[punk-speedchunk]

good news: any time a venus flytrap plant produces flowers, it looks really stupid ♡

[ceescedasticity]

I have no idea how Venus Flytraps are pollinated but I am now imagining this is designed to try to keep pollinators well away from the jaws of death.

[darkladynyara]

That is in fact exactly why they're like this! (Several species of carnivorous plants do the same thing)

[myfootyrthroat]

Oooh! Bog time! Tumblr loves a bog:

(Image from Minnesota Wildflowers)

Pitcher plants do the same thing and have really cool looking flowers!

[optimysticals]

The plant version of it's not stupid if it works.

[apolladay]

What makes a better character playlist?

Songs you like that remind you of the character

Songs that the character would like

Voting ended onDec 27, 2025

[cannibalchicken]

straight up broccoli

[dare0451]

okay but op's right. that tree Does in fact look like Straight Up Broccoli

[cryingalexanders]

Apparently Waid is going to use Lex in his Superboy Action Comics run, and I have several thoughts about where that could go, but I have to say I'm a little worried as well? I love Birthright and Last Days, but this run has several differences in approach to those stories and I'm a little worried that Waid is going to rest on an overly literal interpretation of pre-crisis going forward.

I just hope he keeps the Maggin influence up, like maybe Lex could be friends with Clark Kent while hating Superboy or something.

[cryingalexanders]

@chicafinal wanted to hear my thoughts, so here they are 💜

Basically I'm concerned because while I think the friendship backstory was slowly evolving into something more interesting in pre-crisis before it was cut off at the knees, especially under Maggin's purview, most Superboy stories haven't used Lex well in practice (i.e. he was either Superboy's helpful friend or mini supervillain with no in-between.)

I have this awful suspicion that Last Days, as an homage to Maggin's take on Lex, was Waid getting it out of his system. I'm worried what we'll get from him in a take set in main canon is going to be more aligned with what we've seen from other Superman writers. Currently Clark and Lex's Smallville origin is in this odd in-between status of being canon and not... "They knew each other in Smallville but they weren't friends". And I find this wishy-washiness really frustrating because it misses the point of having Lex there.

And Waid's already made some decisions in this run which run counter to his previous Clark and Lex stories. It's treating Smallville as the idyllic place where Clark feels accepted, at least as Superboy. I thought the stuff about him feeling isolated as Clark because he had to differentiate him from Superboy was interesting. But I'm kind of worried he's pivoted away from the idea of Clark actually being an outsider, now that he gets to shunt that onto Clark Kent. He's always treated the crux of their relationship as both being outsiders and now how Clark feels about that is up in the air.

Though, it is interesting that Clark (and possibly the Kents) don't seem to be aware that he's an alien yet.

And to be honest, I've never been a huge fan of Clark!Superboy. Most of his stories I've read are middling and forgettable. One reason I don't like it is because I prefer stories which explore Clark's isolation growing up, without offering a neat solution. But funnily enough, the actual silver age was more interesting on this point. Smallville regarded Superboy as their hero but their acceptance of him was conditional. This run is going with almost the opposite where it's cynical big city Metropolis which turns against him and all his threats are coming from outside Smallville. And I'm not a fan of that dichotomy tbh.

[cryingalexanders]

Apparently Waid is going to use Lex in his Superboy Action Comics run, and I have several thoughts about where that could go, but I have to say I'm a little worried as well? I love Birthright and Last Days, but this run has several differences in approach to those stories and I'm a little worried that Waid is going to rest on an overly literal interpretation of pre-crisis going forward.

I just hope he keeps the Maggin influence up, like maybe Lex could be friends with Clark Kent while hating Superboy or something.

[asneakyfox]

in any given fictional situation, there is exactly one character who is At Fault and every other character involved is a passive victim. media literacy is when you correctly identify and condemn this character

[glitchfang]

there should be a term for characters you personally don't care about but you defend them anyways because the way people treat them is really uncomfortable. like ok this is a very middle-of-the-road character for me but the fandom's either been super misogynistic, racist, etc. about them or harassed innocent people who try to genuinely explore that character warts and all, and i find that more annoying than the actual character.

[waitineedaname]

I love describing a character as wilting. you sir are like a plant to me. and not a very good one

[theegosystem-deactivated2024012]

the worst is wanting to create and create and create but being trapped in a body that is so so so so tired

[sulietsexual]

Martha Kent & Lana Lang Smallville [2001 - 2011] Requested by Anonymous

[thelightattheendofthistunnel]

oh so you DO still give a shit about lex. but let's not demonstrate it or talk about it with lex in any way i guess

[thelightattheendofthistunnel]

how are they even the same character

[sinhalcarol]

this is what reading the average silver age superhero comic feels like

[pastelplastic-deactivated202512]

needs at least three gorillas

[sinhalcarol]

of course how could i forget

[pastelplastic-deactivated202512]

Perfection.

[kalgalen]

"i want them to make each other worse" i want them to have an impact on each other that's hard to define as objectively good or bad but is still sure to change the trajectory of their lives and alter their very being on a fundamental level forever

[cosmicvngel]

I’m really bad at conversations sorry if I’ve ever talked to you

[botherfigure]

[cryingalexanders]

Very funny that in Waid's version Clark uses it as an actual telescope and creates this touching symbolism of his and Lex's connection and mutual curiosity about the universe, while SV Clark just used it to spy on people.