#take it up with god

[doehoney]

and what if I was put on this earth to be Matthew Gray Gubler’s problematically younger wife? What then?

[macbethheadband]

When you realise you wanna spend the rest of ur life with somebody you want the rest of ur life to start as soon as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bitterrobin]

Alright, let's make one thing clear.

The only Flamebird on Earth is Bette Kane and it's NOT a mantle that you can slap on to whoever you ship Dick Grayson with. I don't care if you think Geoff John's 2009 retcon of Nightwing/Flamebird being romantically reincarnated gods is poetic or fitting. Please stop using Flamebird in name only because you want a character to be "closer" to Dick.

Wally West is the Flash. Keep him as the Flash, a mantle that ALREADY holds a ton of meaning to him. He doesn't need a different name to be shipped with Dick. The exact same goes for everyone else: Kory is Starfire, Barbara is Oracle, Roy is Arsenal/Red Arrow, etc.

There's absolutely no reason that they need a new name just to be paired with Dick. They are perfectly great characters ON THEIR OWN WITH THEIR OWN NAMES AND HISTORIES ATTACHED TO THOSE NAMES. (If you read any Nightwing or Titans comics, then you'd also know that someone's hero name has zero bearing on their relationship with Dick.)

In fact, the Nightwing/Flamebird retcon doesn't even fit Dick's version of Nightwing. Clark gave Dick the name and history of Nightwing pre-retcon, when the name was of a Kryptonian hero - not a god. It has meaning to Dick as the name of a vigilante who operated similarly to him on Krypton, the meaning of an independent hero - which is what he wanted when Clark gave him the name. If you really want to go there, then the Nightwing and Flamebird of Krypton/Kandor were more like the Batman and Robin of their planet and thus, would not work well romantically.

I hate to say it, but Flamebird ALSO doesn't work as a vigilante mantle to pass on to a potential sidekick/partner to Nightwing. You cannot give it to Tim or Damian or Jason because Bette still exists.

Bette Kane has held the name since 1989. She's still using it as of 2023. By now, the identity of Flamebird is just as intrinsically tied to Titans West as it is tied to Superman. The mantle of Flamebird on Earth is tied to Los Angeles-California, to Titans West, to the history of Bette's character. She is her own independent vigilante, and Flamebird is a SOLO hero who has historically only ever teamed up with either Titans West or Beast Boy.

You wanna argue that Bette taking Flamebird as a name was a joke by the writers because she had a crush on him? Then also take in the fact that Bette has made the name her own since then.

You want to make someone else Flamebird? Then write something where Bette gives the name to them. It's her mantle to give. And if you really don't like her, then write Clark or Kara giving it to them.

Every single mantle, every name, in a comic has its own meaning. There's going to be someone out there, a character, that took that name and made its identity their own. Just as you cannot throw the Robin name onto any child/teen character, you cannot throw the Flamebird name onto anyone who's in any way connected to Dick.

[carrickbender]

Friday fi...ve(or whatever)

- had a job interview yesterday with a company that had the nicest warehouse I've ever seen. Not that I don't think we aren't going back, but I needed an interview to remind me how to do it. Plus, it wouldn't be a bad job...

- school is kicking my ass. Another trip to Cle Elum next week, and this time it will be full of tape measures, sketch pads, and stop watches. FIN 370's first exam wasn't easy, but I passed, and sometimes that's all you can say.

- today's chores include folding and finishing a load of laundry, going to the store, picking up the heads of a set of golf clubs that i dropped off right around fathers day(!!!!) To be reshafted(and nothing!!!!), and researching a therapist.

Speaking of which, here's the thing: I'm sure I overthink stuff, I get that. But like I've said before(sorry to be a repeater): I don't do self-talk well... like at all. So, for example, telling me to say the words I'm saying in my head to myself in a funny voice is ridiculous and not a helpful method of dealing with 'intrusive thoughts'. And suggesting, "well, would you say those things to your best friend" is just as ridiculous: my best friend is a conventionally attractive, intelligent guy who can pretty much do whatever he seems to want to do and effortlessly. I feel like I'm just being realistic, and I think I'm just trying to find the tools with which to deal with being who I am. The idea of mantras, rituals, and taking time for me is beyond unrealistic (I'm seriously glad for all yall who make it work, and you deserve all of the things and happiness it brings you- i judge not!). It's just not for me because theres no point in seeking some serenity for something thats not me, especially when all i want is a toolbox to deal with being a 'less than'- if that makes sense. So yeah... enough of my BS.

