#tom tss

[coffeeisfortheresponsible]

ok amie n tom sketch for you and now i’m off to play dnd w friends :))))

backstory: tom and amie found vicky in a comatose state during their travels. tom has now dedicated himself to trying to figure out how to wake her up. unfortunately, the cause for her coma is unknown and therefore very difficult to find a solution. amie knows very little about medical stuff and is busy with her own mission. she brings him tea at night while he does research. they will find a way to survive, together.

[dukeyeatsdeodorant]

Logan and Remus on a date

Logan: So, what is your favourite movie?

Remus: Ohh y'know, the classics! Human centipede, Jigsaw-

As Remus lists off more disturbing/horror movies, Logan smiles and nods.

Logan, thinking to himself: Dear lord, I'm definitely going to get murdered tonight.

[shyjusticewarrior]

The worst part of liking dickbabs is having a ship in common with Tom Taylor

[taylorswiftstyle]

2024 Golden Globe Awards | Los Angeles, CA | January 7, 2024

Gucci gown

Let it be known my Roman Empire is painted a shade of aurora borealis green. 

I’m biased. I love it. You’re buckling up for a rave. But everyone knew that, right? 

I want it on record that no one should be surprised when they see this lewk on the TSS Favourite Outfits of 2024 list. And that I’ll devise some maniacal strategy to make it make sense to include in every annual list from here to eternity.

Let's get the obvious out of the way in that this shade of green could easily be interpreted as very snakelike and thus a nod to reputation and its forthcoming re-recorded version. I'd even happily apply it to the teal-y and springlike green of debut if we want to go debutation on this.

But if we are to talk about Gucci we have to talk about the precipice the house is upon right now. As it relates to Taylor, I suspect her dress (specific shade TBD - Chartreuse? Apple? Pear? Some other adjacent fruit that’s a feast for my eyes?) is a preview of Fall 2024 and a clear indicator of the path the new creative director Sabato De Sarno’s will take the brand in. Which is to say, muting the eccentricity of Alessandro Michele’s era of Gucci that brought the brand to a new level of renown in favour of something cleaner and sexier. Nicole Phelps for Vogue already noted that De Sarno’s first collection for Gucci — Spring 2024’s Ancora, meaning ‘again’ in English and released in September — evokes a Gucci when Tom Ford was once at the helm, praising De Sarno’s approach to “the upfront sex appeal of those ’60s-by-way-of-the-’90s shapes, and straight riffs on Ford hits” while “establish[ing De Sarno’s] essentials, focusing on cut and proportion, and repeating shapes for emphasis.”

Indeed, Taylor’s gown is directly reminiscent of a Fall 2004 look from Ford’s Gucci - all green sparkles and sexy disco energy. This makes sense when we consider De Sarno’s history and homeworking when he decided to take the creative director post. He told WWD, “Gucci to me equals luxury … the first fashion piece I ever owned was a Gucci jacket by Tom Ford. I still remember I traveled to Rome to buy it with my friend … luxury was really not part of our world. Television was the only way to see fashion for me back then.” He added, “My ambition is to build an aesthetic message with an edited collection that is mindful of Gucci’s heritage and close to my own aesthetics.”

When we consider my personal history with Taylor and Gucci, I don’t have to look very far to immediately picture one of my all time favourite Taylor looks — the 2014 Grammys when she wore a sparkling Gucci Première column gown which is not too dissimilar to this one. What can I say, I’m consistent. The shape, the perfect kiss-the-floor hemming, and obviously the divine colour that really pops on Taylor will have me swooning for a long time. 

At the end of it all, what I come back to is De Sarno’s sentimentality to naming his first collection: Ancora. Again. He told WWD, “Ancora is a word that you use when your desire is not over yet … I want to fall in love with fashion all over again — ancora.” In the same interview he said, “I like words a lot, they have weight and a precise meaning, they convey emotions, so I like artists who use words.” 

It dawns on me that Taylor’s light is shining at its brightest now as she highlights, celebrates, and - indeed - falls in love with all the versions of herself she has ever been. Revisiting her eras past again. And again. In every re-record. In every step she takes on stage. In every cutting line she writes in ruminating and revisiting the experiences of her life and translating them into song. She’s flitting, flirting, memorializing all her past selves in celebration of their summation of her current self. And that’s what this ‘era of eras’ has been. 

