#cokebottle

[overlookeds-art-hole]

doctor cokebottle

[littleeyesofpallas]

Ya know what it is that always bugs me about the black nerd thing on screen? it's that you can tell no black guy wrote for the role and there's always this subtle but distinct emphasis on emasculating the black guy. It's especially annoying when it's for a character I like, like Luke Fox.

And like, sure you can argue that a character like Luke in the comics can be something of a cardboard cutout power fantasy of just being this rich, buff, triangular jackass in a batsuit like Bruce and could stand to be given a little more texture as a character, but you can do that without just making him a flannel shirt, cardigan sweater, cokebottle glasses wearing nerd getting bullied by Batwoman.

Like, I get that in part that's just kind of inevitable when you're leaning into the namebrand Nerd(tm) thing at all, but it's always about how socially meek he is rather than how enthusiastic he is about the thing he's supposed to be good at. It just screams racist white guy projecting insecurity into his writing

Maybe that's why Anjelika Washington felt so right in Stargirl? Other than just generally being half decently written, there was no such preoccupation with trying to de-sex her for the sake of appeasing some implicit white guy's cuckhold phobia.

[vaguelyregrettable]

Hotel Husbands (corpse best friend)

The day we entered into the hotel, I knew it'd be a memory. A night we'd talk about, laugh about. In some far flung future. But right now, stepping into the lobby, it was a sight to behold. A fearsome entrance into a new world.

A chandelier, half lit, hung from a ceiling that barely held onto it. The cries of determination could be read in every crack around the chandeliers anchor. A story which we'd hear plenty more in our nights stay.

The carpet a menagerie of colors, all overlaid with an aging brown. The sepia coloration hung onto most all the room. Spiderwebs of age, a thin veneer you know is there but only really shows itself at certain angles. That is to say nothing of the spiderwebs full of insects, like us.

"Checking in?"

The voice crackled in from a doorway behind the front desk. Hoarse, drawn out, and lived-in, the voice felt homely and hostile. A physical announcement of form drew itself from the shadow behind the front desk to stare at us now. Ghastly in its mannerism, but perhaps more human than I had expected in appearance. A plain fellow, dressed in a rotting suit, cokebottle glasses, and a sharpness.

"Checking in or picking up?"

I looked to you. Hoping for some sort of answer written on your face. I had become medusa then, cast upon your stoic stare. What had I expected?

"What is this place?"

With a small breath, the man beckoned us. He walked with a gait, a small step into a bigger step. A steady beat, drummer boy leading us to war. With the marble columns yellowing with age and windows hidden away by white frilled curtains. Confederate flags waved, and guns boomed. Men sat and cried in trenches, biting belts.

"This is the hotel for husbands who forget their wives."

[onthepyre]

i need everyone to see my new cokebottle glasses

[hyratel]

Glasses.

Invisible disability because they're so normalized

They're varied

They have a wide range of styles- metal, plastic, horn rimmed, rimless , small and rectangular, basic asymmetric round, circular

They can be many different calibers. Thick lenses. Thin lenses. Cokebottle. Astigmatic. Generic readers. High-power prescription.

Nearsighted. Farsighted. Different diopters per eye

When I was in school, there was an assumption that the glasses let me see 20/20. No, even with 20/20 optics, my retinas are 20/40.

I could barely see the board from the front row. Fortunately, by that time, 'four-eyes' jokes had no venom left because glasses were reasonably common.

I'm an extreme case at -13 in both eyes. My reference distance is 4 inches.

Glasses.

[reviviscencegruiform]

Molly learned tonight why I don't help Jervis in the lab.

I can not see. These cokebottles aren't for show.

[lunarsilkscreen]

Problems with the [X-Men]

The X-Men comics were about a neglected and overlooked portion of humanity; the underdogs. And how they're often abused by the rest of humanity and the government. And the strife they have to face that not other person has to.

Why did it become so... For lack of better phrasing; problematic?

This has to do with the 80s mostly. The underdogs of society were the war veterans, the children in hospice, the kids put up for adoption and the ones lost in the system. And those born *different* that just didn't fit in with society. Either because they were autistic, or Queer, or disabled, or just never had a platform or family life to speak of.

