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Hello there! You've been visited by the random question fairy! ~ ☆

Is it easy to annoy your character? What is a sure-fire way to annoy them? How do they react when annoyed?

Kyle, yes. Breathing annoys him. He just escapes people that annoy him unless his husband forces him to stick around (ie his husband's friends, etc)... then he sucks it up but ignores any questions aimed in his direction. He's already really stoic and quiet, but especially when someone's annoying him.

Another of my "easily annoyed" characters would be Kate. You say the slightest, smallest thing wrong and she blows up. She's the opposite of Kyle. He gets quiet, she gets LOUD. She wants the whole world to know how much you're pissing her off, and they sure as hell will.

Thanks for the questions! :D Again, welcome back.

[pluckyredhead]

Can you please say more about the Lanterns' politics?

I am so glad you asked me about this because I've been thinking about it since I reblogged that post but also I'm definitely about to get yelled at lol. ANYWAY THIS IS GOING TO BE LONG.

Tl;dr: John is the only one with a coherent political position or an up-to-date voter registration.

Hal:

So something interesting about Hal is that his stories are often very political but his character is not. With one extremely obvious exception, he rarely talks about politics; rather, he serves as a means through which to tell political stories, usually unintentionally.

What do I mean by that? Well, for example, in the Silver Age, his love interest would occasionally be possessed by a misandrist space jewel that would force her to attack him, but always lose because women are inherently inferior to men and prefer to be subjugated by them anyway. That's the original Star Sapphire concept. It's wildly misogynistic, but it doesn't mean Hal the character is misogynistic. But it's also a very political story, even if I don't think the writer was deliberately trying to make a point so much as...being an average, thoughtlessly sexist guy living in the 60s. (Carol continues to be the subject of mindbogglingly sexist writing and art well into the 2000s. Fucking comics.)

And so you have Hal Jordan, whose love life was ruined by his girlfriend getting promoted above him and who called his best friend by a racist nickname for decades; Hal Jordan, poster boy for chest-thumping post-9/11 kneejerk patriotism; Hal Jordan, lightning rod for a certain kind of regressive bigoted fanboyism. Choosing Hal as the Lantern for a particular story over John or Kyle has come to signify something very specific, but none of that is necessarily reflective of what Hal himself believes.

So what about Hal himself? Well, when we first meet him, he's the epitome of privilege: a white, straight, cis, Christian (I know he's canonically half-Jewish now but that's only as of the past decade or so), ablebodied, upper middle class (Geoff Johns retconned him to have a working class background, but in the Silver Age, he had one uncle who was a millionaire, another who was a judge, and a successful politician brother) man with a flashy job. Privilege tends to lean Republican; even if he is from California, I suspect Hal voted for Eisenhower in 1956.

In GL/GA, the word "Republican" isn't used to my recollection, but Hal is definitely presented as...I'm going to say conservative by I mean lower-case C. He doesn't have deeply held political beliefs, but he's traditional. He doesn't question the system, because he's never had to. He resists things that challenge the way he's always understood the world works, and that's very relatable - most people do! And he will absolutely argue with Ollie, who certainly isn't always right about everything. But he's also willing to listen, and have his mind changed, and certainly reachable via appeals to compassion and fairness.

Once the "relevance" trend of the late 60s-early 70s was over, Hal's stories default back to ostensibly politically neutral, although obviously nothing is actually politically neutral. In the late 80s and early 90s he's the most unpleasant version of himself, and that has political manifestations, like when he allows John to be imprisoned in apartheid South Africa for a ridiculous and unnecessary crime Hal himself committed. It's extremely fucked up, but again, it's less because of Hal's actual opinions and more because Christopher Priest wanted to write about apartheid, even if it does make Hal look incredibly, horrifically racist.

Then jump to the mid-2000s and Green Lantern: Rebirth, and you might imagine that losing his hometown, getting possessed by a giant space bug, becoming a supervillain, dying, and becoming the embodiment of God's vengeance might have some effect on Hal's politics, but that is not what Geoff Johns is here to write. Johns is writing a Hal who teleported in from, like, 1967 - no nuance allowed. He's a summer blockbuster that walks like a man. He's a Baja Blast. He's never had a coherent political thought in his life. In his defense, he has had more and goofier concussions than any superhero I can think of and his brain is smooth like an egg. Still.

Anyway, all of this is to say that I think Hal tends to default to center right positions but can be easily coaxed over to center left. That said, he has never not once in his life had his shit together enough to vote in a single election, not even for his own brother.

Guy:

So Guy's deal is a little bit complicated because his most vocally political era was also in part due to severe and personality-altering brain damage.

