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Grade B

63.   God Is a Bullet 64.    No Hard Feelings 65.    Joy Ride 66.    Fair Play 67.     Cocaine Bear 68.    NYAD 69.    Asteroid City 70.    Nowhere 71.    The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 72.    Divinity 73.    The Equalizer 3 74.    The Last Voyage of the Demeter 75.    Venus 76.    Butcher’s Crossing 77.    Somewhere in Queens 78.    The Persian Version 79.    Boston Strangler 80.    Polite Society 81.    Miguel Wants to Fight 82.    The Color Purple 83.    The Royal Hotel 84.    Saw X 85.    All of Us Strangers 86.    Fallen Leaves 87.    Ferrari 88.    Elemental 89.    Peter Pan & Wendy 90.    Renfield 91.    Cat Person 92.    Scream VI 93.    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 94.    BS High 95.    Blue Beetle 96.    Huesera: The Bone Woman 97.    When Evil Lurks 98.    Dark Harvest 99.    A Good Person 100.    Final Cut 101.    Knock at the Cabin 102.    Quiz Lady 103.    Leo 104.    Air 105.    The Super Mario Bros. Movie 106.    Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham 107.    John Wick: Chapter 4 108.    Beaten to Death 109.    The Wrath of Becky 110.    Passages 111.    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 112.    Gran Turismo 113.    65 114.    Sick 115.    Sister Death 116.    The Blackening 117.    Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 118.    Flamin’ Hot 119.    Nimona 120.    Cobweb 121.    Totally Killer 122.    What’s Love Got to Do with It? 123.     Sharper 124.    Unseen 125.    Dunki 126.    Bird Box Barcelona 127.    The Marvels 128.    Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Grade C

129.   Wildflower 130.    Freelance 131.    M3GAN 132.    Strays 133.    Sympathy for the Devil 134.    Creed III 135.    Chevalier 136.    The Marsh King’s Daughter 137.    A Haunting in Venice 138.    The Little Mermaid 139.    Silent Night 140.    Master Gardener 141.    The Flash 142.    Fast X 143.    The Pope’s Exorcist 144.    Saltburn 145.    Kandahar 146.    Stand 147.    Plane 148.   Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 149.    Fingernails 150.    Quicksand 151.    Fool’s Paradise 152.    Migration 153.    Rustin 154.    The Covenant 155.    Good Burger 2 156.    The Pod Generation 157.    Alice, Darling 158.    Insidious: The Red Door 159.    Missing 160.    Shotgun Wedding 161.    You Hurt My Feelings 162.    The Boogeyman 163.    Showing Up 164.    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 165.    Champions 166.    Consecration 167.    The Nun II 168.    Biosphere 169.    House Party 170.    The Exorcist: Believer 171.    Big George Foreman 172.    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 173.    Children of the Corn 174.    The Beanie Bubble 175.    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Grade F

176.    Anyone But You 177.    Marlowe 178.    Paint 179.    Extraction 2 180.    It Lives Inside 181.    Deliver Us 182.    Trolls Band Together 183.    Finestkind 184.    Corner Office 185.    Wish 186.    Prisoner’s Daughter 187.    Pain Hustlers 188.    Foe 189.    The Mother 190.    Old Dads 191.    Ghosted 192.    Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 193.    Haunted Mansion 194.    Mafia Mamma 195.    Five Nights at Freddy’s 196.    The Machine 197.    Justice League: Warworld 198.    We Have a Ghost 199.    What Comes Around 200.    Legion of Super-Heroes 201.    The Boys in the Boat 202.    Attachment 203.    Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 204.    About My Father 205.    You People 206.    Meg 2: The Trench 207.    Pathaan 208.    Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire 209.    Assassin 210.    Dalíland 211.    Vacation Friends 2

Bottom 10

212.    Sound of Freedom 213.    Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 214.    When You Finish Saving The World 215.    Heart of Stone 216.    Family Switch 217.    Expend4bles 218.    Sweetwater 219.    Hypnotic 220.    80 for Brady 221.    Spinning Gold

[northoftheroad]

Dick Grayson (in the current main continuity) remembers something that happened back in the Golden age. 👍 I feel like my fic “Careful what you wish for” was ahead of its time, in refusing to treat the Golden age adventures as part of another continuity.…

Nightwing vol 4 # 108 (2023)

Detective Comics # 154 (1949)

I honestly like that you can treat all the old comics as Dick’s history. (Maybe with a few exceptions, such as the first version of Jason Todd, who was a Golden age Dick Grayson clone...) But it has to be confusing to be a DC writer when everyone can pick their own history, seeing as some characters have very different versions of their backstory. You never know how many recent comics you are contradicting…

[aedesluminis]

Today I finally decided to check something a friend told me a while ago. It was about Robespierre allegedly supporting and pushing for a full scale invasion of Italy, an idea that came from his younger brother Augustin and Napoléon.

