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He’s soooo baby omfg he’s 2 apples tall
Ugly tears how dare they do this to me
why’d they take jasons bazooka away. he had so much fun with that thing he loved it
Duke Thomas week day 1!
Eclipse - Badly injured
I love it when his helmet is broken
I’m starting to see people say “ummm it’s kinda weird they cancelled the boycott so early”
ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID. Omfg everyone has an opinion on everything and no one knows what they’re talking about. “You’re risking black writers and lcs livelihoods!” So if you read. If you read their website and the words they wrote. You would know that’s not inherently true. And not what the boycott was aiming to do.
If everyone who said “haha anyways I’m still buying comics” in the comment sections of videos promoting the boycott could get a piano dropped on them from a five story building that’d be cool. Everyone’s too comfortable being racist.
i just had to do an exam in the car because i fucked up my schedule and was on the road for 3 hours
black comic readers will say "buying black lead comics or black characters comics from dc doesn't stop them from getting axed and it's been literally 1200 days since dc has had a black ongoing so we're calling for a boycott to put pressure on dc by not buying comics and instead directly supporting black creatives" and here come the dumbest white people on the earth going "but dc is releasing pride month comics, do you hate queer people? but dc has female creators releasing comics, do you hate women? this boycott is so disorganised. i can't believe you hate queer people"
the boycott is declared over by the official head of DcSoWhite and this was included in their statement. It lasted 3 days. I respect their decision but the fact remains that people were arguing so much about non black people being excluded from a Black centric boycott to the point where they needed to apologise for it infuriates me
[ID: Text that reads, "The fact remains that it has been more than 1200 days since a Black character has headlined a solo title in DC Comics' mainline continuity. We continue to believe this is an issue worth discussing and addressing. However, we also recognize that many fans and creators we care about felt the boycott unintentionally minimized books, characters, and creators whose work provides meaningful representation for women, LGBTQIA+ readers, people of color, and other marginalized communities. That was never out intention, and we apologize for that impact. We heard those concerns, and they played a major role in our decision to reevaluate the boycott." /End ID.]
The fact that the DC boycott got cancelled bcuz the racists couldnt stfu and the white queers kept playing oppression olympics is genuinely pissing me off so bad. 'oh but the pride comics wont sell!!!' nothing will. its a boycott.
Man, you know, seeing the energy people are putting into pushing back against the boycott has been pretty illuminating. You can pull as a bunch of different threads, qualify things, split hairs about what does and doesn't count. But at the end of the day, the point is that the publisher does not have a vested interest in varied, multicultural representation.
And that sucks, as a long time comic reader.
My entire life I've enjoyed stories about people that in no way reflect me or my experience, because that's most of what there was to pull from. If I want to see myself, I have a couple options every now and again, and I better hope I like the writing and characters enough. There will always be comics about White men. Always. One getting cancelled or selling poorly will not change that reality, nor will the conclusion be "Well, nobody wants to buy books about White characters."
But the implication that it's on *me as the consumer* to buy every Black led-book ever to make sure they try again in 5-7 years maybe is insane. DC caters to a certain demographic because they want them to buy their books. Why would a demographic that is not consistently, meaningfully included, keep showing up?
Really, what bothers me the most is the reminder the fanbase they've cultivated isn't simply not one that resembles me, but actively doesn't want to see me present. You can only be reminded of that so many times before you decide it's time to move on. I'm stubborn for personal reasons, ideas I'm invested in and the like. But I think I've become pretty sour on this whole slice of the hobby.
"We didn't cook anything for you" is different than "we don't want you here" and both in the same sentence is hard to come back from.
Its weird when anything has an insistence on Jason begging Batman to save him while he was being killed by the joker because he really... didnt. Jason did not mention Batman once throughout the whole sequence. And im not really fond of trying to say he did? Like- fun angst points for Bruce i guess. But Jason was focused on what he could do himself. Did he internally probably wish batman was there? Maybe! Sure! But like- idk. Considering how it was never originally the case, Jason begging for Batman combined with how Jaybin in general gets treated just- implies something of a dependence? Like oh he is over his head he is a failure robin and he absolutely needs batman to save him because he cant work on his own. Im not saying its bad to ask for or need help, but like? With how Jason gets rewritten i dont like it put in there? If you get what i mean?