When Guy was originally introduced in the 1960s, he had the pleasantly bland personality of all superheroes. Many years later, he suffered a series of major injuries, torture, and a lengthy coma, and he emerged from the coma in 1985 with the aggressive, abrasive personality he's best known for today. Justice League International took that even further, using him to parody the jingoistic, red-blooded American action hero of the 80s.

This version of Guy is a vocal fan of Ronald Reagan and despises the USSR. He's pro-war, proudly xenophobic, and treats women badly enough that it crosses the line into repeated sexual harassment, both physical and verbal. (To be fair...ish, this last also applies to Wally West and arguably a number of other men, and was always played for laughs. It was gross all around.)

Again, this is partially a manifestation of his brain damage. There's also a running gag in JLI where if he gets hit on the head, his personality changes to this cloying, timid, gentle one, sort of halfway between a child and a flamboyant gay stereotype. Hit him again and he goes back to Asshole Guy. I'm not going to pretend I don't find some of the gags funny, but it's obviously all highly problematic, and not just from a medical standpoint.

That said, I don't think we can dismiss Guy's politics or his usual personality as simply a manifestation of brain damage. We see in later flashbacks that he developed the abrasiveness as a defense mechanism from growing up in an abusive home, and as he matures through the 90s, he doesn't actually become a significantly different person, even after his Vuldarian healing factor kicks in and heals his brain. (It's a thing.) I think it's more accurate to say that the brain damage probably affected his impulse control, his filter, and arguably even his paranoia levels.

All of which is to say that as much as I would love to go "Guy's better now, so he's not a Republican!"...that dog won't hunt. I think a really good canon writer could make the case that Guy is pro-union-style working class and also a former teacher so he's at least center left, but as of now canon evidence is pretty firmly on the red side. It doesn't help that the GLC has been written as fetishistically pro-cop and pro-military since Johns got his grubby hands all over it. I will happily ignore the New 52 retcon that Guy was a cop, and you could even try to argue that he dislikes cops because his brother was a corrupt cop who became a supervillain, but I think it's much more likely that he identifies with cops as a Corps member. Although I don't think he would have any patience for killer cops. ("You were afraid for your life even though you were the only one with a weapon? Then fucking quit, coward.")

All of that said, I think Guy is similar to Hal: defaults to center right, can be talked into center left on certain issues but he's more stubborn about it. (They would also both be enraged by Jan 6 and disgusted by the current Republican party - I can't quite argue that Guy Gardner is a Democrat but Green Lanterns don't have any patience for traitors or cowards.) It's also kind of a moot point because he never knows what is happening on Earth and hasn't voted since his pre-coma days.

John:

Oh John Stewart, thank god for you.

John was introduced as an explicitly political character in an explicitly political story. The first time we see him, he's stepping in to defend Black men from a white cop, citing his own knowledge of the law to do so. He shows a much more perceptive and informed perspective on the issue's main plot (a racist senator running for president) than Hal does. Even in the little moment above, we see that he's sensitive to exactly what it means for him, a Black man, to be taking on this role.

None of this is a surprise, since we'll later learn that John's parents were civil rights activists. Not only would he not have had the privilege Hal and Guy did to assume his existence was politically neutral, he was explicitly educated about political realities and progressive advocacy from childhood. He's well-informed, he's passionate, and he's going to tell you when you are being fucking stupid.

John isn't immune from the GL cop/military...thing, although I can't blame Johns for that - it was the cartoon that made him a Marine, and the comics followed suit. But that's never outweighed his origin or his upbringing. Like, he's friends with the DCU's fictional version of Nelson Mandela.

This one is straightforward: John is a staunch progressive. He is, however, in outer space 90% of the time, so he's always at least a little bit out of date. I imagine every time he comes back to Earth he spends the first 24 hours watching the news in abject horror.

Kyle:

Kyle doesn't talk about politics a lot, but when he does, he lands pretty much where you'd expect a young California-born artist living in New York City to land: to the left. My read on Kyle is that he hasn't really thought any of his politics through, which makes sense - he's a character who is led by emotion over reason every time. He doesn't have John's carefully thought-through arguments or knowledge of the law behind him. I feel like when something political upsets him, he's more likely to splutter angrily than make a coherent argument (which: same). When he's given the time to think things through and speak from the heart, though, he can be very eloquent, like in his speech to Terry after Terry accidentally comes out to him.

It's also worth pointing out that his solo appearances were mostly in the 90s, which were prone to avoiding politics or only addressing them in a halfhearted both sides-y way like the story above.

That said, I don't think he ever actually does anything about his political opinions. He never votes in midterm or primary elections, and probably only voted in a presidential one because Alex dragged him along one time. I feel like Donna tried to do the same when they were dating and that was when Kyle realized he'd forgotten to change his voter registration from California to New York. Jennie wasn't responsible enough to Mom him into doing his civic duty, and he's been in space pretty much nonstop ever since, so...