The evidence for such claim is mentioned in Mary Young's biography on Augustin Robespierre. This is what Young has to say about it:

(page 142).

So not only was Carnot - someone who's considered responsible for turning a war of defense into one of conquest by robespierrist historians - unexpectedly against the idea of invading Piedmont, but Maximilien Robespierre, even more unexpectedly, was pushing for it.

And there's more: at page 154 - 155, Young mentions, quoting a work by J. Colin, that the reason why the CSP fell apart was because Robespierre interfered with war affairs to the point of alienating Carnot. While the latter was indeed against invading foreign countries, Robespierre, on the contrary, approved it and wanted it to be accomplished:

So it seems like the story about great advocate of peace, Maximilien Robespierre, is indeed just a story...!

Because of course a historian, whose book presents a foreword by Marisa Linton, wouldn't completely intentionally or unintentionally twist and misunderstand sources, right?

Right!?

Wrong.

The sources which Young uses to support her ideas are from Histoire de la campagne de 1794 en Italie by Gabriel Fabry vol 2, p. 438 and L’Éducation Militaire de Napoléon by J. Colin. Let's give them a quick look.

Fabry's histoire simply reports a CSP decree showing a certain eagerness in wanting to invade Piedmont. The excerpt, as you can see, doesn't include any signature.

(pages 438 - 439.)

Since Young said that Robespierre approved it, one would be inclined to think that it was Maximilien who wrote and signed the decree, with his signature being the first one. Of course the handwriting and signature of a CSP member isn't absolute proof of approval, but I usually see these two things used as arguments to show that a CSP member agreed; even by reputed historians; so I wasn't surprised to see Young making such a bold assumption. I then checked Aulard's Recueil and surprise surprise that decree was written and signed by Carnot only. No trace of Robespierre:

(I underlined in cyan the part similar to what Fabry reported, since Aulard made only a summary of the decree.)

Concerning the fact that Carnot was opposed to Robespierre's - yes, because Colin considers it as such - warmongering plans, the latter mentions a letter dated 26 Thermidor, in which Carnot complains about it:

I happened to find that letter in Correspondance générale de Carnot vol. 4, p. 575 - 576:

To sum up, it says that the plan comes from the mind of Augustin, but that it was the tyranny of his brother that inspired it.

Now, this is a letter written shortly after the fall of the Robespierrists, it doesn't take much to understand that this is purely thermidorian propaganda, not only because of its content, but also for the wording used. Moreover, it's not a personal letter, in which Carnot rambles with a friend or relative, it's an official one from the Committee of Public Safety.

Saying that Carnot didn't approve the conquest of Piedmont whereas Maximilien Robespierre did - I actually don't know if it was Augustin's idea, but this is not the point right now - is simply wrong since the decree of 19 floréal quoted above has been written and signed exclusively by him.

Thinking that a historian didn't care to double check their sources leading to such a misinformed mess is... truly appalling. This is proof of how one should always double check sources when possible, even if they come from historians we trust or appreciate!

Not that I personally trust or appreciate Young, considering that another of her bizarre claims based on dubious sources almost caused a sort of Thermidor in the community almost one year ago...

EDIT: Mary Young wasn't a historian, but a psychologist, so I did wrong in calling her as such. I do still think that someone of the reputation of Marisa Linton should have done a much better job in reviewing the book.

[chic-a-gigot]

Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 154, vol. 13, octobre 1913, Paris. Mlle Gaby Deslys. — Costume du théâtre. — Paquin. — Robe de taffetas aubergine avec un grand gilet de taffetas blanc. Photo Talbot. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Female Europid Mummy from the Necropolis of Subexi III, Grave M6, Turfan District, Xinjiang. 5th-3rd C. BCE. Source: Baumer, Christoph.The history of Central Asia. Vol.1. The age of the steppe warriors. London : I.B. Tauris, 2012. pg. 218 left DS329.4 .B38 2012. Image via University of Pennsylvania. See maps in the post before this one for a better understanding of the geography discussed.

