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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 7h

Dear James Gunn: Please. PLEASE.

An' yeah, I know bein' strong has lotsa different looks, not just this one.

(Art sampled from "Birds of Prey" Vol. 5 #17 by Kelly Thompson, Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, Adriano Lucas, Clayton Cowles, Jessica Berbey, and Rob Levin. Edits: Dialogue.)

In a comic book panel Queen Nubia of Themiscyra is flanked by her amazon warriors. All of them are tall, broad-shouldered, muscular women. Nubia says, "I don't care what gender you are, if you dedicate your life to being a warrior you're going to put on some serious muscle! Maybe think about that before you cast, I don't know, some genocide-supporting waif in a movie about an amazon." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 7h

Is it just body shamin', or is there more acceptable comedy in there somewhere?

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 7h

But on the other hand, it feels a little bit like body shaming? Definitely some of the posts mockin' it are. That's the weapon of the enemy, we don't use that.

I'm honestly not sure about this one. What are ya' feelin'?

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 7h

Hey poozers, maybe ya' can help me out. I'm kinda torn on the whole Trump Time magazine cover thing. On the one hand, it's an objectively terrible picture. I mean, just awful, it really shows off all the most unflattering things about him.

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 8h

Also don't headbutt a fascist unless ya' know how ta' do it right.

(Art sampled from "The Question: All Along the Watchtower" Vol. 1 #3 by Alex Segura, Cian Tormey, Romulo Fajardo, Jr., Dave Sharpe, Jillian Grant, and Paul Kaminski. Edits: Dialogue.)

In a comic book panel The Question, a.k.a. Renee Montoya, is in the Justice League Watchtower sick bay talking to Kenn Kawa of the Challengers of the Unknown, who is in bed and heavily bandaged. Question says, "So, what have we learned about punching fascists?" Kenn sighs and says, "Keep my wrist straight?" Renee says, "Good boy." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 10h

Cops are pathetic in every way imaginable.

(Art sampled from "Poison Ivy" Vol. 1 #29 by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jessica Berbey, Arianna Turturro, and Rob Levin. Edits: Altered panel order, dialogue, and captions.)

Two comic panels. In the first, four stereotypical cops are running forward, stern. Captions from Poison Ivy say, "Sure, I expected the cops to be evil." One cop says, "Oh Grodd... winded after... jogging a block..." Another says, "Grodd Dangit, I can't get my baton out of my belt! Ow! Dangit!" A caption reads, "But the utter incompetence was a surprise. These were the terrifying stormtroopers of fascist America?" The second panel shows Poison Ivy in her battle outfit effortlessly binding up the cops in plants. A caption reads, "Perhaps they only have such power because we don't stand against them." Ivy says, "They are scary... but organized and standing together we are far scarier than any line of sad cowards in riot gear." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 10h

An' I love even more havin' all ya' wonderful poozers followin' me! Remember ta' check out the QR codes on my memes ta' see my other social media pages! I just started makin' TikTok videos again, so that's new.

Love ya' poozers!

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 10h

Facebook's told me that cuz I interact with my wonderful fans so much, they're gonna push me ta' more people! So that'll be fun. More people gettin' angry whenever I make fun a' Batman! My numbers here are growin' too, there's hundreds of ya' now!

I love it, though, it's what I signed up for.

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 11h

It's a vital piece of safety equipment that should be installed in every household!

(Art sampled from "Birds of Prey" Vol. 5 #17 by Kelly Thompson, Sami Basri, Adriano Lucas, Clayton Cowles, Jessica Berbey, and Rob Levin. Edits: Dialogue, tank label.)

In a comic book panel Grace Choi, a muscular, tattooed hero, swings an ax into a pane of glass labeled "In Case of Emergency Break Glass." Within the glass, floating in a green liquid, is Leda, an Amazon warrior, in a breathing mask with devices hooked up to her wrists and upper arms. Grace says, "They laughed when I got an emergency Amazon! Well who's laughing now? Ha ha ha Gasp oh Grodd this glass is thick!" A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 12h

Just remember if ya' replace yer arms with any animal's, ya' gotta moral obligation ta' train yerself in their safe use so ya' ain't a danger ta' yerself an' others.

(Art sampled from "Titans" Vol. 4 #19. Edits: Dialogue.)

A comic book panel shows a frantic Beast Boy in mid-transformation. He is mostly humanoid, but he still has large green hairy bear arms. He says, "I support the constitutional right to bear arms!" A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 13h

I wuz expectin' a return ta' the status quo. I wasn't expectin' Jim Gordon ta' become a beat cop while Vandal Savage is still commissioner, thus becomin' one a' Vandal Savage's fascists. A new low for Jimbo.

(Art sampled from "Batman" Vol. 4 #1. Edits: Dialogue.)

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 14h

Noblesse Oblige is a romantic concept that cannot exist under capitalism, cuz no one who cares about people is willin' ta' do the evil stuff necessary ta' be a billionaire in the first place.

(Art sampled from "Birds of Prey" Vol. 5 #17. Edits: Dialogue.)