Simon:

In that other post, I said Simon's experiences should have radicalized him, but instead he was created by Geoff Johns. Simon is a Muslim, Lebanese-American man who came of age in the post-9/11 era, and was wrongfully convicted of terrorism and waterboarded at Guantanamo Bay. His reaction to this was...to put on a ski mask and wave a gun around. Like, it's been a while since I've read these issues, but aside from the "ripped from the headlines!!!" of it all, I feel like Simon's experiences largely don't inform his actions or perspective except that he's super angry (fair enough).

The thing about Simon (and Jessica) is that he hasn't been around very long, and most comics don't have characters directly expressing political opinions. It's not a coincidence that these characters are in chronological order and each write-up is shorter than the last. I can think of about three times where Kyle has ever said anything I can interpret as political, and he's been around for 30 years. Simon only has a third of that history. So while one could certainly extrapolate what Simon's opinions are likely to be, I can't think of any canon where he actually says them.

Jessica:

Jessica has even less to go on in terms of explicitly political comics. You'd think she wouldn't like guns because of what happened to her friends, but she has one of her own and doesn't seem bothered by Simon's. I'd imagine she has opinions on immigration as someone whose family is from Mexico and Honduras, but it never comes up. If I were writing for DC, I'd make both Simon and Jess leftists, but as for actual canon proof? I got nothing.

I will say that she probably avoids political discussions because anxiety, and I bet she got really good at voting by mail during her years not leaving the house. She probably votes by mail from space. Maybe John's not the only one with an up-to-date voter registration.

Kilowog:

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Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic. Screenplay: Phyllis Nagy, based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith. Cinematography: Edward Lachman. Production design: Judy Becker. Film editing: Affonso Gonçalves. Music: Carter Burwell.

With her Mamie Eisenhower bangs and heart-shaped face, Rooney Mara in Carol becomes the reincarnation of such '50s icons as Audrey Hepburn, Jean Simmons, and Maggie McNamara -- particularly the McNamara of The Moon Is Blue (Otto Preminger, 1953), that once-scandalous play and movie about a young woman who defies convention by talking openly about sex while retaining her virginity. It's just coincidence that Carol is set at the end of 1952 and into 1953, the year of the release of The Moon Is Blue, but the juxtaposition of McNamara's Patty O'Neill and Mara's Therese Belivet seems to me appropriate because the 1950s have become such a touchstone for examining our attitudes toward sex. Director Todd Haynes and screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, adapting a novel by Patricia Highsmith, have done an exemplary job in Carol of not tilting the emphasis toward Grease-style caricature or Mad Men-style satire of the era, or exploiting the same-sex relationship in the film for sensationalism or statement-making. Carol is a story about people in relationships, clear-sightedly viewed in a way that Therese herself would endorse. After asking her boyfriend Richard (Jake Lacy) if he's ever been in love with a boy and receiving a shocked reply that he's only "heard of people like that," Therese replies, "I don't mean people like that. I just mean two people who fall in love with each other." It's this matter-of-factness that the film tries to maintain throughout its story of Therese and Carol (Cate Blanchett), the well-to-do wife in a failing marriage. That the film is set in the 1950s, when cracks were showing in the conventional attitudes toward both marriage and homosexuality, gives piquancy to their relationship, but it doesn't limit it. The story could be (and probably is) playing itself out today in various combinations of sexual identity. The film works in large part because of the steadiness of Haynes at the helm, with two extraordinary actresses at the center and beautiful support from Sarah Paulson as Abby, Carol's ex-lover, and Kyle Chandler (one of those largely unsung actors like the late Bill Paxton who make almost everything they appear in better) as Carol's husband, the hard-edged Harge Aird. The sonic texture of the 1950s is splendidly provided by Carter Burwell's score and a selection of classic popular music by artists like Woody Herman, Georgia Gibbs, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Billie Holiday.

[bllsbailey]

'Deranged': Former Chief of Staff Demolishes TDS-Riddled John Kelly's 'Fascist Trump' Narrative

Donald Trump went through four chiefs of staff during his presidency—he started with former RNC Chair Reince Priebus, then moved on to retired Marine General John F. Kelly, then former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Mick Mulvaney, and finally to former North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows. 

Little known fact: the official role was first created during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower.

But one of those chiefs has been spouting off as of late, making huge headlines in the liberal press and causing Democrats to froth at the mouth over their latest “Trump is a Nazi” rhetoric. I speak, of course, of John F. Kelly, who, although he served the president from 2017 to 2019, now claims that Trump “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.”

