorzar, tomo sopa de repollo.

Para la cena, hago otro batido de plátano grande y más sopa de repollo. Hago helado de plátano, congelando rebanadas de plátano y luego mezclándolas. También como patatas fritas secas de plátano. No es tan difícil de un día, muy aburrido y si odias las bananas, lo siento por ti.

Día 5- Hoy en día se comen sólo tomates (6-8) y proteínas como pescado, pavo y pollo. ¡No tuve ningún problema con este día ya que me encanta la carne y estaba feliz de conseguirla!

Hice hamburguesas de salchicha de pavo para el desayuno cubiertas con tomates.

Para el almuerzo, comí pollo a la parrilla cubierto con tomates sazonados con sal, albahaca, pimienta y sopa de repollo.

Para la cena, tenía más sopa maravillosa, pero le agregué salchicha de pavo para el desayuno y más tomates. Muy abundante Me cansé de la sopa en este día. ¡¡Ugh!!

Día 6 – Hoy son proteínas y verduras – A diferencia de ayer se pueden comer otras verduras además de los tomates.

Comí salchicha de pavo y verduras asadas en el desayuno.

Comí un stir-fry con pollo y vegetales para almorzar, tan bueno.

Comí spaghetti squash con salsa de tomate y pavo molido para cenar.

La calabaza espagueti está fuera de los límites (con almidón), ¡pero tenía que tenerla! ¡Hoy fue el mejor! No comí sopa de repollo hoy. Estaba sintiendo por el repollo.

Día 7 – Hoy son sólo frutas, verduras y jugos. ¡¡¡Booo!!!!!! Odié el día de hoy. Quería más carne. Gracias a Dios que es el último día. La báscula dice que esta mañana peso 7 libras menos, así que fue genial verlo. Me siento limpio por dentro. Pero hoy tengo hambre, ¡súper hambre!

Para el desayuno, hago un enorme batido de frutas y verduras con espinacas, manzanas, naranjas, uvas y agua. ¡Fue tan divino y dulce! Me mantuvo lleno hasta que llegó la hora de almorzar.

Para el almuerzo, hago una ensalada grande, sopa de repollo y granizado de sandía.

Para cenar, hago otro sofrito de coliflor con verduras asadas. Picoteo manzanas de canela horneadas y melón.

Día 8 – ¡¡10 libras menos esta mañana y puedo verlo!! El vientre es bonito y plano, y mi cara se ve mucho más delgada. No está contento de que mi trasero parezca más pequeño. ¡Ni yo tampoco! Mis dedos son más delgados, y mi anillo de boda encaja diferente.

Hoy me paseé con la comida y lo haré durante la próxima semana mientras estoy de vacaciones. No hay alimentos azucarados ni carbohidratos malos.

Continúo con una dieta llena de frutas, verduras y carnes magras. Incorporo huevos, avena y pasta y pan de grano entero, miel y stevia como edulcorante. Mi consumo de calorías ahora está en su nivel recomendado para una pérdida de peso saludable con ejercicio. ¡¡ME SIENTO GENIAL!!

¡No estropees tus hermosos resultados!!

Preguntas Frecuentes: 7 DÍAS DE DIETA DE LA SOPA DE REPOLLO

(Siempre hable con su médico ANTES de comenzar una dieta baja en calorías como ésta).

Aquí hay algunas preguntas frecuentes sobre la dieta de la sopa de repollo de 7 días

No como lo que me recomiendan. ¿Puedo sustituirlo por otros alimentos? No lo sé porque sólo he reemplazado el agua de la sopa de col por caldo de pollo. Aparte de eso, sigo el plan con algunos trucos aquí y allá. Sólo hay una manera de averiguarlo, ¡pruébalo y verás!  ¡Y asegúrate de volver y hacernos saber a todos cómo ha ido!

