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[tallochar]

☕️ also, hopes/wishlist/expectations for the next DC cinematic universe, if that's something you think about at all?

I honestly tuned out of DC fairly soon, for the longest time I was more of a Marvel girly (until Marvel burned me out and now I go but I do not emotionally invest into it anymore), and I still have to see ... ugh, so many of their movies.

I went to see the first Aquaman in 4DX (back before my back pain made it so that 4DX is not a viable option for me, first world problems I know but it bums me out that I cannot go anymore without ending up in crippling pain) but that was because it had both Jason Momoa and Temuera Morrison and I am a long time fan of both (and also Jason Momoa going around mostly shirtless and wet? Always going to watch) though I actually skipped the second one because it happened in a moment in RL last year while I wasn't paying attentions to movies AT ALL and so I managed to miss that it was coming out.

I know I should watch if not all of the old movies at least the Flashpoint one (can't remember if it's the correct name or not but I know I will at some point because the unholy squeaking sounds I made when Michael Keaton showed up in the trailer, I can't even begin to tell you).

I have yet to watch anything with Affleck!Batman in it and I kinda want to see his take on the character, but I don't have the spoons in me. I have seen 1 Superman!Cavill movie and it didn't really make me want to watch more.

I have also seen Wonder Woman 1 and from what I remember it was pretty enjoyable as long as I did not engage my brain, but when I did it had some plot holes that bugged me and some stuff that did not fully jive with me but I could not open my mouth about anything less than absolutely blindingly loving it lest I be crucified for it because it was Directed By A Woman [or that was the impression fandom gave me at the time] so I just kept my mouth shut and peaced out.

I had a blast watching the most recent Harley Queen movie, but it's not a BOP movie and it's definitely an Elseworld movie kinda deal to me because that's the only way I could watch it without screaming vengeance over their treatment of Cassandra Cain or most other non-Harley characters involved. Otherwise I would just scream and hate and rage.

I have not watched Joker yet because it strikes me as the sort of movie I need to be in a specific sort of mood to watch or it might really fuck with me in a bad way so I don't know how I feel about Joker Folies Au Deux (or the fact that it seems, from the trailer, to be painting Joker as the one exploited and manipulated into things by Harley rather than the other way around) but like, it feels like A Serious Movie That Might Hurt Me Emotionally because Joaquin Phoenix and it being definitely an Elseworld movie and also I am no, generally speaking, a big Joker fan so -- *shrug and raise hands emoji*

I deeply enjoyed the more recent Suicide Squad right until they killed Rick Flag and then I gasped in pain and wanted to beat Peacemaker's face in (I know his series is good, according to people whose tastes I trust, but HE KILLED RICK FLAG, I am NOT watching it [yet], yes I can absolutely be petty like that) so I am tentatively trusting James Gunn.

I know it's considered more of an Elseworld sort of movie, but I did really love The Batman with Robert Pattinson and I am looking forward to see what they do with a sequel to that and how they move on from how the last movie ended (here's to hoping we don't get too big of a timeskip, I would really love if they picked it up from where it left off rather than jumping ahead).

I am not sure how I feel about the "current canon" Batman movie in the works going with Damian as the Robin in it, but I am being tentatively hopeful about it, because my brain (possibly stupidly but hey I am allowed to dream until I get jossed) keeps thinking it is actually a genius idea if instead of going from Dick forward you jumpstart things by having Damian there and possibly referencing the other former Robins as Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, Spoiler / Batgirl, maybe throw in Black Bat too etc. and then you can just introduce them with their own movies without having to go through things chronologically.

It is very much NOT encouraging to me that it's based upon the Morrison storyline, though, because I am a Tim fan and Morrison did their best to excise him and treat him from non-existent to pretty much an outsider.

I don't know if that's Gunn's vision or if it's just my own take on doing things, but it could be cool? Maybe? Here's hoping.

I went and took a look at the list of upcoming movies (this one) because I wasn't keeping up with it and seeing The Authority on it makes me hope a tender hope that it will not completely fucking suck and that it might actually be interesting (please please please do them all justice, I am begging here).

I am flabbergasted Keanu Reeves agreed to come back as Constantine, but I liked the first movie (which I saw before I read any comics with constantine in it) so hey, maybe it will be another interesting movie again. I do like Keanu as an actor, though he is very much an Elseworld Constantine and has nothing to do with pre-Flashpoint canon Constantine, which is the one I know.

