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I loved that there was no Damsel in Distress scene of Lois Lane in the new Superman movie and that SHE even gets to save HIM. But despite Superman never catching a falling-to-her-demise Lois Lane, he still saves her too. This is maybe the only thing I picked up on that I have genuinely not seen anyone else talking about.

In the scene in Clark’s apartment before he turns himself in, lost between the tear-inducing “you think everyone is beautiful” and the punk rock conversation that defines the movie, Lois makes a comment about being a punk rock kid from Bakerline. We get another Bakerline mention in the third act when she’s in the T-Craft with the Daily Planet crew watching the rift that tore through Metropolis split a river and head for a new city. Lois says “its headed straight for Bakerline” before her voice drops to an almost whisper “there are people there”.

HER people are there. People she grew up with. People who helped raised her. People who she identifies with even long after she’s moved away. Lois is in control of every situation she finds herself in throughout the movie, but she can’t do anything about her hometown being swallowed by a black hole. But Superman can. And he does. And the movie never comes back to that or address it in any real way, but Superman not only stops the dimensional rift, he does it before it’s able to hit Bakerline. Lois is phenomenal throughout and she’s able to save Clark, but she can’t save the world. Superman never has a chance to save Lois, because she never needs saving, but he can save the world, starting with the part that raised the love of his life. I just think it’s a beautiful symmetry for the two characters and, while I will make Injustice Superman look tame if Gunn even thinks about having Clark turn evil, this is the first real live action version of Clark and Lois that makes me believe that their connection is strong enough to actually break Clark were something to happen to her.

So, yeah, Lois saving Clark from a pocket dimension and then Clark repaying that by saving her hometown from the black hole that pocket dimension created is something special to me

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Fun fact— I’ve had the absolute honor and pleasure of training with Laura Rikard, who TIL is one of the show’s intimacy coordinators. 😊

Got to spend time with her while I was in the cohort for the Kennedy Center Directing Intensive in 2023, presenting my work at the American Theatre in Higher Ed conference later that summer, and in various online workshops since which she’s lead through Theatrical Intimacy Education, the super cool IC training organization she co-founded.

Not surprised to learn this is hers, honestly—she does incredible work & is a great teacher, too.

We’ve had some great little talks about the importance of disabled voices in the field, how disability identity meshes so well with intimacy coordination’s foundations of continuous communication and adaptation. She’s super supportive there and with queer artists. I was wondering how they would handle Daniel’s Parkinson’s once he became a vampire, and it’s so cool to know a voice like hers will be in the room supporting that.

Anyways 😌 I have learned so much from her. Common Laura W!!

#giveUsYourAllKing😁

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by far the funniest thing about reading fanfiction as a political professional is that I can always tell exactly who has and hasn't been to a fundraiser or gala based on how they write them

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Explaining to straight adults that much of queer history happened within their lifetime and they were unaware of all the extremely important events and how many laws there were to prevent us from thriving because they werent part of queer circles themselves is like...

-leans in close-

How would you like to know about the war in Ba Sing Se?

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According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

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"We’re walking along West 16th Street—a clear unclouded night—and I hear my voice repeating what I used to say to my husband: Love is action, I used to say to him." — MARIE HOWE, NY POET LAUREATE, PERFORMS "AFTER THE MOVIE."

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Thought I had: I feel similarly to this as with Clint Barton and Wanda. You mean to tell me you and your best friend (Nat) spent 3 years (between Civil War and Infinity War) taking care of her like a little sister— but then she gets in huge trouble with the government (WandaVision), disappears off the face of the earth for 3 years (between WV and Multiverse of Madness) and is MIA, possibly dead now, and we’re not even checking on her? Kinda pressed the rest of that Shadow Avengers team/her side of Civil War didn’t, either (i.e. Sam, Scott, Bucky)—or those who had a vested interest in Vision’s well-being (i.e. Rhodey, the Stark estate, Spidey, Shuri, the Wakandans). But your son is named after her brother (Nathaniel PIETRO Barton)—what do you MEAN she stole her boyfriend’s corpse from the government, disappeared for 3 years and NOBODY CAME LOOKING 🙃

People acting like the New Avengers are evil incarnate whilst pretending the og team were paragons of virtue is hilarious to me.

Like you don't get to be all outraged about Alexei being a "child trafficker" whilst ignoring how Wanda slaughtered an entire temple full of teenage magic acolytes & tried to kill another teenager all in an attempt to kidnap the childen of her variant.

You don't get to condemn Walker for "killing an innocent man" to avenge the murder of his best friend, but also be fine with how Tony tried to brutally murder Bucky despite (and shot him in the back) knowing he was mind- controlled.

