The art and random thoughts of myself. Letting you into the divine chaos that is the heavenly riot inside my brain. :)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
After you ditched me…
I had a dream you’d have a baby girl. Well, shit. Look who had a baby girl.
Alright so I’ve been talking about doing a giveaway for a while and now I’m finally going for it. This is a Harley Quinn statue (as seen here on amazon) that recently came into my possession. I promise her costume is red not pink, the only camera I have right now is my phone camera but you can see the shade of red on Amazon or on her hat in the close up picture.
Anyway here are the rules. Reblog as often as you like, likes don’t count. No giveaway blogs, and you do not have to follow me. If you win and you’re not a US resident I will ask you contribute $20 for shipping because shipping something of this size and weight overseas will be pricey.
Best of luck to you all, winner will be picked on July 2nd 2013!
As I was stumbling around youtube watching old fan films I stumbled upon something new, Grayson: Earth One.
Grayson: Earth One is a (fan) web sires that was launched on June 1st. It is campaigning on Indiegogo to raise $40,000 for a 6 episode season. And the rewards for contributing to the film aren’t bad (like being able to pitch an idea to possibly be added for example!). For those of you not familiar with the DC Comics publication line Earth One, they are basically Elseworld tales with slight re-imaginings of characters origins. The official Earth One books published so far are Batman: Earth One, Superman: Earth One and a Wonder Woman: Earth One in the works.
Grayson: Earth One takes the characters we know and places them in a slightly altered universe where Dick Grayson wasn’t adopted by Bruce Wayne and didn’t become Robin the Boy Wonder in his youth. So far so good, but I do love a good Elseworld story.
Let’s start with the things I liked. The first episode visually is wonderful. Earth One clearly has a vision and tone and it is present through the entire episode. The tone is dark and dangerous but with glimmers of hope that lay within the cast of characters, setting up and illustrating the Gotham/Bludhaven we’re going to be exploring rather well. Dick Grayson appears to be a lead singer/guitarist from the wrong side of the tracks who wears a smeared makeup black mask during his performances. To me this is an obvious nod to Eric Draven aka The Crow. Which, I personally love and think is a nice touch. I also couldn’t help but admire Dick’s heavily, black lacquered nails that sheen when occasionally brought in frame and go quite well with his tendrils of slick jet black hair. The acting of Grayson and other Gothamites is rather superb for a fan series. I didn’t find myself mocking any of the performances or them bringing me out of the story, expect in the case of Helena [Bertinelli] but she had little screen time and little to no introduction. This could vastly improve with some light shed on her character…
Some things that didn’t work for me- not even 40 seconds in Barbara Gordon is attacked and kidnapped by what appears to be a Black Mask Gang, and she doesn’t even defend herself! She just screams and the scene cuts to her poor little beanie left in the alley. Babs is still the daughter of [former] Gotham Commissioner, and this is an origin story, I don’t expect her to be Batgirl. I don’t expect her to pull out a batarang or bat-hair clip and pound them into the pavement. These cities in almost every incarnation are dangerous, WHY does the Comissoner’s daughter not know how to defend herself or cary any taser/pepper spray!? [MY Barbara Gordon does not just scream and get kidnapped!]The next thing that bothers me (AND THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION BASED UPON WHAT I HAVE SEEN, NOT FACT) that the female characters are rather heavily dependent on the male characters, lacking their more fierce/independent natures and are looking to be set up for a love triangle [Babs/Dick/Helena]. Even Carrie Kelly (which I always love seeing) couldn’t get to the night club with out male escort, threatened with rape and additional male saving by Dick. Where are my powerful women at?! Barbara does have a slight redeeming moment at the end ***possible spoilers: when she breaks out of her handcuffs and assists the rescue of other kidnaped women, but Dick still takes on at least 6 armed men while she does this. (Also, there is some bizarre logic here that Dick knew EXACTLY where to go to save Babs but the OTHER MISSING WOMEN as well. And only came to this [obviously, previously known] location when it bothered him that BARBARA had been taken, so lets just forget about these other 12 women, but if BABS IS TAKEN, THAT’S JUST TOO FAR! wtf?)*** This is the first episode and there is plenty of chances for my female characters to be a bit less damsel and a hunking more bad ass. However it is a possible worry for future installments.
