Introducing the Fairness Federation (aka how to derail a conversation)
So I’m notorious among my friends for 1) not using autocorrect and 2) not correcting typos before sending messages
anyway I try to type “nice” and instead:
[Image ID: A chat conversation. The sender sends “Buce” then “Bice” before finally typing “Nice” correctly. The reply is “Buce”. Sender says, “I got no words right”, then “Letters”. Reply then says, “It’s like a Walmart Bruce”, then “Buce Wayne”. Sender sends four letter “H”s in all caps, “HHHH”. The reply continues with “Buce wane”. End ID.]
My friend goes on to question how a “knock-off Batman” will be marketed, and presents the following variations: - Flying mammal man - Baseball equipment man - Batmale “It’s perfect,” she says, “Batmale aka Buce Wane.” And she doesn’t stop there.
Extraordinaryman, Watermale, Wondrous Female. Feline Lady and Crimson Head Covering come next, because she’s naming them off the top of her head based off of names gleaned from the random memes I send her about this fandom that she is not actually a part of but actively entertains my nonsense nonetheless. Which is how she knows Superboy simply as The Cheese Guy.
Speed or Speedy, followed by Green Light.
“There’s already a Speedy,” I inform her.
“Darn.”
(As the friend who actively enables my nonsense, she did consent to this post)
[Image ID: messages from the sender, saying “How do I preempt this post though”, typoing though into “rho”, corrected into “tho” in the next message. Then, in quotations, “I made a type”, followed by the correction in all caps, “A TYPO*”. End ID.]
Other knock-offs include: Robin as Bird Beast Boy as Creature Lad Raven as Partyn (rave = party) Nightwing as Daylimb Red Lanterns as Red Lights (haha, Red Lights)
“Tim Drake is now Jim Duck. Red Bird. Which makes his full first name Jimothy.” “What would a knock-off Justice League be called,” I ask, because I needed a title for this chaotic post.
The first synonym Google showed her was “Fairness”, thus, “The Fairness Federation”.
“Love how this all started with me clowning you about a typo,” she says, to which I reply, “You clowned me so hard I’m making it into a tumblr post.” “Yes,” she says, “Incredible.”