My Headcannons On How The Flash Fam Uses Their Powers

Rick riordan was a middle school teacher

but this feels more accurate as I am a teenager and if I was percy I definitely would just ignore all the insanity and refuse to process it

OK maybe that's a psychological problem BUT STILL

Let's look briefly at the Coffee Bean in Spider-Man comics!

Contrary to popular memory, Peter's college pals initially met up at a diner called the Silver Spoon (ASM 44, but also 46, 52, possibly 125).

The spread at the top of this post takes a lot from this place's layout. But as newcomer MJ might have pointed out, diners are so fifties. The modern teen needed someplace cooler and edgier to hang out. Somewhere more underground. Literally.

Maps place The Coffee Bean alternately in East Village or Tribeca. The beret and glasses? The lowercase Dante's Inferno quote? The wall-hung guitar? So hipster. Wait, wrong decade. So beatnik.

The OG Bean didn't show up much more frequently than the Silver Spoon (ASM 53, 59, and 82, most notably), but it's the one that stuck in the cultural imagination. I enjoy Tim Sale's take in Spider-Man: Blue with the unfinished basement look and cult film posters.

In early modern flashbacks, the location is plagued by a specific continuity problem: "then [character] leaps through the WINDOW!" from new writers who missed the fact that it's below ground. In ASM Annual '96, JRSr complies by raising the ceiling a level!

The Sensational Spider-Man Annual's approach to the Coffee Bean makes me a bit sad. Dialogue repeatedly emphasizes its unique character and long history and how well MJ knows the place. But it's drawn aboveground and totally generic. (This from an issue with a dozen Silver Age panels directly traced!)

It's not the first time that happens, but here feels like a critical failure of show-don't-tell. The eventual window smash is worth it, but... I'd argue this would work better set at the Silver Spoon (where MJ actually met the gang, old in an uncool way, aboveground) instead.

Brand New Day reestablishes a solid sense of place for the Coffee Bean. Brick and glass entryway, a logo that's less beatnik and more Starbuck, and an interior that reminds me of a Panera Bread.

(If it's supposed to be canon that the new more corporate look is due to renovations by Harry, that's been lost in the shuffle. But it would make sense to me. His effort at impressing Norman with a plan to make the Bean a chain store circa ASM 569 would extend his trend of editorializing his own memories.)

While it still teleports between Astor Place and Tribeca, this version has now had more consistent (and just more) appearances than the original. And, of course, it has a beautiful bank of windows to—

Ah, that's more like it.

The Coffee Bean has become a symbol of innocent nostalgia and a happier past. It was also (as designed by Romita Sr) a virtual bunker: not until 1977 would superheroics be written to take place inside the Coffee Bean. (ASM Annual #11—Romita Jr's first ever penciling job on Spider-Man, interestingly.)

As a silver age icon, the location was physically safe and interruption-free in a way that even Peter's apartments and Aunt May's house couldn't be. The architecture—and how it's changed—has been a large part of that symbolism, underappreciated as it sometimes is.

doodled The Boy

absolutely lost it over this fic by @neuro-psyche so. have this comic o(- (

go read it rn if u also love some Good identity reveal fic!!!!

Styling Percy

I’m all in for skater!percy lol. 

For him it’s baggy jeans and hoodies all day, every day. He doesn’t think too much about his over-all style, but naturally leans to more subdued colours like grey, black and blue. He grew up poverty-stricken, so he takes care of all his clothes and wears them until they thread up and the soles fall off. Also, brand names, like North Face, Carhartt and so on, are valuable to him.

In winter you won’t find him without his comically large puffer. Under it are often wool pullovers instead of the characteristic hoodies, because Sally thinks he looks cute in knit.

Summer and the heat are his death; Just like Annabeth he likes to opt for jorts, but sticks to his tees, however in the New York heat he sometimes simply wishes he could just strip off his skin. He’s got an uncanny collection of band tees that he likes to show off. Every blue moon you’ll catch him in an overall, but in a “cool, edgy and totally not cute” way (it’s actually fairly cute).

His shoes are nothing but sneakers in different variations in tedious colours like white and black. Only exception are his blue converse he got to impress Annabeth (and thank the gods she noticed and made a joke about them matching). Still, his sneakers are holy and anyone who dares to taint them will suffer!!1!1

He doesn’t own a lot of suits, but I imagine the few to be a little playful, cause he’d feel too stiff in a standard black tuxedo. Velvet jacket, oversized fit or not wearing a shirt underneath would be options to loosen up the formalness; obviously besides his signature colours blue and sea green

As for accessories, he’s not a huge fan of bags and only has one backpack, so he likes to carry his necessities (car and house keys, earphones) on a carabiner. Due to the dislikes of bags, he also has mostly biiiig pocketed pants. I think his chb necklace would be similar in style to that of damon albarn, he’d totally emulate his favourite musicians regarding stuff like that. OH ALSO!! He has an ear piercing. No discussion. A piratey lobe piercing. Period.

Every Batfam as Brooklyn 99 I’ve done Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Yup

Just an experiment. Reblog if you actually give a fuck about male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Of fucking course

What sick bastard doesn’t

I’m back from the milk store

SO WE ALL KNOW ABOUT KORRA SAYING "I uh was looking for the bathroom 😏😏😏😏" WHENEVER SHE'S CAUGHT SNEAKING AROUND

So like what if everyone's just thinking she has NO idea where the bathroom is anywhere she's ever lived

Tenzin: Korra you've lived here for 4 years how dont you know where the bathroom is

Korra who was eavesdropping on tenzin planning a surprise party for korra: i-I i dont know tenzin I guess I'm just a wacky kind of gal