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David Solomons

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Writer's Month 2022, Day 2: "Chance"

Fandom: My Brother is a Superhero Status/Word count: Complete-ish? I might give it another once-over and post it on AO3/FF.net later. 467 words. Summary: Luke rambles about destiny versus random chance, and makes several comic book references. Author's notes: On an unrelated note, I started the third book today and...are these set in the U.K.? I think I got Americanized editions of the first two books, but now they're suddenly British. Luke said "bloke" and I don't know how to handle that.

You know, I'm mostly okay with Zack being Star Guy now. But sometimes I still wonder...why him instead of me?

I mean, I know why. I was in the bathroom when Zorbon the Decider showed up. But was that really Zorbon's plan? Just show up at the interdimensional wormhole and give the world-saving superpowers to the first person he saw?

You see a lot of "Chosen Ones" in comics and movies and stuff. The weird thing is, most times, they're not really "chosen" because no one does the choosing. There might be a prophecy or a special birthmark or something, but that just tells you that you already are Chosen. But if there is a Chooser, he's supposed to choose you for a reason. Billy Batson wasn't just lucky enough to get on the right train; Shazam had to send his dad's ghost out to go and find him.

You don't choose your Chosen One by random chance. How would you know that they're any good?

I asked Serge, once, if he could think of any superhero (other than Zack) who got "chosen" like that. I didn't expect an answer, but he said "Kyle Rayner."

In case you don't know, Kyle Rayner is one of the Green Lanterns—one of like, six, not counting the alien ones, but that's beside the point. Anyway, in his origin story, all of the other Green Lanterns were killed by Parallax (who was Hal Jordan, but really an evil space bug). Ganthet, one of the aliens who choose the Green Lanterns, was dying when he came to Earth with the last Green Lantern ring. Normally the rings find people on their own, and they have to be really brave. Kyle just happened to be in the right place at the right time, so Ganthet gave him the ring, saying "You will have to do."

Actually, a lot of later writers try to retcon that, so that Ganthet actually knew that Kyle would make a great Green Lantern. But I kind of like the original version.

Kyle's probably my favorite Green Lantern. Mostly because he's a comic book artist in his day job, but still.

Of course, the situations aren't quite the same. Ganthet was dying. Zorbon the Decider was just lazy, as far as I can tell. I mean, he had weeks before Nemesis showed up. He's called "Zorbon the Decider," so he could have spent five minutes "deciding" instead of giving the powers to the first person he saw.

But I'll admit, Zack does make a good superhero, most of the time. So maybe he was destined for this, even if it was all dumb luck on Zorbon's end.

But if it had to come down to dumb luck, I still wish that it could have been in my favor.

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Maze of Doom vs Revolution of the Daleks

It’s like they like to watch us suffer. 

Two pieces of fanart I made then mushed into a gif for maximum heartache. The first is a scene from Maze of Doom and the second is 13 in prison, missing Yaz and those moments they had together. 

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Before he could wonder any more about it, on the other side of the room the curtain of a dressing cubicle swept back and the Doctor and Yaz emerged in each other’s arms. It took Ryan a moment to realise that they were dancing. The Doctor was leading. She was wearing a jumpsuit in a striking rust colour.

'Nice togs,' said Ryan admiringly.

'I love getting dressed up for a mission,' the Doctor said. 'It's by one of my favourite Zygon designers. No fiddly buttons but the suckers do leave a mark.'

Yaz was in a long silver dress with a pattern like ripples on a moonlit pond.

'Ready?' asked the Doctor.

'Dip me,' replied Yaz.

The dancers came out of a turn, the Doctor twirled Yaz, then pulled her close, wrapped one hand firmly around her waist, cradles her neck with the other and gently lowered her to the floor as Yaz hugged the Doctor's shoulder.

There was a long silence as they stayed like that for several seconds.

'We should probably go now,' said Yaz.

'Yeah,' agreed the Doctor.

Doctor Who novel 'The Maze of Doom' by David Solomons.

DW novel writers be shipping Thasmin, what can I say?

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St. Paul's, 2007 by David Solomons https://flic.kr/p/4uVHTh

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Whitehall, 2009

David Solomons

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Wardour Street, 2002

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The (Man)dip

A scene from Doctor Who: The Maze of Doom by David Solomons.

It’s my first real go at Illustrator and Doctor Who fanart (unless you count fanvids :) I posted it and tagged Mandip and David and am super nervous! I hope they like it. I hope YOU like it ^.^ 

If you’re confused about the backdrop, they’re in the TARDIS wardrobe. They were just changing behind a curtain and then popped out twirling and stuff. There was nothing heterosexual about it-- or that long look they gave when the Doctor dipped Yaz. 

I am very excited for the special and for series 13!