Don’t turn your back on this guy, especially if there’s a knife around:

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 23, 2024

"It’s a far-right movement with a dictatorial leader and forcible suppression of opposition… So certainly in my experience, he falls into the definition of a fascist"

It all sounds good if you’re a Never Trumper, but there’s just one little problem. Another chief of staff, who worked in close collaboration with the former president, says it’s a whole bunch of malarkey.

— LBC (@LBC) October 29, 2024

I was Trump’s chief of staff — ex-aide’s Hitler claims are deranged

That's the title for Mick Mulvaney’s Tuesday op-ed in the New York Post. That about says it all—but he has more.

The whole portrayal is total BS, Mulvaney contends:

Kelly saw the job as that of a self-appointed overseer, charged with protecting the country against a president that those same people had elected. I saw the role as the chief of the staff. Kelly saw it as the chief of the president. There are, of course, limits to what the job entails. Faithful service never implies doing things that are illegal or immoral or in violation of our oaths to the Constitution. But Kelly hasn’t expressed that Trump asked him to do anything like that. His objections appear to relate to Trump’s alleged tendencies and inclinations. Kelly’s central aim now appears to be establishing a tie between Trump and Hitler, using the former president’s alleged own words to do so. Curiously, absolutely no one else seems to recall comments similar to what Kelly has alleged.

And the Hitler stuff? Yeah, no:

Donald Trump certainly never spoke favorably about Adolf Hitler to me, which seems consistent with the fact that his daughter and grandchildren are Jewish.

He also adds the kicker that the retired general’s “recent behavior is simply consistent with what many of us saw in the White House during Kelly’s tenure.” That’s a nice way of saying he was always out for himself and was never a team player. Nor was he looking after America's best interests.

This whole “Trump is a Nazi” narrative has been yet another disgusting effort by the media and the left to sow division and incite hate. Since John Kelly is a Marine, I will not say what I really think of his antics out of respect, but let’s just say that his behavior and his rhetoric are inflammatory and have done nothing to bring this country together. They also don’t comport with the reality that others who served with Trump like Mulvaney are reporting or what we see on a daily basis from the GOP nominee himself.

In fact, as Mulvaney eloquently points out, if Trump admired Hitler, a true patriot would have objected or resigned:

He never gave me any reason to believe, as Kelly contends, that he was a fascist. If he had done any of those things, I would have responded in the only acceptable manner: by trying my level best to convince him to do, or be, otherwise. Failing that, I would have resigned my post. Kelly, if he heard such disturbing comments, should have done the same. But he didn’t.

Boom. 

Mulvaney just blew this trash narrative out of the water. Kelly, it would appear, is just another self-serving, bitter narcissist who didn’t get what he wanted, so he has taken his ball and gone home in a snit.

I take no joy in calling out my predecessor. But the whole "savior complex" thing has just gone too far. https://t.co/iXRy40lXI3— Mick Mulvaney (@MickMulvaney) October 29, 2024

[libertariantaoist]

COI #571: The War on Gaza, Assange and Elections guest Matt Hoh

Matthew Hoh, Associate Director Eisenhower Media Network, joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss the war in Gaza, the persecution of Julian Assange, and the Democrats attack on his campaign for Senate.

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A meme I saw on my chinchilla group, turned into a character meme.

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Kyle: B

Jasmine: A for sure

Marcus: B for sure (he's an athlete xD)

Kate: A or B

Tomo: A or C

aaand Maxie: A

If you had to pick one, would your collective OCs best be suited to:

A) a fluffy dating sim (character-driven game about interpersonal relationships)

B) a combat focused game (who could beat who in a physical fight?)

C) an elimination murder mystery (brains matter, you have to solve OR get away with the crime)

D) a wacky racing game (focused less on brawn or fighting ability and more on fun gimmicks)

[queerlilchinchin]

Kyle's Little Dreamer, Part I

Kyle, hybrid... proud man with a voice that constantly liked to whisper in his ear.

What are you doing right now, you moron? The voice frequently put him down, though he was fairly certain that the voice had feelings for him he was incapable of returning.

What are you talking about, Dana? I'm taking a walk.

This alleyway is known for- Before she could finish the statement, he heard a cough that sounded like it came from a child. There was no soothing voice of an adult consoling the child. He tried to ignore it, to not jump to conclusions, but by the time he heard the cough a fifth time, he lost patience and went in pursuit of the child it belonged to.

--

A young, dirty boy sat against the wall of one of the buildings. He was hunched over, shivering in the cold, cloudy day. From where Kyle stood, he could hear his teeth chattering. The child shuddered again and Kyle instictively hurried over to wrap his arms around the child, feeling the cold sweat against his shirt.

"Where are your parents?" He asked, tone harsh but only because of worry.

