you got katana in my medulla oblongata

-Young Justice re-read, day one. I'm going to be doing this over on my tumblr possibly for the rest of the summer. I'm also doing Ace's cover arc. that's One Piece, for the uninitiated, pfffft.

-I want to do Steph/Damian and Bruce/Jason themed tumblr weeks. SHARE YOUR FAVORITE LINKS FOR THESE AWESOME SHIPS WITH ME SO I CAN SHARE THEM WITH EVERYONE ELSE. these shiny things do not get enough exposure. therefore I will expose them. explicitly. =P

-I am procrastinating ridiculous amounts over one last scene in my Prodigal sequel. it's a porn scene. of course. you know, one of these days I'm just going to stop writing porn at all. I don't enjoy reading or writing it anymore. anyway, tell me to get off my butt and get it done, guys. I want to finish the stupid thing before teh Reboot comes around.

-the smoldering One Piece torch I've been carrying around for almost three years (might as well call it Ace) finally burst into flame again. this weekend alone I think I spent around six hundred bucks on POP and doujinshi. it was awesome. also, Strong World Ace? holy shit. mine just shipped this morning.

-I am also (dun dun dun, go *away* Klarion) working on The Rock again for the first time in three years. it's AU from manga 516, but I edited the crap out of it last weekend, bringing it more up to date with canon backstory and characterization, and I'm pretty much rewriting what I had for the next part from scratch. I know where I'm going with it, I know the end. and it's going to be longer than I predicted. also, more gen than ship fic. I guess I should have expected that. I am the queen of the rewrite. oy.

-I am back into my size six jeans. this makes me feel happier. lighter. floaty. something like that.

anyway, for those of you who don't tumble, have a few scans from YJ 1. remember when Tim was cute and funny and dorky instead of a kind of dickish Marty Stu? remember when Kon had a personality? REMEMBER WHEN BART WAS IMPULSE? ( you don't? well, I do. )

for animegoil, who is still getting to know Jay, some classic Dick and Jay interaction. ( Because they've *always* been like this, post-Crisis anyway. Which reminds me. I should do some NW:YO scans. )

Yesterday I found a VF copy of Birds of Prey 8 for $10. Yeah, still kind of floored by that...

Anyway, in honor of that rather surprising find, more scans, Nightwing this time. ( This is Dick being... Dick. Which is always awesome and quite often amusing, if not for the people who love him. )

In the name of spring cleaning, I edited my subscriptions list this morning. Dropped Batman Inc. because I just couldn't take it anymore. And the Lanterns are off until the newest event is over. Same with Flash, which is rolling over into Flashpoint. I'm getting some of the Flashpoint spinoffs (like the Flying Graysons one) and I'll buy the trades later if they look good, but for now I am really, really tired of comics crises.

So my list is nice and streamlined. Well... not really. It's pretty long. Lots of DC titles. Only one Marvel presently, but I'm thinking of branching out. More Amadeus Cho, Marvel, and I'll start buying.

I'm curious, which comics do you read? You, as in those of you populating my small corner of the world. Yeah, we're all comics fans, but how many comics do you as an individual comics reader (as opposed to a fandom unit) actually read in a month? Do you keep up by subscription? Do you walk into a store and buy on a regular basis or sporadically? Or do you just wait for the trades to come out?

Or do you read any at all? And if not, why the hell are you in comics fandom? If you want to tell me, I'd love to know. ( My list is here. Feel free to share yours. )

Amadeus Cho is possibly my favorite character from anything, ever. He's smarter than Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake combined, snarkier than Jason Todd, he has a coyote pup for a pet, and his special power is being able to make things happen the way he wants them to because he's the seventh smartest person in the world and he can SEE MATH HAPPENING. He is amazing. And awesome. And a whole lot of other superlatives.

I promised Q his introductory story, and it's only eight pages, so I thought what the hell: I'll post it on my journal. Because more people should know and love this kid. So here. ( Mastermind Excello )

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srs bznz: Tomasi can't write Damian for shit. Also, that's not Jim Gordon.
fandom: Batfamily movie night! Now with Bruce forcefeeding his kids Zorro!
me: It's not family night if Jay's not there.