"Section 26 – The Kingdom of Nearer [i.e. Southern] Jushi 車師前 (Turfan)

1. ‘Nearer Jushi’ 車師前 refers to the kingdom or state centered in the Turfan oasis or, sometimes, to the tribe which controlled it. There can be no question that Nearer Jushi refers here to the Turfan Oasis. See for example: CICA, p. 183, n. 618; also note 1.5 above. For the etymology of the name Turfan see Bailey (1985), pp. 99-100, which is summed up in his sentence: “The name turpana- is then from *druva-pāna- ‘having safe protection’, a name suitable for a walled place.”

“One other oasis town is currently under excavation. At Yarghul (Jiaohe), 10 km (16 miles) [sic – this should read 10 miles (16 km)] west of Turpan, archaeologists have been excavating remains of the old Jushi capital, a long (1,700 m (5,580 ft)) but narrow (200 m (656 ft)) town between two rivers. From the Han period they uncovered vast collective shaft tombs (one was nearly 10 m (33 ft) deep). The bodies had apparently already been removed from these tombs but accompanying them were other pits containing form one to four horse sacrifices, with tens of horses for each of the larger burials.” Mallory and Mair (2000), pp. 165 and 167.

“Some 300 km (186 miles) to the west of Qumul [Hami] lie [mummy] sites in the vicinity of the Turpan oasis that have been assigned to the Ayding Lake (Aidinghu) culture. The lake itself occupies the lowest point in the Turpan region (at 156 m (512 ft) below sea level it is the lowest spot on earth after the Dead Sea). According to accounts of the historical period, this was later the territory of the Gushi, a people who ‘lived in tents, followed the grasses and waters, and had considerable knowledge of agriculture. They owned cattle, horses, camels, sheep and goats. They were proficient with bows and arrows.’ They were also noted for harassing travellers moving northwards along the Silk Road from Krorän, and the territories of the Gushi and the kingdom of Krorän were linked in the account of Zhang Qian, presumably because both were under the control of the Xiongnu. In the years around 60 BC, Gushi fell to the Chinese and was subsequently known as Jushi (a different transcription of the same name).” Mallory and Mair (2000), pp. 143-144.

“History records that in 108 BC Turpan was inhabited by farmers and traders of Indo-European stock who spoke a language belonging to the Tokharian group, an extinct Indo-Persian language [actually more closely related to Celtic languages]. Whoever occupied the oasis commanded the northern trade route and the rich caravans that passed through annually. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) control over the route see-sawed between Xiongnu and Han. Until the fifth century, the capital of this kingdom was Jiaohe.” Bonavia (1988), p. 131.

“Turpan is principally an agricultural oasis, famed for its grape products – seedless white raisins (which are exported internationally) and wines (mostly sweet). It is some 80 metres (260 feet) below sea level, and nearby Aiding Lake, at 154 metres (505 feet) below sea level, is the lowest continental point in the world.” Ibid. p. 137.

“The toponym Turfan is also a variation of Tuharan. Along the routes of Eurasia there are many other place names recorded in various Chinese forms that are actually variations of Tuharan.” Liu (2001), p. 268."

-Notes to The Western Regions according to the Hou Hanshu. Second Edition (Extensively Revised and Expanded). John E. Hill. University of Washington.

[wanderingmind867]

Since I have to pretty much make my own DC comics reading list (since DC won't f***ing republish their 40s-80s comics), I made my own reading list for Superman (making up 80% of the books here). And I need to know: how did I do? Did I get everything, or did I manage to miss something here? I really want to know, so I can make my stupid reading list make sense:

Superman Comics:

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (Action Comics #1-31, Superman #1-7 and New York World's Fair Comics #1-2)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (Action Comics #32-50, Superman #8-15, World's Best Comics #1 and World's Finest Comics #2-6)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (Action Comics #48-65, Superman #16-24 and World's Finest Comics #6-10)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (Action Comics #66-85, Superman #25-33 and World's Finest Comics #11-18)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (Action Comics #86-105, Superman #34-43 and World's Finest Comics #19-25)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (Action Comics #106-125, Superman #44-54 and World's Finest Comics #26-36)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 (Action Comics #125-143, Superman #55--65 and World's Finest Comics #37-47)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 8 (Action Comics #144-160, Superman 66-76 and World's Finest Comics 48-60)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 (Action Comics #161-177, Superman #76-82 and World's Finest Comics #61-70)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 10 (Action Comics #178-190 and Superman #83-89)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 11 (Action Comics #191-215 and Superman #90-105)