So if this is De Sarno’s Gucci I say welcome. Ancora. 

Photos by Monica Schipper/GA and Amy Sussman via Getty Images

[goobshark]

I think Alan even saying he's a writer as opposed to author is another example of how he feels about his own work - it could also have something to do with that being his profession before his book was published, being a writer for Night Springs and a few other things. But I think this is intentional, at least in AW2, because in contrast Tom Zane unapologetically calls himself an auteur, is clearly proud of his films. Alan is constantly accosted by his own negative thoughts towards his own body of work throughout the dark place (subway station signs, graffiti, the shadow people), which is pulled directly from his mind - that's why the dark presence loves him, because he so readily and easily feeds into his own downward spiral (ba-dum-tss)

And that's without getting into what the deal is with Tom Zane vs Thomas Zane (which I am working on my personal theory for)

[vryfmi]

talk shop tuesday!!!! I love love LOVED your piece for the tea toast & ghosts zine – what was your experience in planning and creating it? was it a challenge to combine both art and writing, and did your art influence your writing or vice versa? I'd love to hear about your thought process in the creation of that really cool piece :D

thank you so much! it's really nice to hear especially since it's my first posted writing!

if im being honest i wanted to write an article from the very beginning, it was the overall idea that was ever changing but eventually i found it. since TTG zine's topic was your favourite thing about l&co, and i had no idea how to incorporate skullyle and it was too much work to come up with technical parts of ghost-lamps (tho i did dive deep into street lights' wiring at one point), i figured i'd stick to my favourite thing of all - worldbuilding and dark stuff!

The Idea™, at first, was to come up with a few cases and illustrate them, but the longer i rotated those the more i didn't like the prospect of making something separate and not rooted into canon. so i skimmed through the books while looking for any mentions of Fittes and Rotwell cases, since back then i already decided to use the Mud Lane Phantom's story. the other two i took are from TSS and THB and they were vague enough to be able to lengthen them to an article entry.

i outlined ideas first, what themes i wanted to convey, what i wanted to put out there for fans and how these cases would've work with each other. from the that point i started drawing the illustrations. quite a backwards process. and it all sounds good on paper but in reality irl struggles really weren't making me any favours and i wasn't meeting deadlines at all, but mods team was patient and understanding with me, they are literally the best!

for Mud Lane i went for slight mockery of pioneers because, well, yeah. there was quite a lot of made up lore that i decided to cast aside (like what if "today" at the crossroad there's a statue of Fittes and Rotwell? a museum? a tourist attraction? a gift shop?). overall im just really proud of illustration that i did, i should draw more of Marissa and Tom at some point.

fun fact and easter egg of sorts: Marissa's pose was supposed to be an homage to first poster of the series and the way Lucy stands in it! i think it got lost along the way as i changed the pose but i think it's still readable enough. i love drawing parallels between the two (:

[id: a side by side of Marissa in illustration, where she's holding her lantern with her right hand and looking beyond the viewer, and Lucy from the first Netflix' poster, where she stands in a simillar manner but points with her rapier at something out of view./end id]

picking one case set 50 years before the others ment that i'd have to contrast them, draw a parallel and make them work against each other to bring up the best and the worst. The Shoreditch one was, admittedly, more of that coming up with something that wasn't there in the first place. first book only mentioned patrols and i latched onto them. (plus i was drafting it at around the same time as l&co bigbang came out and i was massively inspired by my teammates work which incorporated those patrols but in metro tunnels. great case-fic btw). mainly i went for darker aspects of agent's work there, thinking that to fit in sewers the team would've been of smaller children, and that Kipps (yeah, he's there in illustration) would be as close to them as possible, unlike other inspectors we are used to seeing.

Holland Park Hounds was the one that i was the most excited for because wdym we as a fandom don't talk about possible animal-ghosts?? sure, it could've been Changer(s) but is it really? plus how badass of Holly to be part of it AND it was famous enough that Lucy knew of it as well!

