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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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@daisy-haze
haiii im actually posting semi regularly on here now so making tag list
u can dm/send asks/art requests whenever, i will try to get back to u. im always here to yap & hear u yap also.
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Anyway, I know that a lot of people here on tumblr do not actually buy comics, but I do want to encourage people to think about what you can do to support DCBlackout. I know that I am not a person who's purchases drive metrics at DC comics. I only put in a preorder for comics once in a blue moon, I read digitally, and I buy collected editions, but yesterday I canceled my dcui subscription and while the boycott continues, I'm not going to renew it. While I'll probably still get dc comics through second hand sources here and there, I'm not going to buy any new comics from them either.
There should be more opportunities for black creators at DC and there should be more stories for characters like Nubia, Steel, Vixen, The Signal, Mr Terrific, everyone from Milestone and more.
Even if you're not a comics buyer, you can still sign the petition and you can share your favorite independent comics from black creators. I'll start: Everyone should read Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly.
Try and seek out new works and expand your horizons. That's what I'll be doing.
No, I'm Not A SOLDIER
Little No, I'm Not A Human x FF7 thing :)
i love 2000s comics because it's like "this dude named kyle in a nine inch nails t-shirt possesses the omnipotent power of a god" and you have to take it seriously
green lantern corps (2025) spoilers
1 thing i always felt was missing during yrra's star sapphire run was putting her new identity in contrast with fatality but bc it was literally MIND CONTROL to FORCE HER TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE PERSON WHO DESTROYED HER PLANET of course she never got that......... i was super excited to read the new guardians even tho it was lowkey slop bc it finally put kyle and yrra together for a long time again. kyle who has wanted to help her longer than anyone else & constantly showed empathy towards her when no one else would, so i figured he'd be at least confused how she of all people became a star sapphire if not concerned abt her willingness to do so. but no instead she is just Star Sapphire and it's like she's just a brand new oc that hadn't had a relationship with him before. so im really really glad that they actually had yrra CHOOSE to be an indigo lantern bc now she actually has agency in what she does. imo it was a little rushed and she's just put right into action as The Indigo Lantern but i get it for this arc since it's not really about her. but im really hoping they get a moment to breathe and we actually get to see how she feels about this new power aside from just generally not wanting revenge anymore.
also the possibility of a yrra & soranik teamup dont even get me started. i rlly hope they give ion back to kyle but idk how realistic that is since hes busy being ugly in the green lantern book
princess koriand'r of tamaran really one of the characters of all time. reinvented cognitive behavioral therapy from first principles simply through the act of being one of the only emotionally regulated characters in dc comics. like she's been sold as a political prisoner twice. married for political reasons twice, both which ended in tragedy. komand'r. her parents are dead. the population of her planet is always in fucking peril. she is absolutely motivated by what's happened to her, but she is also very much like, the things that happened to me cannot be changed, and dwelling on them for the sake of it is an act of futility and does me no good in the long run. every day is a chance for me to do good, and that means that tomorrow i can do good, too :)
and everyone around her is like kory you are out of your fucking mind. that's not how we DO things on EARTH. on EARTH, we are ALWAYS traumatized and we NEVER heal. and she's like hey, have you considered that's not a good thing? and nobody ever listens. she's literally keeping the prince of dwelling on it in her purse because she is so fucking kind
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folks i have been on tumblr dot com since 2011 and i've been trapped reading comic books since well before then and only today (may 29th) was i shown true enlightenment. listening and learning
the way ive been meaning to make a longpost about them for months now LOL they drive me so crazy.... kory is there for such important events in yrra's life & they have completely opposing ideologies around how to deal with their past, they have so much potential together!!
have to update my age in my tumblr bio #Yep #Im21
princess koriand'r of tamaran really one of the characters of all time. reinvented cognitive behavioral therapy from first principles simply through the act of being one of the only emotionally regulated characters in dc comics. like she's been sold as a political prisoner twice. married for political reasons twice, both which ended in tragedy. komand'r. her parents are dead. the population of her planet is always in fucking peril. she is absolutely motivated by what's happened to her, but she is also very much like, the things that happened to me cannot be changed, and dwelling on them for the sake of it is an act of futility and does me no good in the long run. every day is a chance for me to do good, and that means that tomorrow i can do good, too :)
and everyone around her is like kory you are out of your fucking mind. that's not how we DO things on EARTH. on EARTH, we are ALWAYS traumatized and we NEVER heal. and she's like hey, have you considered that's not a good thing? and nobody ever listens. she's literally keeping the prince of dwelling on it in her purse because she is so fucking kind
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YRRA CYNRIL PEAKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YRRA CYNRIL MY GOAT IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry i’m reblogging this again but this just makes me so fucking angry. this reminds me of those dudes running game of thrones who had virtually no experience and were allowed to just. treat a multimillion dollar franchise as their little fuck-around-and-learn-about-tv sandbox. why are white men with no credentials allowed to get away with this over and over again while the rest of us have to fight tooth and nail for literal crumbs. i fucking hate the entertainment industry
tfw you realize you put more thought into your self indulgent fanfic in middle school than someone in charge of a multimillion dollar franchise that employs thousands of people and is watched by millions.
misogyny in green lantern 1990 post emerald twilight (the kyle rayner era). below the cut cause this is a lot of words. copy and pasted from discord ramblings once again, this is not the cleanest explanation but it’s something. okay?
