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Emily Shepherd @emi.ly · 6h

This is genuinely incredible.

It's so easy to completely lose one's cool in the face of silly arguments like this, but @zackpolanski.bsky.social kept his wits and made the only sensible and grown up points in the room.

How do the Greens get cooler every time I see them 💚

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Tegan O’Neil @teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 19h

now that I have seen this, so must you:

Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe #4 (Dave Wachter Marvelzed Wolverine-Zilla Variant).

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Fundamentally he cant. Theres a reason I picked him for opinions that will get you sent to jail though. His 1st solo ran 16 issues in 1999. Not great but he got that after multiple minis. I assumed the Bishop fans would be coming out the woodwork to defend great Bishop stories but.....

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

He's had multiple solo ongoings and mini series.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Elliot page transitioned before it was canon on the page that Kitty was Bi but I don't see the connection?

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

You're not wrong but Bishop was originally supposed to fill that gap and him being related to Gateway was an ill-advised retcon.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

I thought up a new one.
Rogue and Gambit are both better characters when they aren't a couple.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, she's canon bi now.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

I need to find the time to relisten to those episodes then. I love Brood Saga but I dont think there's anything in it to compare to the gut punch of Jean's death on the moon and the issue that builds up to it.
Where does Inferno stack up to those two for you? It's my favourite Claremont story.

Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this is definitely a hot take.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Excalibur is basically only good if Alan Davis is involved. But then it's amazing.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

Writing is how poor people, as long as they have something to say that continues to be meaningful, can live forever. Rich people too, obviously, but they rarely have that much of interest to say.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Really? Did not get that impression from the podcast, you were very effulsive about Dark Phoenix. Is it something you've changed your mind over with time?

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gnoahphungate.bsky.social @gnoahphungate.bsky.social · 1d

This will sound glib, but I'm being absolutely sincere: THAT EXPLAINS A LOT

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god this makes soooooo much sense!

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck. A generational loss.

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, Magik is more popular than ever now. Thats why I had it for opinions that'll get you sent to jail. I figured most people would disagree with me.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

I've read it. I actually really like the Children of the Vault as a concept so I was quite excited for it. I found it to be just empty fluff I'm afraid.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea how the inking and colouring could fail so spectacularly to convey that it was meant to be black when they could do it a few months earlier with essentially the same basic costume.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah its different but similar enough that the one in X-Men 1 is clearly meant to be an evolution and not something brand new. Jim Lee is on record as saying it was meant to be black too. 1/2

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

Bonus unpopular opinion, I did always like Storm's short hair look. Mohawk is my fave but short hair comes 2nd place for me.

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Adam Halls @adamhalls.bsky.social · 1d

If you look at some of the earliest versions of it, it's clearly meant to be black with highlights but by the time X-Men 1 rolls around it's really hard to see it as anything other than a white costume with black shading.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

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Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 1d

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Alison @finger-post.blog · 9d

My favourite Jilly Cooper story is recounted in Graham Hoyland's 2013 book Last Hours on Everest. What a trooper.

"We lay in a tent for three days in a blizzard. After the first morning we had each told our life stories, and we lay there gazing at the roof of the tent, wondering what to do next.

Luckily Mark had brought a copy of Jilly Cooper's Rivals, a breathily written romance, and Brice had a penknife. We carefully cut it up into three parts. Mark, as owner, was allowed to read it in sequence: A, B, then C. Brice got B, C, then A, but I - as the youngest - was lumbered with C, A, then B, and struggled to comprehend both the plot and the characters.

On our return Mark contacted Jilly Cooper and told her the story. She was delighted to have been able to satisfy three large men at once with only one book."

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