when we remember the tragedy of Barbara Gordon we should talk more about this scene and not about the killing joke
Yes, what happened to Barbara was terrible, but she was reborn as an oracle and became stronger than ever.
don't let dc forget about babs disability don't forget about this scene and never forget what kim yale did for babs
When The Pink Opaque is on tv, it’s a different ratio aspect then the rest of the movie (i.e. the “real world” portions of the movie) and as you can see there is that black border on the sides indicating that it’s what’s being seen on tv. But when Isabel is being buried alive, it’s in the same ratio aspect as the “real world,” filling the whole screen, indicating that it’s not just what’s happening on tv but also in reality. Anyway I thought this was an interesting editing choice it kind of supports the idea that her death is real etc
I Saw the TV Glow is such a uniquely, devastatingly queer story. Two queer kids trapped in suburbia. Both of them sensing something isn’t quite right with their lives. Both of them knowing that wrongness could kill them. One of them getting out, trying on new names, new places, new ways of being. Trying to claw her way to fully understanding herself, trying to grasp the true reality of her existence. Succeeding. Going back to help the other, to try so desperately to rescue an old friend, to show the path forward. Being called crazy. Because, to someone who hasn’t gotten out, even trying seems crazy. Feels crazy. Looks, on the surface, like dying.
And to have that other queer kid be so terrified of the internal revolution that is accepting himself that he inadvertently stays buried. Stays in a situation that will suffocate him. Choke the life out of him. Choke the joy out of him. Have him so terrified of possibly being crazy that he, instead, lives with a repression so extreme, it quite literally is killing him. And still, still, he apologizes for it. Apologizes over and over and over, to people who don’t see him. Who never have. Who never will. Because it’s better than being crazy. Because it’s safer than digging his way out. Killing the image everyone sees to rise again as something free and true and authentic. My god. My god, this movie. It shattered me.
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whats even the point of drawing a pair of huge juicy honkas if youre not gonna show off their softness and weight??
A group of Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.” The group’s goal is to protect one of the world’s largest repositories of information from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued Google search results, books sold on Amazon, and academic journals. “A few of us had noticed the prevalence of unnatural writing that showed clear signs of being AI-generated, and we managed to replicate similar ‘styles’ using ChatGPT,” Ilyas Lebleu, a founding member of WikiProject AI Cleanup, told me in an email. “Discovering some common AI catchphrases allowed us to quickly spot some of the most egregious examples of generated articles, which we quickly wanted to formalize into an organized project to compile our findings and techniques.”
9 October 2024
This is a great post to promote that you can donate to Wikipedia at any time, with almost any amount of money! You can even set up a reoccurring donation, like I did.
As someone who does queer Christian ministry (and is trans, queer, and ordained) I cannot begin to express how much harm has been done to well meaning (especially older) allies by telling them to "just Google it". I talk to elderly cishet Christians who will show up on protest lines next to me, who have been assaulted and arrested fighting for queer rights, who love me and want so desperately to be good allies, but when they started didn't even know enough to know HOW to ask the questions they had in ways that gave them good answers online and certainly not in accepting language.
There's so much hate and misinformation and there is definitely the need for protecting ourselves, our peace and energy, in this terrible time but sometimes it's worth it to answer the well meaning questions and explain why what they're asking or the way they're asking it is inappropriate. It's work and it's hard but if you have it in you, it's worth it
Going to a seder at a family friend's place tonight and I have been informed multiple times that someone there has changed her name to Stephanie, but because it seems nobody wants to deadname her, nobody has specified who Stephanie is. So I guess I'm just going to get a surprise Stephanie when I arrive.
I am among the first people to arrive which means I get to play a fun process of elimination game. It is not the family's youngest child so I think that leaves two more. Unless Stephanie is an aunt or a niece or something.
Have learned that Stephanie is the eldest child. Which is very convenient for me because she is the one family member whose name I could not remember anyway.
As far as @doesthebatfamknowpopculture goes, I have to submit the most important one. Bruce Wayne has read and/or watched Sailor Moon, enough that he instantly recognizes Hino Rei as Sailor Mars and in fact, thinks Martian Manhunter naming himself after her is a "giveaway".
(And if he watched it, it was specifically the original Japanese subbed or raw, (since the new English dub wasn't out at the time and the original English dub changed the spelling to "Raye" and rarely used her last name. Also I just think he's the type of person who would always insist on watching the original language)).
Also on that note, J'onn J'onzz has also apparently read and/or watched Sailor Moon.
I do love this gag, but I have a small addendum:
The author (Mark Millar) wanted a name which meant "Poet of Mars" in Japanese. And the joke was going to be that Wayne knows Japanese and name meanings.
Except when Millar asked a friend for a name that fit the description, the friend lied and tricked him and said Rei Hino. One of the best jokes in this run was not a joke perpetuated by the author, but a trick played *on* the author.
I know the tale, and having read some of Millar's work I do think he could never write something this funny on purpose, so it tracks.
The name actually does have part of the kanji for Mars in it (hi), so it's a little right!
But yeah, something that makes it extra unintentionally funny is that "hi no" translates to "of fire" in Japanese (all of the Sailor Senshi + Tuxedo Mask's surnames reference either their planet and/or the element their planet is associated with in Japan) so considering J'onn's, uh, weakness to and general relationship with fire, that's quite a choice he made.
( Also the fact the kanji for the Japanese name for Mars reads "fire-star" is just. extremely unfortunate for him).
Oh I love that
As far as @doesthebatfamknowpopculture goes, I have to submit the most important one. Bruce Wayne has read and/or watched Sailor Moon, enough that he instantly recognizes Hino Rei as Sailor Mars and in fact, thinks Martian Manhunter naming himself after her is a "giveaway".
(And if he watched it, it was specifically the original Japanese subbed or raw, (since the new English dub wasn't out at the time and the original English dub changed the spelling to "Raye" and rarely used her last name. Also I just think he's the type of person who would always insist on watching the original language)).
Also on that note, J'onn J'onzz has also apparently read and/or watched Sailor Moon.
I do love this gag, but I have a small addendum:
The author (Mark Millar) wanted a name which meant "Poet of Mars" in Japanese. And the joke was going to be that Wayne knows Japanese and name meanings.
Except when Millar asked a friend for a name that fit the description, the friend lied and tricked him and said Rei Hino. One of the best jokes in this run was not a joke perpetuated by the author, but a trick played *on* the author.
Would you like to buy his wares?
