Easily avoidable Domino Effect post.
I am being regrettably turtle-esque in my speed in settling back into the LJ saddle (is anyone really surprised? *rolls eyes at self*). (Confession: after a months-long unsettlingly untenable relationship with writing, which was oddly challenging to my internal balance, words are letting me play with them again. So a lot of my alleged Free Time has been going in that direction this past week or two; kinda afraid to lose momentum in case my entire ability to work on anything vanishes again.)
But, meanwhile, I wish to do my part in WTF Is This Life Anyway diversionary tactics (yay Sallymn who does this all the time in wonderful ways even when the entire fabric of society hasn't ground to a disconcerting almost-halt). It seems I am the unfortunate (for y'all) possessor of a vast store of silliness and weirdery that makes me laugh (or smile or groan - or hang my head in shame, but what the hell), and inflicting some of it upon a self-isolated world... well, why the heck not? :-)
Hence, I shall attempt to resurrect last summer's Domino Effect posts. Maybe even regularly for a bit? Eh. We'll see.
This one's a bit odd, but I was in the mood for superheroes, and ended up with Superhero Odds 'n Ends. Apparently. :-)
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"If I could be a superhero, I think I’d be Aluminum Man*. My superpower would be foiling crime."
* or, you know, Aluminum Person
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Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s SuperBaldBadGuy? Superman was originally supposed to be a bald character who was evilly obsessed with dominating the world. (Lex Luthor later stepped into that role.)
It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Wolverine was originally, wait for it... The Badger! Fearsome, yes?
No bats in this guy’s belfry. Okay, maybe there are bats, but they’re very smart bats. Bruce Wayne has an IQ of 192, beating out both Stephen Hawking (160) and Albert Einstein (160).
Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist...inline skater? In the early
editions of Iron Man, Tony Stark’s boots could turn into roller skates.
This just seems weird. Doesn’t it seem weird? Why would you want to make your heartbeat sound louder? It’s not like he needs to have a backup plan for his cardiologist in case there’s no stethoscope handy. Superman has complete control over his heart, allowing him to stop it from beating or make it beat louder.
Although apparently he mostly likes saying the name, because that’s just the way he is. Deadpool once survived a zombie apocalypse in a Mexican restaurant by falling into a food coma after he gorged on chimichangas.
Vampires + blood enhanced by the super-soldier serum? Can anybody spell really, really bad idea? When Hydra invaded Transylvania, Captain America teamed up temporarily with Dracula.
There really is a Marvel universe. And we’re living in it. Marvel side-stepped a law that raised taxes on toys that are based on humans by claiming the X-Men toys were based on mutants, not humans.
Kryptonite has a backstory. Who knew? Kryptonite made its debut as Superman’s deadly weakness way back in 1943, on the radio show The Adventures of Superman. Why did this happen, you ask? The voice actor who played Superman needed a vacation, and introducing kryptonite allowed the show to use a stand-in who could just moan weakly in pain until the original actor returned from his trip.
To Hulk or not to Hulk, that is the question. Edward Norton played Bruce Banner (aka The
Hulk) in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, and he was originally supposed to come back for the first
Avenger movie. But negotiations with Marvel Studios broke down, and his close friend Mark
Ruffalo took over. “The way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me,” Ruffalo said. “I look at it as my generation’s Hamlet.”
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But, meanwhile, I wish to do my part in WTF Is This Life Anyway diversionary tactics (yay Sallymn who does this all the time in wonderful ways even when the entire fabric of society hasn't ground to a disconcerting almost-halt). It seems I am the unfortunate (for y'all) possessor of a vast store of silliness and weirdery that makes me laugh (or smile or groan - or hang my head in shame, but what the hell), and inflicting some of it upon a self-isolated world... well, why the heck not? :-)
Hence, I shall attempt to resurrect last summer's Domino Effect posts. Maybe even regularly for a bit? Eh. We'll see.
This one's a bit odd, but I was in the mood for superheroes, and ended up with Superhero Odds 'n Ends. Apparently. :-)
~~~~
"If I could be a superhero, I think I’d be Aluminum Man*. My superpower would be foiling crime."
* or, you know, Aluminum Person
~~~~
Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s SuperBaldBadGuy? Superman was originally supposed to be a bald character who was evilly obsessed with dominating the world. (Lex Luthor later stepped into that role.)
It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Wolverine was originally, wait for it... The Badger! Fearsome, yes?
No bats in this guy’s belfry. Okay, maybe there are bats, but they’re very smart bats. Bruce Wayne has an IQ of 192, beating out both Stephen Hawking (160) and Albert Einstein (160).
Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist...inline skater? In the early
editions of Iron Man, Tony Stark’s boots could turn into roller skates.
This just seems weird. Doesn’t it seem weird? Why would you want to make your heartbeat sound louder? It’s not like he needs to have a backup plan for his cardiologist in case there’s no stethoscope handy. Superman has complete control over his heart, allowing him to stop it from beating or make it beat louder.
Although apparently he mostly likes saying the name, because that’s just the way he is. Deadpool once survived a zombie apocalypse in a Mexican restaurant by falling into a food coma after he gorged on chimichangas.
Vampires + blood enhanced by the super-soldier serum? Can anybody spell really, really bad idea? When Hydra invaded Transylvania, Captain America teamed up temporarily with Dracula.
There really is a Marvel universe. And we’re living in it. Marvel side-stepped a law that raised taxes on toys that are based on humans by claiming the X-Men toys were based on mutants, not humans.
Kryptonite has a backstory. Who knew? Kryptonite made its debut as Superman’s deadly weakness way back in 1943, on the radio show The Adventures of Superman. Why did this happen, you ask? The voice actor who played Superman needed a vacation, and introducing kryptonite allowed the show to use a stand-in who could just moan weakly in pain until the original actor returned from his trip.
To Hulk or not to Hulk, that is the question. Edward Norton played Bruce Banner (aka The
Hulk) in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, and he was originally supposed to come back for the first
Avenger movie. But negotiations with Marvel Studios broke down, and his close friend Mark
Ruffalo took over. “The way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me,” Ruffalo said. “I look at it as my generation’s Hamlet.”
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