Holly Munro pushed a stray hair or two behind her ear. ‘Well, I’ve seen some things. I was there in the Holland Park Cellar case, when our party got blockaded underground by those seven spectral dogs. It was quite a tight spot. And after that—’ ‘I heard about Holland Park, Holly, and I can tell you the thing that makes the bloody footprints is ten times worse. I’m only saying. I don’t want to frighten you. I just wouldn’t want you to get hurt.’ (THB)

innitially i wanted to do something about a horse-phantom that was mentioned somewhere but for the life of me i couldn't find it in books, so i'll leave it for my next reread. but this case has so much more ties to the main gang and especially Holly herself. i really wanted to draw a picture of her and her team after the case but no composition really worked so i kept it to park's plan (my urban planer friend said it looked good even). plus giving a plan and thorough haunting information somehow felt very Rotwell to me.

aaand i think that's it! not much to say for back cover only that my friend really disliked my choice of comic sans for one of the adverts. and that i wanted to make it gritty, as if its a wall right around the corner of the Fittes ball court.

[lokiinmediasideblog]

On "Lady Loki" PSA: You mean Loki being Femme?

“Lady Loki” is NOT Loki being genderfluid. The name is a mixture of “Lady Sif” (because Sif’s title is “Lady” like “Lord”) and “Loki” because Loki stole Sif’s body after Ragnarok ensued, and trapped her in a dying old lady’s body. Loki first shows up possessing Sif’s body in Thor Vol. 3 # 5 back in 2007. Loki continued to use male pronouns in Sif’s body, but just gets misgendered by everyone else. And as much as I love aspects of Loki’s characterization in that era, having that plotline in this political climate would be awful, incredibly damaging, and way more problematic than anything the Loki show gets accused of. I need people to know what the fuck they’re talking about before they refer to wanting "Lady Loki" in the Loki show because this is what you're talking about.

I will be open and say I am not a fan of much of the majority of Thor comics. They are fucking annoying and read like some Gary Stu male fantasy because they’re always going off about how Thor is the fucking best and his plot armor makes him the only and best choice to be Asgard’s ruler despite there being other characters with similar qualities in Asgard but Thor’s “just better”. The misogyny is off the charts in these with all the ridiculously and impractically scantily clad “warrior” women that all want to fuck Thor and have little personality past that. I also loathe the “Loki’s just evil” crap. My fascination with them is more like gawking and wanting to be pissed off. Plus, I find pre-reincarnation Marvel comics!Loki to be a fascinating study of a Comics Code Authority/Hayes code era villain (and I kinda root for him because the narrative annoys me). He’s up there with all the Disney villains despite not originally being Disney.

In those pre-reincarnation comics that often piss me off, Loki is meant to evoke disgust and to “disturb” through his failure to be the epitome of manliness. Marvel has tried to distance themselves from that once they had their “Are we the baddies?” epiphany by retconning Asgard to be more progressive. It kinda annoys me because panels exist where they’re being queerphobic to Loki. To me, it’d feel more organic if Asgard was shown going through societal change rather than “We have always been progressive, what the fuck are you talking about?” But that's just me.

I remember when Loki was about to come out as bisexual in the comics on 2013 after becoming very popular largely due to Tom Hiddleston’s Loki (Young Avengers #13 where he flirts with Prodigy, followed by Agent of Asgard revealing he's a genderfluid shapeshifter in 2014), queer organizations expressed concern over the whole “queer-coded villain á la Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.” If you are not familiar with Buffalo Bill, he is the main antagonist from Thomas Harris’s very copagandic and transphobic book, Silence of The Lambs, the book with Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins who plays MCU!Odin lol) where he’s like “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. T-sss-tsss-tss.”

Buffalo Bill is said to not be a “real transgender”, whatever the fuck that means especially with all the policing around bodily autonomy, and some statistic about how transgenders are the least likely to be violent is shoehorned in, but everything about the character ends up being a queerphobic trope. The “difference” is that Jame Gumb “thinks” he wants to be a woman but doesn’t actually want to be (the transphobia in this book is off the charts).

I am glad Loki has gotten redemption arcs of sorts, because a lot of the tropes employed on comics!Loki just pissed me off. And I am glad MCU!Loki never went through the transphobic possession storyline in the name of being "comics-accurate".