Me encantaron mis resultados, ¿puedo hacer esto más allá de siete días? No es recomendable. Su cuerpo comenzará a aferrarse al peso si usted reduce sus calorías en exceso durante un período prolongado. Usted tendrá mejores resultados de pérdida de peso si completa esta dieta y luego comienza con una dieta balanceada y saludable para su tamaño mientras elimina los carbohidratos malos y los azúcares refinados.

¿Puedo hacer ejercicio con esta dieta? No se recomienda.  Sus calorías son mínimas en la dieta de la sopa de col. No haga ejercicio durante los siete días mientras esté en este plan o unos días después. Comuníquese con su médico antes y después de comenzar esta dieta si necesita ayuda para determinar cuál es el mejor plan para usted.

Me siento tan cansado de esta dieta, ¿ayuda? Esta dieta puede no ser para usted, especialmente si sus días son de alta energía. La dieta de la sopa de repollo tiene pocas calorías. Coma tanta sopa de repollo como quiera para mantener su resistencia y beba mucha agua.  Si empiezo a sentirme perezoso, hago trampa y me tomo una batata al horno, un batido de proteínas o un zumo.

Recuperé todo mi peso poco después de completar esta dieta. Las dietas de 7 días trabajan para eliminar principalmente el peso del agua, por lo que los resultados son tan rápidos. Asegúrese de seguir bebiendo mucha agua después de la dieta. Si usted deja de tomar agua, su cuerpo comenzará a retener líquidos nuevamente.

Mantenga el ritmo después de la dieta y coma porciones pequeñas y frecuentes de frutas, verduras y proteínas. Sin azúcares refinados ni carbohidratos malos. No te atiborres tampoco. Comience con un plan de alimentación o estilo de vida equilibrado que apoye la pérdida de peso normal junto con el ejercicio. Las dietas de 7 días son principalmente buenas para la limpieza, la pérdida rápida de peso con agua y el aumento de la pre-dieta.

SOPA DIETÉTICA PARA ADELGAZAR EN 7 DÍAS (Dieta de sopa de repollo)

Ingredientes

½ cabeza de col, picada

1 taza de apio, cortado en cubos

1 taza de cebolla blanca o amarilla, cortada en cubos

1 taza de zanahorias, cortadas en cubos

1 pimiento verde, cortado en cubitos

2-3 dientes de ajo, picados

4 tazas de caldo de pollo

14 oz. lata de albahaca, orégano, tomates picados al ajo

1 cucharadita de orégano

1 cucharadita de albahaca

½ cucharadita de hojuelas de pimiento rojo

algunos batidos de pimienta negra

½ cucharadita de sal (opcional)

Preparación

Caliente 2 cucharadas de aceite de oliva en una olla grande a fuego medio.

Agregue el apio, las cebollas, los pimientos y las zanahorias.

Saltee hasta que estén ligeramente tiernos.

Agregue el ajo.

Vierta el caldo de pollo.

Agregue los tomates y el repollo.

Lleve a ebullición y luego reduzca el fuego.

Cocine hasta que el repollo esté tierno.

Agregue el orégano, la albahaca, las hojuelas de pimiento rojo, la pimienta negra y la sal (si la usa).

Pruebe el caldo y ajuste la sazón si es necesario.

¡Servir y disfrutar!

Notas

Alégrese añadiendo muchas especias, hierbas y una variedad de verduras.

Esta receta de sopa de repollo hace suficiente para unos 3 días.

Se conserva bien en la nevera durante unos 3 días.

La entrada Dieta de la Sopa de repollo (7 días para perder peso) se publicó primero en Cubaneando con Mario.

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off the rack #1190

Monday, November 27, 2017

 Snow in Ottawa made for a classic 2017 Grey Cup game where the Toronto Argonauts overcame the elements and a superior Calgary Stampeders team in the first half to win the CFL Championship last night with a supreme effort in the second half. The half time show with Shania Twain was more suited for Las Vegas than Canada's capital. A Canada Goose parka and mukluks would have looked better. It's not a lot of snow but just enough so that I should get out there and clean off the driveway so it will all melt tomorrow when the temperature goes above freezing.

