San Fran's Solar Flare!

Indie fandomless superhero OC. Emboldened by Curio. About Rules

[spectacular-solarflare]

I'm a shooting star, leaping through the sky like a tiger Defying the laws of gravity I'm a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva I'm gonna go, go, go, there's no stopping me

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[toast-potent]

i don’t need to say it

[bingomann]

don’t say anything. just reblog this if you’re thinking of exactly that thing when you see this picture

[cauchemarrose]

🎀💜🎀

“Today has been mostly a chill day, it looks like.”

[spectacular-solarflare]

"In my experience, that's usually just the calm before the storm."

[andyboops]

"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe in fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/

[generallemarc]

Kids don't want to be Batman because he's rich, they want to be him because he's got tons of cool gadgets he invented himself, is a badass martial artist, is a genius on par with Lex Luthor, and uses all this to be on the same level as Superman despite having zero actual superpowers. They see the little boy who lost both his parents, decided nobody else should ever have to live through that, and want to be like that.

Kids don't want to be Superman because he's superior to humans(he isn't, that's always been a core part of his character that he rejects that outlook and it's always just Lex projecting his view of Superman onto Superman himself), they wanna be able to deflect bullets and shoot lasers from their eyes because Superman uses all that to show the best side of humanity, to show how humanity isn't even tied to actually being human but to how you act towards other people.

[ignoranceisntvoltaine]

@spectacular-solarflare

Once hearing footsteps that were unfamiliar. Voltaine felt his own fur bristle up. As if paranoia or something was kicking in. Feet hitting the ground, the still underfed fox bolted, using now all four paws to make him go faster.

"I just wanted to see if there was anything in the garden....Not have to worry."

They seemed to mumble to themselves.

[spectacular-solarflare]

"Wha-hey!"

The sudden bolt took Sandy by surprise, and she hesitated for a moment before giving chase. "Hey, stop! Whatever's going on, I can help!"

[spectacular-solarflare]

"Please tell me you just saw a masked cat swinging by on a web, too."

[spectacular-solarflare]

@mrxworldwide

"I am so sick of you evil bastards giving science as a whole a bad name!" Solar Flare shouted, glaring up at Cortex even as she struggled against the waves of mutated and robotic fiends the doctor had sent at her. "Did it ever occur to you that you could SELL your inventions?!"

[spectacular-solarflare]

@risingshine

"Hold that thought."

Sandy swiftly turned from Himiko and socked the guy hurrying past them square in the jaw, sending him falling backwards and the wallet he'd just snatched from Himiko's pocket flying forward. She bent down to pick it up and hand it back to the shrinemaiden.

[spectacular-solarflare]

Anyone want a starter?

[spectacular-solarflare]

Anyone want a starter?

[spectacular-solarflare]

"Good morning, citizen! What seems to be the problem?"

[spectacular-solarflare]

Okay, fuck me, I guess.

[spectacular-solarflare]

Sharktooth: It's pride month, Roboto. You know what that means.

Roboto: What? Do you want me to make, like, gay robots?

[spectacular-solarflare]

"I know your weakness, Solar Flare!" The soaked man said, grinning ear to ear. "You can't touch me as long as I'm covered in water!"

Solar Flare glanced at the puddle growing under the man's feet, and crouched to put a single finger in it. Electricity coursed through the water, and the man shrieked as he was electrocuted, just strongly and long enough to knock him out.

"Right, then. Anyone else wanna try their luck?"

[spectacular-solarflare]

Sandy has lost weight in the last few months and gained a more Wonder Woman-esque physique.

[spectacular-solarflare]

@enterthestratosphere

“Ugh, I could really use a vacation after all that.” Solar Flare groaned, removing her mask to rub her eyes.

[spectacular-solarflare]

What if I pretended this blog hasn’t been inactive for four months and post a starter call?