The easiest way to represent genderfluidity in the MCU with a casting choice that predates Loki's coming out in comics would be through dialogue in the magic-less TVA. Have Loki say that her pronouns are she/her while looking the same because people can't shapeshift in real life.

I think if they ever adapt the Agent of Asgard thing (with a new actor), the casted actor should be genderqueer. Tom Hiddleston gets a pass because Loki was not genderqueer yet when he was casted and in 3 movies already (and he was playing the pre-JiM (2011) Loki), but the new one should be.

[wannaeatramyeon]

Welp that was a failed ask on the thicc y/n, soooo.

What is the favorite instant noodles of every character (like Goo favorite is instant Yakisoba with Korean BBQ)

Hi anon! I'm so sorry I did have a think and I literally googled what ara ara means and I still don't know.

Oh my, this is specific though. I can't believe reading Lookism led me to researching ramen.

Before we jump into this.. erm why TF does Crystal need to calorie count and restrict for her second body but Daniel can eat whatever he wants with his second body and it stays the same!!

Lookism Fave... Ramen

Daniel: something like shin noodles with eggs. It reminds him of his momma cooking for him.

Jay: I know it's super popular in South Korea... But instant ramen? Sorry what's that? I always gets mine freshly prepared. But Daniel what instant ramen are you eating? Can I take a bite? (Waits for Daniel to feed him)

Zack: something with stronger flavours like cheese so he can mix in protein powder and it'll help to mask it. Man that sounds gross.

Vasco: this guy has the vibes of trying to cook and burning the house down so something as easy as possible. Instant tteokbokki in a cup.

Brekdak introduces him to some Thai flavours though, and he enjoys Tom Yum.

Johan: beggars can't be choosers. Whatever is on clearance

Crystal: The ottogi low calorie ramen for second body, full army stew in her original body

Mira: not really instant but she loves rose noodles

Zoe: one of those fancier nissin tonkotsu noodles type (piggy ♥️... Wait)

Vin Jin: he tells everyone that it's the 3x buldak noodle.. "yeah I like them... Bit bland though". This is a lie. He can't take heat at all

Mary Kim: legit the 3x buldak noodle with extra chillies on top

Jake: he hates noodles. He doesn't eat them all the time because he likes them, it's cheap and hits his calorie needs so it means more money for Big Deal. Bibimmen/cold noodles if he really has to pick though (cos the man's too hooooot ba-dum-tss)

Jerry: can't take spice at all either. Something like teriyaki soba with some fried eggs

Sinu: jjajangmyeon! With extra pickled radish

Samuel: also jjajangmyeon but he'll only eat it when he's feeling extra nostalgic and willing to open those floodgates

Gun: the fancy Japanese ones that are developed by Michelin star chefs - Nakiryu Dan Dan

Goo: keeping the instant yakisoba with Korean BBQ, this guy is obnoxious as fuck though. Yeah you're supposed to slurp your noodles, but he is the loudest messiest guy ever. Noodles flicking everywhere, soup or sauce getting all over his glasses and anyone within splattering range (Gun. It's always Gun)

Eugene: kimchi shin. He gives me huge kimchi vibes, not sure why. Eats more ramen than you'd expect with his crazy busy work

Eli: he didn't used to like these as much but something like instant tempura udon, non spicy cos Yenna would always want a bite. Otherwise he prefers to make a proper japchae so she will eat her veggies

DG: sorry but this man is soggy no flavoured noodles in room temperature water to me ☠️

[recoiloperated]

Man portable drones (re: Ukraine warfare) can operate beyond the effective reach of shotgun birdshot loads, right? Anything heavy enough to reach that far, the spread is too much to score a hit. What about spin-stabilized flechette loads for anti drone work? The fins on the flechettes could be set like helical fletched arrows to spin them and help prevent tumbling.

Okay, so technically yes they can. However, the ones you can effectively neutralize with shotguns will typically operate within the range of duck, turkey and goose loads. You also aren't as worried about clean kills as you are with an animal. You don't need to instantly kill a drone, you just need to damage it enough that it can't remain airborne. A single pellet of larger birdshot Will wreck a lot of quadcopters.

