Some idiots are setting off fireworks in the neighborhood (for some reason in my town if the 4th in in the middle of the week, they hold the fireworks and parade on the Saturday before) and the dogs are totally freaking out. They’ve finally settled down and are laying on my feet.
I don’t know if they’re supposed to be protecting me, or if I’m supposed to be protecting them.
They’re like rocks!
My sister asked me to house-sit this weekend and she has no freaking food in the house. Okay, she has food, but they’re like things with recipes that are incomplete or stuff for a family of five that I can’t justify making because it would go to waste.
So now that I’ve invented the tuna muffin (which is much tastier than it sounds), I think I’m going to bake her cookie dough. Mariesha never actually bakes her cookie dough, she like to eat it raw. Therefore while baking it will leave her with proper cookies, they’re not in her preferred form.
That’ll teach her.
when people act like it’s cool to not read books
DC Comics has developed a series of ads about their creators for SDCC. Similar to Marvel’s architects, they are highlighting the talent behind the comics.
The first ad featured Scott Snyder the writer of Batman who is pretty much leading the charge for the Batbooks.
I’m so pleased to see this. I can tell you Scott is a writer who truly cares about fans.
The second ad wasn’t as interesting a pick for me.
But given the man writes three of the top 10 comics for DC (Justice League, Aquaman and Green Lantern) you can’t deny his impact on DC.
When DC announced they were doing three ads, my assumption was the next ad would feature Jim Lee or Scott Lobdell.
But DC surprised me …
Well played!
My project blog is officially up and operational. I’m presently in a design research class, so unless you’re really into graphic design, it’s going to bore you to tears for about the first month (except I think we’re gearing up to do mood boards, which will be fun.) So if you’re interested, go give it a follow.
orbific replied to your post: Headcanon: Damian in love
i want a fic where he has a crush on steph and acts really dramatic about it because he’s never really experienced these things before and having his parents’ frame of reference for romantic interactions doesnt help
YES! Let’s face it, Damian’s knowledge of romance comes from classic literature and his parents. It could only end in tears.
Using Tomasi’s characterization of Damian seeing himself as a “warrior, poet, king,” Damian’s first brush with love will be far more dramatic in his eyes than it actually is. To Damian, he is the hero of a Parisian ballad who’s suffering has no equal. He is journeying far, crawling on his hands and knees through valleys of sharp rocks in order to pick the rare flower that will gain the favor of his beloved; only to discover upon his return that his love died in a tragic and romantic fashion causing him to run into the wilderness where he wastes away, cold and alone.
But in truth he handles the whole thing more like Mr. Darcy: He confesses to the object of his affection in the most asshole-ish way possible, is completely bamboozled when it blows up in his face, then tries to save his embarrassment by explaining himself to his intended in note-form, and runs away to lick his wounds.
And if anyone writes this, I’ll be the happiest nerd alive.
Hahahaha ever since Saturday the Korra finale seems to make me angrier and angrier. As a storyteller and as a fan of solid storytelling, it is an atrocious mess! I stand by the creators are amazing directors, amazing concept artists, amazing producers, but wow are they terrible writers. They have absolutely no understanding of dramatic convention, and so the first season of The Legend of Korra suffered greatly from terrible execution, and the core ideas were so good it should’ve been a gamechanger. It should’ve been the most brilliant thing on television and instead we were given a 12-week narrative case of blue balls.
Disclaimer: if you enjoyed/love/fanatic about Korra, by all means continue to do so! I enjoyed a lot about Korra. In fact that is why I am so frustrated. But that aside, this is meant as a critique and a dissection and as such you can take it or you can leave it. Nothing I have to say will change the show, nor will anything I have to say will have any effect on what season 2 will bring. Mostly I have been ranting about it to everyone on a daily basis since Saturday and this is my way to finally just. get. it. all. out. So this is me shouting into the ether for my own cathartic glee.
Cool? Cool.
A little bit after Kitty posted this essay, I found myself putting together this FST. I didn’t mean to, but I did. So this one’s for her.
Track list and lyrics under the cut.
Who is Miranda Tate? What is her relationship with Bruce Wayne? And what does John Blake have in common with Bruce Wayne?
Click through!
I swear to fucking god I was joking when I said that John Blake was Dick Grayson.
ajmh:
He was a skater boy
To join the black parade
and i dont wanna miss a thing
like no one ever was
IIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIN
So call me maybe
but you don’t succeed
under my umbrella, ella, ella
never say neveeeeeer
in a little glass vial?
call my name and save me from the dark
So buy me beer or whiskey cuz I’m goin’ far away!
why do all my dreams extend just around the riverbend
I walk a lonely road the only one that i have ever known
FLY AWAY NOW FLY AWAY NOW FLY AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
but you can barely swallow your fears and pain
and believe me i am still alive
sometimes some crimes go slipping through the cracks
You sound like Wall-e having sex with a Speak-n-Spell
ebbywaffle answered your question: I still haven’t seen the Legend of Korra finale
An angry Robin! Which one? Up to you~
ALL OF THEM!
This is the part where I admit that I haven’t read Steph’s run as Robin, but it was my understanding that she was still struggling with some anger, but didn’t let her get her down. So she makes the list.
