Castle Azure

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Help Mohammed and his family evacuate Gaza

My name is Mohammed, I'm 23 years old, from Gaza. I lost everything in the war: my home, my education, and some of my family. My father was

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🌅 After the War… We Begin Again

The days have passed heavily — filled with fear, destruction, and loss. We lost almost everything: our home, our memories, and even the simple feeling of safety we once had. But despite everything, hope still lives within us. We believe we can start over — rebuild a life worthy of those who endured so much pain. 💔

The war is over, yet its echoes remain inside us. Today, we live among the ruins that were once our home, trying to rebuild not only the walls but the spirit that held us together. We need your support to bring back a sense of normal life, to rebuild our home, and to return the smiles to our children’s faces.

We want to turn this rubble into a new beginning. To tell the world that we are still here — still dreaming, still working, still hoping. Help us build a better future. Help us restore what the war has taken away. Help us start again with dignity and hope.

🙏 Donate now and help us rebuild our life:

Abedmajed’s Hope: Rebuilding Our Family’s Life in Gaza

My name is Abedmajed Elderawi, and I live in Gaza with what remains of my once large and loving family.

💌 From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who stands with us. Every bit of support, no matter how small, means a new start for us. You are bringing light into the darkest moments of our lives. We will never forget your kindness and solidarity. ❤️

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One thing I noticed rewatching older Superman movies is how talkative Christopher Reeves’s and David Corenswet’s versions are compared to the other modern movie Supermen (not counting the TV versions, Superman’s much chattier on those).

In Superman Returns and in pretty much every DC Snyder movie, Superman spends a lot of time brooding and staring into the distance (or staring at an unsuspecting Lois, in the case of Superman Returns), and even when he’s saving people or confronting supervillains, he’s generally pretty quiet. He even has fewer lines than Lois and Lex in Batman V Superman, which has his name in the title.

In contrast, the 1978 and 2025 versions talk in pretty much every scene they’re in, whether it’s reassuring the people they save, engaging in hero-villain trash talk, or calling out other heroes for being careless with collateral damage (Heck, David’s Superman talks to dogs).

With this in mind, I have concluded that the charm of a Superman is positively correlated with how much he speaks, and negatively correlated with how much he stares into the distance all Byronic-like. It also ties in nicely with how his core value is action; all versions of Superman face insecurity about how different and distant they are from humanity, but the chatty versions of Superman take more action about it and actively interact with with the humanity they so love and are so desperate to be part of.

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Just Ultraman listening to his Japanese heavy metal playlist while sitting around waiting for Lex to give him orders.

I love how James Gunn posting the Superman characters' playlists on Spotify revealed that the big silent henchman loves music that includes the second Death Note opening (he probably sees Lex in Light Yagami lmao).

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David Corenswet 🤝 Charlie Morningstar

The ability to be the most wholesome person while cursing like a sailor

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Way back when I saw the news of the devastatingly handsome Nicholas Hoult’s casting as Lex Luthor, and especially when I watched his interviews with David Corenswet, I thought they’d probably make him one of those affably evil, charming magnificent bastard versions of Lex, like in the Young Justice TV series or in those comics where he’s kind of an effective hero when he isn’t distracted by his beef with Superman.

Instead his Lex was one of the most vile, hateable, straight up evil versions of Lex put to screen, and Nick Hoult pulled it off beautifully.

James Gunn clearly didn’t want anyone to pull any Draco in Leather Pants “Thanos was right” stuff with this Lex, which I absolutely love.

As much as I like Magnificent Bastard Lex, I also love it when stories show how pathetic and prejudiced he really is.

“Bigoted billionaires aren’t cool, kids.”— James Gunn, probably.

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As much as I respect Matt Reeves’s and James Gunn’s decision to keep the Batman movies separate from the DCU— I do think that the image of Bruce, supposedly one of the top three smartest men in the DC universe, flailing around with flight suits while the other two are playing with flying chairs, robotic spheres, clones, and pocket dimensions, is absolutely hilarious.

I just keep imagining Battinson gliding awkwardly and crashing with his flight suit and the camera panning up to Mr. Terrific hovering on his chair, shaking his head in disapproval.

Also, Lex is there with his army of flying armored suits just to show off.

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My other favorite ship, Lizzy and Fizzy.

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I think one of the more underrated aspects about Clark in Superman (2025) is when he actually tries to be cool.

David Corenswet once talked about how Superman’s trunks looking silly shows how he doesn’t want to look cool or intimidating, how he’d rather be silly and approachable. And that’s one of my favorite things about Clark, how he’s so unapologetic about being earnest, sincere, and corny. Which makes the times he suddenly does care about being cool even funnier.

When Lois describes herself as punk rock he calls himself punk rock as well (and gets a little miffed when Lois goes all fandom gatekeeper on him). He also listens to music he thinks is edgy even if it actually isn’t, and tries to act cool and nonchalant during the interview scene (“Superman doesn’t have time for selfies”). And of course we can’t forget how he smoothly invites her for another interview only to break into the biggest, goofiest smile when she says she loves him.

Of course, he also drops bangers like saying kindness and trust are the real punk rock and makes being sincere and corny the coolest thing ever, but it’s fun to watch him stumble over himself too.

Also, most of the moments he tries to be cool happen when he’s with Lois, and I think that’s just adorable.

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It's been nearly a month and this movie still has me in a chokehold, so here's some more Clois (ft. the bestest boy Krypto) doing the pose from Gary Frank's Superman #700 cover to tide me over before my inevitable rewatch.

(Repost because I accidentally deleted the last one)

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One thing I think is funny about Jinu is how much he really, REALLY likes being a singer.

The man used his boss’s desire for world domination as an excuse to start his own boy band and did an absolutely stellar job at it.

Abandoning his family for his singing career is the source of his greatest shame, but he keeps singing four hundred years later.

Finally, during the “Your Idol” number, Jinu’s grinning and enjoying the performance way too much for someone who’s being emotionally tortured by his boss and who just publicly humiliated his love interest.

The guy is so crazy about his art, he’s basically the Humanities equivalent of the Mad Scientist trope.

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So I’m listening to the playlists James Gunn made for the Superman characters on Spotify, and apparently Ultraman’s into Japanese heavy metal, which is amazing, but it also got me thinking.

If Ultraman ever returns in a sequel as Bizarro and gets a redemption arc, I’d imagine him being Clark’s broody little brother who blasts his music throughout the Fortress of Solitude. This would especially annoy Clark because according to James Gunn on the description of his playlist, he enjoys music that he thinks is edgy but isn’t actually as edgy as he thinks it is, so Bizarro being into heavy metal would force him to rethink his definition of edge.

Also, one of the songs in Ultraman’s playlist is the second Death Note opening, so I choose to believe that’s his favorite show now.

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An older drawing of my favorite ship

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Absolutely loved the new movie, thought I'd post my other favorite version of Superman (currently sharing the number 1 spot with David Corenswet) doing the pose from All-Star Superman to celebrate its release!!