#tw unreality

[dcdreamblog]

Watched a clip of an interview with Ted "Wildcat" Grant, and he mentioned the he once "swam two miles with three bullets in his lung", and it hit me. Man was not just a professional boxer, but for years was the reigning *Heavyweight Champion of the World*. How'd he hide or explain away the inevitable physical result of spending every night fighting heavily armed gangsters, spies, saboteurs and supervillains with his bare hands, when he was routinely walking into a ring with no shirt on in front of huge crowds, getting inspected by refs and whatever you call the guys who take care of fighter's injuries, having his photo taken, etc.?

You just answered your own question. He was Heavyweight Champion of the World. He always came in at weight before the fight and he played it clean as a whistle in the ring. Were YOU gonna question him in front of the crowd, or where a sports reporter might hear you?

(The famous photo of Grant's final victory against Cassius Clay before professional retirement, Las Vegas)

Beyond that, Ted Grant's personal life was (assumed to be) a known quantity. He was a roughneck from a harsh part of Gotham and he retained a strong sense of "street principles". Even out of his uniform he was often seen getting into fights with catcallers, deadbeats and anyone else who offended his sense of decency on the street. More than once he came upon a man striking his wife or child and beat said man into a hospital bed in broad daylight.

If you were the ref, or the reporters, any new scar or bruise that couldn't be explained as the price of his living COULD be explained away as Ted Grant being Ted Grant even away from the camera. I am going to list for you actual things Ted Grant did, in his civvies, during his period of active sportsmanship. Not one of these is a lie.

He got so offended at a beat cop shaking down newsies for protection money that he started a fight. He fought said cop, his partner and 4 other beat cops who joined in. And won.

He saw an off duty sailor, who had half a head of height on Grant, refuse to leave two women alone. He put the sailor's head through a table and scared off half a dozen other service men just by telling them who he was.

He crashed through the front window of a hotel lobby because he was trying to strangle a reporter who called him a "Nip Lover" for speaking out against Japanese internment.

AND, my personal favorite

He walked past a bar known to be a hang out for the local Klan chapter. Heard one of them on the bar's porch call him a "White Man's inspiration", walked directly up to the bar, split the oak door off its hinges with one punch and thrashed all 29 men inside walking away with only a black eye and bruises from his right shoulder to elbow where one of them broke a METAL BAR STOOL across it. He then made a habit of bringing black friends and ring staff to said bar, daring anyone to make a fight out of it (which they often did, to repeated results) until the bar shut down. Where he then used the pot from his next fight to buy the land and donate it to the NAACP. If you've ever been to the Grant Rec Center that does after school for the north end of The Narrows in Gotham, now you know why its called that.

No one questioned Grant showing up with a shiner and a crooked tooth, they just contented themselves with the knowledge the the other guy A. deserved it and B. got it worse.

[polle-in-the-vents]

Good. Polle has seen enough of Kaleb Doran now.

Enough to understand. That he will not be anything like Jimmy. Goodbye.

You weird fucking thing.

I saw your ass in a hallucination.

What matter of devil are you?

@atombombskilledtheradiostar

The only one that will ever matter again.

[ilhoonftw]

[existennialmemes]

Halloween Reminders:

Discard any candy that has been Cursed

In the event that you are magically transformed into your costume, do not panic. It'll probably be pretty fun.

Discard any candy that looks at you funny.

In the event your soul is stolen, bummer. Try to enjoy your night anyway. Eat some candy. Honestly it's kinda like your appendix, you don't really use it as much as you'd think.

Discard any candy that speaks in ancient languages. That just can't be good.

Have fun! This world is a nightmare. Enjoy every chance for whimsy, whenever you can

[aerial-ace]

sick and tired of seeing these ace trainers brag about their super smart badass level 100 shiny mons.

This is Sol. She is a fucking idiot. She regularly forgets that she is a flying type and sits at the bottom of cabinets n such crying cause she doesn't know how to get up. I would die for her.

[polle-in-the-vents]

*There is nothing but stillness and silence. No movement, no sound but the slightest buzzing of the overhead lights, the hum of electricity in the walls, the air moving through the vents. A light perhaps flickers. It is like nothing had disturbed the visual field at all, like nothing was even there.*

JIMMY.

Is Polle REALLY just a mascot to you??

- @polle-in-the-vents

"What. What the fuck do you mean?? You're not real, this is fucking insane!"

[soyalexnajera]

THE DRAINING SPELL TAKING PLACE EXACTLY ONE YEAR AFTER THE OWL HOUSE ENDED??

[lolliepops-rox]

The results are in. Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J are both the president. Both of them at once.