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srs bznz: Catman is supposed to be Red Robin's challenge du jour? Really?
fandom: Tim/Kon/Bart/Cassie four-way, yay! (Not really, but that's fandom for you.)
me: Marcus To needs to draw Steph forever and ever and ever, amen.

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srs bznz: Unlike Tomasi, Snyder *can* write Jim Gordon. Hell, he can write, period. If you're not reading this title, you really ought to be: it and Batgirl are presently the best Bat books available.
fandom: Dude, that orca is one huuuuuge Freudian implication.
me: Dick and Tim. Shooting their grapples. In sync. BATMAN AND ROBIN, THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE OH YES.

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srs bznz: ...I don't think this title even counts.
fandom: Magic! Batman!
me: Why does Bruce look like a cross between a BDSM dom and an executioner? And what the hell happened to his chin?

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srs bznz: With Bruce around to help keep Karen from forgetting, we're finally getting somewhere. Dare we hope this whole Lord business might be wrapping up sometime in the near future, or is the Brightest Day phenomenon fated to keep dragging on and on and-
fandom: BRUCE IS BACK AND MAX LORD'S GOIN' DOWN, BOOYAH
me: Batman(Bruce)/Powergirl/Batman(Dick), y/y? (Hey, *I* ship it. *g*)

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I see Cass Cain in an awesome new suit that suits her better than the Batgirl suit (though I still adore her as Batgirl), kicking butt with Tim Drake and giving me hope for future Cass in the Bat titles even if it won't be as Batgirl.

I also see two men -- a father and a son, if you like -- who love each other a whole hell of a lot even if they suck at expressing it, hugging after being separated for a year during which one of them was lost in the time stream and the other was desperately searching for a way to prove guy number one wasn't dead.

Fandom sees Cass Cain rejecting the Bat symbol. It sees Bruce Wayne's crotch saying hello to Tim Drake's crotch. Yes, darlings, those are two men embracing their emotions and each other, front to front, and they both have crotches. Believe me, it happens all the time.

ARE WE ALL TWELVE YEAR OLD BOYS HERE OR WHAT


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I see Carol Ferris being awesome and getting a life and pwning Hal Jordan's face; I see a young black girl saved from yet another tasteless, pointless potential rape scene by her own inner strength; I see Soranik Natu using constructs shaped like her physician's instruments to rescue a fascinating, endangered deep space creature from space poachers; I see Bleez (one of my fave Red Lanterns) joining the Arisia/Killowog/Gardner team-up of AWESOME, thereby making it even more awesome.

I also see three white-guy Lanterns (Jordan, Gardner and Rayner) with their own titles, and no sign of John Stewart, even though lip service has been paid to him sharing the main title with Hal. Right. Johns can kiss my ass, Jordan can drop dead again, and they can give the main title to Stewart, because he pwns both their pasty white asses. *grumble*

Fandom sees Jordan's, Gardner's and Rayner's manpain, and, apparently, tits.


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Oh wow, I am blind to everything but Kon's awesomeness and my hopes for this promising new title. Also, Kon's friend who teaches frogs to OBEY HIS EVERY COMMAND and knows Kon is Superboy? ♥♥♥ Damn, I love science geeks, and I sense another new friendship coming on. Because I think Bart Allen and Simon Valentine together in the same vicinity would rock like a rocking thing. Kon needs to introduce them.

I also see what I consider to be a kind of cool continuity between Superboy and Robin's first teamup against Ivy and Metallo, and having Kon's first adventure in his new title involve Ivy. It feels like we've come back around, and for me, it's a good feeling.

No real idea what fandom sees (not enough feedback yet) but I'm betting the slashers see a depressing lack of Tim Drake as well as Kon and said science geek friend trapped in plant tentacles. As I said, not sure, but I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is.


Hmn, I need a Kon icon. Brb, digging through image files.