You don't have a right to complain about Yelena "continuing to kill after she was freed" and yet make excuses for Clint having gone on the rampage as Ronin and killed hundreds of people during The Snap.

Edit for Ironheart ending: You also don't get to complain about the Thunderbolts "making a deal with the devil" or "working for the bad guy" when Riri Willians made a deal with a literal demon to resurrect the AI version of her friend.

The people condemning the Thunderbolts don't have the moral high ground here. They're just revealing themselves to be hypocrites.

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A) Right?! SO many interesting storylines. My hope isn’t gone—MCU castings for Young Avengers & Champions characters have been great so far, I’ve thought—but given current plans for the MCU’s immediate future. It might be a while. RIP.

C) I appreciate that, pal. Probs a more genuine apology/acknowledgement than we’ll ever get from Feige. 💀

B) Definitely agree that Bucky should be allowed to have other friendships and close bonds. Bucky in comics had a long history as an accessory before he really got to be his own man, with or without the shield—similar to how Wanda in comics has a pattern of being screwed over by bad, misogynistic writing every decade or so. I can see how the MCU seeming to edge near that toxic pattern could frustrate a committed Bucky fan.

But I don’t think him having autonomy and other close bonds means he needs to act like a bad friend to one of his closest friends with no explanation or repercussions.

This is simplifying, but in my understanding, Falcon & the Winter Soldier had basically twofold purposes:

1) Work through Bucky’s trauma about being Winter Soldier & his feelings about Steve’s legacy.

2) Discuss Sam’s feelings about the legacy of racism associated with the shield and USAmerica, especially as it applies to “will the world accept a black man to represent them, no matter what Steve wanted.” Further discussing corruption, injustice and whether blue eyes and blonde hair are requirements for patriotism and trust from the American people—e.g. Sharon Carter and John Walker.

So my issue isn’t Bucky working with Ava (Ghost), Yelena, Antonia (Taskmaster) or Alexei. I even understand that Valentina started the team, not Bucky—he didn’t intend to pull that publicity stunt at the end of the film.

What I don’t get is why we spent an entire TV show with Bucky convincing Sam to take up the mantle as Cap, and as a leader—learning what that really means himself, too; that was great character development I thought—only for him to leave Sam entirely out of it when he discovered this major scandal/dangerous program (Bob/Valentina) and got roped into forming a New Avengers team. And with John of all people, the guy who spent that whole series undermining Sam at every turn.

Sam called him when things got bad in Brave New World. That was great. So why did this world-endangering threat & massive corruption scheme not warrant a phone call? And why, when Valentina literally came out and said “Sentry needs to be white and blonde for that ‘classic hero leader’ look,” did Bucky have nothing to say—after all he had learned in F&TWS?

I hope they talk about it.

(Side note: Nice to find people online who actually want to talk instead of yelling :))

People acting like the New Avengers are evil incarnate whilst pretending the og team were paragons of virtue is hilarious to me.

Like you don't get to be all outraged about Alexei being a "child trafficker" whilst ignoring how Wanda slaughtered an entire temple full of teenage magic acolytes & tried to kill another teenager all in an attempt to kidnap the childen of her variant.

You don't get to condemn Walker for "killing an innocent man" to avenge the murder of his best friend, but also be fine with how Tony tried to brutally murder Bucky despite (and shot him in the back) knowing he was mind- controlled.

You don't have a right to complain about Yelena "continuing to kill after she was freed" and yet make excuses for Clint having gone on the rampage as Ronin and killed hundreds of people during The Snap.

Edit for Ironheart ending: You also don't get to complain about the Thunderbolts "making a deal with the devil" or "working for the bad guy" when Riri Willians made a deal with a literal demon to resurrect the AI version of her friend.

The people condemning the Thunderbolts don't have the moral high ground here. They're just revealing themselves to be hypocrites.

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Being a weird little girl as a kid provides two options to you: becoming transgender or becoming a weird adult woman. Both of which are things the world needs more of

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Not only is counterspell good but we should also go back to the 3.5 rules where you can counterspell by casting the same spell and also also you should be able to mitigate/block spells by using a spell of the opposite element

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This is nice.

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But seriously, when Clark says that maybe loving people and being kind is actually very punk rock? And Lois looks at him, clearly caught between wanting to love him and thinking "Jesus Christ, I can't believe I had sex with you more than once"?

They gave us so much 😭

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Natalie and Riri were clearly doomed girlfriends in this show

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Y’know what would be really crazy.

If Aaravos gets reborn—after “7 years and 19 days”—as one of Callum and Rayla’s kids.

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Why 😭