The exemplary Mutants are the fan favorites; Wolverine, Magneto, Professor X, Rogue, Gambit, Angel, Night Crawler, and Deadpool.

There's a reason why I picked those. Nobody really cares about Cyclop's literal x-ray vision (in opposition to Superman's non-harmful variant)

Because he was just the kid with the coke-bottle glasses and given just... An awful power to make them feel better.

Which is kind of why X-Men and mutants started getting really outside of pop-culture. Cokebottle still became the boy scout football team captain engaged to the cheer team captain. So far away from the [Stereotype] he was meant to embody.

In contrast; Wolverine is the Vietnam vet who is just a bad ass and good guy, despite... Not being [all there] sometimes.

Professor X is the handicapped mentor, with seeming psychic ability, and despite knowing basically everything; is incredibly altruistic.

And Magneto; the Jewish Holocaust survivor, master of a technical trade (metalcraft) who sees the world "As it really is" in contrast to X.

Rogue embodies the negative side of being different. Having a superpower that literally kills others by touch. And thus; being the touch starved femcel.

Gambit; because God damn if audiences don't love the altruistic Tramp who nothing ever seems to work out for despite being really good at card magic.

Angel who literally cut off his own wings in order to fit into society, who then has to overcome his own trauma that keeping his wings brings.

And Deadpool.

There certainly are a lot of other heroes who are frequently overlooked; but that's usually because the writers don't really know where to take the character. And so readers stop reading because the stories just aren't that interesting.

But there's also a lot of characters who's loves are made miserable; and only really to make audiences miserable despite being incredibly memorable characters.

And then there was that one time they weaponized Aids because X-Men became a word synonymous with [Queer Community]>>>

You can see where the writers are trying to take the X-Men. But why is it always... Off to [Transylvania]? And this constant statement that [Mutants can't fit in with humanity]

"These mutants literally had no future, even in Mutant society".

And then; it becomes this anti-thesis to your traditional [Hero School] tale. Always embodying this constant despair and asking the question; why don't we just end the world]>

There is literally never anything good that comes from being a Mutant. And so they're trapped in this constant mutant civil war.

I think this why Disney went back to X-Men '97. They're trying to figure out *what made X-Men good in the first place* while also capitalizing on that '90s nostalgia.

So we see Anime from Japan like "My Hero Academia" who even manages to make the Frog Powers a likeable persona that Audiences wouldn't mind idolizing.

In opposition to X-Men's [Toad].

A stereotypical unhygienic nerd, whose powers just served to make him seem more unhygenic.

And what they were trying to do with the [Brotherhood] is to have a place where even the [X-Men] rejects could go.

Despite Magneto then being relegated to trying to turn them into [Project Mayhem]... I'm sure *Even he* knows that's not the wisest course of action. Not for the brotherhood's best interest, not for mutant-kinds best interest.

And it's that thing that turns Magneto from a good anti-hero jumping passed villain and going straight into "WTF, who is this idiot?"

Magneto is supposed to be wicked intelligent and Wise, and making the decisions that need to be made in opposition to Professor X; the altruistic who will refuse to make certain actions not for the good of the world and mutant+human relations, but just because of his "Morals".

And authors many times make Magneto no better than just making decisions because they're opposite what X would do.

Like a god damn child; not like the badass old man he is.

Why NightCrawler? I don't think anybody really knows. He's a demon spawn that can teleport. Son of a bi-gender shapeshifter.

Despite having a hot mom half the time and a uh... Something the other half; nobody really knows why he such a likeable character.

And writers can't either; constantly giving him back story and personality that clashes with his overall motif.

Personally; I pretty sure it's just his powers and his cool demon appearance, and everybody else just kind of... Tries to ignore everything else about him.

Which; is a kind of an allegory in itself. But doesn't really serve the media as a whole.

In exactly the same way all the other bits and bobs tend to make X-Men often lose momentum and require a reboot every short period of time.

Sure; Jubilee is my favorite X-Men, but she tends to be forgotten or left out. Like completely... And her stories just aren't popular enough to be picked up long term.

Which isn't her fault; that's just par for the X-Course.

