Queer, still here

 the name's Ace, (they/them)

[jonahsimms]

flashback nine-nine

[perkistani]

[maddersahatter]

lol

[allisonpregler]

[autoimmuneamy]

“Do you want to talk about it or be distracted from it” is honestly the best thing you can say to me when I say im sad/in pain etc.

[luckytwodollarbill-deactivated2]

this is really good advice to say to anyone who is upset

[elaxisfae]

Alsooo may I add: “do you want advice or do you just want to vent?” Is also good to add because often unsoliticited advice can further hurt someone who really just wanted a listening ear.

[insomniac-arrest]

This chart is for disaster individuals and disaster individuals alone, if you do your laundry in a timely manner and can easily talk to waiters don’t interact

[shitpostinguniverse]

[killowave]

[prolifeproliberty]

This is what smart home assistants are for

[sherlock-is-ace]

John Mulaney needs to make another Netflix special cause I already memorized all of his work

[flowercrownbi]

I don’t want to date. I just want to magically end up in a long-term and emotionally-secure relationship with someone cute

[cakemakethme]

Terry Crews coming in with some wisdom

[sociallyawkwardhufflepuff]

we need terry painting like bob ross on tv everyday 

[teni2-deactivated20170812]

i want an ancient elaborate dagger with my name engraved into the blade as a gift. the only romantic gesture

[the-fuckk-up-deactivated2023102]

“What are you into?” Is such a broad question, Like do I reply with a tv series or choking….

[lostdaemon]

Can you imagine Steve Rogers discovering PBS?

The documentaries and science and nature programs.  The nice educational kid’s shows.  Just all of it.  Enjoying the gentle ribbing of his friends about being Mister Rogers.

Then finding out that the government wants to defund PBS.

Deciding to take up another sacred mantle.

Steve Rogers appearing before the Senate wearing a sweater, looking at the Senators with disappointment.

“Years ago another Mister Rogers stood here.  I think it’s a shame I have to stand here now.”

[3fluffies]

Headcanon utterly and completely accepted!

[errantindy]

“You are not living up to the potential Mister Rogers sees in you,” Rogers said, sitting down. The room sat quiet, aghast, as that sunk in to everyone involved.

[megaeons]

when that scientist got hit in the face by the bagel miles threw at him and the sound effect said “bagel!”? peak comedy right there

[erainab]

[orange-twilight]

i am shook to my goddamn CORE. THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

[hashtagloveloses]

peak LGBT ally is robert pattinson and taylor lautner kissing each other so that kristen stewart didn’t have to be straight live on TV

[skarchomp]

one of the millions of things i liked about spider-verse was that not only did all the female characters look different from each other, they gave mary jane her classic dimples and square chin, which might not seem like a big deal but you’d be surprised how much tiny details like those can make women in comic books look distinct

[skarchomp]

also seriously it feels like some animated films are pushing it to have two female characters who look even slightly different so i appreciate that spider-verse made sure every woman in it looked distinct from each other

[caveangelascendant]

[thesnadger]

Into The Spiderverse took 100% of its critically acclaimed visuals from comic books and street art and while there are obvious in-universe reasons for this it can’t be ignored that BOTH of these are traditionally seen as “lowbrow” populist art forms, here celebrated for their inherent beauty, complexity and sociopolitical importance. In this essay I will-

[pinkiepiebones]

Where’s the essay OP

[thesnadger]

Not a full essay but lemmie tell you. Spoilers below.

Why does Miles stop at a time-sensitive moment to paint one of Peter’s suits when he’d probably want to get going as quickly as possible? Three reasons.

One, on a character level Miles is about to go into the scariest endgame fight he’s been in the entire movie. Taking the time to make the costume his own, to take this little part of the old Spiderman’s legacy and probably get some encouraging words from Aunt May is important to pysch himself up enough to do this.

Two, suiting up for the first time is an important rite of passage in superhero comics. It represents the character deliberately taking on the role. Miles has been wearing a kid’s costume because he feels like a kid trying to take on the role of a hero. By putting on a real costume, his own costume that he designed, he is becoming his own hero.

Three, his costume is an extension of his art. He uses spray paint to alter it, and we see little drips and splatters in the costume’s design. Miles is a street artist and his spider-suit is a street artists’s creation. 

Miles’s street art and his coming into his own as Spiderman are directly linked in the narrative in a way that’s too perfect to be accidental. His costume is made with spray paint. He’s bitten while painting a mural. He uses his spider-powers to put a sticker where his dad can’t find it. Jefferson doesn’t like Spiderman’s methods or Miles’s art. But in the end, he’s willing to work with both. And street art is the shared history Aaron, Jefferson and Miles all have even if they ended up on three drastically different paths.

Miles paints murals, throws stickers up on street signs, etc, both as self-expression and an expression of love for his city. It’s that same love for his home that makes him Spiderman, the city’s protector. His vigilante heroism and his illegal art are expressions of exact same thing.

[thesnadger]

And comics! This movie loves the language of comics! 

It loves the humor in seeing the words float in the air around the characters! It loves stylized human figures and kirby dots and dynamic transitions! It loves the way comics tell stories (note that every time a characters is narrating their backstory in Into The Spiderverse it switches to comic format, doing highly comic-specific things like having three characters telling their stories side by side.)

Miles reads Spiderman comics in-universe and they’re what helps him understand what’s happening. How many people who worked on this movie do you think read a comic at a formative age and saw themselves in it, in some way?

Of course, if I’m going to talk about the “language” of comics or the “language” of street art I can’t ignore the fact that these two art forms have influenced each other immensely over the years, joyfully borrowing from each other at every opportunity. 

[thiddlestoff]

I will heal.

No matter how many times I break. No matter how many times I get hurt. No matter how many times I hit rock bottom.

I. Will. Heal.