Also, Jason begged for Batman's help in legends and didn't get it. Jason begged again in the cult but even with Batman right there he had to cry repeatedly for the assist. Batman is not here right now. Batman may not even be near. Jason can hope for Batman. But hes more focused on living, then on getting shaking hands to free Sheila. Hes not spending his dying breaths asking for Bruce, hes spending them telling his mother that he cant deactivate the bomb in his condition but she's free and should run
He also doesn't tell Sheila to not save him. This is another addition added in- more angst points with extra self sacrifice. But thats wasted energy to fight like that, to try and say dont bother. Jason lets her hold him, and then when the door is locked he shields her from the blast, which is something i 100% see as what did him in. And this is unrealted to the batman deal but like idk. I feel like theres too much insistence on the nobility of going "no leave me to suffer" as well. Jason is- not that. Not in his current state certainly. He's dying and theyre both running out of time. Theres no time to insist she leave him to suffer and die for his sins. Theres no breath left for it and there's no point to it. Theres just time to shield her when the time is up.
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no you know what. i WILL get to go to the beach crampless and happy. i WILL wear a swimsuit and get to swim. im gonna make this shit happen.
Yes, UtH is a tragedy, but aging Jason up too much before he gets put in the Lazarus Pit really robs you of the comedy of a 16-18 year old doing all that.
its sooo ridiculous lol, every time i see panels from lost days i think of this (spot the difference)
feet not ever touching the floor. i imagine hes making sketchy mischievous deals with these grown ass men and theyre trying reeaaaalll hard not to laugh in his face
"erm id like some military supplies pls!" like what are we even doing atp
Dc hot take:
Jason should be allowed to kill and still be a part of the batfamily. If Bruce can be friends with people like Clark and Diana and have minimal to no problems with them killing thenn he should be able to accept Jason
oof i wish this could happen. bruce has this weird feeling of responsibility over everyone in his 'family', different from how he interacts with friends/coworkers. though i will say clark and diana (and other heroes who have killed) go about it with a different mentality then what jason believes, which plays into why it seems batman is so individually antagonistic towards jason's choices.
Asking for touch as an aspec is so weird like “hey, please touch me, but not in a sex/romance way, just in a human contact way. Interact with my body’s touchscreens. Punch me in the face or something. Please. I’ll take anything at this point.”
Edit: of course everyone here has blanket permission to tag this as Blorbo from their Shows. We love seeing representation, implicit or explicit.
Some Pride Sharks! Enjoy~
Full context for the nosy
"Unnecessary superpowers"
"Origin tied to a joker event"
"We have Tim Drake at home"
"Dukes powers don't help him solve mysteries, don't make for interesting fights, and are actually a detriment to act attempt at at stealthing"
"There really isn't a Duke story you couldn't have told using Tim"
"Speaking of representation, if that's so important--"
Alright, Mr. @lucas-deziderio, let me stop you right there.
It is beyond cool for you to not be into a character. If Duke Thomas doesn’t hit for you, fine. If you want to love Superboy Prime, go live your truth. Nobody is forcing you to care about Duke.
But you are not just saying “Duke isn’t for me.” You are making things up about a character you clearly do not understand so you can dress up your disinterest as objective criticism.
“Unnecessary superpowers” is already a wild place to start, because Duke’s powers are extremely useful for both detective work and stealth. Light manipulation, invisibility/camouflage, enhanced perception, and psychometry are not random useless add-ons. They are literally investigative and tactical abilities. Saying they “don’t help him solve mysteries” or “don’t make for interesting fights” does not tell me anything about Duke. It tells me you don’t know what his powers are.
Then we get to “Tim Drake at home,” which is just lazy.
Duke is not “smart funny Gotham boy sidekick.” Duke’s entire arc is about being a kid from Gotham proper (Which Tim is not) who lived through the city’s failures, organized with other disenfranchised youth, challenged the idea that Batman’s system was enough, and became a hero from the margins instead of from inside the Wayne Manor machine.
That is not Tim Drake’s story.
