I Think I Made You Up Inside My Head

People try to tell me that Superman is simple and naive. They try to suggest to me that Batman’s more psychologically complex stories are where adults REALLY gravitate. And in many cases, they do.

But I actually do think that Batman represents a certain type of naievete. Batman is about trying to CONTROL your environment. He believes that he can STOP bad things from happening. He is forever an 8 year old boy, holding his dying parents in his arms and thinking he can stop this from ever happening again. Batman hopes to eliminate criminals from his world entirely. With his fists.

Superman, for me, has an acceptance that bad things WILL always happen. In many versions, he comes to terms very early in life with the fact that despite his immense power, he cannot stop bad things from happening. That his goal as a hero cannot be to stop bad things from happening, but instead should be about using his gifts to help those in need when the time comes. Sometimes, yes, he can stop a bullet. But he cannot eradicate the darkness that would convince a man to fire it in the first place.

One is about fighting against the dire currents of life, one is about accepting them and trying to make the ride as comfortable as possible. There is maturity and wisdom in acceptance.

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—	Justin Korthof (via cobalt-templar)

I find it extremely unlikely that they didn’t have a threesome at least once.

CBS: *casts Lucy Liu to play character originally written as a white dude*
Brinydeep Catfishbits fans: how DARE they!!! this is a travesty! a mockery of the source material! a fundamental betrayal of the spirit of canon and the essence of the character! Arthur Conan Doyle would be spinning in his GRAVE!!!
Paramount: *casts Bassethound Cul-de-sac to play character originally written as desi*
Bumpersticker Cardigan fans: jeez, calm down everyone, it's just ACTING. i'm sure they just picked the most talented actor for the role! Benny is so talented he could play any role, and the franchise should be grateful to have him!

Goddamnit Doug, you were doing fine complaining about the stupidity of Alice Eve’s lingerie scene, why shoehorn in a “she looks great though!” at the end?

alexandraerin:

ericainchoate:

Some days i think fatphobes are just jelly.

Beach bodies.

clownyprincess:

jhameia:

thegoddamazon:

demonsee:

holly-quinn:

justakon-el:

justplainsomething:

Everything I love about Bruce Wayne.

OK, I’m gonna have to give respect to the guy right now.

/crying

Inside the mind of Bruce Wayne

I LOVE YOU BRUCE

RIGHT THRU THE FUCKING HEART OH MY GOD I DON’T EVEN LIKE HIM

gotta pay it, this is a goodie.

nellachronism:

airspaniel:

nellachronism:

fanficcritic:

nellachronism:

petticoatruler:

thetrekkiehasthephonebox:

The next brand-new original idea from director JJ Abrams…

“I came out of the ocean because J. J. Abrams needs to stop”

” My species is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?”

…you guys don’t seem to understand the concept of “alternate universe”, do you?

And for the record, Into the Darkness was not a remake of The Wrath of Khan. Just because it had similar elements does not mean it’s a remake.

NO BUT DON’T YOU SEE!? THE NEXT MOVIE, THE SPACE!WHALES ARE ON THEIR VOYAGE TO RETURN TO EARTH (EXCEPT WE WON’T EVER CALL THEM SPACE!WHALES OR WHALES BECAUSE LOL THAT’S *SPOILERS*, WE’LL CALL THEM, OH, I DON’T, JOHN MCMISDIRECTS INSTEAD. AND IT’LL BE A *HUGE* REVEAL THAT THEY WERE SPACE!WHALES ALL ALONG AND WON’T EVERYONE JUST BE SO HAPPILY SURPRISED!? :D )

BUT KIRK AND THE CREW RUN INTO THEM IN SPACE BUT THEN THE WHALES PROBE THEM AND ACCESS THEIR DATA BANKS AND OMG NOOOOOOOO YOU SLAUGHTERED OUR PEOPLE THEY MUCH BE AVENGED! SO THE CREW HAS TO RACE THE SPACE!WHALES BACK TO EARTH BECAUSE WE JUST LOOOOOOOOOOOVE BLOWING SHIT UP IN THIS ‘VERSE.

SO THE SPACE!WHALES START AVENGING THE SPACE!WHALE GENOCIDE THEN AND THERE BUT THE ENTERPRISE HAS TO PEW! PEW! PEW! AND SAN FRANCISCO GETS IT *AGAIN* BUT SPOCK SPEAKS WHALE AND EVEN THOUGH HE’S ALL EMOTIONALLY COMPROMISED BECAUSE DADDY!SAREK HAS DIED DURING THE ASSAULT, HE CONVINCES THEM TO STOP ATTACKING!

AND THEN SPOCK PRIME REVEALS THE IMPORTANT DETAIL THAT YOU CAN LIKE, TOTES GO BACK IN TIME TO SAVE THE WHALES AND BRING THEM BACK TO THIS TIME PERIOD, EVEN THOUGH HE LIKE, TOTALLY PINKY SWORE HE WOULDN’T DROP HINTS LIKE THAT ANY MORE, THAT GREEN-BLOODED HOBGOBLIN.

BUT THE SPACE WHALES TERRORIST ALLEGORY AND KIRK AS REPRESENTING THE FEDERATION SOMEHOW DIPLOMATICALLY AGREE TO A BIPARTISAN TIME TRAVEL MISSION TO SAVE THE WHALES IN PEACE BECAUSE THIS IS UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY YOU GUYS, JUST GIVE US A CHANCE.

AND THEN SYBOK RIDES UP ON A UNICORN ALL LIKE “…SHIT, YOU SKIPPED MY MOVIE, DIDN’T YOU?”

………ALRIGHT, JJ, SEND MY CHECK IN THE MAIL; I HAVE GIVEN YOU GOLD.

(…aka I perfectly understand AUs, thankyouverymuch. just don’t try to tell me that something that has the goddamn KHAAAAAAAAAAN AND the glass wall death scene yell isn’t a AU remake/reimagining/fanfiction what if. This shit doesn’t even smack of homage. It’s too overt.)

Dude, you forgot the titillating scene where Dr. Gillian Taylor strips down to her underwear for… reasons. And then maybe has to like, get wet to really communicate with the whales? Yeah, I like where this is going. This seems necessary.

And Kirk has a sex scene with THREE mermaids but forgets all their names and that there was a fourth lady in the tank. YEAAAAAAA. YEA THAT’LL show’em what a hot womanizing stud muffin that man is.

irresponsibleeyouth:

The trick is to not let people know how really weird you are until it’s too late for them to back out.

waiting-for-the-tardis:

isntthatwizard:

But it was, it was a better life. I don’t mean all the traveling and seeing aliens and spaceships and things. That don’t matter. The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life.

#’remember when dw was about an ordinary person’ #LOOK THEY WERE ALL SO ORDINARY #EVEN AMY WITH HER MAGICAL STORY #SHE WAS JUST LIKE ROSE #AT A DEAD END #AND HE COMES AND RESCUES ALL OF THEM EVERYTIME

lindsaur-gor:

There needs to be a code word or something that means “my brain is fighting me every step of the way today and I feel like I’m going to vibrate out of my skin, so I need you to forgive everything and go slowly and speak softly and lower your expectations.” And then we could all just be like, “I know I said we could go to a movie tonight but… tangerines.” And the other person would nod and squeeze your elbow or rub your head and you wouldn’t feel like a failure.