I finally read the The Target. For anyone not familiar with this title, it heralds back to the Officer Grayson days. Dick is setup to take the fall for some dirty cops of the Blüdhaven PD and adopts the identity The Target to clear his name name for Reasons.
I came across this gem:
That’s right. They practiced throwing guns. As confirmed by Nightwing (1996) #33:
It called to mind another gun-throwing identity of Dick Grayson’s.
Flash forward to the New 52.
That’s right, Agent 37. Was is pure coincidence Agent 8 mentioned guns and targets? Or was it an Easter Egg?
Who could forget his iconic theme song?
His fellow agents may have given him grief over his choice of gun handling, but apparently Dick had lots of practice hurling those bad boys.
Finding these references is like undercovering buried treasure to me. I get way to much pleasure from it. Has anyone else found any good links from the old to the new like this?
1. Stretchy bois
2. DIVERSE stretchy bois!!! Jake has a single, overbearing father and his mother passed away, Ricardo is a black teen with two successful parents who are never home, and Nathan is a Chinese (???? Not stated explicitly) teen with a massive, loving family.
3. Scott Menville (Robin, Teen Titans) and Steven Yeun (Keith, Voltron: Legendary Defender) voice two of the three main leads which is fucking amazing to listen to and provides great amv fodder
4. Main black character who used to be in a gang but pulled himself up and now helps manage and run the most successful company in town
5. Sly Chinese grandpa who finds out the kids are superheroes and instead of telling offers them a cover story if they need one
6. Bad ass female characters who don’t need no man (but still date because girls can do what they want)
7. Boys who aren’t afraid!!! To have feelings!!! And one who’s learning that thats okay!!!
8. Terrible humor and making fun of slang terms. So many puns about stretching.
9. Criminals who are only criminals because they don’t really have another choice who are given second chances instead of jail time
10. Really nice looking animation????
11. A continuous story arch but each episode is still unique to the show
12. Overall diverse show??? Like even background and side characters aren’t just white?? I haven’t watched the whole series and so far there isn’t lgbt stuff, but I wouldn’t put it past them.
13. Botany teacher who is WAY too into plants. And everyone loves said plants. Also botany teach is super protective of his students
14. Bois who enjoy some schoolwork but also hate it. You know, like a normal teenager.
15. Side character bully played by Josh Keaton (Shiro, VLD) who HATES Nathan (played by Steven Yeun [Keith]) which is fucking hilarious
16. Such polite bois who say please and thank you to the villains
In conclusion pls watch this show I’m so pleased with it thus far its worth your time I promise
forget slow burn romance, give me slow burn found family. give me enemies to friends to siblings. tired, weary old mentors learning to live again for their plucky young apprentices. heroes sharing apartments after world saving adventures because they’re so used to living with each other. dramatic “oh shit” moments where one gets kidnapped and the other realizes “god, that’s my kid.” i want to sit and watch in agony for thirty chapters while two idiots slowly adopt each other, someone get on it
Epic custody battle for the Elric Brothers. Battle Royale. Free for all. any weapons permitted. To the death.
i can’t believe maes hughes died in the battle
tony: i dont go down on women but i expect them to suck my dick and thats how KINGS live
thor a feminist:
Omg Dick makes his own sound effects
edward elric and the case of the many parental figures
Brotherhood hc: Ed and Al were always on pretty even footing when they were still on their journey, but the moment Al gets his body back Ed starts having watch-the-crib-at-night Parenting Anxiety? In the hospital after the Promised Day, Ed breaks out of his room three times before they just move his bed in where Al is. His three million parents keep telling him "Listen, you need rest too, he's taken care of" & Ed's like "bUT *I* NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM WHAT IF HE NEEDS ME" "Ed it's ok" "NO"
10,000 times yes.
I’ve always loved Ed’s “Only I can protect Al” moments in fanfiction, but it’s true they were on pretty equal footing in canon.
I’m imagining all his parents protesting at first but then realizing that if they’re in the same room they can watch over both of them at the same time.
Let’s start with our favourite kick-ass mother, Izumi.
Izumi opened the portal of truth in order to try and revive her child that she lost in childbirth, and because of her ignorance Truth took her ability to reproduce, unable to have children of her own anymore.
Except, because of what she went through, and her ability to perform highly complex alchemy, she gained two sons. Ed and Al
Moving on to the Flame Alchemist Himself.
Roy Mustang had his eyes always looking to the future. He kept his eyes forward, aiming to be the country’s leader. Truth took away his sight.
Except, with this he was able to remove his tunnel vision and expand his views to see the work that needed to be done in Ishval and devoted his life to it.
The Elric Brothers?
Ed and Al wanted to be a family again, and wanted to feel a mother’s love again, and so Al lost his ability to feel warmth, and Ed lost his leg to stand with his family. They were a broken, incomplete family.
Except, their quest to get their bodies back gave them a family greater than a mother and father. Their family grew to one of huge sizes, whom supported them the whole way.
Truth is one, Truth is all, Truth is God, Truth is the universe.
Truth took away 10, and gave back 11.
Inequivalent Exchange
>Source🐶
The Hollow - Adam & Kai