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allhailgrimlock

Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

Currently reading

Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

Love, love, love!

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2015-) #14 - Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, Ray-Anthony Height

Yes, please!   The Thing and the Hulk have it out on Yancey Street - and Lunaella has to figure out how to stop them.   

 

The good news is that this gets her some respect.   

 

Love Devil Dinosaur getting a little more playful. 

 

On another note, I felt bad.   I saw some things about her hair and was afraid it was offensive.   A black co-worker of mine said, 'representation.  I had hair that literally looked like that when I was a kid.'   She was super cool with it, and said she was excited to see a character with hair like hers.   

 

I had this secret guilt.  I figured the fact that Lunaella was such a fully realized and complex character, that maybe hair wasn't so bad?   (Although still can be a powerful message and so some guilt.   Which I feel a lot better about now.)

 

I'm starting to realize that maybe my guilt is my own thing.   It's one of the reasons I've stayed quiet about this: if I'm offended, it could be that I'm oversensitive because white guilt.   I've heard from only one woman of color about this particular aspect - and she was very positive.  (Everything else has been online and I don't really know who's speaking.  I know what they say, and I know anonymous comments online may not be reliable.)  I'm trying to let people of color speak to what's offensive, and so far, it's not.   

 

Which means I can read this, now, with zero qualms.