Anyway, that's why they needed to Give Scott a cooler brother with cooler powers; because nobody feels sorry for the popular kid.

And as for Jean Gray; The Phoenix story makes her character; while everything else about her makes her that forgettable cheerleader whomst peaks in high school.

[thecurvylist]

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[musesfromthefifthdimension-a]

Henry Be.mis adjusts his cokebottle glasses with a frown. Now that he considers it, his surname does sound horrifically similar to...

...

No, he shouldn't say what. It's indecent.

[aureliasylvia]

Natural Disaster! Run Lara Run!

#TombRaider #cokebottle #EidosMontreal

[joytraveler]

30: Mr. Balloon

Bea hasn't bothered to change out of her costume from her last sketch, the cokebottle glasses magnifying her eyes. "This is actually neat, everything's big! This will be great for the next scary one!"

30: Mr. Balloon

Your character is a red helium balloon wearing Groucho glasses. As if that's not peculiar enough, this game seems to be about lassoing things with your long string and carrying them to different places all over the large, airy level, and avoiding spikes, needles, thorns, and anything sharp!

She glares for a while at the spectacled balloon. "So that's how it is, huh. Well mine's funnier!" This gets tough quick, as she has to carry increasingly delicate objects to boot. First just a crate or two, then an antique teapot, then back to a picnic basket, for some reason.

TaichouSenseiKun: I'd play as Creepy Moe Bea in the bea fighting game ButterflyDefect: Can you bring back RoBea for an ep, she was fun

The game controls just like Balloon Fight: rapid tapping makes you ascend, but letting Mr. Balloon touch the ground makes him start to deflate, which makes your ascension slower. The heavier the item to pick up, though, the closer you have to get to the ground, which makes it a real balancing act

"And so I said to the guy, helium? I hardly even know 'em!" She's having to jam on the controller pretty hard at some points! "The controller seems really durable but my thumbs are not so much"

Baconnaise: Bea can kill a man with her thumbs. i've seen it Syrupentine: Toys go in the toybox... cookies go in the cookie jar... animals go in the zoo... ...wait, is that kid a target? Where are you supposed to take the kid?

"To the top of the Seattle space needle, which is where he will stay to think about next time he wants to leave his zoo all askew"

TaichouSenseiKun: No you drop him in the grinder to make delicious worms

Bea is prompted to drop the boy-- over a garbage can, which is bobbing eagerly

aroseahorseboy: THE TRASH MUST BE FED HNV: why did they make it drool?? Baconnaise: This seems kind of mean. is that kid someone we know

Bea is ready to drop him but has to fly up as high as she can first! The trash can is scrolled off the screen, but when the flailing child is dropped, there's a lot of commotion and what looks like a flailing tongue!

"Just tuck in your legs and you'll land fine! OH no!" she quickly floats back downscreen, but there's not much left by then. "It's not as funny when it happens!!"

Baconnaise: I dunno I thought it was pretty funny aroseahorseboy: Bea what did you do.. WHAT DID YOU DO

"You told me to!"

Klickitat_Street: I hope that was someone's childhood bully and not their little brother or something pigbarrel: an important life lesson has been learned today, bad children belong in the trash and nowhere else ButterflyDefect: Maybe it's an origin story. He becomes The Trash Man Llord_Kuruku: Mr. Balloon is some rubber-based culture's equivalent to the Krampus

Bea isn't cracking wise as much herself, something about this one didn't feel right. "Well, I think we get the idea here, Maybe we can move on unless theres more trash to take out"

aroseahorseboy: Well I'm still here, so.. HNV: You are the most valuable kind of trash! Syrupentine: I'm the worst kind of trash, the kind that CLEANS

[anderperries]

like look at him.

[image description: a photo of kid richie tozier (portrayed by finn wolfhard) in IT (2017). he is wearing giant cokebottle glasses and the orange bike shop shirt he wears in the blood oath scene. /end image description]

you cannot tell me that this kid is not out here going hard trying to win his shul’s purim costume contest every year.

if stephen king didn’t want me to headcanon that richie tozier is jewish, he shouldn’t have changed richie’s religion halfway through the book. this man doesn’t even know what religion richie is. and that’s because he is actually jewish.

[jaubaius]

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