"Dead," the child said bluntly, shivers starting to slow already against Kyle's warmth. Kyle was filled with dread upon hearing this. How long had this child been alone here? Shivering in the cold? He clearly had not eating in a long time.

"Do you not have any other adults you can live with, child?"

"No, sir." Another coughing fit followed the answer, then a sniffle so full of snot that it left Kyle wanting to gag.

"Let me take you some place warm," he told the child. "Just... to warm you up. We can find your family and-"

"I have no family," the child repeated, cutting Kyle off, making his heart hurt.

"I'm sure you have someone." This time, the child simply shook his head. Kyle lifted the child off the ground and into his arms, carrying him back the way he'd come. His meeting could wait. This was much more pressing.

"What is your name, child?"

"Marcus." Now Kyle offered no response, focused on getting the child home. He teleported home and immediately set the child down, then went to make a few calls while also going to make a meal for the child.

--

Time passed. Kyle tried his damnedest to find the child's lost family, but no one claimed him. Day after day, week after week, Kyle's heart fell more and more for the young one. It felt so cruel, dragging him along and trying to keep him hopeful while week after week, he was rejected time and time again. It made Kyle sick.

Finally, a call came. It was the police. No one had claimed the child as their own and it was confirmed that his parents were dead. He was officially deemed an orphan. And since Kyle had been granted custody of him until they found his family... well, the officer said there was an option to create a new family for the young child.

Kyle considered this and went to ask young Marcus if he wanted to be his son... when Marcus found out and teared up, throwing his arms around him and saying he wanted nothing more, Kyle couldn't deny the child. He wanted to know that he was safe and cared for... and he knew he'd be the perfect one for the job.

"Alright, kid. You can stay," he said after a minute of being hugged so tightly he could hardly breathe. "But first thing's first... we need to set you up a followup appointment with your doctor... make sure everything's ticking just right." Marcus beamed.

"Yes, sir!" Kyle rolled his eyes, smiling a bit at the young boy. He would soon be a father... what a strange feeling. He never thought he would be a father... but he liked it. This feeling, being adored. Being wanted... it was nice. And he wanted to ensure that young Marcus would never know cold or hunger again.

--

They went to their follow-up soon after. Marcus was diagnosed with a tragic disease that would kill him if he didn't change his diet up. Kyle had tried his hardest to get young Marcus to eat right, but the child hated fruits and vegetables. He ate horrifically, but Kyle had adopted the attitude of at least he's eating something. But now, upon hearing that if he didn't change his diet, he would die... Kyle knew he needed to be more stern with him. He needed him to understand the importance of eating right.

He had 3 options, really. 1. he could turn him into a hybrid like him. All disease died out of the body when you are turned. This would ensure the young child would never again have disease... but he would remain a child the rest of his life and would never be able to play out in the sun... 2. he could talk to his best friend, the famous Chef, and try to see if he could find some recipes that would enable the child to enjoy the foods he claims to hate, and thereby allowing the child to enjoy these foods and eat them more freely. However, there is no guarantee that he would be healed... or 3. he could adopt a stern attitude about eating right and make him eat these foods, even if he doesn't like them, and teach him why it's so important he eats them and hope that the fear of survival makes him eat right, and hope that eating right saves him. However, again there is no guarantee he'd be healed... and he may hate Kyle afterwards.

He fretted about this for so long, but the time has come to make his choice... he knows exactly what he's going to do.

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IN THE SHADOW OF STEVE ROGERS, A BROOKLYN WIMP WHO BECOMES CAPTAIN AMERICA AFTER THE INJECTION OF “SUPER SOLDIER” SERUM, THERE WAS ISAIAH BRADLEY.

Written by Robert Morales and illustrated by Kyle Baker, Truth staged the first comic book appearance of Isaiah Bradley, a Black soldier in World War II also subjected to the serum. But while the formula was perfected on Rogers, testing continued on Black soldiers like Bradley, an expendable resource in the eyes of the U.S. military.

While hundreds of Black subjects died, Isaiah Bradley happened to survive, giving him powers equal to Captain America. But there was never recognition for Bradley. No parades, no comic books, no membership with the Avengers. Instead, Bradley was imprisoned for twelve years after going against orders and trying to take out Hitler on his own. Later, Bradley was pardoned by President Eisenhower.

ISAIAH BRADLEY’S MCU MOMENT

THE METAPHOR MARVEL WENT FOR WAS, to put it simply, that America was built on the sacrifices of Black people. The concept for Isaiah Bradley was inspired by the horrors of the real-life Tuskeegee Experiments, in which generations of African-American men were observed for untreated syphilis [given to them w/o knowledge or consent by the U.S. government]. The study went on for 40 years and caused the deaths of 128 Black men before a whistleblower leaked the study to Jean Heller of the Associated Press.