So I think I’m gonna go doodle or something while listening to Pride and Prejudice because I don’t want to be spoiled. :p
I’ll probably go looking for tomorrow while doing my laundry at my sister’s.
Does anyone have any art requests?
I have one last guest post for you this week. This is from a high school senior, Kate O’Donoghue. As soon as I asked for guest posts Kate shot her hand up and then continued to request the opportunity. Comics needs persistent, passionate fans like Kate. I hope you enjoy her thoughts that follow:
I live in two different worlds. Sadly, neither have superheroes, but both are pretty great. One is always there, keeping me up, making me laugh, making me cry. The other is always there, keeping me up, making me laugh, making me cry. Both teach me, but never the same lessons. I exist on the Internet, but I live in high school.
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tales. The girl is taunted, her books shoved from her hands and across the coffee stained floors, all because she happened to be wearing a Batman shirt and reading the latest issue of Wolverine. I won’t be telling you that tale. Yes, I am a high school student. Yes, I am a girl. Yes, I read comic books. No, actually, I have never heard any flack about it.
We had a good time, but we ended up not going to the beach and decided to just save time a gas by staying in Sacramento (Clint was actually planning on staying in Sac the entire weekend and driving to Santa Cruz which would have put us on the road for about 6 hours in one day. Yeah, no.). We still had a lot of fun and did a lot of walking, but it was all good. We went to the zoo where I did a lot of sketching (my favorite part of the weekend) then to Sutter’s Fort and took a bunch of reference pictures and Michelle and I ended up doing an impromptu rental hunt.
And we ate the best pizza ever, oh my gosh. No you guys seriously. We had just walked over 20 blocks and back so we sort of attacked it when it was brought out, but I am dead serious when I say that I have never truly had pizza until this weekend. Holy crap.
But yeah, it was fun.
ne0nic0 replied to your post: And with that I say goodbye. I’m leaving for the…
byyyye! Have fun!
Thank you! I’ll probably pop in to submit pictures of stuff. Like food. And the beach (I’m going to Santa Cruz!). But mostly food. XD
And with that I say goodbye.
I’m leaving for the weekend to check out some of that California sun I keep hearing so much about.
Stay lovely! *blows kiss*
DC Comics is a company that has transcended itself as a publisher and has become a staple of American pop-culture. Loyal consumers of the company are deeply passionate about the success of the company and tend to form personal attachments to both DC and its intellectual property. It is important to know and understand how emotionally invested consumers become in a company like DC and to treat loyalists with respect. But at the same time, when the core of the readership can not financially carry a publisher it is equally important to branch out to other markets or this iconic, giant of a company can, and will, fail.
It is through forward thinking and careful consideration of the modern consumer that keeps a company relevant. Project Legendary is an exploration on how to modernize an old company to suit the present market at large. It is not content that needs to change, so much as the recognition and inclusion of a large market that can, and has, shift the face of publishing. Girls do love comics. It’s about time comics start loving girls.
” —Me. Concluding statement of the research paper portion of my thesis project to market DC Comics to young women ages 12 to 18. And while I do think content needs to change in terms of respectful representation of marginalized groups, what needs to come first is for DC to realize that there is a market for such things or they’ll never realize that there is a problem with what they produce.The trick book this time is “Orange Ivy”— make sure you say you haven’t heard of it to increase your chances of being asked to complete the survey!
ngggh going through the damian wayne tag and seeing the complaints just make me SO CURIOUS UHAUHRKJSHDFAURHAUHGUAHR. The reboots are all pretty good to get some new readers in /coughmecough
but in all honesty, i don’t get(understand) a lot and sometimes it just takes away from the enjoyment cause i’m just sitting there in confusion. Especially since they link all the issues together in the new 52, it’s like if you only read one series, you probably won’t get whatever the hell the characters are talking about for the rest of the issue.
also, i really hate how all the characters are already the best and are so kick ass. yeah that’s cool but why not save that for later? that’s like shoving the best dessert right in my face right before the actual full course meal comes in. it’s nice but that just means i’m expecting more from you and expecting more from all the crazy ass fighting and out of these world powers will just end up making the comic stupid.yeah reality-like comics will get boring because obviously, they were made to be able to let your mind escape from reality! but, a little bit of realism and character development won’t hurt. i mean if all these guys are already so bad ass what else can you possible do to them? add more sex partners to the list? like, ugh really?
all i see are aliens, aliens, aliens and more aliens.
i just really think the key to grabbing a hold of readers and making sure that they’re hooking is getting them to feel connected to a character. have something in common. feel that connection.
now i’m still not one to say all this since i haven’t read the old dc comics but it’s just what i’m feeling after having read a number of series from the new 52.
tl;dr i love dc comics but i want more substance and quality in the actual story boards and plots. i love the visuals but those aren’t everything in a comic book.
It warms my heart to see a new reader, which is what the New 52 was aimed towards, say something like this.
By the way, pokemonkid, welcome to the fandom and if you have any questions don’t be shy. Most veteran fans on Tumblr don’t mind answering questions especially ones that are basically “Let me sit down and talk to you about my fandom.” *manically gleeful stare*