 Silver Sable #36 - Christa Faust (writer) Paulo Siqueira & Jose Luis (pencils) Cam Smith, Terry Pallot & Paulo Siqueira (inks) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). I liked the art in this one-shot a lot but the story is too comic booky for me. The injuries Silver sustains and yet can find a way to win in the end stretched my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. I rate this higher than Shang-Chi but not by much.

 The Demon: Hell is Earth #1 - Andrew Constant (writer) Brad Walker (pencils) Andrew Hennessy (inks) Chris Sotomayor (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). Jason Blood is back on the racks and where he goes so does the Demon Etrigan. This new 6-part story is pretty straightforward. Someone is trying to open a portal to Hell and things won't be good if that happens. One of my favourite things about the Demon is his speaking in rhymes. I was surprised that he doesn't all the time but I'm glad for that too. It makes the poetry much more special. I am looking forward to the bad guy appearing.

 Star Wars #39 - Kieron Gillen (writer) Salvador Larroca (art) Guru-eFX (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). The Ashes of Jedha part 2. There's a bit of tension between the local partisans and Leia's group of rebels but trust is established and it's time to thwart the Empire again. Can you believe the next Star Wars movie a just a few weeks away?

 Doomsday Clock #1 - Geoff Johns (writer) Gary Frank (art) Brad Anderson (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). I read the original Watchmen 12-issue story as they hit the racks in 1986-1987 and was fascinated by the story that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons told. I rarely read a comic book story more than once but I did read the trade paperback collection of the Watchmen before the movie hit the theatres in 2009. The characters that Alan Moore created were new and interesting and the story drew me in. now DC has brought the Watchmen back in this new 12-issue story and I am curious to see what Geoff Johns intends to do with them. I'm not sure what universe this story takes place in because here we have Clark Kent and Lois Lane appearing so that makes me more invested in the story. This issue starts off as a sequel to the Watchmen and ends with Clark having a dream. I was a bit confused by the goings on but I really like Gary Frank's art and will most likely follow this story to its conclusion.

 Spider-Man Deadpool #24 - Robbie Thompson (writer) Chris Bachalo (pencils & colours) Tim Townsend, Wayne Faucher, Al Vey, Victor Olazaba & John Livesay (inks) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). Arms Race continues with the two buddies tracking down Fakepool in Tabula Rasa. Huh? Not to worry, the captions explain everything. This place is weird and perfect for Chris's art. We find out who the real villain is and I was surprised.

 Imaginary Fiends #1 - Tim Seeley (writer) Stephen Molnar (art) Quinton Winter (colours) Carlos M. Mangual (letters). I haven't read anything by Tim Seeley in a while and the rest of the creative team is new to me but they did a fine job of starting this new Vertigo title off with nice art and creepy crawlies. Here we meet Melba Li a young woman with special sight. The story starts off with the murder of a girl and we discover how Melba is connected to it. She's a great character and her sidekick is really cool. It's kind of like X-Files with scary monsters. I liked this a lot.

 Punisher: The Platoon #3 - Garth Ennis (writer) Goran Parlov (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Rob Steen (letters). I wondered where Frank got all the weapons he uses in his war on crime and now I know.

 Action Comics #992 - Dan Jurgens (story) Rob Williams (script) Will Conrad (art) Hi-Fi (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Superman is still stumped by the mystery of Mr. Oz/Jor-El and his quest for answers leads him to the Flash's treadmill. It's time to time travel. I shouldn't be surprised that the next issue will guest star another time traveler but this one might make the story fun to read.

 Detective Comics #969 - James Tynion IV (writer) Joe Bennett (pencils) Sal Regla (inks) Jason Wright (colours) Sal Cipriano (letters). There's a new mayor in Gotham City and he is not happy about this team that Batman has put together. The good guys have other worries on the horizon though as a team of bad guys gets ready to cause chaos in the city. This book is going to get crowded soon.