Superman the Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 12 (Action Comics #216-240 and Superman #106-121)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (Action Comics #266-290 and Superman #138-153)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (Action Comics #291-314 and Superman #154-169)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (Action Comics #315-339 and Superman #170-185)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (Action Comics #340-361 and Superman #186-201)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (Action Comics #362-382 and Superman #202-217)

Superman the Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 7 (Action Comics #383-397 and Superman #218-232)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (Action Comics #398-411 and Superman #233-248)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (Action Comics #412-427 and Superman #249-264)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (Action Comics #428-442 and Superman #265-282)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (Action Comics #443-459 and Superman #283-299)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (Action Comics #460-478 and Superman #300-317)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (Action Comics #479-496 and Superman #318-335)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 7 (Action Comics #497-514 and Superman #336-354)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 8 (Action Comics #515-533 and Superman #355-372)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 9 (Action Comics #534-549, Superman #373-389, Superman annual #9 and Superman special #1)

Superman the Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 10 (Action Comics #550-570, Superman #390-409, Superman annual #10 and Superman special #2-3)

[journeytothewestresearch]

I actually curious what kind of being Sun Wukong is. Is he kinda in similar category as Japanese Yokai. I know Japanese Yokai are different entirely but what do you think?

The novel is clear that he is a unique being, one who is “not classified in the ten categories of life, nor contained in the names between Heaven and Earth” (based on Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 3, p. 115). He is one of four spiritual primates and the lone member of his own magic species, the "Stone Monkey of Numinous Wisdom" (Lingming shihou, 靈明石猴) (based on Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 3, p. 115).

But heaven does consider him a form of monster during his rebellion. He is commonly referred to as a "demon monkey" (yaohou, 妖猴) (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 1, p. 154, for example).

Religiously speaking, though, I have previously suggested that Sun Wukong is a "Wrathful Destroyer of Obstacles," a neologism for a powerful Buddhist guardian deity from Esoteric Buddhism.

Source:

Wu, C., & Yu, A. C. (2012). The Journey to the West (Vols. 1-4) (Rev. ed.). Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press.

[positivelybeastly]

Hello! I've been a fan of Hank since I was a kid, primarily owing to his portrayal in the 90s cartoon. With the airing of X-Men '97, I've been reminded of how much I love the character and have been looking into his comic appearances; unfortunately, I'm not quite happy with the direction he's been written in recent years (read: X-Force). So, I was wondering if you had any suggestions for older comic runs I could read to get my fill of my favorite bouncing blue Beast?

Hello there, friend! I hope you're well, and perhaps still perusing this blog from time to time? Hard to tell, given the lack of a moniker, but I'll throw this into the Hank McCoy tag, just so you have a better chance of seeing this.

I am currently in the process of writing up a full Beast reading order, but I've only gotten up to 1981 thus far - really do need to get back on that - so I'm going to give you a somewhat less specific, but far more immediate answer to your question! To wit!

X-Men: First Class, by Jeff Parker.

X-Men: Season One, by Dennis Hopeless.

X-Men: Children of the Atom, by Joe Casey.

Amazing Adventures #11-17, by Gerry Conway.

X-Men Unlimited vol. 2 #10, by Homs.

Avengers vol. 1 #138-211, by, well, a lot of people.

X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, by Chris Claremont.

Marvel Team-Up #124, by J.M. DeMatteis.

The Defenders/The New Defenders #96-152, by J.M. DeMatteis.

Marvel Heartbreakers, by Jim McCann.

X-Factor vol. 1 #1-70, by Bob Layton (bleuch) and Louise Simonson (yay!).

X-Men Unlimited vol. 1#10 and #14, by Mark Waid and Terry Kavangh.

Marvel Presents #85-92, by Scott Lobdell.

Wonder Man vol. 2 #5 and 6, by Gerard Jones.

Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast, by Roger Stern.

New X-Men vol. 1 #114-154, by Grant Morrison.

Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #1-35, by Joss Whedon and Warren Ellis.

Secret Avengers vol. 1 #13, #16, #20, and #21 by Nick Spencer and Warren Ellis.

Exiles #1-6 vol. 2, by Jeff Parker.

S.W.O.R.D #1-5 vol. 1, by Kieron Gillen.

X-Men: Endangered Species, by Mike Carey.

Wolverine and the X-Men #8 vol. 1, by Jason Aaron.

Amazing X-Men vol. 2 #1-5, by Jason Aaron.

A+X #4, #7, #12 and #15 by Kaare Andrews, Zeb Wells, Christos Gage and Jai Nitz.

Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #28, by Jim Zub.

Astonishing X-Men vol. 4 #13-17, by Matthew Rosenberg.

Marvel Age #1000, by Rainbow Rowell.

These are, of course, scratching the surface, because Hank is a goddamn cameo king, and you can usually count on him to have some good lines or good characterisation because people actually really enjoy writing him, but these are the ones that come immediately to mind! I hope this helps.

[thepariahcontinuum]

MARZ Rising - Chapter 154: All Hands On Deck

Despite the news about the end of Rooster Teeth this story will continue to update on the same schedule. We will Keep Moving Forwards.

With that being said we're now building up to the finale of Vol.09, the penultimate volume of the entire story.

FF Net

Ao3

[antiqueanimals]

Black Leopard. Charcoal by Olive Branson.

From The International Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine & Applied Art. Vol. 36. No. 141-154. 1909.

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[crabapplebread]

the kids lmaoo

Vol. 16, Ch. 154

[flashfuture]

In Green Lantern Vol 3 #154-155 in 2002 Kyle Rayner's good friend and assistant Terry Berg was attacked. It was a gay bashing.

So content warnings for well a graphic gay bashing and use of homophobic slurs in a violent way.

Terry was a long established gay character and admitted to having a crush on Kyle. Kyle turned him down on grounds of Terry being a kid and Kyle being a grown man. But Kyle always remained endlessly supportive of Terry. [Here's that break down]

The entire "Hate Crime" arc was just two issues but it centered around Kyle's anger about the entire situation. About his disillusionment with humanity. There is no other character at any point who takes homophobia and a gay bashing attack so seriously.

We will begin with Green Lantern vol 3 #154

Kyle is asked some questions about Terry from the police because Terry is the intern/assistant assigned to Kyle for his real cartoonist job. Kyle is pissed off with the interrogation about if Terry is gay or not and blows up at the detective.

Kyle finds out one of the perpetrators has been arrested goes to jail and promptly tortures him for information.

So Kyle tracks down the other two and he confronts them without using his powers he does it by smacking them around

This panel really stuck out to me. Kyle is furious. He's come with the intention to turn these bastards into piles of sludge. But it's the way he screams the slurs to me. That it's personal, of course it's personal in that they attacked his friend, but none of Terry's other friends are out on the street doing this. Just Kyle.

[Next up: Issue 155 where Kyle returns the hospital and makes some decisions about humanity]

[yuseirra]

**Spoilers**About 161,

I read the spoilers(people bug me about these and at this point, I figure it's just better if I just see it for myself before someone screams to me about me because it totally stresses me out... I'm sorry, but it's been getting on my nerves and it's gradually been making me a bit furious every time it's been happening) and if this is really all there is to it, I think I should revert back to drawing persona fanarts because it's too shallow for my taste. There's better stories than this out there. I'm not saying the entire thing is bad, but... It's not a very good closure.

I would have gone along with this if the entire movie arc didn't exist, it'd have been better if it didn't...I don't know if there's going to be ANOTHER twist to this (which I really, really hope) but if there isn't, I did preorder vol 14 along with the novel today and I would read that... But I won't buy any physical copies for this series containing chapters past 154 (I still like that chapter a lot, btw)

I'll just hang on a little longer... Because it just makes way better sense for the movie arc to have been nonexistent if the story goes this way. It's just better storytelling WITHOUT that arc and it'd stick out like a sore thumb if this is it.. And I actually like that arc a lot. But the god should be right, wouldn't she? If the god is wrong, then.. There's nothing so much to have as the baseline.

I can accept this if this is what the author wants to do with it, but I personally don't think this is good. I'm not that bitter about the ship.. It's just.. Why make an arc that doesn't have a point?; In what ways does that movie expose how horrible the guy is, because we never really saw him being depicted that way during that actual arc. So would releasing the movie ACTUALLY tarnish his reputation?; I think they should have hinted on that at least a little, but the reactions towards the screenings felt quite the contrary, it was about Ai's love towards the guy, right?

With all that being said... I think I will wait out still, but I'm not sure if I can expect so much. Really, it's better if they never had that arc, so I'm confused why they had to make it if THIS was how things were going to end the entire time.

[chic-a-gigot]

Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 154, vol. 13, octobre 1913, Paris. Mlle Gaby Deslys. — Costume du théâtre. — Paquin. — Robe de velours bleu. Résille de perles. Manteau de drap d'argent et de velours bleu avec un col de paradis. Photo Talbot. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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