#sleepyssnail

[fixation-central]

OOOOHHH tell me about the Xie Lian Fanclub! Where do I sign up for membership?

the xie lian fanclub is my wip doc title for a 6+1 fic wherein xie lian finds himself in ghost city but not near hua cheng. he helps the ghosts w errands and just kind of vibes and this ends up getting back to hc due to good deeds with no repayment not being super common in ghost city. hc decides to investigate as a clone and then literally trips off of the roof and into xl’s arms <33

[alliumms]

May I beg to be added to your taglist? 🙏

(also you're really cool)

of course!! thank you so much lovely :( ♥ feel free to be friends with me if you'd like ehehe stay safe and hydrated!!

[shima-draws]

I read the tags on your poll, and I'm indeed from the Voltron era. Be astounded! You're just so fun and your art is so cute it doesn't matter what fandom/characters you draw, I just love seeing what you come up with!

That is INSANE to me. I was in the depths of my Voltron phase, like. 5 whole years ago. And you're still here!! I'm so flattered and grateful 🥺 And thank you for the kind comments omg...y'all are really out here trying to make me blush huh

[clambuoyance]

Your Kon is simultaneously killing me with his whole *gestures* him, and giving me life to the fullest

ty🥺🥺🥺 i feel the same way about him in general

[augustheart]

Also thank you SO MUCH for the comic recommendations, I'm going to bee looking into those for sure! Are there any others you personally like that you wish someone else would read?

i'll reiterate the ones i said there just because it was in a reply and this way more people will have context even though you've obviously already seen it: i recommended the wrong earth and the wrong earth: night and day by tom peyer and jamal igle, dial h for hero by sam humphries and joe quinones, wonder twins by mark russell and stephen byrne, and martian manhunter by steve orlando and riley rossmo.

more recs!

astro city by kurt busiek:

anthology comic, so it's hard to give a complete summary. most arcs don't last more than three issues, making it a comic that's really easy to read. it has some of the best bottle stories i've ever read; my personal favorite is #16, titled "wish i may..." which was incredibly comforting to me during a very difficult time in my life and follows a superhero on the anniversary of her predecessor's death. #42, which is about a pastiche of black manta, #14-15, about a woman who adopts and fixes robots, are also standouts.

secret six vol. 4 (2015) by gail simone:

i'm not gail simone's biggest fan. but this series makes me go up the wall. if you're interested, i do also recommend her previous two secret six volumes, but this one requires no past continuity since it's from the n52. the pitch: the mysterious mockingbird has kidnapped six (and a half?) individuals and left them in a coffin to die. of course escape is the next logical step--but what is the secret behind their capture, and which one of them knows more than they're letting on?

blue beetle vol. 7 (2006) by john rogers

listen. this is one of the best comics ever written. it's one of the longer ones on this list--rogers' proper run goes from #1 to #25, and if you want to keep going until the end i'm definitely not going to stop you even if there is a dip in quality. (i'm fond of #28, though.) it's definitely one of those comics you can't put down once you start it. it's utterly excellent. the strength of this comic doesn't just lie in its incredible characterization of its main character, newest blue beetle jaime reyes, but in the way it builds the world around him and especially the characters he befriends. cape comics don't get much better than this. the pitch: after the events of infinite crisis, jaime reyes crashes back down to earth. but as much as he wants to go back to living a normal life, the alien technology fused to his back means he's not only one of the most dangerous people alive, but one of the only people the world can count on to save it.

justice league of america's vibe by sterling gates

geoff johns and andrew kreisberg get the credit for this one, but sterling gates is who truly helmed this book, so my personal accolades fall on him. look, this isn't the best comic i've ever read. but there's a reason it's stuck with me for so long. it's a breezy read at only ten issues, follows characters that you fall in love with before you've even realized it's happening, and will make you ask why the hell this story was never continued. the pitch: five years after darkseid attempted to invade earth, argus sets its sights on one of the people most affected by the attack--eighteen-year-old cisco ramon, who was left world-breaking powers and saw his brother's life taken in return the day the parademons arrived. but what are their real plans for him? and what's lying in wait for him beneath the city of detroit if he fails?

superman: secret identity by kurt busiek

oh look, there's kurt busiek again. this comic is quick and simple and doesn't overstay its welcome. while you can read its sister series, batman: creature of the night, it's not as good and the wait times between when the issues were released mean i unfortunately don't have super cohesive memories of it. this one is just plain good. the pitch: clark kent always thought he was normal. sure, his parents cursed him by naming him after the most famous superhero in the world, and it was a funny coincidence that he fell in love with a woman named lois of all things, but that's all it was. a coincidence. he may have superman's name, but he's just a comic book character. clark doesn't actually have powers... right?

[augustheart]

There...there's going to be a Quantum Leap reboot? ...if they mess it up I swear I will RIOT there are so many reboots of good shows I love that have been BOTCHED and I will absolutely lose my mind. At the same time I'm hopeful because it's Quantum Leap

we've known for a few months that a pilot had been ordered, but today it was announced that they were picking it up as a series! it'll run on nbc and is more of a "requel" than a true reboot. it's been kind of ripe for the taking for awhile now, and i'm hoping they'll update the series while keeping its focus on small, character-driven stories. i don't need my beloved quantum leap to be more than the episodic show it originally was.

there's no solid word on cast members returning beyond past showrunners making a reappearance as forces behind the show. honestly, my biggest fear isn't that the reboot will be bad--at times the original show was very bad, too. i just don't want dean stockwell's recent death to be poorly handled. that's basically my only ask. the showrunners have let me down many times in the original run. at least handle that with respect. (there's no confirmation it'll even be addressed, i just feel very anxious at the thought of it happening.)

well... i could also do without the more propaganda-y episodes relating to the military and the united states' intervention in vietnam being updated to feature more modern "conflicts." sometimes the original show handled them with grace, sometimes it really didn't.

there's a lot that could go wrong here, basically. but i'm optimistic.

[augustheart]

Me upon seeing Cisco the Bunny: [LOUD GASP]

Me: OH HE'S BEAUTIFUL!

he says thanks

[cryptocism]

All this lore and new stuff on Eight and Nine make me love them even more. Tthe others too, especially with the complexity of Three and the age discrepancy in Five. This is an au I am invested in because there's so much Thad in so many forms!

thads for every occasion!!! thads in every flavour!!!! u want sad bois??? u want smug bastards???? u want Guy Who Just Lives Here??? we got all that and more!!! time travel nonsense! ridiculously complex aging scenarios! plus a numerical naming system that actually makes LESS sense the more you think about it!!!!