all i wanted was a fucking pepsi

[musesfool]

so much work! bah! also, I have a meeting at 4 pm today. Who schedules a meeting at 4 pm on a Friday? Who even does that? pfui!

So in between writing up the minutes and putting together the agenda for our next board meeting, I am going to talk to you about Blue Beetle, because few things have made me as purely happy as reading this series has. I

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[mousapelli]

I would 100% love to read this after nano is over. I think at one point in college i won a blue beetle action figure in a raffle and it sat on my desk for a long time, but I wonder if I maybe lost it in the move.

[musesfool]

I meant to tell you last night, I think you would TOTALLY DIG this series.

[roga]

Jamieeeeee :D The only two fics I remember are the one where Tim meets the parents and the one where Jamie and Milagro have ice cream, but I remember really enjoying them both.

[musesfool]

Thank you for the links!

&Jaime;!

[storm_of_roses]

I would dearly love to read this; it seems like something I'd enjoy! How might I get ahold of it?

[musesfool]

I hope my PM was helpful - it's totally worth reading.

[madripoor_rose]

Blue Beetles are always awesome.

There's a handful of shortish fic at Boostle: my recs are:

The More They Stay The Same:
Jaime's evil alternate self isn't quite as fearsome as advertised.

http://community.livejournal.com/boostle/445795.html

Like Father, Like Son:
The Reyes Family.

http://idiosyn.livejournal.com/125645.html#cutid1

Homemade Traditons:
mother's day doesn't exactly translate.

http://idiosyn.livejournal.com/125850.html#cutid1

Teen Mom:
Jaime is so the 'mom.'

http://idiosyn.livejournal.com/121557.html#cutid1

[musesfool]

Thanks for the recs!

[dotificus]

::makes a note to read Blue Beetle::

Vic, have you read Joss's Astonishing X-Men? Really fun and engaging and the art is easy to follow.

[spectralbovine]

The art may be easy to follow, but I found the story hard to follow since it was so dependent on Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, which I hadn't read. I had to consult Wikipedia, and then I got Wikispoiled. That may have only been the second trade, though. The others are pretty good.

[dotificus]

Huh! I don't think I'd read any of the Grant Morrison New X-Men yet when I read Astonishing and I didn't have that trouble.

But I just read The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite due to a rec from you, and I DID find that story hard to follow. Some of the art, too. But I liked it, even though it confuzzled me in places.

[spectralbovine]

Dallas is even crazier! I love UA. Gerard Way is clearly a huge Grant Morrison fan.