Owl Liberation Now! @godtierchaoticgay@queer.party

Realised I didn't do an #introduction post when I joined this week, so, uh... hey!!

I'm Linden! 25, he/him, partnered w/ my beloved husbundo @gabdotvee <3

I'm a librarian, would-be author (presently redrafting my first MS), undergrad at Birkbeck, lover of comics, The Mountain Goats, indie games, and making new friends!

I'm cis, ADHD, on the spectrum and type II bipolar. Multiplicities of identity are too wide to cover in one post, but for me it's mainly fandom and being gay and doing crimes.

library cat comes and visits us sometimes, and yesterday we were blessed again by her presence

......must.....write....video essay.......................hynnngggghhh

......................i still really hope we get a season 2 tho ngl this shit is my absolute hot garbage despite all its problems

that said, it still hits my nostalgia bone, it's novel to see visceral gore and human casuality framed within the context of optimistic heroism, there's serious young justice vibes, and some of the story arcs are still legitimately great storytelling, and some of the changes in the show are for the better (but mostly not). i could go on AT LENGTH (but will save that for a youtube essay uwu) but in conclusion, invincible is a land of contrasts. thank you.

in hindsight, invincible has really shitty implicit politics as well as representation, which is broadly reflective of an endemic problem with the modern superhero myth as a whole. dispite kirkman drawing inspiration from spider-man, like disney movies, he seems to fundamentally miss out on what makes spider-man such an enduring, human character.

new idea for a fanfic: kakariko village stories. handsome cucco man, handsome swordtrainer man and handsome pumpkin farmer man are all in a ploy triad together. drama happens.

And like, hffffffffff he's all voiced by J K Simmons and there's all this fanservice where he's shirt gets ripped in revealing places and, no man, my tiny gay heart is completely unable to cope. At some point I will critically reappraise this properly like I did with Umbrella Academy, but this will require at the very least a cold shower.

What's most surprising (other than Steven Yuen getting cast in another Kirkman adaptation whoop) is that somewhere in the last 15 years they realised they've cultivated a gay male audience who pairbonded with all the handsome men, so they gave the main character a gay best friend who talks about how hot Invincible's superhero dad is.

Teenage me would have been SO fucking stoked to know in 2021 they'd make an INVINCIBLE ANIMATED SHOW and that it'd be REALLY NEAT AND COOL. Teenage me would probably been unsurprised to learn that I apparently have not stopped crushing on Nolan Grayson, but I was not expecting this and it is completely destroying me MY GOD.

every now and then i remember this joke and crack up for a solid three and a half minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9kzCnunWo