I actually have a feature list worked up for a special purpose combat shotgun currently codenamed "Candor" based off an 835. Unfortunately, the barrel I wanted to use is discontinued. Not a lot of demand for a 24-in smoothbore slug gun with a magnum chamber, I guess.

Anyways, it was a pattern optimized smooth bore barrel with the sights so you can get more accurately on target. You could do it with a vent rib barrel, but all the vent rib 835 barrels are backbored to 10 gauge. And I want that slug compatibility for combat use.

With the bore work I typically put into my combat guns, I usually see a 30 - 70% reduction in pattern size at 20 yards. Though, the effect is greater with cheaper shells, that pattern worse to begin with.

If you think you're going to have a significant drone risk, the best thing you can do for yourself is give one guy a Long Tom turkey gun with a three and a half inch chamber and some good quality Federal TSS duck shot in the flight control wad.

[rodrickstudios]

“You know how to say ‘I missed you’ in elephant language?”

A year or so ago I was remembering the Bob the Builder special A Christmas To Remember. When doing that, I just couldn’t help but compare the story role of Bob and Tom’s toy elephant, Jumbo, with that of Rick’s wooden moose in one of my all-time favorite movies, The Mitchells vs. the Machines (I gave that moose the fan-nickname of “Gulpi” by the way, considering the elephant had a name).

Firstly, both toy animals symbolize the connection (ba-dum-tss) that the main pair —Bob and Tom on one hand, Rick and Katie on the other— had on the past. They also symbolize that said connection, no matter how far away one of them might be in the present (whether at the North Pole or at film school), will still be present among the two pairs.

On another note, Jumbo and Gulpi are also presented to the viewer in similar ways. When they first appear in a video recording, one thinks they're just a simple toy (case of the elephant) or an object that a main character has just forgotten about over the years (case of the moose, as Katie first thought of giving it away forgeting how it had helped her back at camp). However, when they appear on another recording later, the view towards them changes drastically: an accident with Jumbo led to Bob conning his famous “Can we fix it?” phrase and Rick took Gulpi as a reminder of the wooden house he had to sacrifice in order to raise Katie. In other words, both elephant and moose represent objects that, at first, don't seem to be that relevant story-wise, but become so via a revelation done through recordings.

It was based on the previous thoughts that I made these two memes, which I publish here before Christmas comes to a close these days.

Oh, and before I forget, both Mitchells and A Christmas have another similarity. The two have renowned Mexican voice actor José Antonio Macías (known for voicing James in Pokemon, Captain America, Bert in Sesame Street and many other characters) doing a secondary role. In Mitchells, he's Mark Bowman, and on Bob, he's non-other than Elton John.

[coffeeisfortheresponsible]

SORRY IVE BEEN SO BAD ABOUT NOT POSTING NINJAGO STUFF FOR YOU GUYS,, here’s my ocs in the meantime akdjsjjd

it’s amie and tom!!! they are absolute best friends and they would die for each other and i adore them

[ao3feed-petermj]

TSS' Marvel Universe: Phase III

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Il6PyfA by the_shipper_sailed A rewrite of Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase III. Words: 45, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of TSS' Marvel Universe - Phase III Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Black Panther (Marvel Movies), Doctor Strange (Movies), Thor (Movies), Ant-Man (Movies), Captain Marvel (2019), The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Relationships: Gamora/Peter Quill, Nakia (Black Panther)/T'Challa, Christine Palmer/Stephen Strange, Scott Lang/Hope Van Dyne, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov, Loki & Thor (Marvel), Carol Danvers & Nick Fury, Shuri & T'Challa (Marvel) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Marvel Cinematic Universe Fusion, Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Compliant, Not Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Compliant, Original Fiction read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Il6PyfA

[gender-mailman]

[ Big list for a big gay/silly ]

O-ok <:( ���👈 but dont say that i didnt warned you /half silly

Logan(TSS)

Janus(TSS)

Remus(TSS)

Benrey(HLVRAI)

Benrey(Y2KVR)

Gordon(HLVRAI)

LoverBoy(Y2KVR)

Celine(HKM)

Doc(HLVRV)

Gordon(SwapHLVRAI)

CalaMaria(Cuphead)

King Dice(Cupjead)

Jon(TMA)

Ellias(TMA)