[brightgoat]

jojo's bizarre analog adventure

[polle-in-the-vents]

*It acts like a normal plushy, getting pushed slightly by Jimmy’s foot. Perhaps there is the slightest sound of cracking bones shifting amongst fleshy stuffing, but that could be Jimmy’s imagination. Who knows.*

Hello Phony Captain! Did you know that Polle loves the way Mouthwash glimmers in the light in a puddle on the floor?

Polle is going to slowly erode the barriers of your sanity now! See the Polle plush in your hands?

IS it a plush?

- @polle-in-the-vents

GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[pigswithwings]

what if aquatic animals had Tumblr would that be fucked up or something lmaooo anyways

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🌿 mx-seagrxss Follow

mating season is such a chore. wdym i have to migrate back ten thousand miles just to find some bitches

🐟 thatsalmonboy Follow

outta my way gayboy I'm boutta get it

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i have been transformed into a creature beyond my wildest imaginations

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🎣 cardinesan Follow

uhhh was nobody going to talk about how the new update makes the site virtually unusable for crustaceans ???

🌊 pelagic-tragic Follow

honestly even if we tell staff you know they're not going to do anything. crustaceans make up such a small percentage of oceanblr right now that it's going to be impossible to get them to care. the treatment of anyone who isn't a bony fish on this website is atrocious tbh

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🌑 the-midnight-zoom

oh my cod its so dark down here why do i have such piss poor eyesight. if my eyes could open any wider id be doing that but nooo my house in the god damn depths says get fucked. not even my cousin in that one cave has to put up with this wtf

🔦 anglerfished Follow

hey come here for a second

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🦑 a-sinkingsquid Follow

absolutely freaking out right now you frys don't understand ... There's another squid at this whale fall and she's really really cute! I want to talk to her so bad but I'm scared as all hell ... what if she thinks I'm trying to eat her and swims away ? ?

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🐋 girlwhaletail Follow

shipping discourse is sooo pointless like? you argue about ships? ⛵ those things that sound really loud & pass by me everyday? 🛳️ whoo whoo?

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🐌 justasnailfish Follow

where is every one ..

[dcdreamblog]

So I’ve been looking over the members of the JSA, the All-Star Squadron, and other teams of the era, and I have to say I’m kind of fascinated by how many of them are just some guy in a costume, no powers, and maybe not even a real gimmick like the Sandman. Guys like the Atom, the Manhunter with the dog, the Whip, and personal favorite, Wildcat.

What do you think lead to the rise of this, and why don’t we really see it anymore? Outside of, say, the Gotham crew or the Arrows.

It was the very specific economic and social conditions of the day. In essence, the criminal activity of the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression hit the American lower class like a bomb. The Roaring 20s are remembered fondly by American culture but, as with any boom associated with the stock market and the business class, the growth was often left at the expense of the have-nots. Especially with the prohibition speakeasy making crime rampant and open.

Add to that the hard crash of the Great Depression, crime burrowed in, corruption endemic as mafia rackets became an everyday burden for millions of Americans from coast to coast. With the legend of the Crimson Avenger and The Sandman spreading through the yellow journalism of the day, taking on everyone from the Mob to the Klan it was like all that bubbling pressure in the tank suddenly had an escape hatch.

People who had been pushed to their limits by a system pressing down on them, their loved ones, their livelihoods, they did the only thing that was seemingly having a real, honest to god effect on the ground.

They hit the streets and left the Mob bleeding like a stuck pig in the aftermath.

(Aftermath of the Sandman and The Atom breaking up a booze, drug and gun running shipment. Metropolis, 1940)

Words cannot describe how sharply organized crime retracted between 1938 and 1950. There were thoughts at the time that the institution might have been fully killed off by the hard shock of the Mystery Men era.

Metropolis, Gotham, Calvin City, even small towns Seguro in New Mexico had criminals flinching over their own shadows. The heroes would appear at random, strike like lightning and then vanish back into the mist before the sun came up. They could never be bribed, any attempt to kill them blew up in the mob's face, and as more time passed they became frighteningly organized.

Once the JSA and the Squadron were founded in earnest, your average mugger, rum runner or pimp laid REAL low.

The shortest answer to your question: These people saw their homes and communities suffering and, like any more powerful hero, saw a method to stop it. They took the risks, they painted the target on themselves, turns out they were right.

[a-cilantro-leaf]

this came to me in a dream

[vampire-bat-boy]

🦇stevethevamp1re Follow

Okay but what if our ancestors lied to us, like come on, how bad can garlic be? I will conduct an experiment brb I'll keep you guys updated

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Hopital

[foggysilverfeathers]

Fake HC 10 dashboard mayhaps??

