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^^ How do we annoy you?
What Juan said.
^^ That sucks, bro.
popcorn.jpg.
desperate times require stupid measures, apparently.
Ugh, woke up 4 PM. The fuck.
Nova: Oh man, yeah. The entire episode is one of Kamen Rider's most emotionally powerful moments for me.
^^^
that's from Fawlty Towers, yeah
wait, you actually like Fawlty Towers?
I take it all back, Malk. All. Back. ;~;
anyway, now i'm forced to imagine Anne going "Don't talk about the war TvTropes!"
...it actually fits much better than I thought it would...
the worst thought often do.
but who's Mrs. Fawl...oh who am i kidding, it's Kasch, isn't it
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2040314005/random-dungeon-generator-as-a-dungeon-map
This is pretty cool.
http://www.news.com.au/warning-over-deadly-spirits/story-e6freoof-1226244534802
This is old news, but I've just been thinking of vodka. Alex, please come tell me you Aussies aren't such pussies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2012
Try reading through the process section. Pay attention to states that have multiple primary/caucus dates, sometimes multiple caucus dates for at-large versus by-congressional-district delegates.
This...this isn't just like Calvinball. This IS Calvinball.
The Speak Like A Child episode for Cowboy Bebop is full of d'awwww
Jesus, this is a really nice cover.
Man, my borked Smallville liveblog reminds me how much I hate Clark. He does superheroing so other people can adulate him and he can jerkoff to how awesome he is. And whenever Lana or Lois or involved he drops everything because Superman has tail to chase.
Whereas Superman goes heroing not for the adulation, but because it's the right thing to do. He saves people, fights criminals and does his best to help everyone because he has the power to do it.
It's one of the things I like about Superman. People complain about how lame he is and how boring he is because he always does the right thing and never kills anything, when that's actually the point behind Superman; he's a paragon of good, an example held up to show others what it's like.
Well, there are superheroes that definitely engage in moral ambiguity, like Spider-man and Daredevil, but they were initially create as contrasts to DC's paragons.
^^^That reminds, me, I read Kingdom Come awhile back. It was basically that post in graphic novel form.
Yeah, Kingdom Come is basically a love letter to the Silver Age.
And it's actually awesome.
I think a lot of the issues behind Superman when it comes to an outside perspective can be put down to kryptonite.
When it comes to combating Superman, you have a kind of "silver bullet" scenario where nothing can touch him except for stuff to do with kryptonite, so viewing him from an actiony perspective becomes an exercise in binary calculation. And from a non-actiony perspective, other heroes (such as Batman) work better anyway. Batman, in fact, is just as paragon-y.
You can also get at Superman by threatening his loved ones, but that's a pretty worn out superhero plot device anyway.
I would have agreed with you at one point, but the Dark Age threw that notion out the window. They've been getting somewhat better about it recently, but they still try to throw in morally ambiguous actions and situations that read as hokey far too often.
Actually, Kingdom Come spoke of how the Dark Age was bad, but even the Silver Age had its' bad points. Look at the way Superman acted during the entire thing; unwilling to bear the public's rage at him, he took off into hiding so as to not have to deal with it, instead of continuing to fight regardless of the public's opinion of him.
>When it comes to combating Superman, you have a kind of "silver bullet" scenario where nothing can touch him except for stuff to do with kryptonite, so viewing him from an actiony perspective becomes an exercise in binary calculation. And from a non-actiony perspective, other heroes (such as Batman) work better anyway. Batman, in fact, is just as paragon-y.
Ahahaha you have no idea what you're talking about.
Magic, other fellas with super strenght, etc
The thing that makes Superman work is that with a good writer, it's not about the action. It's simply about the joy of seeing a man fly and fight for what's right.
And I wouldn't say Batman is really that much of a Paragon. as much as I like the character, a lot of what's interesting about him is that he's more than willing to "cross the line" and, say, torture a suspect.