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[ryuki-draws]

I have no idea how to sculpt vol. 2: Monkey Edition™

[the-metaphorical-jellicle-cat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hi there. What do I have to say about this story... I wanted to use Pounce and Tumble in a story but I didn't know how to do that. I then saw this prompt and the idea struck. I know there is a headcanon around that Alonzo is their older brother or adoptive older brother. One of those two. I decided to take that headcanon and turn it into a story where they are half brothers. I didn't think much about their past, but you do need to know that Alonzo has custody of his brothers and they have been with him for a few years. However, I didn't realize how much I wanted to cry while writing. It was difficult to write the anger and disappointment these characters would have. But it was a challenge I wanted to take. This is based on the situation where the older sibling tells the younger sibling that Santa is not real. Prompt: Go to sleep, Santa isn’t real! Ages of characters: Tumblebrutus- Age 16, Pouncival- Age 10, Alonzo- Age 24 I'm sorry if these ages aren't realistic. I tried.

Summary: Alonzo is enjoying some quiet time when he hears yelling coming from his brothers' room. What he finds makes him have a hard conversation with Tumblebrutus about family and Christmas.

Characters: Pouncival, Tumblebrutus, Alonzo

Warnings: None

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[revolant]

That Star Trek post has me thinking about picking up that pre Surak fic I started writing a while ago out of spite

[sleepynegress]

i've been screaming non stop about this show and next episode is THE episode. it's the romance. a fully realized black character. a fully realized woman. gets to drive this story AND be the one in a billion love interest of this series' superman. i don't want the show to end. i don't want to have to go back to desexed mammies and hypersexed jezebels after this season is over.

Everything you said… AND the fact that they made both the first super-hero period and the most powerful, black men, is a statement as well.  The fact that the entire show revolves around a black woman who is herself a major superhero as well…I also caught that beautiful nod to the fact that Superman was created by Jewish comicbook writers (Moore himself is also Jewish) in the inclusion of that bio for Dr. Manhattan in the show’s narrative…It matters because yeah, it means a lot to me when I see oppressed folks  being a part of that philosophy I’d like to think I try to stick with, too… “I hope we all make it.”  It matters that Trieu is Vietnamese and that Angela grew up in Vietnam and speaks the language.  It matters that we got to see this black couple be loving with one another.I’ve seen people quibble about this; the too typically uncomfortable with race set, making jokes about “blackface”, but Dr. Manhattan literally, isn’t a human being anymore.  He’s the embodiment of that whole “We don’t really disappear because we’re made of star stuff.”  He’s reconfigured/recycled matter.  He’s not a person. He’s a “god” whose passive omniscience is why he left. WATCHMEN, as usual redid all the familiar heroes with added critiques.  Manhattan is this slant-world’s Superman, but he is far more powerful, so much so, that our human concerns are beneath him, not in a smug “I’m superior” way, but genuinely, his different form and abilities render that a truth… So yeah, that this entity who has no concept of time, or arguably humanity anymore settled down, gave up all of that to love a black woman and their children as a stay-at-home black dad… Is a lot.It matters that every black woman aside from Regina King wasn’t cast as racially ambiguous, but decidedly dark-skinned black women.It matters that the narrative solidly and smartly condemns white supremacy, while including nuanced critique about the messiness of doing the “right” thing (i.e. that bit I mentioned about what Officer Jen saw in Angela as a child –willingness to listen with impassivity to an execution w/o trial– which she knew would make her a good cop). It matters that the ultimate evil here is wealth.  Trieu, Ozymandias, AND the 7thK/Cyclops ALL have it. The powerful few all determining what they think is best for society and implementing it.This contained in this weird but familiar slant-earth is just everything I like to chew on in good genre.

[lokisrare]

... can you believe I'm still bitter about the world cup

[divaschampion]

Dude if Dean had shanked Chris the whole "getting mugged in a dark alley" shit would've been complete. He might as well go all the way. He already beat homeboy's ass and messed up his jacket.

[bumblingbabblingfool]

I decided to come home for the day thinking that it'd give me a break from university but instead: -parents are fighting again, constantly. -constantly asking if I've been looking at job and if I've heard back from GSK, which I haven't, and the fact that I don't know if I've got to the next stage is making me sick. -younger brother basically being extremely arrogant and making it seem like I'm weak for getting stressed out about university. -find out my brother tried to kill himself and has been back on medication which didn't help him the first time. -then being told that I have to take care of my brothers whilst my parents bugger off to india for a month in December even though I have so many deadlines and the last time they went, I was working and had to go to A&E because my older brother ended up there. -oh and they expect me to get a 1st still.