- So my mom and I had a great conversation on the way home from the airport a bit ago, and she made the offer that if we have to move due to me finding a job out of the area she would like to move into our house and pay the mortgage. To say that makes me happy is an understatement... Then yesterday, my dad and I were talking while Henry & I were headed to Oly, and he want to pay for our airfare and hotel to go to my brother Rick's wedding. To say it was unexpected was putting it mildly, but apparently my grandmother didn't give everything away to charity(a fact which made me proud that she would have, to be honest), and my dad and stepmom wanted to do 'stuff' for all of us boys... not to mention the fact that my stepmom is buying a headstone for her grandfather, something her dad never had the extra money to do. Honestly makes me tear up thinking about it...

- Anyhow, if you've made it this far, I applaud you. I just want to reiterate something I say often- I follow some pretty awesome and dynamic people, and watching y'all change the world is pretty awesome. Much love, and as a bonus: I got to speak cat today to this magnificent creature. I told him he was great, and un chat marveleuse et magnificent aussi! To which he seemed to reply, "B'eh oui, absolutament!!!"

Much love yall!!!

[problemnyatic]

when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,

[zenathered]

I just found out the most hilariously amazing thing.

[bet-on-me-13]

The cult of...Danny Fenton?

So! Way back when Danny first moved into his new neighborhood in Gotham, he had some trouble controlling his Powers. The different Types and Levels of Ectoplasm in the air when compared to Amity had thrown off his control.

He was used to being in places where his Ectoplasm meshed well with the Atmosphere, like a Water Balloon in a Pool, but in Gotham that analogy would be closer to a Water Balloon in the sewers. It was too different from what he was used to to fully control his Powers.

So it's understandable that he messed up a few times and his neighbors found out about his Abilities.

They took it well at first, Danny wasn't going to go Rogues or anything, and he never used them maliciously, but eventually they got curious.

They asked what his limits were, how he got them in the first place, and what the hell the Ghost Zone was. The answers "None Really", "I died and was reborn", and "A Collective of every Afterlife at once" did spark some interesting reactions from them.

Most importantly, a few of them joked about him being an Eldritch God that they needed to worship. He was good enough friends with them that at that point they felt comfortable pranking eachother, so they did just that.

Danny woke up one day on his birthday, and saw all of his friends and neighbors surrounding the makeshift Throne they had made and put him on while he was asleep. The entire day they chanted stuff like "The Great One requires Ms. Smiths Apple Pie for his day of birth!" And "The Great One Wishes for us to sing the Ritual Song! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birth-"

After his birthday, they kept up the joke.

It didn't help that his powers had evolved Again! And now he could bestow abilities onto his friends. The jokes they made about their God granting them Supernatural Powers to rule the world with were insufferable.

Then, one day while he was just resting at home, watching a movie on his TV, he felt a Pull at his Core. The same kind of Pull whenever he was being summoned. But why would they summon hi- Oh Shit! It's Mr Jenkins Party today! He was supposed to meet them at the Warehouse they used for special events an Hour Ago!

He quickly accepted the Summoning, but was met with a suprising sight. His Neighbors all tied up in a pile to his right, a spilled table of party food to his left, and right in front of him, Batman and his Family watching him with wary eyes.

Slowly, he opened his mouth. "...so, did you come for the party or..."

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[instantmanifestation]

i will admit to having chronic "it's not me, it's you" disorder, but it's because i'm a leo

[mipexch]

I WAS MADE FOR YOU // YOU WERE MADE FOR ME

[chaoticfvckingdisaster]

Something I think about a lot is how Rick Riordan very rarely uses "girlfriend/boyfriend" to refer to Percy and Annabeth within their perspectives. They're so intertwined, even Annabeth says in hoh that the word boyfriend isn't strong enough, because Percy was a part of her. They are a singular soul, too wrapped around each others' fates that regular labels are far too weak for them. But, Rick Riordan uses "boyfriend" a lot in Nico and Wills perspectives, not because they love each other less than percabeth, but to show how much the word means to them. Nico uses it any chance he gets- "his boyfriend," "he actually had a boyfriend," because Nico has never been able to say that before. Their struggle with their queer identities mixed with Nico's catholic guilt and chronic everyone-hates-me disease makes the fact that he has someone to call his actual boyfriend so much more important to his character development.

[bioshzrd]

this random ass guy who’s entire bit is that he can move like this is the only good wesker fan ever

[theoldkyokodied]

The Allegiance of the Ascended Vampire and the New God of Magic

[jameszmaguire]

I think it would be better for everyone if I were to be left alone in the future. Don't you?

[quixoticprince]

When your medic leaves to go pocket another man or something