#superhero nerds

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fucking watch me get a co-op tissue engineering skin and finally fully begin to kin nadiya jones

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sometimes i think about the tenderness and love inherent in taz commitment like....let us pull together three/four people who have drastically different backstories and ideals and personalities and ask them, "what do you believe in? who do you fight for? and what are you willing to sacrifice?"

you pull together these people and tell them, "we can turn you into heroes. but here is your achilles heel--your own powers depend completely on how close you are to your own teammates."

can you imagine being thrown into this mess, wholly dependent on strangers you don't even know? the trust you're forced to have, the faith that someone will watch your back?

and the slow realization--you can trust the others. they do want to help you. you can let your guard down. you can have faith in your teammates.

anyways taz: commitment said "your strength comes literally and metaphorically from the people you surround yourself with, man is not an island, eat the rich, and poly poc rights" im a mess goodbye

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🌹 almost didnt want to send this bc i opened ur blog on desktop and ur theme is so ugly god bles

i’m probably not going to post this ever as a fic bc it delves a bit into stuff i don’t think i have the range to talk abt, but i like this part so i want to archive it somewhere, which is why this is way more than a sentence

She sits with herself on the tiny balcony of their apartment—or she sits with Kardala, she should say (so really, she sits with herself). I knew a girl once, Kardala says. Pigeons flap their wings noisily and careen upward into the soft rose of the dawn sky.

Yeah? Irene asks. Her hands are warm around the coffee mug.

Yes. Kardala is silent for a moment. She was beautiful and proud. And her father was a good hunter. Very rich and many gifts to give.

Irene chews on that for a minute, lets it sink in. What happened to her?

She married Raven against her father’s wishes, and he threw her over his kayak.

Oh, says Irene.

Yes, says Kardala.

What happened?

She and Kardala look out over the skyline. Two different people take in the slow cresting of the sun through the same eyes.

She drowned, Kardala says. And then she lived again.

send me a rose and i’ll post an excerpt of a wip!

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sometimes i wonder why i decided to fixate so fucking hard on a four-episode mini-arc about three (maybe four, depending on how you look at it) shitty superheros and how they accidentally topple a national vigilante organization that tries to take over the government then i remember that a) i’m a slut for teams that initially hate each other and then learn slowly to work together, b) iconic of none of the main characters to be white, and c) almost every single female character is my type

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WILL CRY

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real facts tho? real fucking facts?? what will it take for them to release more taz commitment because i miss my kids so fucking much

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How about one for everyone in the Commitment Crew? (Including Mary Sage if you have any headcanons for her :0 )

!!!!! thank you for giving me an excuse to talk about my kids!!! (i’m writing fic for them rn so i’m putting love languages in too shhhh)

I’m actually putting this under a read more because to no one’s surprise, I have a lot of feelings about them

Nadiya:

is very particular about her writing utensils. Either a mechanical pencil exactly 0.7mm or a fine-tipped black pen, nothing else.

almost exclusively likes girls, with a few rare exception

engages in some healthy interdisciplinary snipping when she can (she is incredibly disdainful of theoretical physics)

went absolutely batshit when she heard about the CRISPR babies and would rant furiously and eloquently to anyone who mentioned it

love language: quality time. If she takes a break from her work to spend time with you, especially spending time with you doing things she’s kind of neutral about but knows you love, boy howdy she’s got it bad!!

Remy:

literally got his TDaP booster shot the same day as the enhancement process, so it was just a really big day for him (note: he can now step on any nails he likes and won’t have to worry about tetanus for a solid, like, century)

probably got mono in high school

when he was 16, built his own Roomba for fun and ended up taking it to college and tricking it out with better and better gadgets and AI as his access to Makerspaces and labs increased

cried when they went to see “Into the Spiderverse” because Miles Morales looks just like his nephew

love language: words of affirmation. Very easily gives out compliments and tends to babble a lot. Wears his heart on his sleeve.

Irene:

considers watching old horror movies with someone a date, especially if you get to hold hands during the scary bits

loves tea and is very particular about how to steep it and what to put in different types of tea

on average, goes to bed at around 9:30 or 10 when she can

has an absolutely wicked sense of humor, but you’ll have to really get to know her to notice

love language: tasks. She likes showing her affection in concrete, physical ways that aren’t necessarily physical affection. Likes spoiling people.

Kardala:

all dogs adore her, from the most overbred show dog to the meanest, ugliest-looking mutt

thinks coffee is literally the most disgusting taste in the world and can’t understand anyone who would willingly ingest that stuff

her heart beats about half as fast as a mortal on average

has two sisters that haven’t awakened, and some days she wonders if they ever will again

love language: touch. Even though it may seem as if those hands have only one setting, she can be very gentle when she wants to, and gives the best damn hugs you will ever come across.

Mary Sage:

actually doesn’t really like technology? She harbors a deep-seated dream of having a little farm and a cottage someday

thinks that, in another universe, she and Nadiya would have made a kick-ass couple

Likes Star Wars better than Star Trek

probably an Aquarius

every Lent, gives up buying overpriced fancy coffee and every Easter, finds herself outside the closest Starbucks half an hour before before it opens

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@ the McElroys please don't tease my heart with potential Commitment liveshows my heart wouldn't be able to take it if you forget