Two comic book panels. In the first a bearded, bald man in a business suit and tie is pointing in a strong gesture. He says, "You're a super-rich CEO! A modern feudal lord! There's a concept of noblesse oblige, noble obligation, at play here! Use your power to help the workers, I beg you!" The CEO says, "Wow. You're right." In the second panel we see the CEO, with beady yellow eyes and gray hair piled into a sloppy bun, wearing a robe appropriating Buddhist culture. Between the fingers of a raised hand he has several syringes of bubbling green liquid. He says, "But instead I'm going to do all the drugs! Then steal from my employees!" A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 15h

I love her so much, on so many different levels.

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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 15h

I really loved the "Memento" arc. I loved what it revealed about Bruce's character, an' I love the development it gave Bruce an' Damian.

(Art sampled from "Batman and Robin" Vol. 3 #17. Edits: Panel order, dialogue.)

In three sepia-toned flashback comic book panels, a young Bruce Wayne is learning detective skills with a blonde french detective woman. They are sitting in a car together. She says, "Is zis not ze life, young Bruce Wayne?" Bruce says, "Um... we're staking out a serial killer, sexy french detective in my flashback." She says, "Oui, a soft, sepia-toned French new wave flashback! We shall fall in love, an perhaps ze killer will escape, but so shall we, from our fears and inhibitions! Promise me you will remain a sexy French New Wave detective, and not lose yourself in a ridiculously dark and violent American masculinity fantasy of vigelanteism!" Bruce says, "I didn't understand a word you just said. But I hated all of it." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think, writers like Tom Taylor an' Ram V are doin' so much ta' emphasize Batman's heroism, mebbe I should lay off the guy.

But then ya' get a book like Dark Patterns an' I think, nope. He deserves it.

(Art sampled from "Batman: Dark Patterns" Vol. 1 #2. Edits: Panel order, dialogue.)

Two comic book panels. The first shows Gotham General Hospital, on fire. In a caption box Batman says, "It is the hospital itself that burns." The second panel shows Batman driving the Batmobile with the Wound Man, a man with countless nails embedded in his twisted flesh, in the seat beside him. Batman says, "But that's a poor problem. I have private doctors, and a man with nails in him is much cooler." The wound man says, "You... jerk..." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, sometimes ya' got a spare baby lyin' around so ya' think, there's a bunch a' Epstein clients over at CPAC who'd pay a bundle!

... wow, that caption got dark even fer me.

(Art sampled from the cover of "DC vs. Vampires: World War V" Vol. 1 #6 by Otto Schmidt. Edits: Dialogue.)

In a comic book cover Mister Mircale, only his mask showing above the rags he wears, holds a bundled-up infant high in one hand over the grasping claws of a horde of vampires. He says, "Sure, it looks bad, auctioning off a baby to these monsters, but what am I gonna do? Market forces. Supply and demand. Other capitalist buzzwords. Just bid on the grodd-danged baby already." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

Is this bitin' the hand that feeds me? Yeah, deal with it. Also that QR code leads ta' my other projects, includin' pages on other social media.

(Art sampled from "Shazam!" Vol. 5 #19. Edits: Dialogue, removed caption.)

In a comic book panel horrifying clones of Mister Mind, a green caterpillar-like space worm with sharp mandibles, leap out of everyone's smartphones and attack them. Everyone panics. One man with a beard says, "You know, I am not loving Facebook's new algorithm update!" Someone in the background says, "Yeah, hate the brain-eating worms. But what's the alternative? Bluesky?" The man with the beard says, "Ugh, I would die with only 300 characters. As opposed to dying from the zuckerworms devouring my brain." A caption reads "A Kilowog-core Edit".

Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

Oh sure, makin' excuses, sayin' it ain't really due process, that's one thing. But goin' all in on the narrative that criminals don't deserve due process?

These modern fascists are more gullible than old cult me wuz, an' lemme tell ya' that's a really hard thing ta' accomplish.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

The cult said he wuz part a' the new world order or some nonsense. Yeah, that's right, we feared government power so much that we hated a Republican President just fer bein' part a' the deep state.

So when these fascist cultists today talk about no due process... I don't get it.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

So the idea a' skippin' straight ta' the punishment without due process? Weren't these the weirdos terrified a' the deep state? Whaddya think this is, if not a license fer the deep state ta' do whatever they want, when they want it?

Heck, we hated Bush 1 cuz he wuz former CIA.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when Eric Robert Rudolph wuz blowin' up abortion clinics an' gay clubs, an' our biggest problem wuz that he was operatin' outside a' due process, an' that all that stuff should be done legally through a Christian government.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

an' then findin' 'em guilty a' sodomy or bein' brown or whatever cuz that's what we thought wuz the Biblical thing ta' do.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

Listen, when Kilomin wuz a little cultie, in a cult that believed a lotta my loved ones an' myself deserved death an' that the US would be better off as a theocracy, we assiduously believed that the right way ta' do that wuz by controllin' the courts an' government, goin' through due process,
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

How any fascist can support the end a' due process.
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Kilowog-core @kilowogcore.bsky.social · 1d

So Kilomin's a former fundie raised in a Christofascist cult, which means I gotta lotta insight inta' the fascist mind. A lotta times I can tell ya' why fascists think they way they do, an' why they do the things they do.

But y'know what baffles me?
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