#the favored genius

[gilly-moon]

Anyone else getting tired of the militarization of Santa in Christmas media?

[our-lady-of-haymakers]

Always been lowkey fascinated by the parallels and contrasts between IFTV and MagiRevo because they tackle the genres they're trying to queer with almost diametrically opposed approaches to arrive at a common conclusion? IFTV's all about knowledge and certainty, about a protagonist who is almost completely aware of how everything in the story she currently inhabits will play out and how simultaneously empowering and constrictive that can be to a queer identity that yearns for stability and grounding, while also being keenly aware of how sharply the lines between tolerance and exile, a happy present and an inevitable future are drawn, and daring to properly imagine something new, to flip the script and turn the destined into the daring. On the other hand, MagiRevo's all about uncertainty and the chaotic, of a protagonist who's empowered not because of what she knows, but because of what she doesn't, and the newfound faith and hope she can foster in a world where nothing is set in stone and anything can be possible, which also then transitions into a story about how brutally hierarchy and hegemony creates dynamics of insiders and outsiders, and the importance of queer identity being grounded not only in maverick individual excellence, but also in a community that can offer love, support and stability.

Despite and because of this, both tales arrive at a declaration that all queerness is revolutionary and no revolution can exclude the queer, that the act of being gay is necessarily mutinous, and that to find lasting bliss and stability, you must love dangerously and imaginatively, embrace the subversive and villainous, and write legends from promises and dreams. Truly the kind of range that makes you think, "Girlgods, how I love yuri."

Anyway, enjoy the scrimblos.

[xpocketeer]

the devil works hard, but medicine pocket works harder

[lesboymetaknight]

My favorite kind of protagonist is silly but powerful lesbian, who is clingy and completely obsessed with their girlfriend.

[pinkberrytea]

Y’ALL. I AM. DECEASED.

@sniickerdoodlies is a literal angel and a gift to this fandom and y’all should worship her. I’m so lucky that my first comm of Mav ever was made by her, I still can’t get over how perfect she looks. Thank you thank you thank you!!! 🙏🫶✨😍

[leletha-jann]

An interesting thing about reading the final print/digital PDF Girl Genius comics as well as the webcomic version is that sometimes there are minor changes!

Little things, but this one jumped out at me today:

Webcomic (original):

PDF volume 10 (revised):

For completeness, the print novel version (Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg, page 49) is:

"Tarvek!" Agatha looked shocked. "Don't be mean."

I have no idea what anyone is going to do with this fact, but I Noticed a Thing, and this is the I Noticed a Thing blog, so here it is.

Read your PDFs if you've got 'em!

[br1ghtestlight]

im glad everyone in the belcher family isn't really academically smart (louise definitely COULD BE but she doesn't try or see any real value in it) or particularly knowledgeable but their accomplishments are always celebrated within their family!!! because all of them (except louise which once again isnt really relevant) are terrible at math but that's fine and literally Normal for their family. and when gene gets a B- in science and they make a whole event of it bcuz they're so proud of him!!!! i see a lot of sitcoms where there's one Super Smart genius sibling and then the others kinda get pushed aside or their accomplishments aren't celebrated but bob's burgers celebrates all the achievements in the family no matter how small and theyre always so supportive :)

(it's funny bcuz gene is literally a savant musician but they don't treat him or his sisters any differently bcuz of that. and louise is incredibly intelligent but neither of them are ever made to believe they're BETTER than other people bcuz of that or that their accomplishments are all that they are. which is much healthier imo)

[lizasweetling]

Buildup for Big 'Ol Fight detected!

not sure where 'trying to re-program' falls on the 'treating as something like a person' though- probably not as morally good as would be ideal but maybe higher than outright killing her??

[aroacettorney]

forever rotating in my head the fact that casey has always known about james moriartys identity being fake (which itself alone is a felony in any country; ref: aup novel chpt.5) even before his villain arc, but she never sold him out to the authority, nor did she seriously consider investigating his real identity although she could have easily done so as proven in the later time. on top of how casey instinctively sought any excuse to defend moriarty despite redhandedly catching him committing a crime herself, it just spoke for how much trust she had in him or at least in her guts telling her that he's a good person from the start, which is why the act of moriarty not trusting casey in return and even betraying their friendship while keeping on insisting that he’s an irredeemable villain is so heart-wrenching

[elmaxlys]

Funny how the second a language or dialect originates from the poor part of the population suddenly it's fine to scorn and disregard it and even mock it and spit on it

[astro-b-o-y-d]

I ain't reblogging that poll again, especially just to be salty, but Danganronpa fans continue to have wildly different takes than I ever could.

[transingthoseformers]

Damn Starscream you are absolutely the MVP currently

[eluvion]

IM SO STUPID

[godblooded]

after writing an actual long thread it's bedtime.

[cosmik-homo]

starting to think the true Characterization Gap between the classic and modern masters is that you less often, nowadays, are put to face with the distinct impression the master is also a nerd.

[booblywooblies]

surprised theres anyone out there that thinks tdicks are romanticized, all i ever seem to hear about them is how theyre creepy and gross and small (even from transmascs)

like top surgery scars sure, thats bc people have specifically been combating the majority opinion that theyre ugly by trying to make them cool (yknow, to cope)