Michael(TMA)

Porrim(Homestuck)

Roxy(Homestuck)

Jake(Homestuck)

Cronus(Homestuck)

Mindfang(Homestuck)

The singless(Homestuck)

Vinny(fandom FNAF)

Mike(fandom FNAF)

Alastor(Hazbin Hotel)

Angel Dust(Hazbin Hotel)

Dark(Markplier egos)

W.W.(Markiplier egos)

Anti(JackSepitEye egos)

Marvin(JackSepitEye egos)

Owynn(FNAFHS)

Puppet(FNAFHS)

Fred(FNAFHS)

Freddy(FNAFHS)

Bendy(BATIM)

Alice Angel(BATIM)

Sammy(BATIM)

Joe(OSNF)

Liz(OSNF)

Cezar(OSNF)

RK-900(DBH)

Connor(DBH)

Nick(Zootopia)

Marceline(AT)

Wheatley(Portal 2)

Sans(UnderTale)

Fell!Sans(UnderFell)

[Aged up] Kenny(South Park)

[Aged up&pc] Kyle(South Park)

[Aged up] Craig(South Park)

Cecil(WTNV)

Carlos(WTNV)

Freemind(FM)

Barney(HL)

Gordon(HL)

Leading Light(HLVRV2)

Shane(SDV)

Lady Dimitrescu(RE8)

Sal(SF)

Zebrur(HS)

Harvey(SDV)

Oliver(Dailtown)

Randy(Dialtown)

C!DreamXD(dreamSMP)

C!Sapnap(dreamSMP)

C!Schllat(dreamSMP)

C!Quackity(dreamSMP)

C!Dream(dreamSMP)

C!Mexican Dream(dreamSMP)

C!Philza(dreamSMP)

Prison!Dream(dreamSMP)

C!George(dreamSMP)

C!Sam(dreamSMP)

Sollux(Homesuck)

Aziraphale(Good Omens)

Crowley(Good Omens)

Pollution(Good Omens)

Beelzebub(Good Omens)

Ponyos dad(Ponyo)

Midas(Fortnite)

Spamton(DR)

B. Addison(DR)

P. Addison(DR)

Fell Spamton(DF)

Swap Spamton(DS)

Ozzie(HB)

Dr. Flugg(Villanius)

Black Hat(Villanius)

Fact Core(Portal2)

Davesprite(HS)

Bruno(Encanto)

C!Eret(DSMP)

Warden!Sam(DSMP)

Roxanne(FNAFSB)

Glamrock Freddy(FNAFSB)

Sunrise[Sundrop](FNAFSB)

Moondrop(FNAFSB)

Kankri(Homestuck)

Glamrock Chica(FNAFSB)

Argos(Tik Tok oc)

Tom(Eddsworld)

Tord(Eddsworld)

Jed Olson(DBD)

Dwight Fairfield(DBD)

Hugo(Dream Daddy)

Human!Music Man(FANFSB)

Willian Afton(FNAF)

Springtrap(FNAF3)

Toy Chica(FNAF2)

Foxy(FNAF)

Chica(FNAF)

Mangle(FNAF2)

Michael Afton(FNAF)

Phone Guy(FNAF)

Phone Dude(FNAF3)

Venomous(OKKO)

Jeff the Killer(Creppypasta)

Ticci Toby(Creppypasta)

Deadpool(Deadpool)

C!Charlie/Mr. Cycle(TFTSMP)

Quest(Blooming panic)

Dave(Blueycapsules)

Mr. Boseman(Blueycapsules)

Michael Miers(Slasher)

Ghost Face(Slasher)

William Afton(Blueycapsules)

Vincent Afton(Blueycapsules)

Slenderman(Creppypasta)

Mulder(Blueycapsules)

Joan(Blueycapsules)

Henry(Blueycapsules)

Jeremy(Blueycapsules)

Michael afton(Blueycapsules)

Error sans(UndertaleAU)

Ink sans(UndertaleAU)

Pierre(Dialtown)

Xyx(Blooming panic)

Phil Guy(Blueycapsules)

Chauncey(Blueycapsules)

Mr. Phone Guy(DSAF)

Nightowl(Blooming panic)

Nakedtoasted(Blooming panic)