Seeing a Nightwing movie being talked about makes me think I might be right about the upcoming Batman movie introducing Damian but also having the other former Robins in the background and that would be honestly a relief.

I'd love to see a Lobo movie doing the Main Man right but god, that would be so tricky to pull off, especially in the current socio-political climate and with the cancellation culture and everything else going on that I've seen fandom wise.

Everything else I am seeing on that list either doesn't excite me or is not really a character I know so I'll take it with a grain of salt.

Sorry if this was more rambling about past projects than upcoming ones, I tried to balance things out and hope this answers your curiosity :D

Thank you for sending in the asks!

[intermundia]

Hmmmm didn't Sidious consider himself the sith'ari after killing his Master, I wonder where Solon was hanging out before his holocron ended up in the Sith Temple (or was deliberately placed the for Anakin to find??), HMMMM. Super loving both the plottiness and the smut of LT so far, A+

Now, I’m not commenting on where Darth Solon has or has not been over the last five thousand years and who in the story believes/are the Sith’ari, BUT let me say that I’m so looking forward to when Palpy-Sidious enters the story in person. I love writing villain/morally-complicated characters (aka LT in general) but i’ve never written him because I’ve been intimidated. 

Like, he’s such a great phantom menace to be lurking and pulling strings, I can totally understand why Lucas kept him back for an entire movie. He’s almost scarier off-screen, you know? How can I hope to capture the most evil and clever evil evildoer who ever did evil? I’m not sure!! But he’s in the outline for chap 12 so we’ll see soon enough!! ❤️

[jedi-order-apologist]

@umbrellacam replied to your post “So,about Miller's clone wars books, you mentioned you might have some...”

I just read Stealth recently & it's actually gratifying to read your opinion. I mostly enjoyed the melodrama and whump (and shipping, lordt, the shipping) in Miller's books, but was definitely making a face like I smelled a bad odor during the scenes with the scientist, & rolled my eyes a bit at the consistent overreactions to even light interpersonal conflict. I enjoyed them by consciously putting myself in the mindset of "this is fic, really," but I get not liking them

I do think I would’ve had less of a problem with it had it been a canon-divergent fic I came across on AO3, instead of an official, supposedly canon-compliant novel. Because I can’t separate it from the context that this is supposed to be happening during the first season of TCW, that the author apparently legitimately believes that this characterization is consistent with how the characters act there - but if it were a canon-divergent fic, while I still wouldn’t be the biggest fan of the characterization, I could at least interpret it as the author taking things in a different direction by introducing this traumatic experience (Zigoola) and exploring the consequences of that, rather than saying “this was actually all happening behind the scenes in TCW”. And I appreciate the transformative nature of fanwork, of people changing things to make it more personal to them - I generally prefer characterization that’s close to canon but I’m open to more deviation when it comes to fanwork, especially if I know that the author understands what they’re changing and why.

But yeah I can see how others might get something out of this book. Especially the shipping side of fandom, because it is...pretty damn shippy, even if ostensibly that wasn’t the author’s intention.

[claroquequiza]

I read the Weed’s blog post earlier this week & I had you in my thoughts. It's hard to know what to say. I hope the news gets out as much as possible to those who need to hear it in spite of the church's deliberate radio silence & that the couple's existence at least loses some effectiveness as an oppressive weapon. I know the damage is already done and, cynically, this will still be spun as the couple's moral failing. But at least their perspective shift is now out there for anyone Googling. :(

For sure! That’s all we can hope for, really. I’m super glad they had the decency and the courage to announce this, because a lot of what they’re saying is a 180° turnaround in their worldview and runs directly against their church, so I’m sure that must be incredibly difficult, especially at their age and with four daughters to consider as well--but as you say, the damage is done.

I just hope that Mormon LGBT+ children especially are able to Google and find the help and support they need to endure the church meetings on Sunday, and Family Home Evening on Monday and Young Men/Young Women once a week and seminary every day at school in middle school and high school--as well the occasional but well-publicized edicts from the Mormon prophet and apostles that do things like issue directions for LGBT+ Mormons in same-sex marriages to be excommunicated and for their children to be barred from all church rituals until they turns 18 and disavow their parents’ relationship in writing.

They already have the deck stacked against them, and this news will only be allowed to trickle to them, if they hear about it at all.

