Hidden Village of Namimori

Independant rp blog for Uchiha Sasuke (Naruto) and Hibari Kyouya (KHR). Or for just hanging out with my internet family :)

[sineala]

I don’t need anon to pick at your brain! I’ve been into comics on and off for ten years but I still know and understand frighteningly little about the medium, and I want to change that. Between military and other life stuff, I’ve done less reading and research into comics than I’d like. For example, I’ve seen you say in another post that the Marvel wiki volume numbering for Iron Man is EXTREMELY WRONG (to quote you 🤣). And it just so happens that I recently made a spreadsheet of all the comics I own, which I referenced the wiki to help me make. But now I’m worried I got some stuff on my sheet wrong. 😭

As long as the scheme you use makes sense to you, that's the important thing. But I just checked, and the wiki is still disastrously wrong about mid-2000s Iron Man. They used to be right! And then a couple of years ago, they got it wrong, and it is still wrong.

Big nerdy list under the Read More.

I haven't double-checked all the volume years, but this is the way I refer to them:

Tales of Suspense vol 1 (1959), #39-99. ToS itself started in 1959, which is why it has that year, but Tony doesn't appear until #39. He starts splitting the book with Steve at #58, and after #99 we get separate Cap and IM books. Cap keeps the numbering; IM renumbers and we have...

Iron Man vol 1 (1968), #1-332. Like volume 1 of most of the rest of Marvel's classic titles, this goes all the way until the mid-90s. Whether or not the cover says "Iron Man" or "The Invincible Iron Man," it's all just called Iron Man.

Iron Man vol 2 (1996), #1-13. Shh. We do not speak of this.

Iron Man vol 3 (1998), #1-89. Definitely the best Iron Man run. Starting with #41, the book is dual-numbered with legacy numbers, like many Marvel comics of this time. That means #41 is also listed as #386, and so on for the rest of the run. Basically that means that if they hadn't renumbered anything at all this would be the 386th issue. Marvel often likes to return to legacy numbers when they have a big milestone issue (like #500 or #600) coming up.

Iron Man vol 4 (2005), #1-35. This is the run that was going on through the entire Civil War and post-CW era. At Iron Man #15, the book changes names to Iron Man: Director of SHIELD and keeps the numbering going; some people would class Director of SHIELD as a separate run based on this, but, let's be real, you're gonna sort this with the rest of v4 here. At #33 the book actually changes names to War Machine: Weapon of SHIELD but weirdly no one seems to be arguing that that one should be a separate book.

Invincible Iron Man vol 1 (2008), #1-33, #500-527. This is Fraction's run, and Marvel has now decided to start treating "Invincible" as part of the actual title for some reason, so this is a brand new volume 1 of Invincible Iron Man. Halfway through it renumbers for the milestone #500 issue even though they would like me to believe it has a different name from the comic it's getting renumbered to match.

Iron Man vol 5 (2013), #1-28. Now we're back to "Iron Man" and this is Gillen's run.

Superior Iron Man vol 1 (2015,) #1-9. Tony is a bad, bad man.

Invincible Iron Man vol 2 (2015), #1-14. This is the beginning of Bendis' IM run, once again getting "Invincible" in the title, so by my count we're at volume 2 of Invincible.

International Iron Man vol 1 (2016), #1-7. This is a series that ran at the same time as Bendis' IIM v2, and is about Tony's quest for his biological parents.

Infamous Iron Man vol 1 (2016), #1-12. Okay, so at the end of Civil War II, Tony ends up in a coma and this run is actually about Doctor Doom who is now Iron Man, more or less.

Invincible Iron Man vol 3 (2017), #1-11, #593-600. This was running at approximately the same time as Infamous and is now about Riri Williams who is ALSO now Iron Man, more or less. Halfway through it renumbers with legacy numbering which is a thing a lot of Marvel books were doing at that time, conveniently just in time to reach that milestone #600. Which is when Tony comes back to life.

Tony Stark: Iron Man vol 1 (2019), #1-19. This is Slott's run. Yeah, sure, give it a completely different name. That's cool. I don't need things to be simple or anything.

Iron Man 2020 (2020), #1-6. This is the miniseries/event that closes out Slott's IM run. It's got some tie-ins.

Iron Man vol 6 (2020-present), ongoing. Cantwell's current run. #15 is out this week, as I write this. We are finally back to a run that is just called Iron Man, which we last got, uh, eight volumes ago? Geez. I would like to point out that this run is Iron Man (2020) and the previous run was Iron Man 2020 (2020). Comics are so accessible and easy to understand.

Okay, so that seems like it basically makes sense, right? As much as comics ever make sense?

Great! But that's not what the Marvel Wiki currently does.

This is what we get, starting with volume 4, where the weirdness starts:

Iron Man vol 4 (2005), #1-16. You might think that the wiki has decided to split out vol 4 and Director of SHIELD into separate runs. That would make sense. That's not what this is. #16 is actually two issues into DoS. It's in the middle of a story arc. It doesn't change creative teams or anything. There is no conceivable reason to end it here. Now you might think, okay, that's a small error, but surely the next run is DoS? *laughs bitterly* No.

Invincible Iron Man vol 1 (2007), #17-28. This is actually most of the Director of SHIELD run. It says "Iron Man: Director of SHIELD" right on the cover. The Marvel Wiki has decided that doesn't count, I guess. You can buy a big trade paperback of the entire Director of SHIELD run. It's called Iron Man: Director of SHIELD. I guess that doesn't mean anything to anyone.

Iron Man: Director of SHIELD vol 1 (2008), #29-35. Congratulations, Marvel Wiki! You have correctly identified 7 out of 35 issues of this run! That's a failing grade!

