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Room Tour 2022

(August 3, 2022)

[dirtbagdefender]

the kids + their hankies

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Team Flash started out small and grew over time. But which line up of the team did you like best?

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[phoebesbridgers]

BLINK-182 DANCE WITH ME (BEHIND THE SCENES)

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Voice actors deserve more recognition.

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I have a post about Cavendish and Dakota being big Harry & Cisco vibes but here's their boss Mr. Block (voiced by Mark Hamill the trickster himself!!) in what looks like Leonard Snart's jacket 🥶🔫

Their characters even meet in flash ep 2x09

[touchd0wn-boy]

i'm obsessed with them actually

[samasmith23]

The Retconning of Aunt May's death from Amazing Spider-Man #400... aka, screw John Byrne!

Wanna know something else we can criticize John Byrne for aside from his general creepiness and bigotry? He undid Aunt May’s death in the beautifully written Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #400, "The Gift," aka one of the best stories to come out of the entire infamous Clone Saga era.

Like... when Linkara reviewed the Web of Death storyline, one particular complaint he brought up was how all of the all the beautiful & emotional moments between Peter Parker and comatose Aunt May were severely undermined in hindsight due to the later retcon that this wasn't actually May Parker, but instead an highly-skilled actress whom Norman Osborn replaced Aunt May with after her stroke and made resemble Peter's aunt through cloning technology.

And the person who was responsible for this controversial retcon? None other than John Byrne!

Byrne apparently refused to even initiate his divisive 1999 Chapter One and The Next Chapter reboots of the Spider-Man titles unless he was allowed to utilize Aunt May as a member of Peter's supporting cast. Consequently, this meant completely retconning Aunt May's lovely and tragic send-off by J.M. DeMatteis & Mark Bagley in ASM #400, even though that issue was highly regarded and celebrated by even the most hardened detractors of The Clone Saga era as a whole.

And you know what made the retconning of Aunt May's death even more stupid? It directly contradicted Norman Osborn's own recounting of The Clone Saga from his perspective in The Osborn Journal one-shot after he was revealed to be the true mastermind behind the whole saga. Writer & editor Glenn Greenberg specifically made sure to include these passages from Norman's private journals:

-"And as luck would have it, the clone -- Reilly -- learned of May Parker's stroke and returned to New York to be near her during her final days. This saved me the trouble of concocting some elaborate scheme to lure him back to the city."

-"Then the old woman finally died, delivering a major emotional blow to Parker and his wife. My only regret is that I was NOT the cause."

Yup, Greenberg wanted to make sure that DeMatteis' brilliant work from ASM #400 wouldn't be undone by having Norman himself state in his private journals that May's death was strictly due to natural causes instead of another part of his behind-the-scene's manipulations. Which makes sense considering that the entire issue was dedicated to Peter & Aunt May's final days together as she revealed to her nephew that she had always known he was Spider-Man and was deeply proud of him before passing away in her bed right besides Peter, Mary Jane & Aunt Anna, with Peter's final words to his surrogate mother-figure being him quoting his favorite childhood novel Peter Pan to her, telling Aunt May:

"Let go. Fly. 'Second to the right... and straight on until morning.'"

Its honestly one of the most simultaneously heartbreaking & beautiful scenes that I've personally ever read in a comic. The silent panels of Ben Reilly crying to himself on the roof of the house, unable to be by his Aunt's side during her final moments since he's only a clone of her nephew, especially tug at my heartstrings (poor Benjy)! And its an issue that resonates with me even more deeply today than back when I initially read it a few years ago, since I now know what it feels like to lose a dearly beloved relative, with both my paternal grandmother (Nana) and maternal grandfather (Paps) having since passed away.

But then John Byrne decided in his infinite wisdom to screw it all up, ignoring all of that emotional weight and feelings of down-to-Earth loss by not only revealing that the Aunt May Peter watched die was actually just a random actress whom Norman Osborn "genetically modified via the Jackal’s cloning technology" (which again… makes ZERO sense), but that Osborn apparently now lied in his own personal diaries or something?

So yeah, the resurrection of Aunt May by John Byrne during the Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five/The Final Chapter arcs is easily one of the most insulting retcons that I've ever encountered since it spits in the face of one of the most beautifully written single-issues that I've personally ever read (both because of how it personally resonates with me as someone who's lost two grandparents, and because is J.M. DeMatteis is among my Top 5 favorite comic book writers).