In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe canonizes Isaiah’s story and, in a distant way, an institutional horror like Tuskeegee as well. The show’s second episode, “The Star-Spangled Man,” sports a title gesturing to John Walker, a gifted white Army grunt who is quite literally handed the shield of Captain America....

If you came away from the 2nd episode feeling most sorry for Buck? Then your empathy is broken.  Isaiah literally let those two men into his home, expecting (and hoping) that Buck would kill him. His trauma was that extensive.

His own country tortured him and then his enemy... And he’s been relegated to being a hidden figure, traumatized, underpaid (jailed!) for his fantastic heroism and deeds...

Isaiah Bradley will likely be back, and yall better not make it all about how Bucky feels when it happens.

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Carl Lumbly, who portrays Isaiah Bradley starred in the first black superhero show to air on major network TV,  the mostly forgotten, M.A.N.T.I.S. which lasted for two seasons, in the mid-90′s.

So, it is especially poetic that he is playing this role.

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What about characters whose inclinations lean toward bloodshed and hatred of people but they found that One Person that they fell head over heels for and now even though they still hate people generally, they choose to be..... civil for the sake of The One They Love??

I hope the characters who always choose to love, who grit their teeth and choose to love, who do not get love for it in return but choose to love, who hold tight with bloody hands and throats hoarse from defiant yelling that they won't bend to apathy or cruelty and choose to love- I hope they know I love them in return

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KYLE!

Kyle is sexy and brooding and will murder you at the drop of a hat.

Enough said.

No just kidding xD

I knew eventually one of my Kyle-fiends would come out of the woodworks. It cracks me up it was you and not @jade-island-lives xD

Okay, so real snippet about Kyle... (content warning for body horror/dismembered body parts/beheading)

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He grew up in a household where each parent hated what the other was. His father was unaware of what his mother was, but she knew exactly what he was. There was no hiding it when their son was born, hairy like an animal.

Clearly he wasn't a vampire like her...

But she was able to get past it. However, when his father found out what she was? He couldn't. He abandoned their family, and eventually she abandoned their son to find her (now ex) husband. Who didn't want to be found.

Many attempts were done to end Kyle's life but he's a survivor and he will continue thriving, even as he holds his mother's head, upon the final attempt she would ever try.

It's one thing to put his life at risk, but now he has his own love to think about, and he matters more to Kyle than either of his so-called parents.

Send me "🍥_🍥" and a name and I'll reply with a snippet about a character that has that name or make one up if I don't have one

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Isaiah Bradley (played by Carl Lumbly, known for voicing J'onn J'onzz in Justice League Unlimited) is one of the lesser-known heroes to bear the identity of Captain America. For most people both in the Marvel Universe and the real world, his name is likely a totally unknown commodity in the world of superheroics. And at least in the Marvel Universe, that's almost by design, as Bradley's tragic story hides a key part of the political realities behind the Super Soldier program.

Created by writer Robert Morales, artist Kyle Baker, and editor Axel Alonso in the 2004 limited series Truth: Red, White, and Black, Isaiah Bradley is one of a number of test subjects, all Black men, who were dosed with experimental versions of the Super Soldier Serum that empowered Steve Rogers as part of a World War II ear program designed to recreate the success of the Captain America program.

Isaiah was originally a soldier stationed at Army base Camp Cathcart, which is home to a unit of Black soldiers. 300 of the soldiers were subjected to experiments conducted by a German eugenicist scientist named Dr. Wilfred Nagle. Nagle's experiments resulted in the deaths of all but five of the test subjects, of whom Isaiah Bradley was one of the survivors.

The remaining test subjects were killed along with their families and loved ones in order to cover up the horror of having murdered 295 people in an ultimately failed experiment.

Isaiah's story echoes the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study (also known as the Tuskeegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male), in which 600 impoverished Black men from Alabama were promised free healthcare by the Centers for Disease Control and the United States Public Health Service as a part of a study that they were told would last six months.

However, 399 of the men had undiagnosed and untreated syphilis which the CDC and USPHS hid from the patients, using their diagnosis to extend their study for over 40 years from 1932 to 1972, leaving hundreds of Black men debilitated with degenerative syphilis in one of the most horrifying violations of medical ethics and human rights of the last century.

The five surviving Super Soldiers, Isaiah included, are sent overseas to fight Nazis – however, only Isaiah survives. Taking up a spare costume and a back-up shield meant to be used by Steve Rogers/Captain America, Bradley finishes his mission solo but is captured by Nazis. After being rescued from Nazi experimentation, Bradley is court-martialed for stealing the Captain America uniform, and jailed in Leavenworth Penitentiary from 1943 to 1970, when he receives a pardon from President Eisenhower and is set free.

