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Dear Lola,

I heard somewhere that writing letters is good for the soul. It’s a lesson that I always wanted to learn.

I think of you somewhere out there.

(Watching from the shadows.)

And I can’t wait for my White Knight to rush in and save the day.

And I don’t know what I really want. Companionship? Personal Patreonage? Love? It’s like the rest of the world is speaking a different language. One full of meanings that ask impossible things of me — requiring me to feel emotions that I don’t feel.

I am a shallow bowl. A saucer.

I’m searching for someone to fill me up.

Small Gods at Amazon
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(There may be spoilers, I don’t know. I haven’t seen the movie, though I haven’t been able to avoid the super dark and depressing trailers.)

The Kid was talking about “Batman Vs. Superman” and said “I wish it was a fight to the death.” To which I responded with “Huh? In what universe would that ever be a fair fight?”

Seriously, unless Superman was cocky enough to say “I’m going to beat you to death with my bare hands,” which Batman could respond by bringing out the kryptonite when Superman got close, there really wouldn’t be much of a fight between them. Real talk, Superman could stay well out of range and use his laser vision to fry Batman alive–that fancy armor wouldn’t last very long with laser vision focused on it, bringing the internal temperature to even just a quarter the heat of the sun. Or Superman could just grab a rock and chuck it real hard.

Anyway, it’s kind of a relief to know that “Batman Vs. Superman” isn’t actually Batman versus Superman. Not that I’m very interested in the movie in question–it seems a bit too dark and downery for my tastes. I mean, they’ve taken all the lighthearted joy of Superman and thrown it out the window. That’s kind of a bummer–but I’m sure I’ll probably end up seeing it once it’s out on DVD or on TV.

Hopefully they don’t include as many wtf-scenes as they left in “Man of Steel” (seriously Jonathan Kent, you were terrible and your death was absolutely meaningless. All you taught your son was how to be a douche and destroy a company’s very expensive truck just because the truck’s driver was a jerk). Though really, I’m not that hopeful. I don’t even think there’s going to be much in the way of good fanfic to fix the situation, since there’s no Jor-El/Zod to save things. (Unless someone writes about the resurrected Zod remembering parts and pieces of his previous life, including the relationship he once had with Jor-El. That could be an interesting and angsty fic.)

So yeah, DC is setting up for their Justice League movie, which means throwing as many characters together as possible and hoping that some of them stick.

And instead of the most unequal fight in history, we get Superman teaming up with Batman and Wonder Woman to take on Lex Luthor and Zod (and possibly Doomsday). Oh, and we also get another Batman origin story, as though we haven’t seen Thomas and Martha Wayne gunned down enough times in our lives. Sigh.

I can’t wait for Suicide Squad.

(Though, I will be honest: If Batman Vs Superman ends up being the “Dawn of the Justice Lords” movie, I will totally be all about it, because I wouldn’t mind seeing a movie where Superman lobotomizes evil President Luthor and there’s an exploration of how dark that world got. Then there could be a crossover with the non-dark/depressing Justice League. Btw, Justice League the Animated Series did a great job with the Flash crossing over into the Justice Lords universe and pointing out that the death of alterna-Flash was no excuse for the Justice League to completely lose their shit. And it was kind of painful to see how affected Batman was by the death of the Flash–and it was cool that he was the only one to maintain his morals while the rest of the Justice League didn’t hesitate to use their powers on the normal humans. He’d tasted loss before, while those “gods” got a little hurt and decided to oppress everyone because why not?)

Powerpuff Trinity by foureyedesign

Kakushigoto 01 at Amazon
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I am, very much, a night person.

*

Simon Peters is insatiably drawn to water. He finds it, and he drinks it, and he can’t be stopped.

So when he was kidnapped–(naked, cold, afraid; defiant, jutified)–he fell back on the things that comforted him. He would stand at the sink, washing dishes or just running water over his hands, for hours if they let him. There was an eerie serenity around him.

It made his captors nervous.

A. Some became rough.
B. Some became kind.
C. Some became respectful.

But all of them changed their actions when they came across him.

He could electrify a room with his presence.

*

At his recommendation, thouands of people began reading “Idlewile”, the fictional telling of a cataclysmic rise to stardom on the back of a benevolently controlling government. It was a bestseller.

Brent read the book at Simon’s insistence and was blown away. He was talking about it for weeks. And one of the people he happened to talk to was a little inventor named Professor Raymond Zebronski.

Nobody knew what the Zebronski Protocal was, but they knew that it meant he wasn’t allowed to handle his own human experimentation. All of his research had to be run through CyberAngel Industries’ Legal Office. [CAILO]. Though he was angry about it, he quickly found that they gave excellent results.

Z
Hermes Andreas was the CAILO liason to the lab and quickly earned the moniker “Ianto” from the pop-culture minded employees. (Florentine in management and Rickets in accounts receivable. It was basically just them. But oh my god, he wore sweater vests and three-piece suits and he had that accent [speech-impediment. He’d fallen off a bike when he was a kid. His parents couldn’t afford to get it fixed. He compensated adequately.] Rickets just couldn’t resist.

Florentine had grown used to being dragged about willy-nilly. She’d do so much more for her best-friend… plus they had a lot of fun. She enjoyed using her wit to get them through their various hijinks intact. She met so many different kinds of people, experiencing a culture she never would have known.) And he took it in stride.

He was Hermes Andreas. He was a professional.
Z

Uramichi Oniisan 01 at Amazon
0 comments on "Every person that’s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this"

Every person that’s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this. Mine came as I was racing down the highway trying to shoot out the tires of my drug dealer’s ’64 Impala.

I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a drug user. A little weed, a little speed, it’s enough to keep me mellow and focused depending on the day of the week. The staying skinny thing is just a perk, I promise you. I’m not an addict or anything. Though I will admit that there have been times when events have gotten a bit away from me. Like when I went on my little joy ride–weaving in and out of traffic, taking aim with my arm stuck out the window. It seems a little much when you think about it. But it was exciting too. Like being part of an action movie.