Dave "Purple guy"(DSAF)

Mr. Omega(Omegamart)

Grady(Portal)

Adventure Core(Portal 2)

Jake(Duskwood)

Jack Walten(TWF)

Felix(TWF)

Googleplier(Markplier)

Rosemary(TWF)

Mark Heathcliff(TMC)

Cesar Torres(TMC)

Gabriel Boseman(Blueycapsules)

Alex(SDV)

Jack(DSAF)

Intruder(TMC)

John Doe(John Doe)

Yoaj(Blueycapsules)

Gunther(ISWM)

AdultCC/Smirking Adult(blueycapsules)

Medic(TF2)

Spy(TF2)

scout(TF2)

Miss Pauling(TF2)

Liam(Monster Prom)

Damian(Monter Prom)

Zoe(Monster Prom)

Calculester(Monster Prom)

Miranda(Monster Prom)

Brian(Monster Prom)

Oz(Monster Prom)

Vicky(Monster Prom)

Mack(ISWM)

Victor Blake(VTSOM)

Vincent Edgeworth(VTSOM)

Draco Edgeworth(VTSOM)

Winston Loomis(VTSOM)

Albert Krueger(TWDAK)

Monsieur M.(VTSOM)

Murderplier(ISWM)

Eda(TOH)

Rain(TOH)

Belos(TOH)

Edrich(TOH)

Alador(TOH)

Derius(TOH)

Dr. Voldritch(Dr. Voldritch)

Eddie Munson(ST)

Hopper(ST)

Steve(ST)

Billy(ST)

Alexei(ST)

001(ST)2

Gunther(SDV)

Momo(Stray)

Doc(Stray)

Sus Gabriel(TMC)

[Aged up&pc] Stan(South Park)

[Post covid] Butters(South Park)

[dokpetra]

Kick go boom snare go piff. Kick go thump snare go clack. Kick go doompf snare go kishh. I am honored that many of you agree

Next to consider: hi hats go tk tk tss tshhh, and also toms go doon doon poom poom

[levisgeekstuff]

Aquaman: Geen groot succes langs de Noordzee

Met de recente release van de film ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is het een uitgelezen moment om eens in de geschiedenis van deze held te duiken. (badum tss 😅) Hoe is Aquaman ontstaan? En welke comics zijn er van hem in het Nederlands verschenen? 👉

Debuut

De geschiedenis van het personage leest als een soort Griekse tragedie: Na als baby te zijn aangespoeld op Mercy Reef, werd Arthur - zoals hij genoemd werd door Tom Curry, de vuurtorenwachter die hem grootbracht - zich bewust van zijn bijzondere afkomst: zoon van een Atlantische vrouw en een man van het vasteland. Omwille van zijn blonde bleek hij uit Atlantis te zijn verbannen. Een van Aquaman’s grootste vijanden is Orm, de ‘Ocean Master’, die ook Arthurs halfbroer is. Niet lang na zijn huwelijk met Mera verwelkomden ze Aquababy jr., maar tragisch genoeg werd hij vermoord door Black Manta, een andere aartsvijand van Aquaman. Overmand door schuldgevoelens stortte Aquaman zich met nog meer toewijding op zijn rol als beschermer van Atlantis en strijder tegen het kwaad. De dood van Arthur jr. bracht Mera tot aan de rand van een inzinking. Uiteindelijk verlaat zij Aquaman, die ook nog eens zijn koningstitel in Atlantis verloor.

Aquaman dook voor het eerst op (wederom: badum tss 🙈) in 1941 in het Amerikaanse ‘More Fun Comics’ nummer 73. Toch was het pas twintig jaar later, in 1961 met ‘Showcase’ nummers 30 en 31, dat Aquaman echt begon te schitteren. Deze succesvolle uitgaven leidden in de VS tot zijn eerste eigen serie in juni 1962.

