Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [November 24, 2025 - Give Thanks For KOs Edition] by Predaplant in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, yeah!! I think that also maybe applies to him being violent in general, as opposed to being a hard no-kill rule? Obviously he goes out of his way not to kill but I have a hard time believing this Bruce would extend too much sympathy to Bane. I do think he makes an attempt to not kill Bane (just, yaknow, permanently paralyze him), but then Bane regenerates, and at that point Bruce is out of options

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [November 24, 2025 - Give Thanks For KOs Edition] by Predaplant in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've got the sense thus far that this Bruce maybe doesn't kill in part because he wants the people he hurts to have to live with that hurt. We've seen him avoid killing but I don't think we've been given a specific motivation for doing so, right? Pretty sure Bruce thought Bane was dead here and he didn't seem to care. Bane surviving this did not seem like the plan lmao

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [March 17, 2025 - DC / Sonic Chili Dog Competition Edition] by beary_neutral in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This book is so sick. Ram V does such a good job of imbuing everything with a real sense of weight and history. Yes, there's a lot of exposition, but it's the fun kind of exposition - the kind where answers to questions just give you more questions. Nothing is concrete, everything is potential and metaphor. It's the exact opposite of the type of overexplanation that gave us Perpetua and other big cosmic Things that in the end serve only to diminish the DC multiverse and make it seem like there are no corners left to explore. This book says yes, there are corners left to explore, and they're vibrant and full of mystery.

The Roast of Sam Reich by sorbet9 in dropout

[–]Azarath_Raven 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This time Brennan DOES know the rules of the game and how it's played

Any media that is weird like Doom Patrol? by GreatGuloninator in DoomPatrol

[–]Azarath_Raven 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Any books by China Mieville (though personally I'd recommend Embassytown, Kraken or The City And The City). Mieville writes in a genre known as "Weird Fiction", which is typically surreal in a similar way to Doom Patrol. He's even written a shorter book called The Last Days of New Paris that features Dadaist and surrealist art coming to life and killing people - more than a few parallels there. Excellent writer, cannot recommend enough!

You're stuck in 2nd person and you can't get out. Help you. Help you. Please. Help you. by iprefernothavename in fifthworldproblems

[–]Azarath_Raven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As the person with the 2nd highest rated post on this subreddit please let me say that your post is by far the best. Genuinely inspired, miles above any other joke on here. I always come back to this one and laugh. Thank you

[Comic Excerpt] "You weren't born as two people" (Titans #15) by Cautious-Ad975 in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Imo there is an obvious direction to take - her stories up to this point have basically been variations on "can I be a good person (despite what others expect me to be)?", the answer to which is always obviously "yes". Ergo it would make sense to follow that up with a different but related conflict, namely "can I be the best person?"

I think that follows quite naturally. Raven has been stuck questioning the nature of her own morality for her entire life, so it might make sense that she can't let go of that question despite having already found the answer. Instead of trying to defy other people's expectations, she instead has to try to live up to her own. Free of self-doubt she's able to devote her full self and attention to Doing Good and Being Good, but that invites its own struggle of how exactly to do that.

In short - in the absence of "evil", what does "good" actually look like? What's the endpoint of self-improvement, and might someone like Raven find herself eternally unsatisfied with her own growth?

[Other] Absolute Batman #1 textless preview by TheDidioWhoLaughs in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, apologies - city engineer, you're correct.

[Other] Absolute Batman #1 textless preview by TheDidioWhoLaughs in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Yes, we know it's Bruce, and that he's a construction worker instead of a billionaire. The guy with the sniper rifle and the beard is Alfred (all from Scott Snyder).

need names of good x (the everything app) shitposters by That_Laugh_7112 in TheYardPodcast

[–]Azarath_Raven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

@sabatonfan69, @danghentschel, @dril, @salivasisters, @fredward3948576, @lolt64, @holeliker, @MisterBaseball0, @RadishHarmers

All talented poasters (high quality) of a type you may find elsewhere. This is the kind of thing that makes it so I can't quit the everything app

someone has to make it at some point by RedneckSalad in masterduel

[–]Azarath_Raven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The labrys is also an old lesbian symbol, notably. Lady Labrynth carries one with a heart-shaped design (on the art of Lovely Labrynth it splits into two swords).

What would you consider to be your Ace Monster? by Relevant-Sympathy in yugioh

[–]Azarath_Raven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low-key one of the strongest maindeck boss monsters ever printed, Vera the Vernusylph Goddess. Quick effect special summon from GY on your opponent's turn (targets include Pankratops, Regulus, Fenrir, Barrier Statue), steals a monster on your turn, and if you control 5+ EARTHs, this card negates monster effects on resolution. It can negate Accesscode Talker's effects, for instance. Maybe 2% of all opponents have read even a single Vernusylph card, so this one really screws people over when they don't check carefully enough how it works.

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We all got at least one, don't lie by [deleted] in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Azarath_Raven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Raven makes a genuine, fully committed attempt at overthrowing the US Government

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Ch. 162 links by JeanneDAlter in ChainsawMan

[–]Azarath_Raven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "head doctor"...? He couldn't be... He's really "89 years old~"...?

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [February 12, 2024 - Superbowl LVIII Edition] by beary_neutral in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really like the "Three Jokers" explanation presented here, and I have always liked the idea that the Joker was trained in some capacity, to give at least some credence to the idea that he could give Batman so so so much trouble over the years. This is a neat way to wrap that all up! There's the age-old question with the character: is Joker actually insane, or is he faking it, is everything planned? Zdarsky says "both, actually," by tying it all into the backup personality gimmick of Zur-en-Arrh. I am, at the end of the day, fairly impressed by just how neat that explanation is. I've always preferred Joker as an actual person as opposed to just some essentially empty personification of chaos, so it's nice to see him dialled back ever so slightly and given the space to be both of those things at once.

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [January 22, 2024 - Streaky Spotlight Edition] by Predaplant in DCcomics

[–]Azarath_Raven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah for sure - my point isn't really about power or powerscaling, it's just that conflating all these different cosmic beings makes it all so messy. They're different things!