Ghost

They/them, I will not reblog or post anything.

[chaoticallyfluffy]

*Ulterior Motives starts playing*

I saw this comic panel and was inspired. I wonder what horrors he will encounter :)

[windybluebelles]

What’s crazy about watching Batman the Brave and the Bold solely for other characters is that, in the time since I last saw him, Billy has kidnapped a disabled kid and indoctrinated him and his sister into fighting crime for fun. And because it’s not a Shazam centric show we will get no explanation for this

[adorableanimus]

billy voice yeah when I need to step up in life to protect people i become an older alter ego that acts completely differently from me with different morals and emotions and we both see eachother as different people. huh? system? system of what?

[aroace-madness]

Probably has been talked about a lot but I just love the idea that Billy squints all the time as Captain Marvel is because

1. He saw his dad squint all the time because he was never wearing his glasses

And 2. Because he inhereted CC's horrible eyesight and just can't see shit most of the tim

Another idea I had that kinda connects to the nr 2 is that whenever Billy squints trying to read something near Black Adam, Adam just hands Billy a pair of glasses from gods know where

(a pair of glasses that he may or may not have stolen off of CC's corpse)

[hagihino]

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

Every time I reads a comment that says “that’s Shazam not Captain Marvel” I die a little inside

[isawken]

going over to my minimalist girlfriend’s house and she apologizes profusely for the mess and there’s just a single perfect, fresh pea on the floor of her living room

[bluelois]

Blue Lois

[isawken]

can i help you

[redmarge]

Red Marge

[isawken]

jesus christ. I Am Under Fucking Attack

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[isawken]

i deserve a medal for this post. not because i was particularly funny but because i survived an onslaught of nearly one hundred gimmick blogs in the wake of this post popping off, and the fact that i didn’t try to track any of them down and snuff them out with my bare hands is a testament to my immeasurable strength and should be rewarded. at one point i had “the official letter h” add on to this post. you wanna know that blog’s gimmick? the really funny and original and worthwhile gimmick the official letter h blog had? yep you guessed it they just gave me the god damned letter H and then fucked off. only jesus knows the suffering i endured over that harsh winter, and he wept for me

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

If the JL learns Captain Marvel is a child

Batman: Billy

Billy: *frowns dramatically*

Batman: hmmm… Captain

Billy: *Smiles and nods*

Batman: We have determined that you may stay on the justice league, with limits of course, and we must be able to contact your parents to get their consent and make a proper schedule to avoid your missing school.

Billy: (very orphaned and very homeless, with all the confidence)  Right! Batman, no problem!

Later

Captain Marvel: *enters the watchtower* Hey! My PARENTS are here!

Superman: that was fast…

Wonder women: Well it’s nice to meet you Mr. And Mrs. Marvel-.. ????

Very obviously Freddy and Mary in old people costumes

Batman: That’s clearly Mary and Junior

Mary: (so commited to the bit) Oh bless your heart you dearies are the ones that have been taking care of our sweet little Billy

Billy: (equally commited to the bit) Mommmm please, these are my colleagues

Superman: *stunned silence*

Wonder women: *opens mouth then closes then opens then closes it again*

Batman:*single eyebrow raised*

Freddy: (staring unblinking right into Bruce’s soul) Well, you know Billy gets older when he uses his magic, so…

Superman: (confused, questioningly) You… get younger????

Billy, Mary and Freddy: *all smiling sweetly, completely silent* (technically if they don’t say anything they aren’t lying, just letting people come to there own conclusions)

Mary: Well, we are family dearies

JL:

Marvels: 🔵U🔵

JL:

Somehow that works, mostly because the Jl knows so little about Billy they can’t dispute it, they have no way to prove or disprove anything; they don’t even know Billy’s last name

(The fact that Freddys cane was used was what completely sold it)

[cherryhatter-deactivated2015072]

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

[visibun]

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

[minibatson]

The only thing I despise the New 52 for is it's writing of Freddy Freeman. Both in the comics and the movies. The movies at least had the decency to get his appearance correct.

