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Fun photo of me courtesy of POPVERSE from Emerald City Comic Con! My mom is gonna love this one, LOL!

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@fanta-offical what does @root-beer-offical taste like?

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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS - SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 - POPVERSE: Season 3 ending explained: A new mission, a surprising twist, and the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Please follow the link for the complete article.

SPOILERS WITHIN THE ARTICLE!

From the article:

"...We’re breaking down every wild thing that went down on the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 finale...

After 10 packed episodes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has finished its third season with 'New Life and New Civilizations,' written by Dana Horgan & Davy Perez, and directed by Maja Vrvilo. And boy, does a lot happen in the episode, including major character 'deaths,' a seeming destiny avoided (but not really), and even a bold new five-year mission. So what went down in the Season 3 finale? Well, we’ll tell you, we will..."

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Marvel's Thunderbolts* evolves beyond popcorn buckets with special popcorn cereal boxes

The Thunderbolts* cereal might even come with a serving of spoilers, if Marvel's puzzle is offering the clues we think it is...

I'd like me a bowl of Buckys! ♥♥♥

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Darren Criss reveals how he went from a convention-going fan to a celebrity (who still goes to conventions)

"I want you all to know," says the Glee and A Very Potter Musical star, "that I grew up going to conventions."

Darren Criss reveals how he went from a convention-going fan to a celebrity (who still goes to conventions)

[UHQ] Darren Criss at the C2E2 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place on April 27, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by ReedPop)

So many convention attendees dream of being on the other side of the panel, of crossing the barrier between fan lining up and who fans line up for. Recently, Glee star Darren Criss came to Chicago's C2E2 '24 with a message for those dreamers - that the barrier was crossable, and that he was living proof.

Speaking with Popverse seniorv ideo producer Veronica Valencia, Criss began by (lovingly) calling out other celebrities. "I'll have you know," Criss said, "A lot of people who come up here to do these things - especially actors, who I love - usually the first time they ever go to a convention is when they're on this side."

"I want you all to know," he said to massive applause, "that I grew up going to conventions."

"You name it," Criss continued, "Star Wars conventions, comic conventions - if it was in the Bay Area, I went to it at some point. So I very much appreciate and see and know the excitement of of a room like this. And it's my genuine pleasure to be here as a result."

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Superman vs Raphael According to Darren Criss

He's voiced both: Now Darren Criss speaks to the dynamic between Superman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

How Superman and TMNT's Raphael would get along, according to Darren Criss

He may be best known for his role as Blaine Anderson on Glee from 2010 to 2015, but since, Darren Criss has had plenty of crossover with comics and superhero universes. Criss played a memorable role as the Music Meister in CW's Supergirl and The Flash show-stopper musical crossover, and has also lent his voice-acting talents to a healthy array of animation, including DC animated movies.

Recent highlights include Criss voicing Superman and Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. During the C2E2 2024 spotlight panel on Criss's career, a fan asked questions about how Criss felt Clark and Raphael would get along and interact. When told he was surprised to hear Criss would voice the rough and tumble turtle, Criss replied "Yeah, me too, man!"

As to what they would argue about, Criss suggested Raff would definitely give Superman a hard time over how much better New York City is than Metropolis. He said Superman was "too polite" to really get into it, but that he could see Raphael getting extremely protective of his city. Given the turtles ran into plenty of turf issues with Batman in the Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated movie where Criss voiced Raphael, it's not surprising he'd want to stake out his territory with another member of the Justice League.

The counterpart question was how Raphael and Superman would bond, and unsurprisingly, Criss promptly suggested they'd share a pizza. He then suggested any artists in the room cash in what a "beautiful" scene that would be with the duo sharing a slice on a high-rise in one of their cities (probably NYC if Raphael has anything to do with it!).

Between voicing Superman in Superman: For Tomorrow (with Zachary Quinto voicing Lex Luthor) and Raphael in the aforementioned Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Criss suggested voicing the turtle was a trickier assignment. Criss spoke to his desire to do more of a Brooklyn accent for the turtle, but was more or less talked down by the filmmakers.

Given the turtle's pre-existing crossovers with the Dark Knight, perhaps an animated feature with the Man of Steel isn't too far away. Criss may well have the chance to make these hypotheticals a reality if that happens.

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Would A Very Potter Musical work today? We asked Darren Criss

The Glee and StarKid star had a lot to say about how certain things become popular on the internet

Would A Very Potter Musical work today? We asked Darren Criss

If you were an internet kid circa 2009, you are probably familiar with A Very Potter Musical. The student-made musical parody, which came out at the height of Pottermania, became an early viral hit and rocketed star Darren Criss to fame.

So when Popverse video producer Veronica Valencia (and musical theater nerd) got to chat with Criss at C2E2 '24, she asked if the same magic (heh) could be captured again.

"It's hard," said the Glee and StarKid leading man, "because the paradigm like of being mainstream or having any sort of accessibility moves so much faster than the rate of content creation, that it's kind of hard to say what would happen. Anything that's a 'lightning in a bottom moment,' if you can use that as comparative image, the lightning happens so fast that the bottle has to be in a specific place that if it was moved a centimeter to the right, it wouldn't have gone in the bottle."

"Like if the Beatles came out 5 years later," he continued, "and they weren't the boys they were from a certain class from a certain part of the world… There are so many things that happen in culture that are completely predicated upon a specific amount of circumstances."

Indeed, A Very Potter Musical was quite particular lightning in a quite particular bottle, as any fan of the YouTube sensation can attest. So would the weather/glassware conditions be correct for it today? Criss's answer might disappoint you.

"No," Criss concludes, "I don't think there would be any place for something like A Very Potter Musical now, because it would have been conceived different. It wouldn't have even been considered."

It's a bit of a bummer, but Criss has a point. Despite its beloved status in the hearts of many fans, the grand heyday of Harry Potter fandom is, if not over, at least waning. But could the conditions be right for something similar? Could a StarKid musical based on, say, Stranger Things work?

We'll just have to monitor the clouds and make sure we know where our bottles are.