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☀️ pearlescent-post Follow

Reminder to love yourself! Smell the trees! Everything will be okay in the end 😊 ☀️

☀️ pearlescent-post Follow

nvm gem ran out of pickles im depressed again

🐟 gemstone Follow

I RESTOCKED THIS MORNING HOW HAVE YOU ALREADY SOLD ME OUT

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🎣 mending-book-fanatic Follow

day 126 without a mending book

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🚂 scars-axasqottles Follow

uM hey @.hpo-official could i ask why you havent' received my messages?/? Every calsl Ive made just puts me on holdd

⬜️ hpo-official-948204deactivated

Sorry about that, sir. Admin error. I'll speak to my manager.

🚂 scars-axasqottles Follow

...hELLO?

🌸 joel-beans Follow

lmao they deactivated what a loser

🎣 mending-book-fanatic Follow

Remember there's a person behind every poor worker! I see you bullies in the notes

🐟 gemstone Follow

@/mending-book-fanatic is a hermit permit office spy confirmed??

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🌸 joel-beans Follow

Guys everyone agrees that purpur is cheap and beautiful and godlike and everyone should go buy it right now this second *sweats*

🌲 supreme-judge-bd Follow

I feel like I'm missing something...

🌸 joel-beans Follow

SHE HAS EYES EVERYWHERE BDUBS

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Joel!

🌸 joel-beans Follow

If I don’t respond within the hour assume she got me

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🎩 symmetrical-minister Follow

anyone know a good shop for ethically-sourced wood?? i normally shop at big wood but ive heard things about a mafia :/

🪓 big-salmon Follow

That is absolutely NOT true!! If anything you should be targeting the crypto scheme at Big Wood,,

⌛️ d0ctorm77 Follow

aaaand this is why you should never trust businessmen in red suits

🪓 big-salmon Follow

says the one compensating with a massive HOURGLASS of all things

🐍 puppet-master Follow

Actually @.big-salmon Xisuma_voyd made a really well-explained video here going into detail about all of the shady elements of Big Wood, it's worth a watch.

🐟 gemstone Follow

To answer the original question OP here are some safer (privately owned!) shops :)

Gem's Moss Shop (azaleas for sale which can be bonemealed)

Bdub's Bamboo Shop (bamboo wood is a good eco-friendly alternative to your typical spruce or oak)

The Purr-purr bus (if you're okay with having slightly more exotic trees, from the End)

Hope this helped! <3

⌛️ d0ctorm77 Follow

Why would you pay diamonds for less when you could just pay a few grains of sand for the best quality wood in the shopping district? You people confuse me

🌲 supreme-judge-bd Follow

actually the Purr-purr bus isn't ethical at all!! ive heard they blackmail people into giving them sails!!!

🐟 gemstone Follow

*sales

🌲 supreme-judge-bd Follow

SHUDDUP

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:(

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🎣 mending-book-fanatic Follow

day 131 without a mending book

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day 164 without a mending book

🐍 puppet-master Follow

Grian you know you can get free mending books at the cat cafe right

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it's not the same

🎣 mending-book-fanatic Follow

I need to be able to smell the breath of the sea between its sodden pages

🎣 mending-book-fanatic Follow

continue along the same path and you'll soon be facing villager unions

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🔥 tongo-tak Follow

Friendly reminder that not everyone wakes up at 2am, so please tag your Pearldle spoilers for at least a few hours!!

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skill issue tbh

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🇸🇪 death2diorite85 Follow

hallo how flirt with pretty girl time sensitive question

🌺 git-gorgeous Follow

sell them something

🔥 tongo-tak Follow

bribe diamonds

🐍 puppet-master Follow

kill them

🇸🇪 death2diorite85 Follow

okay will do!!!!

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wait

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🐍 puppet-master Follow

Happy pride month to lgbtqia+ people of all ages, genders and sexualities, you're all so valid and so loved <3 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

🐟 gemstone Follow

<3

⌛️ d0ctorm77 Follow

I'm making a rainbow beacon for pride, come look for it! i'll be with it by my husband @ renthedog's hole all week

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*HOLE

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*HOME

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WAIT I ACCIDENTALLY TAGGED IT

🐾 renthedog Follow

um.

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🌸 joel-beans Follow

etho is just kakashi on maple syrup send post

🌸 joel-beans Follow

almost forgot to add important additional difference! etho is also obsessed with me

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[weirdplutoprince]

"My friends don't care about me" < bro doesnt know he's being swayed by the darkness in an attempt to further isolate him from others and facilitate his corruption