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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.   

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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

Surprisingly charming and clever...

How to Meet and Seduce Dinosaurs: A Guide for the Adventurous Woman - Jacquelynn Paquet

There are still issues.   It wasn't laugh out loud funny, and while it made some good points, and had some good humor, it was everywhere.   There was also a 'let's stereotype the dinosaurs' section, where one section - the brontosaurus - was repeated. 

 

Had it been just mocking the dinporn fad, or that and dating books in general, it would have worked far better.  Instead, there were some weirdly uncomfortable moments where it became social commentary.   (Particularly the comments about human/dinosaur marriage being illegal in certain countries and states, and making me think of gay marriage.)   I'm just not sure this is the place to make that commentary, especially when it's mostly breezy humor.   The social commentary either gets buried, or it's noticed and there's this, 'wait, what just happened?' reaction.   I was kinda in the first camp then the second - it got buried for me, became super obvious, and then I was left scratching my head.

 

That being said, it's very on point, and I wasn't expecting that.  It's fun, and it works because it takes itself super seriously.   That seriousness is what makes the actual subject seem so ridiculous, even more so than it would seem dinoporn could be.  

 

Three stars.   And I was honestly expecting this to be one half, so, color me impressed!

 

And hmmm.... I wonder if some of these tips will work for Dinobots.   Or Dynobots.