 All-New Wolverine #27 - Tom Taylor (writer) Juann Cabal (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Orphans of X part 3. Super hero comic books require a suspension of disbelief but it sure helps when a writer puts in the effort to make sense of the fantastic. Tom Taylor does that well. Daken's actions make sense. The bad guys and their threat makes sense. This adds immensely to my enjoyment of this story. Add in beautiful art that makes me linger on every page and I'm in fanboy heaven. This is my favourite X-book right now.

 Invincible Iron Man #594 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Stefano Caselli & Alex Maleev (art) Israel Silva & Alex Maleev (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). The Search for Tony Stark part 2. The Infamous Iron Man/Doctor Doom guest stars and his pages are drawn by Alex Maleev. I am assuming that Brian Michael Bendis will finish this story before he leaves Marvel and Tony will again be the Invincible Iron Man. I really hope Ironheart gets her own book with Stefano Caselli doing the art. If that's the case I will read the first issue regardless of who they get to write it.

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Image by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer Supernova Pop Culture Expo Hits Sydney, Australia

The Supernova pop culture expo has returned to Sydney, Australia, and has warmly embraced the pop culture phenom which is taking place at Olympic Park, Homebush, in Sydney's west.

It's a 3 day pop culture mania bringing together fans, actors, game players, information and tons of merchandise and collectibles. Make no mistake this is big business, but also lots of fun. It brings out the kid lurking inside all of us, no matter what our age.

Witnessing the general public dress up as their favourite hero, heroine or monster was just as much fan as the official exhibitions.

Coming to the expo to join in the fun (and big business) are over 40 international stars from various shows, films, franchises and worlds including Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future's Doc Brown), Yvonne Craig (the original Batgirl), Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter series, Osha in Game Of Thrones) and Verne Troyer (Mini-Me from the Austin Powers films).

Even our favorite real life superheroes of Australian pro wrestling AWF Wrestling turned up and put on some very solid chain wrestling and brawling to the delight of the crowd. The wrestlers were also a big favorite with the media and the brawlers got somewhat crowd mobbed with famed actor Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) from 'Austin Powers' fame joined in the fun and games.

The Christopher Lloyd question and answer session was very entertaining and educational, and was a much sought after attraction for both news media and fans. Lloyd shared stories from his illustrious acting and show business career, much of which has been pop culture included such as 'Back To The Future' franchise, where he portrayed Dr. Emmett Brown. Lloyd even talked about the cult film fav 'Suburban Commando', which also featured pro wrestling living legend, Hulk Hogan (not known for great acting), but a very entertaining showman, none the less. Lloyd told the crowd of 500 plus that he enjoyed working with Hulk and that he was a really nice guy and didn't pretend to be a great actor. One lucky fan asked Lloyd if he could have a "high five", and the actor obliged, which got a nice reaction from the jam packed crowd.

More news

Buffy Star also at Supernova Sydney

Star of Buffy, Mercedes McNab, has come Down Under for Supernova and is loving it.

The blonde is in Sydney for the Supanova Pop Culture Expo at Sydney Showground, Olympic Park.

Best known for playing mean girl Harmony Kendall on 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', McNab has enjoyed a successful career as a modern day scream queen.

From the popular Hatchet horror movie franchise to spooky shows such as Buffy and Angel, the 32-year-old says she has come to feel comfortable within the genre and loves "a good death scene".

"It's hilarious. I never thought I'd be considered a scream queen, but I guess I'll take it.

"I think I gravitate more towards comedy and comedy can sometimes be in a darker vein, like sarcasm."

The edgy stuff started early for McNab, with her big screen debut opposite Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family movie and its sequel.

At the age of 16 she auditioned for a supporting role on Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a move that would change her life.

"We were on a brand new network and the show was based off a B-movie," she says.

"No one expected a spin-off to come of it or such a great fan reaction. No one could anticipate how welcomed and received the show was.

"In the beginning we never knew whether if we were going to get killed off.

"You'd get the script and skip to the end to make sure you weren't going to die."

McNab experienced quite a character turn on Buffy when her superficial character was transformed into a vampire and eventually went on to join the spin-off series Angel.

