#legion of superheroes 2023

[elaina-writes-things]

The new legion of superheroes movie was my first exposure to brainiac 5, but... he's hot idk

I like the twiggy guys with soft voices who Do Not Understand social cues. It's like God made him for me

[neopuff]

summary of the new losh movie. absolutely fantastic i loved it

[optionalgs]

"Excuse me, he asked for no pickles."

[generalfandomsofthefreak]

Bro i don't care what anyone says

that was the cutest fucking confession scene i have ever fucking scene i care KaraDox so much

[silveragelovechild]

It’s doesn’t take a 12th Level intelligence recognized this Legion video is a piece of crap. The writer/director don’t understand the Legion.

The Legions isn’t mentioned nor appears until 20 minutes into the 1 hour and 23 minutes movie.

Did we need another destruction of Krypton sequence?!?

Supergirl is a hothead, always starting fights. It actually makes her come across a little stupid and unlikable.

It’s unforgivable how Mon-El is depicted. One of the greatest Legionnaires and he’s made into (spoiled alert) a villain.

Save your money. If you’re curious, wait until it’s added to HBO’s lineup (probably in a couple of months).

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IT'S LITERALLY THEM

if i had a lame ass boyfriend i would hype him so much i would make him wait out side so i could go in first and be like get ready here comes the most specialest boy ever if you dont cheer and clap for him ill fucking blow this whole building up

[heatheniousmaterials]

toki!

A while back I made a system for rating how good the subtitles in movies & TV are

Well, today I watched Legion of Superheroes (2023) on Amazon & took subtitle notes! This is possibly the first time actually taken this system for a test drive, & it worked pretty well.

Overall Rating: B

My thoughts on the film itself aside, the subtitles are decent. There are some slight problems in places, but a casual viewer might well miss them. The closed captions were pretty descriptive, but I feel like they were missing in a few places & had an inconsistent style.

I've seen better, but I've also seen much, much worse. The Legion of Superheroes (2023)'s Amazon Video subtitles solidly earn their B rating.

[romancemedia]

SUPERGIRL AND BRAINIAC 5 KISS LEGION OF SUPERHEROES (2023)

[kal8elle]

Legion of Superheroes (2023)

[zara2148]

Gotta love that by the end of 2023's Legion of Superheroes movie, Brainaic 5 is so deep in the sauce for Supergirl he's going, "I could try to bend reality through science and bring back Krypton. Building that sort of power is a terrible idea, but I'd do it for you."

Like, that's deeply unhinged actually. I love that for him.

[abduloki]

Legion of Superheroes (2023)

“I can’t think straight when you’re smiling at me.”

[elaina-writes-things]

*banging my fucking fist against the table* I can't make ANOTHER SIDE BLOG FOR MY NEWEST HYPERFIXATION

[professoruber]

Why I think Bette Kane never really caught on in popularity...

So a while ago I did a write-up on some stuff about the treatment of Bette Kane which I thought was strange. In general though I think she is a neat character who has been unfortunately overlooked.

Been thinking a bit about it again and do have a bit of a spitball / idea on the why in regards to the lack of prominence of the original Bat-Girl.

To put it in short; writers don't seem to know what to do with her and none of her best stories seem to get any follow-up and

I would say Bette's best appearances (which depict her as being more than just Robin/Nightwing's love interest or Batwoman's sidekick) are...

Hawk and Dove (1989) - Annual 1

Beast Boy (2000)

DC's Legion of Bloom (2023) - "The Birds and the Bees"

For Hawk and Dove, Bette only appeared in the Annual as far as I am aware. Meanwhile DC's Legion of Bloom is a one-shot anthology in which Bette only appears in a single story. And Beast Boy (2000) was a limited series which ran for only four issues.

Each of these, I think, did a good job giving Bette and her character/personality/capabilities focus. Even if they all have jokes at Bette's expense, still's still depicted as competent.

I think all of them struck a decent balance of making fun of Bette (such as everyone's disinterest at her constant attempts at re-starting Titans West or generally depicted her as a valley girl) while also letting her have her moments and be an independent superhero rather than a sidekick or love interest.

As I mentioned above though, all of these three appearances are either one-shots or a limited series.

All of them do a good job of setting up Bette Kane as her own character, as well as the whole Titans West stuff which seems pretty central to her character, but none of them get much follow-up. Beast Boy (2000) does get continued and leads to the creation of Titans LA, but that team is only listed as having two appearances by the DC Wiki.