Invincible Iron Man vol 2 (2008), #1-33. This is the first half of Fraction's run, before the renumbering at #500. We are now up to IIM vol 2 because the Wiki decided that the middle of DoS was a great thing to call IIM vol 1. You might wonder where the rest of this run is getting numbered. You're going to be sorry you asked.

Invincible Iron Man vol 1 (2011), #500-527. Look, we've... found volume 1 again? We're numbering volumes in reverse? Oh God. I mean, I know this is what legacy numbering means, but it's kind of a mess.

IM v5 (Gillen) and Superior are both unaffected by this.

Invincible Iron Man vol 3 (2015), #1-14. Bendis starts here. I had this down as IIM vol 2 but that's not how the wiki sees it.

International and Infamous are not affected.

Invincible Iron Man vol 4 (2017), #1-11. This is the first half of Bendis' Riri run, also one number higher than I had it. Then it renumbers to legacy, and I bet you know what's coming.

Invincible Iron Man vol 1 (2017), #593-600. Yep. I love legacy numbers.

Everything after this is fine in terms of numbering.

So, yeah, legacy numbering makes it a little weird, but legacy numbers are like that. When I talk about them I usually wedge them in with the Invincible runs they're part of. The thing that really throws it off is the part where Director of SHIELD is listed under three different runs because that's just... wrong. And throws off a lot of the numbers after it.

[sineala]

Typesetting Fanfiction with LaTeX

Over the past few months I have been relearning LaTeX in order to typeset fanfiction so that it makes a very pretty PDF – the sort of thing you could print as a book.

In case anyone is interested, I wrote up my workflow for this process. It does not assume you know anything about LaTeX and you will not need to install LaTeX, and you can make very nice PDFs with not much work. Enjoy.

[sweetoothgirl]

overnight cinnamon roll bread with chai frosting

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start “rewarding” the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

*holds your hand* no, we’re ALL bitches

[charmedatlaw]

IF YOU ARE UNMARRIED, DON'T HAVE KIDS, AND HATE YOUR PARENTS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HAVE A FUCKING WILL

this has been a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood probate lawyer

[charmedatlaw]

Again:

1. The law doesn't care how long your parents and family have been out of your life

2. The law doesn't care about your long term friends or "found family"

If you don't have legal documents that say otherwise, your biological family calls all the shots.

This goes especially for LGBTQ+. Please do not get deadnamed in your obituary.

[the-final-sif]

How to make a will.

How to make a living will (Advance Healthcare Directive) so you don’t get fucked over by biological family if you end up in a situation where you cannot make your own healthcare choices.

[mctreeleth]

Here it is! The instructions to make a pieced and quilted plague doctor mask!

Just as a heads up, this pattern is not really recommended for beginners. There is not a whole lot of explanation of the basic techniques, and it requires a fair bit of precision, two types of fusible interfacing, and an assumption that you can keep a consistent seam allowance and do some hand sewing and know when to sew things right sides together and such.

I am not promising anything, different methods will yield different results, I have never made a pattern exactly as it was written and neither should you. If you want something the same as the next person, go to the shops.

Actually, nevermind, this is a quarantine craft, stay home.

Keep reading

[karazrel]

x

[istudyrainbows69]

I’m mind blown honestly. I did not know this. Omg.

[van-dyne]

Morgan Stark, according to her parents x

[xarles56-deactivated20191230]

Since Mondays are a bummer, here’s Robert Downey Jr. giggling for 36 seconds.

You’re welcome 💕

[transformativeworks]

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!

Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:

All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them.

Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn.

This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.

[robertdowney-jr]

You know what that is? Growth.

The Avengers (2012) // Avengers: Endgame (2019)

[thelatestkate]

July 2019 Illustrations  ヽ(• ‿•)ノ

[luvindowney]

Tony Stark - Earth’s Best Defender

[mackievanstan]

I’ll do my best.

[grantsattler]

Pepperony Week 2019 ☆ Day 1: Pepperony’s Journey

If I were Iron Man, I’d have this girlfriend who knew my true identity. She’d be a wreck. She’d always be worrying I was going to die, yet so proud of the man I’ve become. She’d be wildly conflicted, which would only make her more crazy about me…

[awed-frog]

Okay, you need to make sure you play this game at some point. Maybe not today or anything, because you’ll need about thirty minutes and a serious willingness to understand how it works, but - it’s so worth it. It’s basically an answer to our occasional frustration - why do assholes always come out on top? - and the beautiful thing about it is that not only does it explain how that happens, but also how we can change it.

“In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it’s us players who define the game.”

[youngnoblewoman]

This is fascinating if you’re into math or sociology or computer programming or all of the above.

[skeptictankj]

Everyone, everywhere, without exception, should play this thing through.

[anathaeum]

Don’t check just this - check out all of Nicky Case’s work. They’re a brilliant creator and I heavily recommend checking out at least one of their projects.  Their website can be found here.

Parable of the Polygons - an interactive experiment that shows how tiny individual biases can collectively cause segregation on a massive scale.

To Build a Better Ballot - an interactive experiment that shows the alternatives to the voting systems we currently use and how they can be more representative and democratic, along with their faults.

Coming Out Simulator - a short interactive story/novel about coming out, based off of Case’s own experiences. Not one I’ve played myself but still one I can recommend.

Loopy - a very simple but useful tool to show how systems interact with each other and how things can self-propagate.

We Become What We Behold - “ a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles.“ A short five-minute game about news and media. Warnings for violence, blood, death and stress.

[imtoobiforyou]

OH MY GOD THIS IS FRICKING AMAIZNG WOW WOW WOW WOW YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YES INTELLECT