"I was flattered".

"To have Joss call you and have him ask you to be a part of anything he does is pretty awesome."

Now that Whedon has found mainstream and box-office success with the hit of the year 'The Avengers' McNab says his loyal friends couldn't be happier.

"He's such a genius. He's just proved to the industry what he can do."

Supanova Pop Culture Expo is on today and Sunday at Sydney Showground, Olympic Park.

Promo

Our Hero is no longer Expendable. Eric Roberts is The Master of Supanova!

In a career spanning five decades, Eric Roberts has become recognisable to millions of film and TV fans. He has appeared in almost 200 movies and in countless TV shows including Heroes, The Drew Carey Show, Frasier, Oz, Touched By An Angel, Law & Order: SVU and even in a Doctor Who telemovie as the Doctor's nemesis, The Master.

He has filmed in over 17 countries, including Australia (in The Coca-Cola Kid), and received critical acclaim for his performances in Star 80, It's My Party and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. In 2008, Eric joined the cast of Batman: The Dark Knight as Gotham gangster Sal Marone; in 2010 he appeared alongside Stallone, Lundgren, Statham and Li in The Expendables.

Fans of comics and animation know him as the voice of Mongul in the Justice League cartoons. He's such a familiar face that he has appeared as himself in 63 productions, often making light of his notoriously chequered movie-star lifestyle. Brother to Julia Roberts and father of teen actress Emma Roberts, Eric is a true Hollywood veteran.

He's therefore also the perfect guest to kick off festivities for Supanova's TENTH ANNIVERSARY at the Sydney expo, in addition to the Perth expo the following weekend, with an exclusive Q&A and special appearance at each of our Friday evening Preview Nights which are exclusively for full weekend ticket holders (SUPA FAN PASS), in helping us celebrate a decade of successful Supanova Expos; something we couldn't have done without your wonderful support.

Eric will then spend the weekends meeting fans, signing autographs and posing for studio portraits. (Supernova)

Nintendo Flies High at Supanova with Kid Icarus: Uprising!

If you're heading to Supanova this weekend, Nintendo are hosting a Kid Icarus: Uprising Multiplayer Battle Challenge! Bring along your Nintendo 3DS and copy of Kid Icarus as it's the perfect opportunity to StreetPass with other Nintendo 3DS owners and enjoy some friendly multiplayer fun with the Nintendo community.

Nintendo 3DS consoles and Kid Icarus: Uprising games will also be available to use on the day so everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

Exclusive Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Cards only available at this event will be a special bonus for those who play. These AR cards are very exclusive and availability is strictly limited so please ensure you are there early to ensure you get your hands on one.

Some 25 years after the original Kid Icarus game for NES captured the hearts and imaginations of gamers worldwide, Kid Icarus: Uprising brings the action and adventure of this beloved series to new heights and new visual dimensions on the Nintendo 3DS system. The dark goddess Medusa and her Underworld Army have returned, and they've got their sights set on the heroic angel Pit. With the aid of Palutena, goddess of light and guardian of the human race, Pit must fend off this malevolent threat. The richly immersive graphics of the Nintendo 3DS system offer incredible depth as Pit battles enemies by air and by land. (Supernova)

Special guests appearing at Supernova Sydney and Perth include:

Jeffrey 'Chamba' Cruz Street Fighter II: Turbo, Udon Comics,

Stanislav Ianevski Viktor Krum in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

Bevan McGuinness Slave of Sondelle

Jim Cheung Scion, New Avengers, Avengers: The Childrens Crusade

Suzie Plakson Lt. Selar, K'Ehleyr, the Female Q, Tarah, in TNG, Voyager and Enterprise

David Mack Artist on Kabuki, Daredevil, Avengers

Andrew Constant Author of Torn.

Wolfgang Bylsma Gestalt Comics

Juliet Marillier Author of the 'Seven waters' trilogy.

Yvonne Craig Batgirl in the 60's Batman Series, Orion Slave girl 'Marta' in Star trek

John Viener Family Guy, The Cleveland Show.