Overall, Grayson: Year One is interesting, well filmed and acted. I am certainly looking forward to more and am holding out hope for my favored characters. If you’d like to check out more information on the series or to donate check out these links:
Is this real? Cuz… I need this.
(Source: asammyg)
Depression
Depression is not a fucking joke. Why don’t people get that. It doesn’t matter if “I’m too cute not to be smiling”. What the ever living fuck does it matter how I look? If I feel horrible I’m not going to fucking fake it for you.
I was just going to respond to this… but I talk to much for the little text box:
It’s a societal thing. “Our” society values aesthetics so highly that people think it’s a cure all or the highest form of cheering up to compliment the looks of a person. It is nice in thought (I assume, their heart is in the right place) it just doesn’t however, actually address or deal with any of the actual emotions at hand. It [the statement] is exactly what it compliments, “the surface.” Which is another thing our society loves to do. We patch and put band-aids on everything but don’t often want to hear about a person’s actual troubles or emotions. Things might just get too real. So, not to defend the statement, cuz I agree- it doesn’t matter what you look like, emotions, feelings, troubles and thoughts are FAR MORE powerful, deep and troublesome then that of the visual representation of physical form that is sometimes considered “beauty.”- But, it might not necessarily be the (misguided) complimenter’s fault as much as it is what society has taught them to do in this situation (again assuming they meant well, and weren’t just saying, ‘You’re pretty so you can’t be depressed,’ like it’s against some rule or some shit). I could keep ranting… I hope this made sense. Just my two cents.
castiel-in-a-sherlocked-tardis:
LIBBY COOPER, YOU’RE A STAR
Someone get this girl a medal.
(Source: fuckyeahidiotonfacebook)
…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage!
Frances Owens, Practical Magic (via cheekycharliebreslin)
I’m So Famous…
… Bitches Be Writing Fake Articles About Me.
Like WTF? 
Sac-con worked out pretty well for me! I have been trying to get Black Canary forever!
APE IN A CAPE: I Throw The Question To All Of You
Someone asked me what the Amazons would do if one of their number came out as a trans man.
I answered in the way I think continuity reflects, but most definitely of the period I am most familiar with, the modern age of Amazons, pre New52.
Some of those who disagree seem to be talking about…
I am “familiar” (used loosely) with Wonder Woman and the Amazons in many forms: the live action show, the animated shows, the comics from multiple periods. The Amazons are [seemingly] consistently bound by sisterhood. It is their life. It is in many ways their religion. It is their code. It is their battle cry. It is their death [And I say death in meaning that they would give their lives in the name of this honor of sisterhood]. And what is sisterhood but a form of acceptance no matter what case? Especially, since most of the Amazons sisterhood is not based on blood but a life/experience bond. In many periods of the Amazons I have seen them address many (if not all, [obviously this is lacking exact proof for the countless years the Amazons and Wonder Woman has been published in many forms]) females they encounter as “sister.” I don’t see how this “blind” (blind, NOT IN A NEGATIVE CONTEXT, but in a POSITIVE!) acceptance of all females encountered as sisters would not pertain to a sister that happens to feel her life needs to follow a different path than that of her other sisters. The Amazons have a long history with sorcery, Gods, Goddesses and countless other mythological, magical and other worldly beings. I don’t see how it would be any shock or strange occurrence that a sister’s nature could be possibly something more complex than that of just being a sister. Sisterhood denotes family, by blood or not. The Amazons in my experience, maybe in my ‘headcanon’ are proponents of acceptance and peace and are warriors to protect, uphold and defend that acceptance, peace and love, especially within their community and the community of women (ALL women). I just can’t see how this would be any different. An Amazon often seems to live by two mantras: “sisterhood” and “to never be bound.” I would assume then, the Amazons would refuse to be bound by such old binary thinking that their sisterhood could not and would not allow the many different creeds and variations of the spectrum of womanhood- including the man that was born a woman.
“If it means interfering in an ensconced, outdated system, to help just one woman, man or child…I’m willing to accept the consequences.” -Wonder Woman #170 [source]