I also don't believe "The Birds and the Bees" has gotten any follow-up either, although it only came up last year so there's still time.

This went on a bit longer than I expected but that is basically my thoughts on why I think Bette Kane has not gotten much popularity of recognition.

(She does also get focus in DC Bombshells but that's elseworlds)

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ALWAYS STAN A LOSER

[livewireprojects]

ClarkxBrainy Week2024 Day 4

Last of my Clark x Brainy Week 2024 stuff until I get around to the really late pic I wanted to make for crossover day.

Day 4 was time, I guess in a sense you could say this is a mix of day 2 which is reflection. Here's a link to a pic from 2021 that I feel fits reflection, might one day redraw it to be current version of Brainy.

This is Clark & Brainy over the years, at one point my friend Vincent suggesting giving Brainy short hair & I later got inspired by My Adventures with Superman for some of the designs.

Left to right Top

Season 1 for Legion of Superheroes

Season 2 with a mirror showing Brainy during the season finale

This is meant to take place after season 2's finale & after the events of my oneshot "Let's try again" were Brainy is convinced to return to the legion & let them help him.(Plus Clark convincing his friends to let him visit occasionally) Clark & Brainy enjoying their new relationship but Brainy is still struggling with the guilt of his part in the events leading to the season 2 finale along with other issues he tried to push to the back of his mind at some point finally surfacing. He's let his hair grow out* & has been trying to style it occasionally, he's happy because things are going better & he gets to be with Clark but at the same time he feels lost & is dealing with some self-loathing.

*Slight callback to in the past when I had older/post-season 2 Brainy grow his hair out again before back in 2023 I ended up giving him short hair like my friend suggested

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This is the point when Clark & Brainy were separated for a while. Clark wasn't able to visit for a while due to stuff in his personal life which was unfortunate timing as Brainiac 6/the remains of Brainy's cybernetics came back into the picture. At some point Brainy sacrificed himself by pushing himself & Brainiac 6 into a portal with no one able to find him. This is Clark's reaction to learning his boyfriend went missing with no chance of recovery.

This is around the time Brainy reunites with Clark, Brainy ended up in the past & luckily had a device that hid his appearance.(He made his appearance have tanned skin & dark hair) At some point he cut his hair & became a bit more out going than he use to be, he has some issues still but is in a better head space than when he sacrificed himself. Clark didn't know it was him & in fact this Brainy possibly overlapped with past Clark before Brainy went missing. Brainy eventually told Clark who he was & they started working on getting use to each other again. They at some point told the others about Brainy being alive but due to having a life in the past now & wanting to stay with Clark he just visits on occasion instead of returning to the future. At a later point Clark & Brainy with help from the Justice League defeated Brainiac 6.

Further into the future, Clark & Brainy have a family & while Clark still does Superman duties Brainy is less active but still helps out, he was more focused on their kids who needed their parents. Brainy slowly becomes more active after Cara moves to his time to join the next gen Legion of Superheroes but goes back to being less active when helping Jon & Damian with their daughter along with some of his other eventual grandkids.

Like I said earlier I'm going to try to work on a late crossover day post but other than that this is it for my participation in Clark x Brainy Week 2024. I still need to remember to work on stuff ahead of time but I have doubts I'll remember to do shit. I hope everyone enjoyed my stuff, with luck I'll get around to the updated version of my list of kids for these two eventually. I finally posted this stuff to Tumblr.

Link to the week themes

[ironbloodaika]

Happy Halloween 2023!

This is something long overdue. Even though I stopped posting my commissions on here that doesn't mean I've stopped getting them!

I've especially enjoyed getting Halloween commissions because those are really fun to conceive, order, and see made into reality. I've especially enjoyed getting them from Aeolus06 and he's never disappointed. Sadly due to me being between jobs I couldn't get any this year. :( That said I've decided to use this as an opportunity to show what I've got over the last few years and hopefully you'll love them as much as I do! :)

These first four are unique in that these were all from the same year (2020 to be exact). Since Aeo has a cool down period between commissions, I actually got these all done over a period of a few months. XD Took a lot of luck and prayer, but I got all the ideas I wanted done!

