Dinosaurs and Derpy Things

This is a blog for things that interest, excite, or amuse Amanda. She is 30+ and knows entirely too much about stupid fandom-related things. She also has a husband who says hilarious things.

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manda makes icons - speed

At the source link you will find a Google drive containing icons of the Marvel character Tommy Shepherd/Speed:

2 from Marvel #1000 (art by Jim Cheung)

28 from the Trial of Magneto (art by Lucas Werneck)

16 from Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver (art by Lorenzo Tammetta)

[ The following are contained in tommy icons.rar ]

26 from Young Avengers V1 #10 (art by Jim Cheung)

14 from Young Avengers V1 #11 (art by Jim Cheung)

16 from Young Avengers V1 #12 (art by Jim Cheung)

150+ from Avengers: The Children's Crusade (art by Jim Cheung)

27 from Young Avengers/Runaways: Civil War

34 from Young Avengers/Runaways: Dark Reign

49 from Young Avengers Presents: Wiccan and Speed

2 from Avengers: The Children's Crusade Special Issue

18 from Young Avengers: Seige

34 from Young Avengers/Runaways: Secret Invasion

21 from I Am An Avenger

[ The following contained in tommy v2.rar ]

81 icons from Young Avengers V2 #6, 14 & 15

Some are 100 x 100 and some are 125x125, created over several years. These are free to use but please give credit on your carrd or profile if you do! I do not own the art or character but the PSD is my own creation.

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dear usamerican high schoolers looking for a way to resist fascism: sit through the pledge of allegiance.

no getting up. no looking at the flag.

everyone will be looking at you. you'll be sweating like a fucking hippopotamus. your teacher will sternly tell you to get up. you'll feel stupid and that maybe its not worth it because you're just a kid in a classroom. but I'm here to remind you that there are no real life consequences to detention. there are however real life consequences to resisting a thoughtless performance of nationalism.

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not to talk tough but i have sat through every pledge of allegiance in my life, and that includes the bush administration's hyper-patriotic war on terror.

you can NOT be compelled to say the pledge, and that also means you can't be given the 'choice' of doing it or taking a punishment. being sent into the hall is a grey area.

if you are punishing for refusing, parents or a more sympathetic teacher (like say a history or english teacher) can step in to intercede with the principal. do not be afraid to escalate.

it is critical now of all times that you PRACTICE civil disobedience, starting small, sticking to it, and working up, this will help you learn how very much disobedience you can actually get away with in this life, which is actually a hell of a lot.

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okay i can actually add to this

i was in high school for both columbine and 9/11 and have a very interesting perspective on how performative patriotism always seems to turn into enforced behavior. i was taking ASL classes and they made us perform 'God Bless the USA' for our final

except. i wasn't about that shit. i paid attention.

i started sitting out the pledge. and then started getting in trouble for it for 'being un-american'. my response, and my mother's pissed-off argument, was that choosing NOT to do the pledge is the MOST american thing you can do. you are exercising your FREEDOM, including freedom to abstain. i wasn't pleased with what was being done in the name of patriotism.

then they tried to make the 'meet me at the flag' christian morning prayer meetings mandatory.

a group of us, who were either atheists, christians who didn't believe in enforced prayer, or non-christians, walked two blocks down to mcdonalds and got breakfast instead, as a protest. we didn't raise a fuss, we simply walked out, got food, walked back. didn't leave a mess, made sure we were back to class on time. we chose to use this time for something productive instead of paying lip service to things we didn't believe in.

my school haaaaaaated us but yknow what, they dropped all those shitty mandatory policies.

we also chased the military recruiters out of the lunchroom, that was a fun day lmao

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no i will not elaborate

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Weapon X - art by Jim Cheung

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- Scarlet Witch #9 (2023-24) - Steve Orlando

Y'all, do you have any idea how exciting it is to see someone remember who the Battleworld Avengers were -- and feature them one in a comic in 2024??

I'm guessing it doesn't take into account that the kids got stranded offworld at the end of their oneshot, but I'll take it.

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The Wedding Vows of Teddy Altman and William Kaplan

( Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 - 2023 ) - Jim Cheung

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did i just spontaneously remember the login email for my personal after *literally years* all because I was like 'wait maybe i did put numbers in my email address' and I WAS RIGHT

anyway the literal only reason i did it was to get back into @g-n-r and start Fallout blogging again XD let's gooooo

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Good heavens I hope nobody tells them about Ultimates, they might have to cancel Brian Michael Bendis too

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p.s. if you suddenly find a certain artist to be ‘problematic trash’ when 2 years ago you were singing their praises you can unfollow and block me right fuckin now because the entire marvel fandom has spent the last 30 years in the garbage bin and the sudden oversensitivity of a few people is no skin off my ass

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click here to find out your government assigned character crush

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TOP TAGS:

[whereshadowsthrive]

“If that armor is so heavy, why wear it all day? These aren’t mere bruises anymore…” 

“…”

“That old wolf, your armies and your kingdom would be foolish to doubt your ability to lead because you decide not to wear, apparently, ill fitting armor for a day, my king.” 

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[castironjackelope]

That’s incredible.

[nehirose]

oh holy shit

[hobbitunderthemountain]

I’M SHRIEKING 

MY DAD DECIDED TO PUT TFA ON AGAIN (this is like the second time this week) 

AND MY MOM DECIDED TO MAKE IT HOLIDAY FESTIVE BY PUTTING UP A LITTLE SANTA HAT TO PLAY THE SANTA HAT DRINKING GAME WHERE YOU TAKE A DRINK EVERY TIME THE SANTA HAT LINES UP WITH A CHARACTER

we’re not even five minutes in and all of our drinks are almost gone we have to be more picky about what we take a drink for 

I’M LITERALLY LOSING MY GODDAMN SHIT RIGHT NOW

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The tv santa hat is an EXCELLENT family tradition and I will slowly sneak it into my own household post haste.

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Kylo Ren Is Not Neurodivergent He Is Just An Asshole, Karen.

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Murdering Your Own Father Does Not Count As A Traumatic Event, Shelley.

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Torturing Someone Is Not Romantic, Rebecaitlyn.