the thing is that kyle’s comics, as much as i adore them, are misogynistic. it’s imperative to recognize this, and from multiple angles (is it on purpose? is it the writer? is it both? how do you go about recognizing and dealing with it?)
like. it is partially a writer issue partially a character issue. i think its important to understand the context and that a lot of it is at the fault of ron marz beinf a huge misogynist. HOWEVER this is not a “once or twice this hapoened” thing that can be wiped, it is an attitude that is consistent in his comics. additionally, though the narrative itself is misogynistic and expects the reader to more or less agree with kyle’s thought process on that, it still has other characters telling him he is in the wrong. to some degree, it is a written in the text character flaw, or at least written in the text for certain other characters to view it as a character flaw. and that is enough for me to believe it shouldnt be erased in entirely, though it should be acknowledged a lot of the reasoning behind it being “90s misogynistic writers”.
not to even MENTION the detriment it does to his canon dynamics and how it treats the women who are repeatedly at the brunt end of this misogyny as not mattering as much to the narrative as “keeping kyle’s slate clean” is. like you erase kyle’s misogyny entirely and it’s very clear that you don’t actually gaf about how that effects donna’s storyline and her direct qualms with him not giving her as much respect as he should. how it ties into them not being right for each other despite the importance of their relationship. how it ties into donna’s history of bad relationships and how despite kyle’s behavior he is still at least trying. it’s so hard to explain but like… tell me you don’t care about the women in his comics without telling me. they’re characters, sure, but they don’t need to just be props to be flattened bc you can’t handle your favorite male character having a flaw that, realistically, makes a TON of sense for his character. again, this isnt Weird Author Makes Character A Pedo For A Little Bit In A Sea Of Thousands Of Comics. this is CONSISTENT and called out ON PANEL in his entire initial run. like, on top of that, he’s also paired with people who don’t think that way! his various girlfriends dislike his attitude and behaviors, connor and john call him out on it, etc. it’s unreasonable to say it’s JUST because of the writing when other protagonists actively dislike his attitude towards women!
even though marz has the entite narrative be misogynistic it doesnt mean that is isnt a character issue in this case. and on top of that, even if it is fully a writer issue, it’s such a constant feature that i think erasing his misogyny nearly in entirety does more harm than good? i don’t like that he’s misogynistic, don’t get me wrong, but him being a misogynist informs the stories that happen in his comics. like i said above, what about the female character (especially donna) and their storylines that are effected by kyle’s misogyny and immaturity? what about how he slowly grows throughout the comic and these ideals are lessened to some degree? you have to take into consideration that a large chunk of his character was written by the guy who made fridging a thing, yes, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the character is also written to be misogynistic ontop of a misogynistic narrative.
ftr this is not me calling kyle a raging misogynist. i really don’t think that he needs to be portrayed as such, especially post gl1990. i do think he needs to be portrayed with acknowledgement towards his misogyny, and not just have it erased (or well. mostly erased bc comics are nearly always inherently misogynistic), i feel like having him actively unlearn it is a better solution but the comics didn’t do much of that, imo. he matured and that helped, and then it was just gone a little while later. whatever.
and i’ll reiterate. i don’t like that he’s a misogynist. i like the idea that he ends up growing out of a lot of those ideals, but like. it’s so sanitizing and flattening to ignore a huge ass character flaw that is baked into his narrative AND how he is written to be acting.
u are so correct about all of this & it makes complete sense that hes a misogynist especially at the beginning of vol 3!!! hes a kid growing up in the 80s-90s with an absent father, had a bad relationship with his mother, and (depending on the story) was also pretty bullied as a kid ,,,, like it's lucky hes not straight up an incel lol
& i also think that we can't get rid of his early misogyny without hurting the story--imo part of why the fridging happened is bc kyle assumed that because he's the hero, he's the only one people would target. why would anyone go after alex she's just a random girl she's not a threat to anybody!! not understanding that he made her civilian identity tied to green lantern from the start by showing up to her apartment in costume, having her photograph him publicly etc. (which is also tied to his irresponsibility that alex broke up with him over in the first place... girl run he did not learn!!!!!)
& like you said donnakyle maybe wouldn't have broken up if kyle was more thoughtful and understanding of the really serious trauma donna was going through, and don't even get me started on all the cheating with jenny & donna (as in he was the cheater)... it all just points to not really respecting the women in his life. i get that people want their fiction to be escapism sometimes but also women do have to deal with misogyny every day from people who don't mean to hurt them or consciously think of themselves as misogynists, and it does feel like lessening that very real struggle if we just decide that our favorite male characters were feminist allies the whole time...
hot artists don't gatekeep
I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard
Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.
Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.
Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.
Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.
SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.
SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.
Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.
Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.
Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.
Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.
Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.
MapCrunch. Environment artists rejoice. Random locations, filter by indoor or outdoor, rural or urban, specific country. Great for realistic/authentic building ref.
thinking about parallax and metanarrative... I just think it's so interesting to have a villain whose dialogue is consistently about how he wants to return to the beautiful imagined past and restore the status quo. in superhero comics the status quo medium! and then to have a group of extremely vocal fans hate new changes so bad they bought a magazine ad and ran message board harassment campaigns for years... guys he's you! you're yelling at your reflection!
and then of course because it's comics.... we do get the beautiful imagined past back again. Hal is green lantern and Oliver is green arrow and Hal and Carol are in love and so are Ollie and Dinah. coast city is back and Hal didn't do any of that. we rewrote the universe and parallax won but don't worry about it!