But trust me, this is the LEAST of John Byrne's problems, which fellow comic creator Ramon Villalobos made an excellent thread discussing in detail if you want further information:

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Fine, I wish Rayman a happy birthday. Remember: Rayman is a wanted criminal. He's wanted for killing Robotoma that have been going missing, he's wanted for ruining a police case (he went after and fought Razorbeard), and terrorism on Eden. Why he has such a large group of groupies is beyond me.

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[ladymisteria]

Diego and Felipe’s Father & Son/Brothers Moments + Eyes-rolling Diego

Ramon, walking across the room and turning to face Diego and Felipe: And you believe this preposterous story?

Diego: Felipe does not lie.

Ramon, walking behind Diego and Felipe: He also does not speak! So pray tell, how do you know when the boy is lying or not?

*Diego rolls his eye with an exasperated sigh.*

Diego: We communicate through sign language.

Ramon, a bit sarcastically: Ah, sign language, yes! Well, perhaps you took this…

*He holds out his hand palm down, while Diego rolls his eyes again.*

Ramon: …for that.

*He turns his hand palm up.*

Ramon: You are extremely naive, de la Vega. The boy simply stayed out all night and concocted the story to save his own skin.

Diego, shaking his head and chuckling: Alcalde…

Ramon, angrily: You are trying to embarrass me in front of the church elders! Well, it will not work! Now, if you don't mind, I'm an extremely busy man.

*Diego looks at Felipe, rolls his eyes a last time and - putting his hand on Felipe's back - leads him out of the office.*

Season 2, Episode 15 - The Marked Man.

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As I was saying earlier….

The closest thing I have gotten to an actual Central City was mostly centered around Portland, Oregon where the show was shot or in Kansas City, Missouri where it seems like it was indicated in the comics (feel free to correct me here). I went online on websites for the occupations of both Iris and Barry’s jobs along with some of their friends and family as well. We don’t know how much revenue Fake Wells (Eobard Thawne) has made off the real Wells life so it would be a safe bet that he is some multi-millionaire.

No, I will not be including Chuck or Allegra’s salaries into this because something in my suspicions is saying that Barry wouldn’t make them help out with the cost, especially with them being recently new members of Team Flash. Another thing, he would also let Cisco transfer out of paying once he started working for ARGUS. Also, I am not going to include Ronnie, Frost, or Blaine in this.

Now this is out of the way we can start looking at how much they would’ve made yearly and averagely. We are going to be starting Oregon, Missouri, then other parties.

Portland, Oregon salaries:

Barry > 42,000 - 84,000/yearly

job: Crime Scene Investigator

63,000 average

Iris > 49,000 - 77,000/yearly

job: Reporter

63,000 average

Caitlin > 55,000 - 140,000/yearly

Biomedical Engineer (Bio-engineer)

97,500 average

Cisco > 95,000 - 150,000/yearly

previous job: Mechanical Engineer

122,500 average

Cecile > 150,000 - 240,000/yearly

job: District Attorney/Lawyer

195,000 average

Joe > 82,000 - 200,000/yearly

previous job: Detective/Police Captain

141,000 average

TOTAL: $97,417

Kansas City, Missouri salaries:

Barry > 42,000 - 78,000/yearly

job: Crime Scene Investigator

58,500 average

Iris > 52,000 - 94,000/yearly

job: Reporter

73,000 average

Caitlin > 75,000 - 130,000/yearly

Biomedical Engineer (Bio-engineer)

102,500 average

Cisco > 89,000 - 140,000/yearly

previous job: Mechanical Engineer

114,500 average

Cecile > 140,000 - 220,000/yearly

job: District Attorney/Lawyer

180,000 average

Joe > 66,000 - 190,000/yearly

previous job: Detective/Police Captain

92,500 average

TOTAL: $103,500

Averages from both salaries:

Barry > $60,750

Iris > $68,000

Caitlin > $100,000

Cisco > $118,500

Cecile > $187,500

Joe > $116,750

Total > $100,458

Other party members:

Oliver Queen, Ray Palmer, possible city funds (for Barry even though it’s highly unlikely), Eobard’s estate that he left to Barry once he “died” as Harrison Wells.

My Google doc:

Ramble from Twitter