After his release, Bradley – still young and vigorous thanks to his Super Soldier Serum – becomes an underground hero of the Black community, a symbol recognized as a defender of those who need Captain America most. Though most white heroes – including Steve Rogers himself – are ignorant of Bradley's legacy and career, Black heroes such as Monica Rambeau, Luke Cage, and the Falcon hold Bradley in high reverence. He's also shown to be a hero and inspiration to the Marvel Universe version of real-world Black abolitionists, civil rights activists, and notable people from Nelson Mandela, to Muhammed Ali, to Angela Davis, Malcolm X, and even Richard Pryor.

Isaiah's story ends on an even more tragic note, with the flawed version of his Super Soldier Serum leading to neurological degeneration resulting in a condition similar to Alzheimer's.

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News Roundup 4/7/21

by Kyle Anzalone

US News

A 60 Minutes hit piece on Ron DeSantis was selectively edited and denounced by two prominent Florida Democrats. [Link]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calls for a global minimum tax on corporations. [Link]

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says Biden may have to restart construction on the border wall to fill in any gaps. [Link]

Washington police crowdfunded to pay for the surgery of a police dog that was shot. Reports at the time suggested a person arrested by police shot the dog. However, police shot their own dog, twice. The police also used the dog’s popularity to sell merchandise and raise money for the department. [Link]

The State Department is considering a boycott of the 2022 Olympic Games in China. [Link]

Foreign Policy

Biden will not change Trump’s pro-landmine policy. The DoD Spokesperson called them a vital tool in conventional warfare. [Link] As a candidate, Biden pledged to reverse the Trump policy. [Link]

Biden lifted sanctions and apologized to an Italian restaurant. The restaurant was sanctioned on the last day of Trump’s presidency and alleged it was violating US sanctions on Venezuela. [Link]

The USS McCain sailed through the Taiwan Strait. [Link]

Myanmar

The military coup government in Myanmar is blocking the internet to most of the country. [Link]

Afghanistan

Biden is still taking his time to decide if the US will withdraw troops from Afghanistan on May 1st. [Link]

The CIA Twitter account bragged about supplying Stinger Missiles to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. [Link]

Middle East

Israel informed the US it attacked an Iranian flagged ship in the Red Sea. [Link]

Iran has produced 55 kg of 20% enriched uranium since it started the process in January. [Link]

Indirect talks between the US and the other members of the JCPOA established a working group to form a plan to have all sides return to compliance with the agreement. More indirect talks between the US and Iran will be held Friday. [Link]

Syria

The USS Eisenhower is providing air support to anti-ISIS operations from the Medertarrian Sea. [Link]

The former US Envoy to Syria said the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria is an “asset” for the US. [Link]

The US published pictures of training Syrian Kurdish fighters to call in airstrikes. According to the Air Force Times, the Kurds have had this ability for years. [Link]

Africa

Talks between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt over the fill rate of a new Nile River dam failed to reach an agreement. [Link]

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It must be the gays that are so in love with my main couple then, because one’s a half-vampire, half-werewolf (Kyle) and the other is a vampire (Jarred). Both gay.

gays see something with "vampire" in it and hit reblog

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Sunday Spotlight Black History Month Edition: The Bradley Family

Yes, it’s Monday, I know. I was so tired from work I slept entire day yesterday.

In early 2000s writer Robert Morales and artist Kyle Baker created Truth: Red, White and Black. This seven-part miniseries revealed a grim, previously unknown fact underneath the story of Captain America.  Inspired by the real-life tragedy of the Tuskegee experiment, the book reveals that to replicate Dr. Erskine’s super-soldier formula Army has condone a series of experiments with prototype versions on black soldiers. Most of them died due to various mutations or after-effects, but one survived the tests and later missions - Isaiah Bradley. After the war, he was imprisoned for 17 years (officially for stealing outfit intended for Steve Rogers, in reality, to keep the whole thing under the wraps) before his wife, Faith, managed to get him pardoned by writing monthly letters to Eisenhower for three years straight. However, the long-term side effects of the serum caused severe damage to both his body and mind, leaving him in a somewhat child-like state.

The later series the Crew by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett revealed the Army had made one more attempt at creating super-soldiers with Isaiah. By harvesting his sperm and eggs from Faith (without her knowledge when she needed surgery, let us add) they tried to create a child as receptive to the process as him using surrogate mothers. Only one baby was carried to the term, but upon learning the goal of this endeavor, the mother fleed with it. This boy would grow up to become Josiah al haj Saddiq and turns out to have inherited his father’s powers. After a life involving Vietnam War, Black Panthers movement and finding his biological parents he settled down running a mosque in Little Mogadishu, Brooklyn. When James Rhodes’ private war against the gang that killed his sister came knocking, he would pick his father’s shield and assume codename Justice, though he is more well-known as Josiah X.

