#comic books fandom

[quordleona03]

Hawkeye (Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton)

Benjamin Franklin Pierce canonically explains to anyone who asks him why he goes by Hawkeye that it's a character from The Last of the Mohicans, either the only book his father ever read or his father's favourite book. Hawkeye Pierce was born (I think) in August 1922, drafted age 27, had his 28th and 29th birthdays in Korea, and his 30th after the war ended. In September 1964, when the Marvel comic book character Hawkeye/Clint Barton was introduced, my headcanon is that Hawkeye Pierce was 42, no longer looking at comic books (I assume he did as a boy), and crucially, I think the people in his life who still call him "Hawkeye" are - his college friends, those he's still in touch with: his fellow 4077th survivors: and, occasionally but not invariably, his dad. Hawkeye/Clint Barton was introduced as a "reluctant villain" in three issues of Tales of Suspense - September 1964, December 1964 and April 1965: Hawkeye joined the Avengers in May 1965. Hawkeye left the Avengers in 1973, appeared only sporadically for ten years or so, returned with a new series called The West Coast Avengers, and has appeared fairly regularly since then in various different series and crossovers through the 1980s and 1990s and even early in the 21st century. Until the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched (Hawkeye/Clint Barton first appeared in Thor, 2011) I think it at least possible that Hawkeye Pierce would never have heard of Hawkeye/Clint Barton. I think that unless you are a comic books fan, or at least happened to be looking at comic books during the right time period, you would be unlikely to be familiar with the name "Hawkeye" in the M*A*S*H universe (which is a trouser-leg of the multiverse in which the series M*A*S*H was never broadcast and so no one ever heard the name Hawkeye unless they read Fenimore Cooper (or Mark Twain's essay about Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses). So: In the M*A*S*Hverse, how likely is it that anyone would have told Hawkeye Pierce at any time after September 64, that he had a comic-book villain/hero namesake? Would someone have gifted him a copy of a comicbook with Hawkeye on the cover? What are the odds? (Seriously: I don't know. I never was a comic books fan, with a handful of very particular exceptions, and I'm pretty sure that before 2011, I associated the name Hawkeye pretty firmly with M*A*S*H only and via M*A*S*H with Fenimore Cooper.)

[shyjusticewarrior]

At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

[beartitled]

The squishy baby dorito is too squishy and too baby to kill

[leeseechkeens]

Bill’s past

Part one Next part

[lorryicious]

Theraprism comic series part, idk!! Fear of Venetian Blinds

My longest one so far!! The support I have gotten over these has been AMAZING and I'm so thankful for it!! any suggestions for Bill theraprism comic ideas PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! Shoot me an ask! I would love to make this a continuing series if I get enough ideas for concepts for it!

[bizzerk]

So how did that couples therapy go?

It was a rough start for sure...

Shes... doing her best ！Σ(￣□￣;)

1/2/3

[mrbigpepperoninipples]

The triangle then proceeded to fill the Mountain Dew machine with blood and turn a kids head into a cgi watermelon (this is canon btw)

My first 1000 note post

This is excitement btw

[mamawasatesttube]

i still can't believe that "you should read comic books in the comic book fandom" is somehow some kind of spicy hot take tbh. comics are cool and some of them have my best friend superman in them. and if that's not enough they even have lois lane. what's not clicking

[incorrectbatfam]

Back when I worked at a restaurant, we would have this one DoorDash guy who had honest to God the worst timing ever. I never learned his name but he looked like a Mark and he had a special talent for showing up as something was happening. One time he came to pick up an order as the police were escorting someone from the bar for trying to assault the bartender and Mark was just standing in the middle of the entryway like🧍‍♂️asking about a burger that hadn't been started yet. Another time, he showed up as the kitchen was on fire and didn't understand why he couldn't pick up his order anyway even after my boss explained it to him three times. There was also the time he showed up and twenty seconds later, our POS system spontaneously imploded and our boss—the only person who could fix it—was out that day. Mark was an omen. Every time we saw his car pull up, there would be a collective sense of exhaustion mixed with dread.

Anyway, I think every piece of superhero media needs a civilian background character like Mark whose sole purpose is to get in the way and Fuck Shit Up by simply existing.

[fellatitledthemf]

THE HOLY TRIO

[totallyottie99]

The Leak

[johnmcdevitt]

Shine bright like a diamond

[shyjusticewarrior]

Two things can be and are true at once.

Robin Jason was a sweet, kind kid who cared about victims. He also had righteous rage and violent tendencies towards those he thought deserved it.

Being Robin gave him magic and as Robin he shattered a man's collarbone with no remorse.

[beartitled]

I really wanted to draw the dorito guy

[techwrecker]

I think my favorite thing about the Star Wars fandom is that there are subsections within subsections in it.

Oh, you like the clone wars but not necessarily the jedi bits? Boy, do we have a subsection for you.

Wait a minute- you ONLY want the jedi bits? Take a look at this fiiiiiine subsection over here.

Fictional politics really get you going? Lemme introduce you to another subsection.

You wanna revel in the romance of it all? BOOM! Subsection!

So you’re more of a reader, huh? ANOTHER SUBSECTION CRASHES THROUGH THE WALL!

I just think it’s so unique and so fun that you will meet so many different Star Wars fans who aren’t necessarily within your subsection(s), but you share a love for the same umbrella of media! I haven’t ever seen a similar fandom in all my years of fandom-ing. It truly is SO special.

[lorryicious]

Regarding the fact that that Bill as well can be blue as seen when he enters Ford’s dreams, do you think he does it on purpose on some point, changing his colors to see his parents, as if one final yet desperate grasp to just see them again, maybe he even talks to the reflection, not thinking of it as his own but instead his parents, trying to converse to them both, to finally say I am sorry, but the reflection never talks back, it’s only the mirror, it’s only Bill

- 🫀anon (?), since I may be coming back and dump my thoughts if that’s okay!!

OH THIS IS SO GOOD!! I absolutely can see this- Bill definitely is one to talk to himself especially because we know canonically he hears the voices of his family still haunting him. This ENTIRE scenario is SO GOOD. I also love the concept of him unknowingly changing his color to match his parents at times

Drew up a little scenario I thought was silly :))) Always talking to the voices of his past, trying to change things, but nobody ever talking back. AUGH