Classics

Die eerste reeks schopte het bij Classics meteen ook tot een Nederlandstalige versie. Al moet daarbij gezegd worden dat Classics er inhoudelijk wel een beetje een boeltje van maakte. De eerste delen volgen netjes de Amerikaanse uitgaven vanaf het begin, maar vanaf nummer 13 begint de reeks aan een soort inhaalbeweging met (toen) recenter werk. Daarbij werd de volgorde echter uit het oog verloren en werden de nummers nogal lukraak opgenomen in de Nederlandse Aquaman serie. Best verwarrend. Zo is één van de langere, doorlopende verhalen uit de reeks onleesbaar als je de gewone nummering volgt. Best is die Aquaman Classics in volgorde 14, 15, 16, 26, 28 en 20 te lezen. 

Ondanks die verwarrende manier van uitgeven is de Aquaman reeks van Classics best de moeite. We zijn getuige van enkele belangrijke momenten uit Aquaman's leven: zijn kroning tot koning van Atlantis, zijn huwelijk met Mera en de geboorte van Aquababy Arthur jr. Tekenaars als Nick Cardy en Jim Aparo brachten de serie ook naar een aanzienlijk niveau.

Nog in de Classics periode maakte Aquaman zijn opwachting in Superman Classics 9 en 12, Batman Classics 108, de 1e Superman Pocket en het ‘Superman Super Album’.

Stille waters…

Daarna zou het, op enkele gastoptredens in de Superman serie van Baldakijn Boeken en de 'DC versus Marvel' miniserie bij Juniorpress na, jarenlang stil blijven. Een gelijkaardig verhaal dus zoals bij DC collega Wonder Woman. Ook in de VS bleef het na ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’ in de jaren ‘80 stil rond Arthur Curry. Op enkele miniseries na verscheen er ook in de VS weinig tot geen nieuwe verhalen. Tot 1993. Dat jaar verscheen de miniserie ‘Time and Tide’ van Peter David, waarin de ontstaansgeschiedenis van Aquaman werd opgepoetst. De serie werd een groot succes en zorgde ook voor de start van een nieuwe doorlopende serie. Helaas kregen we daar niets van te lezen in het Nederlands.

Diep(ere) gronden

Pas in 2014 zouden we Aquaman weer terugzien in een Nederlandstalige comic. Uitgeverij RW Lion was toen al een tijdje bezig haar fraaie DC hardcovers. Ook de 'New 52' Aquaman reboot reeks van Geoff Johns en Ivan Reis kwam daarbij aan de beurt en vulde 3 albums.

Persoonlijk ben ik wel een grotere fan van de daaropvolgende reboot, de DC Reborn reeks. Daar werd resoluut voor een blockbuster aanpak gekozen die ook fans van de eerste Aquaman film moest aanspreken. Helaas bleef het daarvan in het Nederlands bij RW Lion slechts bij één album. 

Voor de volledigheid geef ik ook nog mee dat Aquaman opduikt in de meeste Justice League uitgaven van RW Lion en Dark Dragon Books. Maar al bij al voelt de publicatiegeschiedenis van Aquaman in het Nederlands dus een beetje als een storm in een glas water (OK, laatste badum tss, beloofd 😉).

Hopelijk komt er in de toekomst nog wat vertaald materiaal bij. Zo hoop ik persoonlijk dat Dark Dragon Books de 90’s miniserie ‘Time and Tide’ overweegt in haar nieuw aangekondigde ‘DC Classics’ reeks. 

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Taylor Swift’s makeup artist Lorrie Turk lists her favourite red lipsticks

Confirmed to Shop My Shelf which provides an inside look at the shelves of beauty industry leaders, Taylor’s makeup artist Lorrie Turk confirmed some of her favourite red lipsticks. Some are familiar within the TS beauty universe - hey Dragon Girl - some are new. 

While Lorrie did not confirm that these are the red lipsticks she likes to use specifically on Taylor, as her longtime MUA it’s always nice to get official sources from her of her personal favourites. 

1. Sephora Collection ‘Cream Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick in Always Red’

2. Tatcha ‘Kyoto Red Silk Lipstick’

3. NARS ‘Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dragon Girl’

4. Tom Ford ‘Lip Color Matte Lipstick in Flame’ 

5. Armani Beauty ‘Rouge D’Armani Matte Lipstick in Red To Go’

6. Fenty Beauty ‘Stunna Lip Paint in Uncensored’

7. Pat McGrath ‘LiquiLUST Legendary Matte Lipstick in Elson 4’ - $30.00