Tim comes from a completely different social position, a completely different origin, and a completely different relationship to Batman and Gotham. Tim is not the character whose story is about championing the people Gotham leaves behind. Tim is not the character whose heroism is rooted in collective action with neglected kids on the street. Tim is not the character whose existence critiques the limits of Batman’s approach from the perspective of someone Batman’s world repeatedly failed.
So no, there really are Duke stories you could not just tell with Tim. The fact that they both have brains and jokes does not make them interchangeable. That is not analysis. That is skimming a wiki and deciding you found the whole character.
And speaking of representation, “just make other Bat-family members Black” is not the sage answer you seem to think it is. Black lego (LEGO!) Batgirls and a truly mediocre-to-bad Black Tim Drake adaptation in a bad-to-unbearable Titans show, are not the same thing as having a Black character whose story, community, politics, and position in Gotham actually inform who he is.
Duke being Black is not a palette swap. It matters to the shape of his story. It matters that his arc is about Gotham’s neglected kids, civic failure, survival, organizing, and being failed by the very heroic infrastructure that supposedly exists to protect people like him.
So when you flatten all of that into “boring,” then turn around and say representation can just be solved by making somebody else Black in an adaptation, yes, that reads a certain way. And the way it reads is not flattering.
You can dislike Duke. That is your prerogative.
But “I personally don’t care about this character” is not the same thing as “this character has no purpose.” And if your argument requires ignoring his actual powers, ignoring his actual arc, ignoring his actual social context, and pretending Tim Drake can be dropped into his place with no meaningful loss, then your argument is not based in the reality of the fiction.
It is based in your lack of desire to engage with experiences that were not catered toward you.
And just to avoid misunderstanding: when your response to a Black character being defended is “well, if representation matters so much, just make other characters Black,” while also dismissing the actual Black character as boring, replaceable, unnecessary, and not worth understanding?
That is not good-faith criticism.
That is you telling on yourself.
So yes. You can like Superboy Prime. You can dislike Duke. You can think Prime is more interesting. Have fun.
But do not pretend this was some thoughtful literary argument when it was really just you adding your two centavos to a conversation you did not bother to understand.
Calling Superboy Prime lame was not an attack on you.
This is.
This post is an attack on you.
This post is me calling you racist and intellectually dishonest.
Just to be clear.
“If a society puts half its children into short skirts and warns them not to move in ways that reveal their panties, while putting the other half into jeans and overalls and encouraging them to climb trees, play ball, and participate in other vigorous outdoor games; if later, during adolescence, the children who have been wearing trousers are urged to “eat like growing boys,” while the children in skirts are warned to watch their weight and not get fat; if the half in jeans runs around in sneakers or boots, while the half in skirts totters about on spike heels, then these two groups of people will be biologically as well as socially different. Their muscles will be different, as will their reflexes, posture, arms, legs and feet, hand-eye coordination, and so on. Similarly, people who spend eight hours a day in an office working at a typewriter or a visual display terminal will be biologically different from those who work on construction jobs. There is no way to sort the biological and social components that produce these differences. We cannot sort nature from nurture when we confront group differences in societies in which people from different races, classes, and sexes do not have equal access to resources and power, and therefore live in different environments. Sex-typed generalizations, such as that men are heavier, taller, or stronger than women, obscure the diversity among women and among men and the extensive overlaps between them… Most women and men fall within the same range of heights, weights, and strengths, three variables that depend a great deal on how we have grown up and live. We all know that first-generation Americans, on average, are taller than their immigrant parents and that men who do physical labor, on average, are stronger than male college professors. But we forget to look for the obvious reasons for differences when confronted with assertions like ‘Men are stronger than women.’ We should be asking: ‘Which men?’ and ‘What do they do?’ There may be biologically based average differences between women and men, but these are interwoven with a host of social differences from which we cannot disentangle them.”
— Ruth Hubbard, “The Political Nature of ‘Human Nature’“ (via gothhabiba)
Yes.
Here, have a study (x) showing that mothers underestimate their daughter’s physical capacity from as young as 11 months old (though in reality it’s identical to that of their son’s at the same age). And if you think that parents acting on those expectations won’t alter their children’s development, then I have a sloped bridge to sell you.