First one was probably the most complex, but was worth it because of how well it fit. Star, Marco, and Hekapoo from Star vs The Forces of Evil as AndrAIa, Matrix, and Older!AndrAIa from Reboot! Much like Matrix, Marco had a bit of age jumping that fit naturally (especially body types and eye scars). Plus Star and Hekapoo are shipped pretty hard with him so it was natural they dress as the different versions of Matrix's lady love.

Also, Fun Fact: Marco's scar/prosthetic eye is on the wrong side compared to his costume, but I felt it was better to ignore it than have Aeo flip the entire costume. XD

Next up we had some classic hotties from Canada, Lindsay and Courtney. Everyone with a pulse will know I'm a Courtney fan, so I'm always eager to give her some love. And while I'm not AS big on Lindsay, she's a fun character and I have some friends who love her too so I didn't mind them sharing the spotlight.

Obviously the theme/inspiration behind this pics conception is the fact Lindsay and Courtney pack the biggest T and A on the island respectively, so they needed some costumes to illustrate that. Thus we got Courtney as everyone's fave lady wrestler Rainbow Mika from Street Fighter and Lindsay as the boxing cheerleader Tiffany Lords from Rival Schools. Both ladies who kick ass and look good doing it! Give these ladies some love folks!

Another Fun Fact: This one took faster to do than I expected, mostly cause I didn't realize my refs were thigh high. In the end I feel it still looked good and didn't bother bringing it up. XD

Here's another cute couple and one I think deserves more love. Eclipsa Butterfly and Globgor are also from SVTFOE and honestly very sweet and adorable. While they're regarded as evil by less tolerant folk, they're honestly some of the sweetest characters you'll see on the show. I feel this is a nice contrast to their costumes, Sindel and Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat. I went with the MK9 versions of their outfits since they were both modern and simple. Didn't wanna be THAT guy who commissions SUPER complicated outfits. I'm not a sadist! While later games would retcon Sindel into being just as evil as Shao (something thankfully corrected in MK1) I still feel this outfit and character works for Eclipsa, even if she and her hubby are as far from evil as you can get. XD

Final pic of this year is another couples pic with Danny Fenton and Paulina Sanchez. I ship these two and take no shame in it. This was originally gonna just be Paulina as Phantom Girl from Legion of Superheroes since the name and colors matched Danny perfectly. But then I figured just having Paulina in costume wouldn't be fair, so I had him dress up as Timberwolf, since I recall them having a few moments in the cartoon. A cartoon, much like this pairing, is very underrated. XD

Now to 2021! This was a fun crossover and and me deciding to avoid "themes" and combining two character pin-ups in one! Once again we have Hekapoo and this year she's dressed up as Otedamako. Who's that? Only my fave Monster of the Day from Sailor Moon! :3 To her side with have a humanoid Rarity showing off her darkside as Martha from Helluva Boss! This one came from the animated opening in G5 that had Rarity showing off some spiky teeth and a crazy look in her eyes. IMMEDIATELY brought Martha too mind. All and all, very happy with how these two came out!

And now to the prior year of 2022. By this point Aeo started coloring the stream commissions and honestly, it was worth the price increase. Dude is a machine! If this one has a theme it's basically me taking the waifus of my close friends (Chill, Terrible, and Raccoon) and dressing them as other sexy waifus. From left to right we have Himiko Toga from My Hero Academia dressed as Harlequin, the Harley Quinn of the Gods and Monsters film. A very hot/underrated design for a VERY twisted take on the character. Toga makes it work! Front and center we have Wilhamena Mettle from OK K.O.! as Starfire, specifically the comic book version for obvious reasons. XD Finally we have Juri Han from Street Fighter dressed in the tight leathers of Penelope Spectra from Danny Phantom, specifically her second form. Lot of specifics in this piece. XD

Final Fun Fact: Was tempted to have Wilhamena as Star Canary, the fusion of Starfire and Black Canary from the Batman/Superman comic. Very hot design. XD

And a bit of a bonus! I ended up really helping out a new friend on deviantART back in 2020 and got to get a bit of art as a thank you. Courtesy of XJKenny we have Meteora Butterfly, daughter of Eclipsa and Globgor as Mileena. Also her MK9 design, this not only works for Meteora herself given her story, but also matches up with her parents' costumes as well!

Well that's everything I wanted to share this year! This has been a rough year for me personally and for the world as a whole. But I'm hoping we can turn things around a bit with what bit of the year we have left.

Happy Halloween everyone! Stay scared and stay safe! 👻 🎃