#ike talks

[jonathan-samuel-smith]

I started writing a jondami fic where they were dating before Jon left for space and how that would change the story. And I realized that it doesn't make sense why he goes off to space without Damian for a whole summer with his grandpa that was already shown to be crazy.

He already spent a whole summer in space, with Damian. How was going with his grandpa going to be more free than that? Why was he so eager to grow up so fast? Also some day Damian is going to receive the message Jon sent him in space and he's going to be really sad about it. But since it's time travel and Jon still spent like 2 years in space, couldn't they go find him and bring him home, creating a paradox older Jon while he's 12-13?

Okay maybe that's an awesome fic idea... but anyway I still don't know how to write around Jon leaving for space without even saying bye?? Over an event that happened a whole year ago (Titans of Tomorrow arc, I made a post about it on here)...

I gotta say I think it's bad writing, unless Jon just really doesn't care about his friends and his planet. They have written him like that before, but I dismissed it as stupid then, too.

I don't think I care about a Jon who doesn't care about his friends and planets, so I won't accept that!

Okay wait maybe I can salvage this: he wants to grow up quicker like Jor-el promised because he worries he's too childish for Damian. Maybe he thinks it's how he can save their relationship (platonic or not) that he perceived as doomed.

Fuck Bendis honestly, Jon just straight up has no character motivations (that he acts on anyway). He's just like, what the author thinks a kid might do. "Kids wanna grow up fast and rebel against their parents, kids want to go to space, kids want to time travel" like he thinks kids are so impulsive to disregard every other character motivation just because something is sufficiently sci-fi? I have three disorders that make me act impulsively and even as a kid I wouldn't have acted like that.

If you tell a kid he's not going to be able to talk to any of his friends or family all summer he'd think you were punishing him. Jon can have plenty of character building adventures on earth or with Damian and he knows that because he's done it and had a lot of fun.

[dankgemestho]

http://VisionSimulations.com/visual-snow.htm?background=office.jpg&density=0.3&speed=1&grainsize=1.958

Just thought it might be interesting insight into my art to know that I have visual snow syndrome! Here's a simulation of sort of how it looks like for me.

Sometimes looking at grass or other things gives me wobbly vision like I've been looking at an optical illusion. If a speaker is talking against a black background the afterimage of them will become so bright as to eclipse them completely and hurt my eyes. I prefer to wear sunglasses at all times because it helps with migraines, light sensitivity, and after images, though I don't do so because of the stigma for wearing shades indoors, and I also haven't found a pair I really liked since I stopped wearing Dirk Strider shades.

I like to put film grain or white noise over my drawings a lot because it makes it look like what I see, but it is essential for drawings that take place in low light.

There's not much known about the condition nor is there a cure but I view it as a neurodivergance since the way I see the world is no less beautiful.

[ikram-mikeram]

Chapter 7s rewrite will be live soon! Also formatting all the other chapters appropriately

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

guy who's stuck in a timeloop for so long he stops wanting to leave it. guy who started out trying to escape but slowly grew used to and became comforted by the familiarity of the repeating day. guy who is no longer who he was before the timeloop. guy who is offered a way out and violently refuses it because he can't leave, doesn't want to leave. guy who escapes the timeloop by chance or force or accident and doesn't know how to live anymore. guy who keeps going through motions that don't match the situation and keeps having conversations that aren't actually occurring. guy who panics every time he realizes he can't predict the next instant. guy who left the timeloop but still lives with it.

[hinamie]

make it vicious, take a stab

[heaven-helpus]

i don't think my blog is big enough for this but wtvr I'm curious

add what generation u r in the tags if u want 👍

[1seaweedbrain1]

seeing posts about batfamily characterization and why one way is wrong or another is and im just like. can we just say we have favorites? bc most of these guys are built from decades of different writers and different ways of existing so fucking obviously theres gonna be different versions of the same character.

"bruce is a bad father" yes he is he found out red hood was jason and tried to lock him up, he made dick fake his death, he was neglectful of tim

"bruce is a good father" yes he is he gives jason chance after chance, he hugs dick when hes overwhelmed, he took tim in as his own

"jason hates tim" "tim hates damian" "dick is a bad sibling" yeah but also no, depends on what youre reading and what you want to see

the thing is with old ass characters and so many series and universes you arent going to be able to get one solid version of any of them. canon accurate characterization with comics is mostly what you make of it so can we all chill the fuck out about whos an asshole and who isnt bc i promise you at some point both have been true

im not saying that you cant be upset at the characterization, personally dicks gets on my nerves sometimes, but i am saying that ive seen 6 posts that all start the same way and make good points but they all contradict themselves. have your opinions but stop saying that yours is right and true when it is not the only true.

[dankblogstho]

Tumblr keeps giving me hyperstimulation anxiety help. I just wanna look at and read about my blorbos by my brain is so overheated. Waaah

[lichenbug]

theyre being supportive

[yyumehh]

where did this cat come from 💀

[jonathan-samuel-smith]

They're literally them. They mean everything to me.

[starspilli]

FINALLY did some of the x men & dc crossover stuff that’s been rattling around in my head lol. & trust me i have more. i just think these ones would have interesting / funny dynamics lol

[ikram-mikeram]

This chapter rewrite has been kicking my ASS

[lkram]

I need to upload the 7 and 8 rewrites but rest assured miles' third chapter is in progress!

[hinamie]

the new jjk cafe fits have been living in my head . no thoughts except yuuji in a letterman

[1alchemistart]

rare kris moment (thinking of deltarune bc of toby fox lovingly annoucing we'll get the next newsletter this month yippee)