Freddy is two parts righteous anger, one part playful banter, and one part depression.

Freddy Freeman will nearly kill a man in an act of vengeance. Freddy Freeman will destroy entire units of armies while smiling. Freddy Freeman has faced the death penalty with a grin. Freddy Freeman has dragged himself across frozen streets while dying of hypothermia in order to get to the Rock of Eternity to save the world. Freddy Freeman has survived being left for dead in sub-zero temperatures in a Nazi camp. Freddy Freeman plays pranks on his siblings and neighbours. Freddy Freeman goes out of his way to do good, even in his mortal form. Freddy Freeman has a talent for working with animals. Freddy Freeman is an orphan who rents a room in boarding house because he can't afford any better. Freddy Freeman is poorer, more vulnerable, more oppressed, and more angry than the other two og Marvels.

To sand away so much of that and turn him into a loveable dork who does have moments of heroic desperation but is almost exclusively comic relief feels... idk, boring? They focused on the least important part of his character, his humour, over everything that made Freddy Freddy. Like even if boring the blatant political implications of what they did, it's just boring storytelling to sand off everyone else's edges so Billy can be the edgiest and saddest in the room. I like loveable forks as much as the next guy, but the Batson twins were always closer to that than Freddy. Hell, Cissie is right there and is lovely as an option for loveable dork.

[ether-here-or-there]

OP’s tags because yeah, taking away his edges, his backstory and basic family connections in Grandpa Freeman and his (albeit retconned to be so in the 70’s) younger brother Kit, and with the last two his jewish background while making him blonde haired and blue eyes is… something.

Like sure, take the kid whose grandpa survived the death camps and who got victimized himself further by a Nazi to the point he is now orphaned and crippled with his leg and back fucked up and make him basic comedic relief and “My angst is angstier than your angst” foil to Billy while his parents are currently just off handed criminals we never mention and all his past identity is scrubbed away.

Yeah, just scrub the intrigue and jewish-ness from a character and keep the name. They even change his disability from being something done unto him to being something that’s just wrong with his body so toss that angst out the window too, Buh-bye

[thundercrack5]

Every time I find out a Captain Marvel/Shazam character exists, I end up feeling like a larper

Like, what do you mean there are 3 characters called Billy Batson that became Lieutenant Marvels? Or Kid Eternity who is actually Freddy’s brother????

[lavena]

The billys alone should be beyond proof thar fawcittizens are built different.

Like clones of the child radio star in different shapes popped up? Oh well, I guess we should call them hill billy, fat billy, and tall billy. Perfect!

[the-ghost-cat]

They were all from different cities though, right?

[the-ghost-cat]

I love this dumb suit

[pulaasul]

Hot Take: Billy Batson/Captain Marvel/Shazam is worthy is Mjolnir!

[the-ghost-cat]

Well yes

[fishgir12]

Short tfem Billy comic…what to do when magical wizard turns you into a 6’10 goddess, dies, and then you kinda end up liking being perceived as a girl?

I need to think if a name for her…the kindest soul ever kinda. Ok Maybe not kindest but she tries!!

[the-ghost-cat]

Recently read this comic and thought of your AU

[fishgir12]

WGAT COMIC IS THIS OMGGG THIS IS GOLD

[the-ghost-cat]

It’s from Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #3 !

You might wanna read “Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods” for a bit of context to the comic too!

[fishgir12]

Short tfem Billy comic…what to do when magical wizard turns you into a 6’10 goddess, dies, and then you kinda end up liking being perceived as a girl?

I need to think if a name for her…the kindest soul ever kinda. Ok Maybe not kindest but she tries!!

[the-ghost-cat]

Recently read this comic and thought of your AU

[baegaldt]

Billy Batson be like: hey this is my father figure, me but better, proving i dont need to rely on anyone else

[the-ghost-cat]

I LOVE HIS AND MARVEL’S DYNAMIC SO MUCH OMFGG

[ssugarcooki]

20$ says Episode 9's gonna get leaked at least a week before the theater release

[the-ghost-cat]

Welp