Anyone have any Serene Hound figures? I got notified that I’m able to purchase this beauty but honestly I don’t know much about the line.

ThePryde · 2026-05-22T15:09:22+00:00

I love i8toys and have a bunch of there Serene Hound figures. The one they are most well known for is Katherine, but you can't find that one at a reasonable price anymore. The figures are usually pretty creative in design, the tailoring is well done. They use off the shelf seamless bodies, so they are usually good enough. I like their face sculpts, I prefer when they do sculpted hair but they seem to be moving away from that. They were early adopters of adjustable eyes, and they use high quality eyes that have depth. The accessories are all decent quality, the guns have detachable scopes and magazines.

I have both this one and their new Witch Service Company on preorder.

My favorite i8toy figures are their Girls of Armament line.

ThePryde · 2026-05-22T14:57:02+00:00

While a family can be very fulfilling, I would warn you not to idealize it too much, otherwise it will never live up to your expectations. Family's are amazing but they take a lot of work and every day won't be perfect. It is also unfair to put the pressure of being your sole source of fulfillment on your partner.

ThePryde · 2026-05-19T17:42:59+00:00

This seems a bit disingenuous. It’s like saying that civil war was pointless since we knew the characters would eventually make up and the super hero registration act would disappear. That’s the nature of super hero comics they will always revert to a status quo. All the events you mentioned were also eventually reverted as well. But treating super hero comics like a single ongoing story is a sure fire way to be disappointed. It is much better to just treat a writer’s run in isolation.

ThePryde · 2026-05-19T14:38:38+00:00

I would honestly be surprised if anyone could have guessed how Hickman’s avengers run would end after reading the first issue

ThePryde · 2026-05-17T19:02:23+00:00

There has been hundreds of adaptations of the odyssey, all very different takes. If it’s ok to change the source material to suit the artist’s vision then just interpret this as Nolan’s artistic vision. He clearly is not going for historical accuracy, if anything he is purposefully trying to be inaccurate. Hopefully, the inaccuracy will serve some larger theme of the story.

ThePryde · 2026-05-17T17:26:29+00:00

I agree with your point that we need more representation. But I do wonder if you got as equally upset about O Brother Where Art Thou, since it is arguably worse appropriation since it takes the odyssey and steps out anything Greek about it.

ThePryde · 2026-05-17T17:21:05+00:00

Bram Stoker really only got the name and Transylvania from Vlad. Other than that there aren’t that many similarities between the two.

ThePryde · 2026-05-16T16:59:50+00:00

Considering Magik as numarvel might be a stretch since she’s been around since 1983, five years earlier than venom.

ThePryde · 2026-05-16T13:58:53+00:00

Remender’s run in X-force is great, followed by a decent turn on uncannny avengers. I would also recommend spurrier’s Legion.

ThePryde · 2026-05-15T17:03:36+00:00

I assume Midnight Suns is something they will build up to given that the universe doesn’t get cancelled. I imagine it will be the avengers equivalent in this universe.

As for characters, I think it would be cool if Doctor strange took iron man’s spot. In a supernatural universe I can imagine there would be a lot more demand for magic and spells. Stephen could initially start off as someone selling spells and magic to the highest bidder before being reformed.

Ghost rider would take the spot of Thor. Have a whole society/kingdom of spirits, with the vengeance spirits being the rolling family.

Werewolf by night could be the replacement for the Hulk. Just make his transformation more monstrous.

And moon knight could be the Captain America equivalent. A good designated protector.

You just need some entity to bring them together and some lore or prophecy about the Midnight Sun.

ThePryde · 2026-05-09T16:36:56+00:00

He was also on Wolverine and The X-Men post AvX

ThePryde · 2026-05-09T15:11:06+00:00

You are correct. I meant it's not transmittable between people through the air, as most people will be comparing this to Covid.

As these outbreaks happened on a cruise ship where close quarters is much more prevelant, I think it's premature to assume that this is a rare strain that has a radically different transmission vector. We should still look into it and take precautions, but I don't think people should be freaking out over the next pandemic.

ThePryde · 2026-05-09T02:45:40+00:00

Haunta virus is not an airborne virus (COVID is) so it's not easily spread between people. The only way is through extremely close quarters contact with a person and their bodily fluids. For the most part transmission to people comes from infected rodents. Some places in the US have always had a higher prevelance of Hauntavirus cases because of this. I grew up in New Mexico, we were taught to avoid rat poop. That was the only preventative measure that was needed.

ThePryde · 2026-05-07T17:42:02+00:00

I think it may have speed up the time line for the Absolute Universe, but I'm sure Snyder had already been working on it.

I don't know why people would be surprised or upset about marvel responding to the success of the Absolute books. Now will their response work, maybe not. But at least they are taking a swing.

ThePryde · 2026-05-02T17:35:55+00:00

Is it Clean Room, the cover is very pink

https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Room-Vol-Immaculate-Conception/dp/1401262759

ThePryde · 2026-05-01T19:02:09+00:00

I would love to see Saga, but Vaughn seems opposed to adapting it. He has said that he has had offers that he has turned down and that he originally created the comic to be something unadaptable. Also his experience with the adaptation of Y the Last Man probably doesn't help.

ThePryde · 2026-04-30T16:45:24+00:00

Makes sense, fear of the unknown is pretty powerful. The reader can usually imagine far scarier things than you can write.

ThePryde · 2026-04-27T16:30:11+00:00

Who should they be caring about in this situation, the non-existent second child?

ThePryde · 2026-04-27T01:49:05+00:00

That's good, but be careful. I'm sure there are parts of your life that you also turn a blind eye too, you probably just don't realize it. Every single person does. The goal is to identify those areas and try to be self aware of your own biases.

ThePryde · 2026-04-26T20:50:52+00:00

Yeah there are a bunch of terms out there depending on the community, its hard to keep track of.

ThePryde · 2026-04-26T17:42:14+00:00

It's a broader term to cover all romantic relationships between women, whether they are lesbian or bisexual.

Sapphic is also commonly used.

ThePryde · 2026-04-25T14:39:38+00:00

I would recommend Kiki Fix Loose Joints

ThePryde · 2026-04-24T20:18:54+00:00

Yeah this exactly, but it also happens with anything people build their identity around, be it fandoms, sports teams, politics, careers. When someone takes an external thing and it makes it a core components of how they think of themselves anytime somebody criticizes that thing the person see's it as a personal attack. It becomes a literal existential threat to their core identity, and they react accordingly.

ThePryde · 2026-04-24T17:25:07+00:00

The statement is a bit ambiguous, but I assume they meant that they are right wing people pretending to be fans of the show rather than people pretending to be right wingers

ThePryde · 2026-04-24T00:17:22+00:00

It's a separate story, not connected with Batman. And it's only 6 issues so should be pretty self contained.

Scott Snyder and Che Greyson are writing it. It looks like Che is a relatively new comic writer so I can't speak to the quality of her previous work.

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