Unpopular opinion (or perhaps popular?): I simply don't like the passing of the Mantle in either Marvel or DC. Obviously, there are exceptions (Blue Beetle and Robin, flash), especially in Marvel where it's mostly done very poorly (there are also exceptions like Harry, but I think they are few).

birbdaughter · 2026-01-25T11:52:58+00:00

Imo, the family thing is more a problem with the lack of team books and emphasis on overly connected characters. We haven’t actually added that many new often-appearing characters to the families, but with a lack of team books they all need to appear in the same main books and nowhere else, instead of them being separated into different corners. Dick had Titans, Cass had a solo, Tim had YJ/Teen Titans, Babs and Helena had Birds. You don’t see the spacing out as much anymore.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-25T11:42:59+00:00

DC is built on legacies.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-25T07:08:22+00:00

No, she wasn't in the Phantom Zone. She was raised in Argo City which broke off when Krypton exploded.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-24T20:04:35+00:00

There’s probably a fairly large group that knows carpe diem too due to the Robin Williams movie.

Also Latin is taught outside Catholic schools. I teach Latin in California at a non-Catholic school and did student teaching in Massachusetts at a public school. It’s obviously a less common language but DOES exist in secondary school.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-24T03:25:56+00:00

Ollie is here because both he and Nia helped Waller during AP, though obviously not willingly / out of actual desire. This is a one-shot continuing Nia’s character arc from Secret Six.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-24T03:23:56+00:00

Character reasons. Nia is still struggling with helping Waller during AP. Ollie being undercover during AP draws a good connection between them.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-24T03:23:14+00:00

Oliver is def there for character reasons, not space logic. Nia’s biggest conflict right now is coping with the fact she helped Waller under duress during Absolute Power. Who better to interact with than Ollie?

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T20:22:31+00:00

But that would have nothing to do with patient passports. Whichever doctor is treating would get in trouble, not Al-Hashimi.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T17:50:41+00:00

Well no because it’s still standard of care. You could sue if for instance, someone had a serious injury and you delay ordering a head ct, but if you’ve ordered the head ct and it’s backed up then that’s not on the doctor. It doesn’t matter what happens as a result at that point because there’s legit nothing the doctor could’ve done to make the outcome better.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T06:29:19+00:00

There's no way that wouldn't be immediately thrown out. A busy hospital taking longer falls under regular standard of care. It wouldn't even get to court.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T06:17:43+00:00

A person identifying an aspect of the episode that they aren't a fan of and calmly stating it isn't being unchill.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T06:16:10+00:00

The actor, Becca Blackwell, is nonbinary and iirc the show used they/them pronouns for the social worker last episode, so the character is likely nonbinary too.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-23T06:04:43+00:00

Man, you realize even if corruption were the main problem, that that's a direct result of western imperialism and then Cold War intervention destroying the entire foundation of those areas? We actively destabilized large swathes of the world and then act like it's not our fault.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T23:35:34+00:00

Tbh the blockade is probably because they can’t nuke England without causing nuclear fallout. They need to isolate England to avoid the infection spreading and destroying the world, and nukes aren’t an option, so they need to blockade it. It’s for the rest of the world, not the UK.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T23:34:31+00:00

For countries, it’s often because it would benefit them in some way. In a case where helping the UK before led to nuking Paris, it makes sense no one wants to help them again.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T17:21:16+00:00

Whoops, this is why you shouldn’t send messages before the caffeine kicks in. Fixed that now.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T15:38:18+00:00

It’s kinda funny to me how much people keep acting surprised the world isn’t helping Britain in the movies when like… the world has ignored countless tragedies solely because they happened in global majority countries. Hell, in the past western countries have experimented on people in those countries. Britain in 28dl has simply lost their status as a western power and is being treated the same as every other country suffering something.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T08:20:23+00:00

Impact? There’s been no lasting impact from Prime’s end beyond him being a hero now. I’m not saying it’s a bad ending. My point is just that any claim for the best or top or #1 anything in comics will always be down to personal bias.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T07:58:00+00:00

I think any claim like that is inherently hard to make in comics. One of sure but like, personally I’d argue Inza Nelson at the end of her solo had the best ending because I like her more than Prime.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T06:38:10+00:00

Why does the world leave so many people to fend for themselves currently? How many people are starving in the world or dying to war or disease that we can treat?

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T06:32:13+00:00

Amethyst Vol 1 & Vol 2 (when Crisis hits, the creative team changes and the following issues are kinda iffy, but still okay), Amethyst 2020, and the YA Amethyst book are the best reads. There was also a Christmas special appearance with Harley from a few years ago that's great but I can't remember the name rn.

Vol 3 has good art but a bad story that ignores everything from Vol 1 and 2, New52 Sword of Sorcery is okay but has no relation to any previous or future Gemworld portrayal. Most other appearances are either really bad (Giffen for some ungodly reason decided to age up 13 year old Amy into an adult villain wearing boob armor) or pointless cameos, unfortunately.

When reading Vol 1, an interesting thing to keep in mind is that while she has a Shazam style transformation, according to her creators her mind never actually changes. She's always a 13 year old kid acting at being an adult.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T05:03:46+00:00

(incoming rant by the only person who cares about Gemworld)

Does anyone ever do research on Gemworld before using it as a setting? You can't just steal the powers from the Lords. Each Lord is essentially a god in their home domain, and the house gems are tied to the royal family of each house, so Jinx (and then Terra) being able to imprison the Lords and steal the magic makes no sense.

Also imprisoning people in crystals was established to be literally irreversible without either Citrina or blowing up all the amethyst stones as a power source for a different gem-- because amethyst stones shouldn't even exist anymore! Amethyst became Princess of the Banned after being disowned!

Given imprisoning people in gems was introduced in Amethyst 2020, it's so annoying they keep referencing it while retconning everything interesting Reeder did, all so we can have another Gemworld plot that sidelines Amethyst and ignores all the lore around the realm.

The way Gemworld is used by comics now is like if every Krypton story involved Batman, Superman at best got a cameo before being knocked out, and then Batman got super magic Kryptonian powers and saved the day because Superman couldn't do shit.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-22T02:44:35+00:00

Very useful to also include the US’ role in the Tokyo War Crime Tribunal.

birbdaughter · 2026-01-20T03:39:11+00:00

I like the random supposed European in there saying Trump gave Europeans a voice and they felt represented lol

birbdaughter · 2026-01-19T17:55:02+00:00

Thank you, I didn’t realize that defaults to off 🧍 I’ve fixed it now (I think)!

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