greetings, earthlings!
Jan. 20th, 2011 12:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swatkatI... haven't posted in a while. I'm not sure why. There are a hundred things I want to talk about and many photos - of ancient tombs! ruins! dramatic sunsets! - I'd like to share. I even have the photos cropped and ready for upload, it's just the actual uploading part that's oddly difficult. Perhaps it's just that real life has been sort of overwhelming lately - not necessarily in a bad way (except for the bouts of I want to go home, but that can hardly be helped), just, overwhelming. A lot of things happening at once, a whirlwind of arrivals and departures and days passing by in a blur of activity.
I have also taken upon myself the task of introducing a couple of my friends to the wonders of the DCAU, and you'll be pleased to note that it's going very well. So far, we've watched Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (many Wonder fans disapprove of Loeb's characterisation of Diana in this one, but my friends now have a crush on Diana - a sign of good taste, I must say), Under the Red Hood (this one was new for me as well; good enough as an animated feature, but I like the trade better), and about 12 episodes of JLU, which has become an instant hit with the n00bs. Especially Wally and Diana. JLU Diana, of course, is very different from Actual Diana, but if this version goes over well I might hand them some of the actual comics. *\0/*
Speaking of comics, I've been reading Secret Six, which is just as great as advertised. But more importantly, Gail Simone reblogged a post of mine on Tumblr, informing us that one of my crack fanon ships (Scandal/Jeanette, to be precise) was apparently canon sometime in the past, how awesome is that?
Reading Secret Six also made me realise that Deadshot is essentially Cara's long-lost brother in the DCU. Observe:
Deadshot hates everyone. His feelings on feelings can be summed up by:
Feelings are for idiots.
IDIOTS!!1
The only problem being, he's kind of an idiot too.
Because he has SECRET FEELINGS. RICH, MOLTEN EMOTIONS.
And sometimes he does stuff like sacrifice himself to save his friends (who are, of course, not his friends at all), and threaten a doctor to make a disturbed kid happy, but not, you know, because he likes them or anything. ♥
On even more comics-y note, apparently the release of Batwoman has been delayed to April. Why universe why? ;_;
I have also taken upon myself the task of introducing a couple of my friends to the wonders of the DCAU, and you'll be pleased to note that it's going very well. So far, we've watched Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (many Wonder fans disapprove of Loeb's characterisation of Diana in this one, but my friends now have a crush on Diana - a sign of good taste, I must say), Under the Red Hood (this one was new for me as well; good enough as an animated feature, but I like the trade better), and about 12 episodes of JLU, which has become an instant hit with the n00bs. Especially Wally and Diana. JLU Diana, of course, is very different from Actual Diana, but if this version goes over well I might hand them some of the actual comics. *\0/*
Speaking of comics, I've been reading Secret Six, which is just as great as advertised. But more importantly, Gail Simone reblogged a post of mine on Tumblr, informing us that one of my crack fanon ships (Scandal/Jeanette, to be precise) was apparently canon sometime in the past, how awesome is that?
Reading Secret Six also made me realise that Deadshot is essentially Cara's long-lost brother in the DCU. Observe:
Deadshot hates everyone. His feelings on feelings can be summed up by:
Feelings are for idiots.
IDIOTS!!1
The only problem being, he's kind of an idiot too.
Because he has SECRET FEELINGS. RICH, MOLTEN EMOTIONS.
And sometimes he does stuff like sacrifice himself to save his friends (who are, of course, not his friends at all), and threaten a doctor to make a disturbed kid happy, but not, you know, because he likes them or anything. ♥
On even more comics-y note, apparently the release of Batwoman has been delayed to April. Why universe why? ;_;