It almost makes me want to go to my parents’ ward/congregation on Fast Sunday, which happens to be this Sunday (it’s the first Sunday of every month). On Fast Sundays, members of the congregation are encouraged to stand up and share their testimonies of Just How Correct the church is--I almost want to go and just read the blog post word-for-word, just to make sure my former neighbors and clergy hear it because the vast majority of them sure aren’t gonna hear it on their own--or even want to hear it.

I want to do this partially because my dad is currently a Sunday school teacher for 9-10 year old boys, and I’ve asked him what he would do, in the light of what happened to me, if one of them approached him and told him he was gay, and his first response, his very first response, was that he would send him to the bishop. I was dismayed, and he waffled a bit and said that he didn’t know what he would do.

I don’t know if he’s heard about Josh and Lolly Weed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he has and was thinking of them when he gave his first answer. I texted him their blog post so that he would at least be somewhat aware of it, but that’s one reason I really wish that there was a more concerted effort to spread this among the Mormon faithful--or at least as concerted an effort as the effort to hide it from them. 

I’ve even sent a letter to the editors of the Deseret News--I have no expectation whatsoever that it will be published, but I want to reach out to the people who won’t hear this more than anyone else, and that’s a frustrating feeling.

[jedi-order-apologist]

@umbrellacam replied to your post “So real talk I love clone culture and Mandalorian culture but I ADORE...”

Anon this is exactly how I've been feeling, glad someone else asked, lol. I've got Traviss's Republic Commando books on my eventual reading list for Mando/clone development but I'm like, "eeehhhhh but the Jedi..... ;_;"

Well, I hope everyone’s input can help you both~

[claroquequiza]

xigbat replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

Holy shit that gave me chills.

pixelhanzo replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

Thanks for casually killing me on the day before an exam so I don’t have to take it! Much appreciated! *IS VERY DEAD*

bluandorange replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

FUCK MAN. JUST. YOU ARE SO GOOD AT FINDING THE ACTUAL HUMAN QUESTIONS THAT NOT ONLY WOULD BE ASKED BUT ALSO AS A READER I WANT TO SEE UNPACKED TO THE LEVEL OF HIGH DETAIL YOU DELIVER AS A WRITER. FUCKING GOD

nimpnawakproduction replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

NVFFHJNCHFGMVJCHVJ *smashing head on my keyboard* DUDE OMG

umbrellacam replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

THANK U FOR STOMPING ON MY HEART I GREATLY APPRECIATE

redbeanfilling replied to your post “Sometimes lines just come into your head– “Do–are–are you happy I’m...”

REAL QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE REAL ANSWERS hoyl crap thank you for ALWAYS DELIVERTIN

So--there’s a few lines that have been sitting in the story notes for a few months now that I was tempted to put here, but since it won’t be long before we get to that scene, I’ll sit on them for now.

Because getting all these emails throughout an Advent Sunday with my parents and their guests sustained me.

So you all get to live for now.

(♡ ὅ ◡ ὅ )ʃ♡

[claroquequiza]

Every time you tease future sweet!romantic!McHanzo for Afterdrop I literally do a full body flail and emit dolphin noises because GOD they still don't even like each other really but there's so much amazing foundation and build-up and it's gonna be SO MCFUCKIN' GOOD

I tease because I WANT IT SO BADLY AAARRGGHHHH but yes the foundation is being laid, and I can only hope that the payoff is worth it because at this rate Hanzo had better declare his love in full sokutai to Jesse dressed to the nines in formal charro attire on top of a mountaintop that’s somehow framed by the white foam of a roaring waterfall while the dragons float overhead with flower crowns with the entirety of Overwatch and a redeemed Talon weeping into personalized embroidered handkerchiefs just off to the side for it all to be worth it.

Aw, shoot, spoiler alert!!!

[claroquequiza]

umbrellacam replied to your photoset “So, a lot of people have been saying that they appreciate how much...”

What a cool look into your worldbuilding process. I never would've thought of working directly on a map, but it shows awesomely in how grounded Hanzo's movements and the locations are. Can I ask how you made the map?

I use Google Earth for the PC for the most part!! It allows you to put those pins down (as well as provide a hidden text field to write notes about that location, which is super useful!), draw out areas, measure distances, and so on! 

Unfortunately, it works better for countries like the US and Japan, but I found that Google Maps often had much more detailed maps for India in particular, such as labeling smaller villages and roads than Google Earth did! So I used both, but I saved all the pins and background research on Google Earth!