#The Martian I guess???

[hurricane-heatt]

hmmmm. HMMM.

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay so there's this idea for a fic I've been thinking of.

The jl are combating something that can only be touched with magic, jl dark is unresponsive (they got stuck in another dimension again), and cap - their only other magic user - is too injured.

But when they start stressing cap just slams a sheaf of papers of the table like 'pick between yourselves what powers you want, it's one each. Ig I'll sponsor you for today'.

Everyone: what?

Cap, spreading the papers to show each has a letter... Spelling out a magic word?: I'm serious. Do you want a cool new power? Consequence free? For as long as you need?

Batman:... Are you saying... You can... Give out powers?

Cap: my powers, yes. Flash, put Mercury back. That's pointless.

It'd be a great chance to have him explain his powers as a sort of reveal, including why he doesn't do it (it divides his power equally and thus severely weakens him). Also it would be very funny, I think, to see the jl in colour coded marvel suits being basically patroned by Billy. Batman has a blindingly white cowl. Flash has a cape. There's so much 'wait this chill childlike guy from some random city is actually insanely powerful' potential.

But also:

Batman, slowly pinwheeling through the air: how do I steer.

[jesncin]

Why does Ma'al dislike John Constantine?

Ma'al has many reasons. They're all petty.

[glassofoj-twitter]

Slow dance with you~

[shoddyacorn]

Very rough Justice League sketches featuring incorrect costumes because I don't want to pull up a reference for every single person

[maeamian]

Becoming deeply radicalized against the idea of crewed Mars missions, y'know how the Rovers keep sending back better and better data what if instead of that we made an even bigger one and devoted nearly 90% of its capacity to holding a guy in a bubble on top of it instead of sending back useful data, but wait! They'll eliminate like a half hour of latency and also almost certainly contaminate the landing site and possibly the entire planet, so it's not all downside.

[mwebber]

Just days ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, reigning F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel took time out from his busy pre-season schedule to sample some genuine Aussie cuisine and culture with a barbeque and a game of cricket on St Kilda Beach in Melbourne.

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel's day on the beach.

[ootah-canadiensis]

martian pals :-)

from left to right of each original design: Shyloverr, Marvello, Mine, and Aster170

[jerrythebug]

I got Guy fever yesterday, I think I died.

[beepbeepinthecorner]

I wasn’t planning on doing any fanart for a bit but I NEEDED to do a sloppy portrait before bed and Mr. Vogel here became my victim i guess LOL

[whoslink]

Even MORE cartoon sillies!!

[jesncin]

What’s your impression on the absolute DC line?

I like the general idea of the Absolute DC line and I'm very curious with these new takes on such established characters. Impressions on everything we know rn:

Absolute Bats: I'm enjoying it so far! Its main appeal comes from looking at how all the Batman mythos chess pieces have been re-arranged more so than substantial themes FOR NOW. There's hits, there's misses (that epilogue) but so far the spectacle of the changes are really fun to see. Not the most accessible standalone story cuz it still requires basic Batman knowledge to enjoy the changes, but overall it feels like what Caped Crusader wishes it could be if it was more committed to bigger changes.

Absolute Supes: All I've heard so far from this sounds really boring if I'm honest. I'd have to see what they do before making any judgements but I'm not hooked on anything they're selling me. Sounds like re-mixed Martian Manhunter which is not a good thing.

Absolute Wondie: I'm listening and intrigued. The visuals are really popping on this one. I'm not a WW scholar enough to be able to judge the changes, but I'm interested in this very out-there take.

Absolute GL: Haven't heard enough but I'm intrigued by how the pitch was an immediate green light (pun intended) on the editorial front. I'm not the biggest fan of the artist's comic work but perhaps they've improved by then :p

Absolute Flash: Wally West looks like a butch so that's an uncritical 10/10 for me. Hyped about the artist for this one!! I am again intrigued by the premise.

Absolute Martian Manhunter: Where are you it's been so long since I've seen you. Can we get anything concrete or some art soon (<- I keep saying this, hoping I've baited the universe into proving me wrong and that hasn't happened yet)

Otherwise! I'm seated for what else is announced. This is kind of my first time reading along on an ongoing event and I love the communal reactions from everyone.

[man-on-mars]

Man this shit would be so much more fun if mars was water. There's an alternate timeline where I landed on 4546-b from subnautica and I wish it were this one.

[grubus]

what influenced your writing style? I really love how you switch between humor and heartwrenching, sometimes in the same sentence.

I got no clue <<

I'm always curious how people figure out what influenced them. Is it just what you like to read? Watch?

The Martian is my favorite book, I love Murderbot Diaries as well. I love how "The S Classes That I Raised" explores relationships, I love the unreliable narration of svsss as much as I love how it embraces the love for story telling. I adore Solo Leveling (the comics) for having a super powerful mc whose driving force is family and survival. My go-to fantasy series when growing up was anything David Eddings wrote, and my favorite was "The Redemption of Althalus" but I imagine what truly influenced me was the Belgarath and Polgara books??? Maybe??????? Or maybe it was The Golden Compass, with the Morals and Souls and Found Family. I love the unending hope and despair of any transformers, Mass Effect and Dragon Age and even Hollow Knight both grabbed me by the throat with their world buildings and politics and world ending threats, xxxholic made me cry as a teeny teenager and Inuyasha (the manga) and HunterxHunter made me first interested in the Horrors and Relationships,, and!!!!!!!!

I dunno I just like storytelling.

Though I've been told before that people enjoy how I switch between comedy and sad, and I'm always very flattered when they do <3

[defyingthefates]

With the revelation that Orym had a feeling Laudna killing Bor'dor would give Delilah a foot in the door again, and let it happen even as Laudna turned to him as a lifeline to stop herself. And with the Expanse and its characters on the brain. I'm just thinking about how sometimes, even in the absence of evil necromantic soul parasites, the important question isn't "is mercy the morally correct choice?" it's "is revenge the right choice for us?" It's about self-preservation. About staying the person you want to be. The person you need to be to keep putting one foot in front of the other every day. The person you can look at in mirror every morning. It's about knowing your friend will be disproportionately burdened by that choice and chosing to intervene. Not even necessarily to stop the killing altogether, just to stop your friend from hurting themself in the process. ("You're not that guy" but "I am that guy." "It's not about [them]. It's about us." "It wasn't mercy. It was vanity. I didn't want to think of myself as someone who wanted vengeance.")

In that moment Laudna needed someone to step in for her. To take the weight off her shoulders. I don't think Laudna wants to be the kind of person who kills to satisfy feelings of revenge (even without the threat of an evil necromancer hiding in her soul). Imogen pulled her back from the brink before. But this time she wasn't there. And Orym, in her stead, let her fall. When he could have chosen to intervene. Ashton too, to an extent, although in the moment it was Orym that Laudna looked to for restraint. Either of them could have made the kill instead. That this also put Delilah back in the picture... well that just makes this situation all that much worse. How does it feel to know that your friends let you free-fall into the dark? How does it feel knowing you let your friend free-fall into the dark? Worse, how does it feel to know you gave them that final shove over the precipice?

[featheredcartoonist]

uuuhhh idk