If Svtfoe Was In Jjk (eclipsa)

"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe in fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/

Update: apparently if you beat him once he’s easy, I did a second play through and he was finished in 5 minutes without link dying once. I’m kinda scared

Thunderblight ganon is the hardest boss in botw

please tell me it wasn’t only me who took a weak to finish thunderblight ganon but then beat calamity ganon in their 3rd attempt

Just a reminder there’s only 2 weeks until commissions close! Still have slots open!!!

commissions are open until feb 2025!

Finished it

A Wip re-draw of the very first oc I ever digitally drew

This is part of a small panel comic thing i was going to do but i cant be bothered to finish it:p.

Mc’s wearing sans jacket cause she wanted some part of sans to be in the picture, (he’s taking it)

She refuses to give it back to him after the picture is taken lol.

He keeps the photo in his lab. 

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OHmyGOD 

DON’T FORGET

I DIDN’T EVEN THINK OF THAT

 what if the intention behind the attacks is the same for darkners as it is for the monsters in undertale. what if that’s why we don’t see any visible scars on Jevil as we do with seam. what if Jevil has no scars because seam couldn’t muster the  intent to harm his best friend. imagine Seams reaction when his best friend removes his eye and possibly a portion of his head (cause we see patches on his forehead )

Quick Critique

So I’ve been seeing all y'all artists drawing past Seam with the same patches and missing eye as he has now, which is fine, cause it’s a cool esthetic, but consider this:

Seam starting out as a whole doll, but getting injured in his battle with Jevil OR slowly falling apart because he lost his will to take care of himself after locking his friend away

commissions are open until feb 2025!

Bunny girl :)

Just an extremely Normal thing to say

Reminder they want to increase the budget for ICE from 3.5 to 45 billion dollars.

Reminder the majority of that will be for building new detention centers.

Reminder ICE are *currently* detaining tourists who can pay for a plane ticket home and people with visa issues that were already resolved, because they have to make quota so Trump can brag about the numbers going up.

Reminder most of these people were already in the immigration system - that's why they were easy to detain.

Reminder this is all at taxpayer expense.

Reminder these are people.