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[demilypyro]

As utopian as the franchise is I don't actually want Star Trek to correctly predict the future cause that would mean in our time we get world war 3 with drug-addicted fascist supersoldiers. Real ones know Star Trek is post-apocalyptic actually

[demilypyro]

Me: haha the Irish unification of 2024

Also me: uh oh the bell riots, the eugenics wars, the nuclear bombs

[shadofist]

Don't think I'll ever get over the fact that so much of star trek history is supposed to be a warning that "HEY THIS IS WHERE THINGS WILL GO IF YOU DO NOTHING TO STOP THEM" and then we did nothing and now the only difference between sanctuary districts and skid row in la is that the walls are made of law instead of concrete and they don't even adopt the pretense of it being to help the people living there

[demilypyro]

Star Trek said things are gonna get worse before they get better and rn we have to live through the getting worse part

[im gay for comics]

[spooksier]

they have brunch every saturday

[im gay for comics]

[frownyalfred]

Clark being like “well what if moved the Earth” in justice league doom is the funniest thing ever because you can literally see Bruce have a minor stroke under his cowl, take a breath, and then say “if I had a week, I couldn’t list all the reasons why that’s a terrible idea,” between gritted teeth

you know he went home to Alfred right after that, flopped facedown on his bed, and said “you won’t believe what Superman said today.”

poor Bruce. this is earth’s most powerful defender, a man who probably skipped high school physics and thinks nudging the earth out of orbit “for just a quick second” isn’t “a big deal, Bruce”

[im gay for comics]

[chuwenjie]

Here are some early color keys I did for the opening of Across the Spiderverse!

In this scene, we wanted to portray Gwen as red-hot and disconnected from the rest of her bandmates. The scene ended up undergoing some changes so the colors that ended up in the film are different, but I still like these keys- they're the first ones I did on the movie!

[im gay for comics]

[helenas-crashed-car]

he riddled mysteriously down the hallway with a clueful look in his eyes

[im gay for comics]

[trustymikh]

I couldn’t resist drawing Ed as that Gordon Ramsay meme, it’s too accurate

[im gay for comics]

[slipstreamborne]

You know, if we DO make contact with aliens within the next hundred years-ish, enough people are going to give the Vulcan salute to the first alien they see in real life (whether out of quivering excitement, lol memeitude, or sheer awkward, panicked grasping for the one prominent alien greeting nested in the social conscious) that there's a solid chance that it becomes a thing we're known for as humans.

Live Long and Prosper, my friends.

[thesaltofcarthage]

Leonard Nimoy would openly, unironically weep with joy if that happened.

He helped develop the Vulcan salute based on what he saw certain people doing during services at his temple. The splayed fingers represent the Hebrew letter shin  ש‎, and the men (I don’t know if they are rabbis) do it with both hands. It represents a blessing.

In an interview, Nimoy mentioned how delighted he was that people the world over greeted each other with “the Vulcan salute,” because it meant “they were going out and blessing each other.” 

I’ve always been an atheist, but I still think it’s a lovely sentiment to greet someone with “May you have a long and bountiful life, and I wish for good things to happen to you.” 

[elfwreck]

It's an excellent greeting.

It's non-threatening. You not only can't hold a weapon in that hand, the position itself is awkward enough to be useless for combat. It's not something that easily switches to a punch or strike.

It doesn't involve touch contact - avoids both cultural barriers to touch and problems of disease or incompatible skin types. (Don't have to shake the hand of the volcano aliens.)

It's clearly deliberate, unlike some kinds of bowing. And it can be mirrored by a wide range of body types, even if they don't have "hands" or "fingers" - an octopus-being that holds up a tentacle in response would be recognized.

And the sentiment it conveys (the Vulcan version; I have no idea about the original Jewish meaning) is likewise pretty universally acceptable.

[random2908]

It’s the Priestly Blessing (although in some Reform synagogues the rabbi will do it rather than calling up all congregants of priestly lineage to do it--i.e. everyone whose last name is Cohen or Katz or Kaplan or whatever is supposed to go up and collectively bless the community together).

The words match the oldest excerpt of the Bible found by archeologists, on amulets in grave goods dating from before the big redaction project that actually produced the Bible in its written forms. (NB: Jewish amulets usually take the form of written text; this is even more true in the modern era.) There is a real sense in which this blessing predates Jewish religion as we usually understand it.

The translation is “May HaShem bless and keep you, may HaShem’s face shine on you and show you favor, may HaShem lift his face to you and give you peace.”

In the Jewish religious context, “may HaShem bless and keep you” means, like, may God decide that you’re going to keep living a while longer. So the benediction literally means Live Long and Prosper in Peace.

[im gay for comics]

[phantomchick]

THE TIME HAS COME

What speaks to your soul?

Jason Todd with a helmet

Jason Todd with a red hoodie

Jason Todd with a helmet AND a hoodie

Jason Todd with that... lower face mask/grill thing - you know what I mean

Jason Todd with a fake moustache

Jason Todd with a domino mask

[phantomchick]

i'm not mad but i am somewhat bewildered

How is the lower face mask/grill winning?

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[mthrfckng-m1r4cl3s]

when did you stop watching every marvel movie?

Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor

Captain America the First Avenger, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor the Dark World

The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Age of Ultron, Ant-Man

Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man Homecoming

Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp

Captain Marvel, Avengers Endgame, Spider-Man Far From Home, Black Widow

Shang-Chi Legend of 10 Rings, Eternals, No Way Home, Multiverse of Madness

Thor Love & Thunder, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Antman & Wasp Quantumania

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (still keeping up with Marvel movies)

> show answers

i think we as a society went through a period where people watched every marvel movie because they’re marvel movies. So, which of these movies was the last one you watched before only watching Marvel movies you’re genuinely interested in seeing?

(some titles are shortened/condensed to fit into the character limit)

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[mammutblog]

jason at the beach eating a watermelon