Garth Nix Author of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen.

Artists Alley promo

Supanova is all about supporting the local industry and providing a spotlight for the local comic creators. That spotlight is Artists Alley; the place where the fans can meet the creators and explore worlds they may never have known existed before. Whether its a 25 page self-printed black and white comic, or a full color, fully bound graphic novel, or even stunning computer art prints, you'll find something to astonish in Artists Alley.

The artists are approachable and always willing to give constructive feedback on artwork. As such, Artists Alley can be a fantastic tool for the emerging artist to improve their skills or make new connections and possibly take their first leap into the professional industry! (Supernova)

Special thanks

Thank you to all involved in the promotion and success of Supernova. We look forward to seeing you all out there again tomorrow. As Marvel Comics living legend Stan Lee says, Excelsior!

Websites

Supernova Australia www.supanova.com.au

AWF Wrestling www.awfwrestling.com.au

Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Music News Australia www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Image from page 140 of Myths and legends ; the Celtic race (1910)

Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: mythslegendscelt00roll Title: Myths and legends ; the Celtic race Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920 Subjects: Celts Celts Celtic literature Legends, Celtic Publisher: Boston : Nickerson Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Text Appearing Before Image: s end is come, begs to be allowedto change back into human form before he is slain.I had liefer kill a man than a pig, says Brian, whotakes throughout the leading part in all the brothersadventures. Kian then stands before them as a man,with the blood from Brians spear trickling from hisbreast. I have outwitted ye, he cries, for if yehad slain a pig ye would have paid but the eric [blood-fine] of a pig, but now ye shall pay the eric of a man ;never was greater eric than that which ye shall pay ;and the weapons ye slay me with shall tell the tale tothe avenger of blood. Then you shall be slain with no weapons at all, ^ The other two were The Fate of the Children of Lir and The Fate of the Sons of Usna. The stories of the Quest of the Sonsof Turenn and that of the Children of Lir have been told in full bythe author in his High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances,and that of the Sons of Usna (the Deirdre Legend) by MissEleanor Hull in her Cuchulain, both published by Harrap and Co114

Text Appearing After Image: The Boat of Mananan 114 THE QUEST OF THE SONS OF TURENM says Brian, and he and the brothers stone him to deathand bury him in the ground as deep as the height of aman. But when Lugh shortly afterwards passes that waythe stones on the plain cry out and tell him of hisfathers murder at the hands of the sons of Turenn.He uncovers the body, and, vowing vengeance, returnsto Tara. Here he accuses the sons of Turenn beforethe High King, and is permitted to have them executed,or to name the eric he will accept in remission of thatsentence. Lugh chooses to have the eric, and he namesit as follows, concealing things of vast price, and in-volving unheard-of toils, under the names of commonobjects : Three apples, the skin of a pig, a spear, achariot with two horses, seven swine, a hound, acooking-spit, and, finally, to give three shouts on a hill.The brothers bind themselves to pay the fine, andLugh then declares the meaning of it. The threeapples are those which grow in the Garden of the Sun ;th

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off the rack #1182

Monday, October 2, 2017

 We spent a lovely evening and overnight stay at the Opinicon Resort (https://www.opinicon.com/). We highly recommend the scenic drive to Chaffeys Lock. The staff there are very welcoming and the food in their dining room is good old fashioned home cooked yumminess. Thanks to Fiona McKean for making our stay extra special.

 Wonder Woman #31 - James Robinson (writer) Carlo Pagulayan (pencils) Sean Parsons, Jason Paz & Scott Hanna (inks) Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). "Children of the Gods" starts here. Diana finds out about a relative's untimely demise but the real shocker is who killed him. The villains are new to me but Kirby fans will be clapping with glee.

 Archie #24 - Mark Waid (writer) Audrey Mok (art) Kelly Fitzpatrick (colours) Jack Morelli (letters). This sure isn't your Mom's Archie Gang. The consequences of the accident continue to affect everyone and in a more realistic way than the old days. This is why I continue to read this book.

