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[ragsy]

I handle a lot of books every day, and I have learned that cozy mystery novels (which the grandmas go NUTS over) always have some sort of cute animal or whimsical handicraft on the cover, but since they're mysteries, there's usually still some form of grisly murder involved, which gets you absolute gems like this:

[theactualsunshinechild]

I think Aventio and Screwtio shippers shouldn't fight. After all, Ratio has two hands!

That's right. Two hands.

One for his chalk.

One for his codex.

Both of which he's holding in an embarrassed death grip as they chat away with each other about him.

[blood-starved-beast]

Do you think Nemesis fantasizes about being the Knight to Melinoe's Princess and being quest-given to fight Chronos for her or something. Then she sees Melinoe out on the Run somewhere covered in blood and bruises and such and it fills her with unfathomable rage.

[comvi]

wyvern slugcat i got from @salsaface1 YAY

i had SUCH a blast studying wyvern wings for this critter, i definitely still need to work on them a bit but some sketches from last night regardless!!!

[javelinbk]

Sixty years ago today, the Beatles met Bob Dylan and his friend marijuana

Paul: It was a great honour to meet him… we had a crazy party the night we met. Erm… I went around… I thought I’d got the meaning to life, that night. I went around trying to find our roadie... 'Mal! Mal! Mal! Get a pencil! And a paper! I've got it, I've got it!'. And Mal, cause we were a bit out of it, he couldn't find a pencil and paper anywhere, but he eventually, at the end of the evening found it, and I wrote down my message for the universe, you know. And I said, 'Now, keep that! Keep that in your pocket!'. And Mal did - next morning, he said, 'Ere, Paul', he said, 'did you want to see that?', I said, 'what?', he said, 'that bit of paper', 'oh, yeah!'. And I'd written, 'There are seven levels'. [gulp] Ringo: And there was two men in the room, and err... Bob was the well-known one. Paul: Al Aronowitz was there as a journalist, who was like a mate Ringo: That was the first time for me that I'd really smoked marijuana... and I laughed, and I laughed, and I laughed. It was fabulous.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr describe meeting Bob Dylan on 28th August 1964, The Beatles Anthology (1995)

[stagefoureddiediaz]

I am watching Oliver like this 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 because I cannot wait to see if his photography switches from black and white to colour when Eddie comes out of his closet or as buddie go canon - it really would be taking the wizard of oz metaphor to a whole new level of meta that I would very much enjoy!!

[zahri-melitor]

I am sympathetic to people who get tired of seeing Barbara as Batgirl in stories, because yeah I also prefer her as Oracle. I think it respects her skillset more because she's got talents that she's generally wasting if she's bopping around in Batgirl costume as a street level hero.

Is everyone writing comics always going to agree with me? Clearly not. And we have a situation where there was a solid 10 year period from 2011 to 2021 where Barbara was not only Batgirl, but the Batgirl.

Damian has spent most of his time as a hero with Barbara as Batgirl. Jason has spent practically ALL of the period he's a hero or an anti-hero with Barbara as Batgirl (I don't believe he ever realised she was Oracle while he was a villain). And in the transition back into Babs being Oracle regularly from 2021 to date, this is realistically a new situation for both of them, because heck, Barbara was very specifically avoiding being on comms with Damian as Oracle during Reborn. He wasn't allowed in the Aerie.

But sometimes it feels almost obtuse when people in particular start going "why isn't Steph here as Damian's Batgirl?" about stories, particularly alternate continuity stories.

Because, largely, she's...not? You're trying to preference 4 issues of Batgirl 2009 and 1 issue of World's Finest where they interact over ten years of Barbara's stories? There are more pages of Christmas Specials featuring Damian as Robin and Barbara as Batgirl than there are appearances of Damian and Steph together during Batman: Reborn.

Why does some team ups and bickering in 2010 on page end up being more important than Barbara being there for Robin Rises? For Batman & Robin Eternal? For Alfred's wake?

If the story is specifically pitched as something set during Batman: Reborn? Sure, then you can have Damian and Steph together with Steph as 'his' Batgirl.

But any time after that? It's probably Barbara. It was Barbara. And having Babs included as Batgirl isn't always people out to make you mad. She was in the role on her own for 10 years. It's not surprising that she's the default for some people.

You can fight for this if you want it! But you're fighting an uphill battle and would be better off hoping for current interactions with a new reset, rather than trying to claim Steph and Damian are an 'obvious' pair when they're effectively not.

[yoursincalendricalheresy]

Something something why is the head of the Sixth House called the Warden when it makes far more sense for the head of the Ninth.

[lynnbutlertron]

OK i’m getting more into rayman now and i need someone to explain to me why the fuck i have not seen a single person on the internet talking abt this pairing . Am i losing my mind??? Am i the problem ???? Please

extra drawing under the cut

[moonshynecybin]

seriously why would jlo say that knowing he eventually won the championship some say solely due to marc giving him a tow + falling in sepang + defending for him in valencia. now i’m thinking of vale in that podcast saying he heard from friends of spanish friends that marc didn’t want him to win the championship… i’m like 2 quotes from believing marc actually was sabotaging him in PI lmao

just bc marc was being a bit of a whiny twenty two year old does not mean he was sabotaging vale. like that man still had vale's toy bikes up next to his bunk bed lets be serious

[septemberlikestea]

in my mind the heir was always some sort of faceless hooded figure so now i get TWO faceless hooded figures. another common w for me.

[revvethasmythh]

Lucanis, i am so happy that YOU have easy access to snacks but what about the rest of US

[bawnjourno]

About a year ago, I had an English class assignment to build a website and extensively write about a topic of my choosing. Given that I was diagnosed with major clinical depression when I was 14, the topic of neurodivergence was one that was of interest to me. The word count minimum was about 1000, but I did six times that writing about re-examining Sparks - their lyrics, videos, and artistic vision - through the lens of neurodivergence. I set to work analyzing, and I asked fellow fans about how they felt seen and represented through Sparks. The Talking Heads are also in this project, but for the sake of Sparkstember, I'm not talking about them hahaha.

The Wordpress license is going to expire in a month, so I thought I'd share this one more time. This is, of course, up to personal interpretation. There are so many readings of Sparks' work, which lends heavily to its longevity and appeal. This was just a little project, done with love, that I got a very good grade on :)

Here is the site.

[kryptonbabe]

You will get a new Wonder Woman run planned to be a long and structured one - but it's written by Tom King

You will get a new Black Canary run - the thing is, it will be written by Tom King

You will get a series of some silver age partially forgotten characters you like - Adam Strange, Omega Men, Metamorpho - but here's the catch: they'll all be written by Tom King

Why all these times I got something I wanted from DC it was like meeting this wise and cruel Jinn trying to warn me about the potential harm of my heart's desires?

"Be careful what you wish for, little one. Now take this Tom King book" the creature whispers while I sob

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

the fact you're a normie is starting to scare me you're supposed to be the most unhinged person on the site. turns out you're the cool aunt

noooo I am one of the most unhinged people on the site :(

yes I am probably also the cool aunt, but I can be both!!!!

[ptxweekly]