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welcome 2 my blog 𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡

abt ┆ adult, she/her .ᐟ

bio ┆ i post music recs, book quotes, comic panels, and some commentary! i mainly use this acc as an archive for my readings :) my favs and interests are under the cut. i hope u find smth new <33

reading: she who remains by rene karabash with izidora angel, hellblazer + catwoman reading order

listening to: the bridge by kelela ft. pinkpantheress

tag index: comic commentary, literary quotes, music recs

always looking for moots with shared interests (currently: catwoman, constantine, and litfic). feel free to ask or dm. dni: basic dni criteria

comics: dc, dc vertigo, marvel, dark horse, indie

hellblazer, catwoman, x-men, hellboy

music: pop, alt pop, rnb, trip-hop, hip-hop, rock

pinkpantheress, esthero, kelela, after, fka twigs, sza, love spirals downwards, soulstice, sade, mf doom, sci-fi the mastermind, lausse the cat, the cure, fleshwater, inhaler, radiohead

books: literary, speculative, horror, gothic, mystery, translated works, memoirs

sula, tender is the flesh, frankenstein, wuthering heights, little women. ursula k. le guin, clarice lispector, toni morrison

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tender is the flesh by agustina bazterrica with sarah moses // the ones who walk away from omelas by ursula k. le guin

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re: gilda dent

gilda dent in the last halloween (2024) #0

being a new comic reader typing out thoughts feels so daunting but i’m gonna put my thoughts out on gilda dent after reading TLH, DV, and the last halloween bc i see a lot of potential in her as a character.

having read the history on gilda’s character prior to dark victory, it seems like loeb wrote her devotion for harvey to an extreme degree that she would commit murder for him. now, idk if writers write her and harvey like this as their core characterizations in current comics but i find their dangerous devotion towards each other interesting bc they remind me of heathcliff and catherine from wuthering heights*

however, i feel like it’d only work if we see stories of harvey being dedicated to gilda as much as she is. bc it’s mostly two-face and harvey in these stories (am i getting this right?). he has his own goals (and therefore, more two-face/harvey-centric plots) while gilda only wants harvey back (tbf, she wasn’t explored as much). which sucks bc she’s so interesting to me.

*(spoilers for last halloween going forward) icl that story was confusing but it was made clear that gilda was manipulating both harvey and mario. but is this not like how catherine was manipulating both linton and heathcliff… like there’s potential in there somewhere on how she has the ability to do all this and her complexities as a character.

i just want to see the lengths gilda can do bc we know she can do a lot: she can pull off the murders, persuade mario and harvey, and batman didn’t even suspect her until last halloween. all bc she was so inconspicuous. shes just so cool to me. i wish there were more stories about her and that her character was expanded so it wasn't just centered on being harvey’s wife. like isn’t she also a sculptor? why did she want to be a sculptor? does she revere beauty as what harvey had stated or does she want to mold things into permanence? other than wanting a domestic dream, what dreams does she have career-wise? in terms of character, she can be meticulous, careful, passionate, and can literally and maybe figuratively carve things into creation. there’s so much material you can build her from!

what we know is that she wants to spend more time with harvey and to an extent, a beautiful domestic life. i’m quite interested to see her behind-the-scenes work. how did she get to mario? how did she organize everything? can we see more of an exploration of gilda and harvey’s devoted love that tears everything else apart?

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selina kyle would love listening to sade

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selina kyle and sade songs i associate with her

catwoman art by chris samnee / love deluxe by sade

for fun historical accuracy, all sade albums were released before the published issues. links will take you to youtube.

Holly and Selina

batman: year one (1987) / i will be your friend from diamond life (1985)

Before Catwoman

batman: year one (1987) / when am i going to make a living from diamond life (1985)

Masks

batman: dark victory (1999) / war of the hearts from promise (1985)

Past

catwoman: when in rome (2004) / keep looking from stronger than pride (1988)

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The Last Halloween (2025) #10 — i like how this takes us back to year one when selina saw batman for the first time and motivated her to be catwoman. i also like the timing of the bat signal right when she’s about to say anything about their connection. really sums up their relationship conflict.

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Hellblazer (1994) #84 — john’s motivations for leaving home, aside from getting away from his dad, are: (1) free love, (2) rock and roll, and (3) magic.

and while it’s not mentioned, i feel like he also wanted a community and he found it with mucous membrane.

[peejayee]

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selina kyle would love listening to sade

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Peter and MJ on the phone.

The Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1

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Catwoman (2003) #25 — slam calling out selina’s batmanisms ijbol. they may as well be two peas in a gotham protector-shaped pod.

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“…the East End. My soul is tied to this place now. Because it’s cost me so much in blood and tears. But this is where the Catwoman was born and if it has to be, this is where she’ll die. But not without a fight. Never without a fight.”

Catwoman (2003) #25.

story; Ed Brubaker, pencils; Paul Gulacy, inks; Jimmy Palmiotti, colors; Laurie Kronenberg, letters; Clem Robins

[jamjoob]

Self indulgent Miss Kyle doodles

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There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning. For loneliness assumed the absence of other people, and the solitude she found in that desperate terrain had never admitted the possibility of other people. She wept then.

— Sula, Toni Morrison

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DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man (2026)

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Peter and MJ discussing music.

Spider-Man (1990) #22

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a true dc comics fan will always speak ill of dc comics

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batcat yuri is so healing