#the Teasdale imperative

[evilhorse]

I am not awake!

(Justice League America #32)

[sl-walker]

Serious Battles/Storylines Booster Has Been In (a probably pretty okay list):

The 1000 (1986, first solo)

Millennium (The Manhunters 1987, event)

Invasion (The Dominators 1988, event)

Ivo and Amazos (1989)

Teasdale Imperative (1989, JLE crossover event)

Armageddon (the Monarch, 1991, event)

Despero (1992)

Eclipso (1992, event)

Doomsday (1992, event)

Eclipso (again, 1993, event)

Devastator/Overmaster (1994) - Had his right arm shorn off, got his heart and lungs fucked up, straight up died, got hail-mary'd back to life by Ted, spent an entire year trapped in his armor because it doubled as life support:

Zero Hour (1994, event)

Underworld Unleashed (1995, event)

Final Night (1996, event)

World War III (2000, event)

Our Worlds at War (2001, event)

Identity Crisis (2004, event)

Countdown (2005, 💔)

Infinite Crisis (2005, event)

52 (2006) - psychologically imploded in the beginning, but saved the whole fucking multiverse at the end of it

Booster Gold, Vol. 2 (2007-2011) - even the funny parts hurt some

Justice League: Generation Lost (2010-2011) - fucking ouch

Justice League International (New52, 2011) - legit serious leader regardless of dumbassery

Booster Shot (Rebirth, 2018)

I'm probably actually missing some. Like-- you can't let Tom King's really really bad characterization in one really lousy Batman storyline and then the absolute fuckery that was HiC erase the fact that Booster's been a legitimate superhero since his first solo. You can't even let his creator get away with it in Blue & Gold! (Though, like, he actually did help save the League there, too.)

He fought real bad guys that whole time. He was in the same major events as everyone else. Sometimes, he was even a MAJOR PLAYER in the same major events as everyone else. He got fucked up more than once doing it.

And like-- those panels above are most definitely of a guy who hasn't been serious or legit or sacrificed ever, nope. /s

So-- if we're counting pre-Flashpoint history again, DC, he's already been a hero. For a long time. A pretty damn decent one, too. (As in, you know, saving 52 universes and everything!) And from his second solo in 2007 into Flashpoint, his glory-hounding was straight up a cover. Even if we're only selectively counting some of that, that's all still real, bonafide heroing. And he's gone supervillain 100% less of the time than some of the other big name heroes, too.

[panels-of-interest]

Fire vs. Power Girl.

[from Justice League Europe (1989) #7]

[keycomicbooks]

Justice League Europe #8 (1989) Bart Sears Cover & Pencils, Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis Story "The Teasdale Imperative: Part Four: Showdown..." After the Lords of Order reject her plea for help against their rogue agent, the Gray Man, Doctor Fate (Linda Strauss) goes alone to confront the villain and his agent, Dr. Irwin Teasdale. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098FJGVMB?ref=myi_title_dp

[anhquan347-blog]

7 Minute Mindfulness Review

The doing mode has a solid inclination to prop itself up and to reassert itself once the brain has changed to another method of handling. It is especially imperative, accordingly, that the mode to which the brain changes subsequent to separating from driven–doing be contradictory and conflicting with that mode, similarly that it is impractical to be in forward and switch outfits in an auto at one and a similar time. Being mode is a perfect contender for such an underlying, elective mode into which to switch. At last, we have to adjust being and doing mode in our lives. Regardless of whether it is on account of the way of life we live in lifts up doing, or on the grounds that driven–doing is ofte n moved via programmed, well-worn schedules, it can without much of a stretch group out different methods for being with one's involvement. We can figure out how to change out of programmed pilot by conveying our attention to the present minute. When we do this, we begin to see that we have a decision, and this is frequently the initial phase in dealing with ourselves distinctively notwithstanding miserable states of mind.

To work on moving into being mode, attempt this 7-minute guided practice called Two Ways of Knowing from The Mindful Way Workbook by John Teasdale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbbPLiSQtqk

[hoperesideswithinthismess]

[evilhorse]

Justice League America #32

[evilhorse]

But, alone, I’m just Linda Strauss…your average twenty-nine year old millionaire with a gold-plated face.

(Justice League America #31)

[evilhorse]

Where are they all? And why was I drawn here?

(Justice League America #31)

[evilhorse]

You see, I’m not always a woman. More often than not, I’m a man.

(Justice League America #31)

[evilhorse]

Don’t those two statements strike you as somewhat contradictory?

(Justice League America #32)

[evilhorse]

Just another day here at the embassy?

(Justice League America #31)

[evilhorse]

Was that—Gumby?

(Justice League America #31)

[evilhorse]

Hokey smokes! This gas is thick as my Aunt Alexandra’s borscht!

(Justice League America #32)

[panels-of-interest]

Spectre vs. Gray Man.

[from Justice League (1987) #31]