Happy Mother’s Day!
I often portray my mom as a timid lady, because she is so loving and sweet. But she’s tough too, she tried very hard to give us every opportunity in a small place, without much. My mother is the one who has believed in my abilities the longest, and the fiercest, and for that I owe her everything.
In this particular exchange, she also showed me that people’s talent may not always be what it appears to be to others, and that we all may have a greatness in us that not everyone can see.
Remember to call your mother today. She loves you.
this made me cry like a tiny tiny child
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[Image: Loki opening a mother’s day card from eight-legged foal Sleipnir, who is cuddling up against Loki happily. The card says “BEST MOM” and Loki is beaming and saying “Awww”; in the corner is the text “Happy Mother’s Day!”.]
The best part was when I tried to explain this picture to my own mother. I think she kinda got it? Anyway, Happy Mother’s Day tumblr!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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“Women don’t know anything about comics because women don’t read comics!”
oh
ok
then.
“Women don’t appreciate mainstream/superhero comics, they only read manga and indie books!”
uh
huh.
“Misogyny and racism, etc, are just part of the medium/culture of comics, stop complaining about it!”
how about
no.
“The reason women, PoC, etc are so poorly represented in comics is because they don’t make any significant contributions to the medium!”
shut
the fuck
up.
“Comics aren’t a political medium.”
I don’t
really
think so.
“Superhero comics are the only kinds of comics that make money/that anyone cares about.”
oh my god
just
stop
talking
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#comics
#xmen
#pyslocke
#wolverine
#rogue
#beast
#colossus
#gambit
#emma frost
#Xavier
#nightcrawler
#storm
#mystique
#iceman
#phoneix
#angel
#ice man
#cyclops
I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not complaining about the outfit or that she had sex with Jason and Roy. In fact, the majority of people I know were ready to ship the three of them together. So it’s nothing to do with that.
It’s the fact that Lobdell felt the need to strip everything from Starfire’s personality and leave her as just a hot alien that likes sex. Starfire is an emotional character, but she was mostly emotionless. She had sex with Jason and Roy, but for what reason? Even when she propositioned Roy it didn’t even look like she was doing it because she wanted to, if that makes any sense.
Also with Starfire’s personality suddenly missing, we also get the fact that apparently Tamaraneans are unable to really recognize or recall humans. To me that just blurs the lines of consent too much. So what if Starfire chose to have sex with Roy, she’s not going to remember having sex with him or even his name afterward. Usually a person in that situation is under the affects of Rohypnol, the date rape drug. It’s even worse when the two people (that we know of) who have had sex with her are Jason Todd and Roy Harper. Jason’s known for his rage issues at men who abuse and rape women and Roy is a former Titan along with Starfire and he should recognize the problems in her behavior.
While I do believe that Starfire can wear whatever she wants, at the end of the day she’s a fictional character with someone else calling the shots. This is why a lot of people are upset with the fact that she was originally supposed to be wearing a semi-transparent bikini. That just screams sketchiness, using sex appeal in order to try to get the immature guys that only care about boobs to buy the book.
That’s on top of the fact that Starfire was drawn in mostly body contorting poses in order to better show off her tits and ass. Yes, Starfire’s been seen in skimpier outfits. Yes, she’s had casual sex before. And yes, she’s even walked around naked without a care in the world. But usually she doesn’t strike “sexy” poses unless she’s modeling.
So that’s the reason I find this comic a piece of shit. It’s not the sex or the outfits, it’s the context for both. If Starfire was her normal self, I wouldn’t give a damn if she walked around naked and fucked Roy and Jason at the same time. The fact that she is a walking sex doll with no memories or personality is what makes this a bad comic.
so many good words.
(Source: bunnybotbaby, via wundy-deactivated20120102-deact)
Except Red Hood and the Outlaws is rated T, just like Supergirl, a book that claims to be geared to the female YA reader (via latkje)
that also isn’t the point. No one is complaining that there was sex! Jesus, fuck.
(Source: robot6.comicbookresources.com, via skalja)
