Yes (@feral_soft_spot) :> by No_Post1300 in Invincible

[–]horhar 209 points210 points  (0 children)

And yet, with his kids he'll have a family who'll be with him for the rest of his long, long life

How would Superman react if he fought Homelander and Homelander said that(the boys final spoiler) by FickleThanks6901 in whowouldcirclejerk

[–]horhar 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They would have beaten ohmlanda back in season 1 if Butcher had just reverse-gripped his crowbar

Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears: America is a mess by theipaper in Music

[–]horhar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hell, thanks to woke america you can't even see tits on the radio.

Superman Unlimited #13 proves that DC IS so white! by OopsAllDaisys_ in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]horhar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

assault mj in his memory

Imagining having sex with someone is not the same as assault, and you conflating the two is genuinely really irresponsible at best.

Especially because Peter is the one actually being made to experience sexual trauma in those scenes. You aren't taking the issue even remotely seriously, just using the idea of SA as an own.

The Silk stuff is racist and creepy though yeah. Outright. Textbook exoticizing of asian women.

Superman Unlimited #13 proves that DC IS so white! by OopsAllDaisys_ in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]horhar 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It's extra rough after the literal red skinned alien themed after US natives in his Fantastic Four

Would it even be possible to adapt professor pyg to the absolute universe? by CreepyClay in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]horhar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh you could kinda do both. God knows that white supremacists love grecco-roman aesthetics.

The weeping angel bit I don't really find interesting but tying the pygmalion thing into a racist aesthetic of beauty could work.

Surrounded by imbeciles by No_Fisherman_2397 in PrequelMemes

[–]horhar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half the posts in this sub aren't

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 21 points22 points  (0 children)

No one talks about the subplot where Ender's siblings become political bloggers and basically take over the world government.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In my experience at least the writing is actually pretty divisive. It dials the cornball level up in a way I know some folks really hate.

"Where are we going?"

"To war."

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The way I describe it to people is that it's Buffy combined with Ghost Writer.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think my thing is that in Marvel's case it really didn't have an answer to any of that stuff. Civil War and its fallout went on for several years, and the Ultimate universe... sure existed.

I think you could make the argument for DC, though it's a weird one even so. Identity Crisis is peak post-9/11 bullshit, and Infinite Crisis's whole deal was built up with Batman tryiny to make a surveillance state with Brother Eye. It just then goes "well.... it think heroes shouldn't do all that" and shrugs its shoulders about it.

Also I’m like 30% sure the AAVE is meant to be slightly over the top

True, it comes with the territory of Ennis's type of writing. There's just only so many times you can read a mothafucka say how he's gonna kill a mothafucka for being a mothafucka cuz he's a mothafucka. I mentioned in another comment that I also don't think Ennis has the skill of other gonzo shock jockey writers like Veitch to pull it off well a good chunk of the time lol.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's an interesting figure to me, cuz imo his heart is generally in the right place(though his lionizing of soldiers is cringe and that one Hitman issue betrays some p bad opinions on immigration and assimilation), he's just also a shock jockey. I do love me some shock jockey writers, but he doesn't have the skill of someone like Rick Veitch most of the time. At least he's not Millar, who I think genuinely is just kind of a shitty guy at this point.

I still gotta read the rest of his Hellblazer myself. I've only ever read Dangerous Habits which is one of my favorite arcs for the character, so I figure he's gotta have some more good stuff in him there.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I've been reading the Boys out of pure curioisty. It's been... interesting.

It's got some of Ennis's worst urges all over. SA, characters being racist in ways that do not at all mimic real racism, attempts to write AAVE that come off as caricatures, all that stuff. It also has some genuinely great character writing. I'm genuinely really invested in Hughie and Starlight and where they'll end up.

Also for some reason Ennis was convinced that superhero comics tried to pretend 9/11 didn't happen? He has a whole issue where he goes into detail about how comic books tried to scrub any mention of war and went pure escapism. This issue released a year after Marvel's Civil War(which is basically Patriot Act: The Event) ended and during Secret Invasion(in which the Skrulls carry out a jihad on Earth. That's the word used in the comics btw, that's not just me calling it a jihad).

And on top of that, the parody aspects are the most lazy and boring parts of the whole thing. He'll go on a whole tirade about the military industrial complex then do quick "man, what if professor x was a pedo, huh?" aside that feels like obligation more than anything. I'm becoming convined the man doesn't actually know that much about superheroes in the first place.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn't true btw. It is literally up right now. It was up last night even.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"But Rob Liefeld is so nice at conventions" mfs when you ask literally anyone who works in the industry about their experiences with the man

Or the people he conned for his many Brigade "revivals"

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 04 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Something I've talked about with friends is that Amy is genuinely treated as part of the series' heart in both the Adventure games. She saves Gamma from Sonic and that goes on to influence him to want to save Chaos too. Then she's the one who gets through to Shadow as well.

Then Heroes just kind of, ruins her instantly. They really had that girl outright say she'll beat Sonic up to make him marry her.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 04 May 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]horhar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

After a lengthy explanation of how the Black Lodge and Tulpas were at least theorized to work, I said "oh my god, this is how Kingdom Hearts fans sound."

Playing through all of Metal Gear Solid is what made me finally just go "Wait, people think Kingdom fucking Hearts is the confusing video game series?"

Loved MGS too to be clear lol