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“You’re the worst Iron Fist ever”

I admit it. I’ve seen every episode of the Marvel Netflix series. From Daredevil to Jessica Jones to Daredevil to Luke Cage to Iron First. And now: The Defenders.

I’ve seen them all. Laughable. Annoying. Fun. Stupid.

There’s a big bag of emotions to be felt. I think that over time, it becomes more and more silly to spend all of these hours watching this stuff. But like my friend Chris Ryall, I chose comics a long time ago, so it’s my moral obligation to tune in each time that the images from my youth are turned into live action with 21st century SFX.

Speaking of which - Marvel’s best translation is probably still the animated Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The one that Marvel/Disney replaced with one of the worst cartoons of all time - Avengers Assemble. In case you’re wondering why they replaced something so awesome with something so shitty, the answer can be summed up in one word.

Toys.

Iron Fist won’t sell any toys, thank god, but then what excuse does Scott Fink have for the giant green K'un-Lun turd mountain that Marvel shit out? It’s a beautiful disaster at best. At worst, it’s a sign of the times. That we’ve lost all perspective. That the brand (Marvel) overshadows actual quality and we tune in because these series have become habitual pop culture watching material.

So we can have commentary like this. So we have something to argue over.

Bottom line: in a world where a Wonder Woman film stands miles above anything Marvel’s done since the first Iron Man or Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel needs to step it up. The Defenders isn’t that. It’s more beautiful disaster. Broken plot points, Finn Jones lameness, and not enough Jessica Jones.

Even Elektra is confused. I don’t care what you say, Spider-Man Homecoming was for little children. If you think different, it’s because you are one. Or have the tastes of one. Want a Hawaiian Punch?

My advice? Go rewatch all the Twin Peaks: The Return episodes that warped your senses and gave you bad dreams for a week before you spend a single minute on Defenders. David Lynch actually does something wonderful and free with the platform of television. Or watch Halt and Catch Fire’s awesome final season.

Point is: The Defenders is just more wasted (yet enjoyable) time, when there are better things out there that won’t insult you. Because you’re the worst fucking Iron Fist ever.

— Rob

[nerdyfacts]

Nerdy Fact #1434: Wonder Woman was originally based on two women: the wife of creator William Marston and one of his former students that both he and his wife had sexual encounters with. 

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Vintage Comic - Captain America #199

Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Frank Giacoia Marvel (July1976)

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“I had to wait until much later, until I first heard Liz Phair’s debut, Exile in Guyville, to begin to really learn about women and that they might just like sex as much as I did in a completely different way. The album gave me chills in part because it made me feel a ball-shattering combination of some of the horniest yet most intense disappointment in myself I’d felt since my mother called me a punk for having to sign a paper I didn’t ace in the 6th grade. Liz Phair became my ideal gal.” 

Exile In Her Guyville, a story about Liz Phair, sex, and coming of age. Available now on Popularium.com. Read the full story here. 

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La Palabra L - I like what I like

My Myspace page becomes a giant collage depicting my undeniable love for Dana and Tegan and Sara. I’m not hiding anything. In fact, I think I’m making it pretty impossible for anyone who knows me to say, “that girl MUST be straight.”

La Palabra L, a story about The L Word, Tegan and Sara, and Identity. Available now on popularium.com 

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I’m a 31-year-old man on my third glass of whiskey, and a game where you play as a high school girl is bringing me to tears. I’m playing Life is Strange, the stunning episodic game from DONTNOD Entertainment. I think I knew I was going to love it from the opening credits, as the protagonist steps into her high school hallway, sighs momentarily, and drowns out the gossip and hubbub with exactly the right indie song. Her internal dialog runs over the smooth lyrics and burbling guitar as she makes her way through the flowing river of students. Life Is Strange, a story about decisions, Life is Strange, and introspection.

Written by Ben Bagamery available on @popularium. Read the rest of the story here.

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When things look the bleakest, that’s when Buffy is at her finest. She is calm and confident, trusting in her skills and abilities. She dances in the eye of the storm, and so could I. Vampire Slaying For The Soul, a story about Buffy The Vampire Slayer, college, and imagination.

Written by Tonya Smith available on @popularium. Read the rest of the story here.

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Buffy was more than a character. She was a mentor and a friend. When I felt lonely and scared, she showed me that it was okay. Pouring hours into the show didn’t make me weak. She taught me that failure won’t trigger the end of the world. When the Hellmouth opens and demons pour out, you dust yourself off and get right back in the fray.

From Vampire Slaying for the Soul | Psyche 101 and the mouth of hell on @popularium

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X-Men Writer's New Comic Stars a 250 Pound Black Trans Woman (Who's Also a Former NFL Player)

"Passing is for football."

Well… here’s something new.

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Queer characters have been popping up left and right in the world of comics. Following Marvel’s queer latina superhero, X-Men writer Scott Lobdell is giving us all the life with his new protagonist. Lobdell’s latest, “No World,” for Aspen Comics, will star a 250 pound black trans woman, who’s also a former NFL player.

Though she doesn’t have a name just yet, the character does have cover art and a potential catchphrase—"Passing is for football,“ a play on the term, "passing,” which generally refers to a trans person’s ability to pass as cisgender in everyday society.

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‘She’ is clinging and slimy, like wet satin. Adults wrap me in it at birth, stitch it on me like they stitched Peter Pan’s shadow, so that even when I can’t see it, everyone else does. It won’t come off, they silently tell me. Just get used to it. “Nobody To Wear: There is no skin that fits” a story about Mulan, Identity, and Gender. 

Written by @vraik available on @popularium. Read the rest of the story here.

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This particular moment pushes me out the door down the long road I now call my spiritual journey. There is no religious text I won’t read: The Bible, The Torah, The Quran, The Dao, The Notebook. I devour philosophy and begin to carve out my own system of belief. I draw from Wu Tang, from Kanye, from Pikachu, from anywhere I can. With each quote added to my book of aphorisms I hear my grandmother’s voice: 'I believe in people.'

https://popularium.com/story/the-good-lies-we-tell/

[whiskeywrites]

Happy world whisky day.

I’m returning, slowly but surely.

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Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. - Wishing for a thing does not make it so

Picard’s drink of choice is the humble tea. Here was the first tangible connection between me and the man I wanted to be.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot., a story about Star Trek: TNG, Patrick Stewart, and Earl Grey. Available now on Popularium. 

Read The Full Story Here. 

[whiskeywrites]

Heaven in a glass.

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Fallout Themed Monopoly by Redditor KongoBoom