 Marvel Legacy #1 - Jason Aaron (writer) Esad Ribic with Steve McNiven (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) Chris Samnee; Russell Dauterman; Alex Maleev; Ed McGuinness; Stuart Immonen & Wade von Grawbadger; Pepe Larraz; Jim Cheung; Daniel Acuna; Greg Land & Jay Leisten; Mike Deodato Jr.; David Marquez (additional art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This is the big book that hit the racks this week. It's a good place to start if you're a Marvel Zombie because it tweaks a lot of major characters and gets you ready for the changes on the horizon for those folks. This did not make me care enough to find out more about Ghost Rider and Starbrand who figure prominently, but it was nice seeing them again. I'm jazzed about two returning franchises but I'll wait and see how the creative teams handle them when their books hit the racks. One thing I've learned from 50 years of reading comic books is that the more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm all for change as much as the next fan but as long as there are good stories to read, I don't care how different they make the characters, I'll still read their stories. I had a lot of fun playing name that artists while flipping through these pages.

 Batman: The Murder Machine #1 - Frank Tieri & James Tynion IV (writers) Riccardo Federici (art) Rain Beredo (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). There's a panel during the fight between Cyborg and this killer Batman that shocked the shirt out of me. It's a graphic indication of just how dark these Dark Knights are. These new villains continue to interest me.

 Saga #47 - Brian K. Vaughn (writer) Fiona Staples (art) Fonografiks (letters). A new villain is introduced as we get a glimpse into The Will's past. I thought he was dead.

 Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 - Nick Spencer (writer) Paul Renaud (art) Laura Martin (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I used to be a big fan of Captain America and the Falcon but their stories didn't thrill me much after a while so I stopped reading their books. When Steve passed on the shield to Sam I gave it another shot but still wasn't swayed to follow their adventures regularly. The whole Secret Empire thing turned me off Captain America completely but this book made me curious to see where both these heroes are going to go from here on out. I'll give Falcon a look see next month and then Captain America #695 a try in November.

 Action Comics #988 - Dan Jurgens (writer) Ryan Sook (art) Hi-Fi (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). You can jump on board this title right here as everything is explained about Superman's current situation so you can follow the new Oz Effect story with ease. I like the twist that reunites Kal-El with a surprise relative.

 Generations: Miles Morales Spider-Man & Pater Parker Spider-Man #1 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Ramon Perez (art) Msassyk (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Miles meets Peter right after the Amazing Spider-Man has his most harrowing adventure. It was my favourite Spider-Man story of all time and still is. Seeing that cover with Spider-Man pinned under all that wreckage and the water pouring down can trigger the feelings I had when I read that comic book for the first time. I remember cheering when he finally struggled free. This issue may not make you a Spider-Man fan but it does show you what the character is all about. Power, responsibility and family.

 Batman #31 - Tom King (writer) Mikel Janin (art) June Chung (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). I don't know if Bruce and Selina are going to get married after "The War of Jokes & Riddles" but if they do I hope Batman makes practical shoes for Catwoman. High heels might be stylish but I can't imagine they're much help climbing up the outside of a sky scraper. The last joke made me laugh out loud but it took me a while to get it. I love Joker's deadpan delivery.

 Detective Comics #965 - James Tynion IV (writer) Eddy Barrows (pencils) Eber Ferreira (inks) Adriano Lucas (colours) Sal Cipriano (letters). Meanwhile, let's catch up with Tim Drake, wherever he is. This mysterious Mr. Oz guy is no longer a mystery if you read Action Comics. What is a mystery is what the fork is going on at the end there.

 Mighty Thor #23 - Jason Aaron (writer) Valerio Schiti (art) Rain Beredo (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). War Thor and Mighty Thor go at it pretty good here with no clear cut winner. I like that Unworthy Thor shows up in this issue too. I was disappointed that Russell Dauterman's name wasn't on the cover but Valerio Schiti did not disappoint me. He is an awesome artist in his own right.