Then a Young Avengers series by Alan Heinberg and Jim Cheung introduced Eli Bradley - son of Sarah Gail Bradley, daughter Isaiah and Faith had before he was injected with the super-soldier serum. Inspired by his grandfather, Eli would inject himself with mutant growth hormone - a drug made from the blood of mutants or metahumans that would give the user temporary superpowers - to pretend he had powers and lead superhero team of Young Avengers. It wasn’t until he would be wounded, taking a bullet for Steve Rogers during a three-side battle with Kree and Skrull, that Eli would receive powers for real when Isaiah volunteered to give him a life-saving blood transfusion. Eli remained a member of the team (even if he eventually gave up leadership) during their two team-ups with Runaways*, battle with Dark Avengers and Young Masters, Siege of Asgard, team-up with Winter Soldier, Death of Captain America and Children’s Crusade and he also has the spotlight in the first issue as a big role in 5th issue of Young Avengers Presents anthology. 

Eli was absent from the second Young Avengers series, writer Kieron Gillen claiming he got a note Eli cannot be used because a different writer had plans for him, but said plans never materialized. In fact, the character would be entirely absent for rest of the decade, with a new kid (who will get his own entry) taking up the mantle of Patriot and claiming Eli gave him his permission, supposedly giving up superheroics to become a political activist. This lead to rumors Marvel was silently sued for rights to all Bradleys by Robert Morales’ estate, who supposedly believed creating descendants of Isaiah was a breach of contract and going against his vision of Truth being a cautionary, tragic tale. There is something to support this theory - Truth is out of print and when writer Jeremy Whitley reached Kyle Baker in hopes to get a copy, Baker also believed it is because of the lawsuit. However, many have pointed out that if it was true then entries for characters like Isaiah, Eli or Josiah on official Marvel websites and wikis would be erased the same way ROM the Spaceknight was, and likely books with them would not be sold on sites like ComiXology. Finally, Eli made a one-page appearance in Marvel Comics #1000**, where the rest of Young Avengers convince him to pick up the superhero outfit “one more time”.

* - A tip for trade collectors - both miniseries are in Runaways Complete Collection vol.3 and the price is similar, while giving you some extra stuff

** - Don’t buy it, it’s not worth it, just google the page.

- Admin

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A couple Concepts I have....

Hi....I’m awkward and now I have a tumblr.

I like to write. I like to draw. I think that maybe i could make comics and post them on here. I have a couple concepts that I’ve come up with and would like to hear which one you guys would want.

3 Guys and a Girl: Kelsey Eisenhower is a senior in high school and has three best friends: Carla, Sabrina, and Ryley. On the first day of senior year, she wakes up and finds her mother has turned into her father, her father turned into her mother, and her brother has now become her sister. She thinks it’s just an elaborate prank until she gets to school and finds her 3 girlfriends have now become boys: Carlos, Sebastian, and Ryan. Kelsey has to now accept her new life with her new three best friends.

Monster City: Violet Tourmaline is a witch who lives in Monster City. When she was young, she was learning transformation spells and decided to test one on a bowl of her favorite food: Neapolitan ice-cream. She accidentally manages to transform the ice-cream into a person and is unable to change her back. She names her new friend Polly and Violet’s parents take Polly in as their own. Violet and Polly are now sisters who have to defeat evil in Monster City and also survive school at the same time.

1980: Marlee Young is missing. Older siblings Kyle and Penny are unsure of her kidnapper, until meeting an alleged survivor of their kidnapper, a 31 year old man named Earl who was kidnapped in 1980 when the kidnapper, nicknamed “The Runaway Camaro”, was running an underground child slavery ring, and Marlee had been targeted the second she was born. Earl knows that The Runaway Camaro has eyes everywhere, and that finding the ring won’t be easy, but Kyle and Penny know that theres no time to lose. Kyle, Penny, and Earl have to chase The Runaway Camaro across the country to put a finish to the slavery ring and rescue their sister.

Love Shack: Based off the b52′s song, three teenage friends: Betsy, Ricky, and Lucy are invited to the elusive Love Shack, a party hot-spot off highway 75 in Atlanta, Georgia. During the party, the three find the dead body of a girl in a bedroom. The three are immediately pinned as the killers because they found the body and have to question if they really know each other and prove themselves innocent while fighting their own battles along the way. From almost killing one-another to hiding in the woods from police, will these teenagers live, die, or end up in prison for the rest of their life?

And those are some ideas, I’d appreciate some feedback and tips. Thank you!