Caius the Bigger

I just started a Landmine/Cloudburst fic. I guess I still like 'em obscure?

(Cloudburst is the one known for turning down the giant alien lady. Landmine is his traveling companion. OTP, clearly! Or something.)

In other Pretender-related news, my icon is from this panel here. Those are Decepticons Pretenders. They're in disguise! Unlike Cloudburst, one of them actually is into the sexy alien ladies, at least until Circuit Breaker breaks that shit up.

In other 1988 Transformer news, there is a Powermaster partner named Lube. (Yes, really.)¹

So I've been reading through Marvel UK Transformers comics lately, and the other night I was reading the 1988 (according to the filename) or 1989 (according to the TFWiki) annual. Which has a text story featuring the Autobot Powermasters.

Lube's Powermaster partner is Slapdash, who is, well, slapdash. A ditz, as his wiki profile calls him. Lube, on the other hand, has a stick up his ass. Not that you can tell from this story.

Because Slapdash forgot Lube.

With their Nebulan engine partners in place, he and Joyride transformed to robot mode. Slapdash stayed in vehicle form, however.

"Oh no," sighed Rev, Getaway's Nebulan companion--also now in robot mode. "He's done it again!"

"Er, guys," began Slapdash apologetically, "I must have left Lube, my partner, behind. Guess I'm stuck in, you know, vehicle mode again. Er, like, sorry...you know..."

"We know!" groaned Getaway.

Later:

"And even without Lube, you've still got great speed, Slapdash."

"Well, you know..." began Slapdash, "....let's, like, try it..."

And that's about all there is to it. But in this fandom, what more do you need?

¹ Powermasters were Transformers partnered with cyborg humans--well, alien humans from the Planet Nebulos, although Earthlings work too--who transformed into the engines for the Transformers. Yes, really.

odditycollector asked me for ( Five questions odditycollector would ask. )

Alas, I am nowhere *near* as good at Karen questions as Karen herself is, so you should really go ask her for some. And if you want answers, you'll have to wait until I do the meme next. Or provide your own. :)

This is so VERY VERY MUCH odditycollector's fault. I can't underline that enough. Throw the rotten tomatoes her way, please?

Alternately, this is just what I get for asking a notorious crackfic writer for prompts. And then actually *writing* them.

Anyway.

Title: Lovebirds, aka The One Where Cap is Turned into an Eagle and It's Contagious
Author: Caia
Blame: odditycollector
Beta: rabican
Summary/Warnings: Explicit birdwatching. Implied interspecies birdsex. Slash (Captain America/Falcon).

( Did I mention that this was crazy, wrong, and cracktastic? )

Many wonderful wonderful things from DC's San Diego ComicCon Panel!

Highlights, from my perspective:

As the creators ran down the lists of their current work, Paul Dini announced that he is working on a Black Canary/Zatanna hardcover graphic novel, with art by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.

The FISHNETS teamup! With Dini and Connor, who can do cheesecake WELL!

Paul Levitz stood to make an announcement, and spoke about a new strategy for DC to move into direct-to-video animation. [...] The first title will be the previously-leaked animated film version of Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier. Cooke will work with Stan (JLU) Berkowitz on the film, with Cooke providing key art direction.

No further comment needed. WOOHOO!

Getting back to comics, given that Geoff Johns is from Detroit, and Brad Meltzer and Winick went to University of Michigan, a fan asked if there was a chance of the Detroit JLA coming back, Johns said that was his favorite League growing up, but didn't get Vibe. Meltzer noted that he did make sure to include Vibe in JLofA #0.

Geoff, you are ADORABLE sometimes. Questionable, but adorable.

DiDio asked everyone on the panel to reveal one secret thing from all of their books.

Morrison: The secret origin of Bat-Mite.

*awaits the scary crack!*

In speaking about his Batman run and reasons why a reader should pick it up, Morrison said that he's going to be looking reasons why the characters like Batman.

"And Bruce Wayne naked."

Thumbs up to Morrison for male fanservice!

Again, polling the panelists, DiDio asked which character each creator would want to die or come back to life?

Winick: G'nort. I want him dead.

Johns: G'nort, I'll bring him back.

Dini: I'll kill him again.

Busiek: G’nort's puppies.

FANBOYS, I love you so.

My list:

1) Oliver Queen
2) Vril Dox II
3) Alan Scott
4) Digger Harkness
5) Amanda Waller
6) Steve Rogers
7) Sam Wilson
8) Dinah Lance
9) Hal Jordan
10) Guy Gardner
11) Snapper Carr
12) Booster Carter
13) Ted Kord
14) Ted Grant
15) Karen Starr

Your questions:

( Lots of crack under cut! )

Since this sounds even worse than it looks, I'm linking the panels from the relevant quotes.

"My pistol is pointed at your chest! I can kill you now!"

"Or I may kill you--feel that pistol barrel?

Go ahead, Taurey! You'll never get a better chance to get your rocks off!"

--William Taurey, Revolutionary War reenactor and supervillain, and Captain America.

So last week littledarkvoice and I played action figures. I already posted one of the results of this; here are the others.

Plushies assemble!
Action Figures vs. Paper Cranes: The Mega-Battle! (warning: very large image)
An illustration for my fic, Vacationing on Planets with Lanterns.
Lanterns felled (and unfelled!) by the dread YELLOW WEAKNESS!
For fairness' sake, The Terror of Toothpicks! (In which Kyle is possibly attempting to give Jen mouth-to-mouth. Or something!)

Mismatched couples, including:
Hal and (10 inch!) Ollie!
Ollie and Dinah!
MORE Ollie and Dinah!
...and Ted and Booster, with a few spectators (okay, a spectator and a NON spectator).

Not actually mismatched, but don't they look cute together?
Jay and Alan (Sorry guys, they don't *make* Joan and Molly figures--although on the off-chance there was ever a GA Harlequin figure, I need to hear about it!)


And, on a COMPLETELY different note--the Shining Knight, of the Seven Soldiers of Victory, at one point had a sidekick (or "pal") known as "Young Butch of Beeler's Alley"--or alternately, "Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley," as he'd been knighted by King Arthur. Where do they COME UP with these things?!

Reposted and backdated for cataloguing purposes!

Prompt: Eel and Matches. Of course. (Or, alternativey, Plastic Man and Batman. Or Patrick O'Brian and Bruce Wayne. Or any and all permutations of those characters, shuffled around. Readysetgo!)

( The good thing about being Plastic Man )

A little story from Crack Comics #1 that introduced the Black Condor, notable for having reduced the superhero costume to his essence (a cape, panties, and a few bondage strips for decoration!). Unfortunately, the copy I managed to get is lacking in color--however, I figured this story, in its Golden Age absurdity, should be shared.

( Cover, small and sadly mostly lacking in Black Condor )
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The bit where Black Condor impersonates a dead senator and inherits his girlfriend, sadly, awaits subsequent issues of Crack Comics.