Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
Apparently a recent-ish issue of The Flash made a reference to the “Flush Man” name that the comic was published under in Argentina back in the 1980s
https://screenrant.com/flash-nickname-flushman-argentina-dc-comics/
I should look for the collection of cover scans that an Argentine Flash fan sent me ages ago!
I haven’t watched it, but apparently the big villain in the 4-parter is…
Cobalt Blue.
CBR describes him as a “classic Flash villain” and “iconic.”
https://www.cbr.com/the-flash-cobalt-blue-set-photos/
I’ve been out of the fandom for a while, but back in the late 90s early 2000s there was a large contingent of Flash fans (specifically Barry Allen fans) who HATED the character. Mostly because in the comics he was Barry’s separated-at-birth twin.
I find this hilarious. Even if it’s just the fact that we’re still in the 1990s phase of the nostalgia cycle, the idea that Cobalt Blue is worth using for a TV series finale? Never would have occurred to people back in the day.
And TBH I kind of feel vindicated for the blog post I wrote back in 2008 arguing that if the character had been introduced back in the Silver Age, he *would* have been a classic.
I guess now he is!?
Kind of wish I hadn’t deleted that CobaltBluePrime handle on Twitter back in November. It would’ve been perfect to bring it back and post “AT LAST MY TIME HAS COME” or something like that.
(I set it up for a 2011 April Fools’ joke where the blog was rebranded as Cobalt Blue Online for the day and we posted a bunch of Cobalt Blue-themed articles)
Though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, this is the show that successfully transformed Vibe into a beloved character!
#TheFlash vs. the atomic banana peel.
Apparently from Justice League of America #154, May 1978. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that bronze-age #comics could be as goofy as the silver-age ones.
Watched the episode where Rosso becomes Bloodwork. His moment of transformation: He realizes that the blood supply he’s using lacks epinephrine, so he needs to get it from scared people, which means he has to kill them, and he’s willing to do that to stay alive.
COME ON.
He’s a doctor. He can buy epinephrine by the gallon if he wants, cheaply. (Most of the cost of epinephrine auto-injectors is the device. And greed.)
Story done.
My suspension of disbelief works a lot better with wild and crazy tech/magic/”science” like dark matter, super-speed, multiverse teleportation and so on than with something that they try to make “realistic” but completely miss.
I feel like I ought to write something for @SpeedForce
about what’s going on with Heroes in Crisis and The Flash, but unlike anger, severe disappointment just isn’t motivating.
Fortunately, Ed wrote something better than I could have, and broadened it to the way Heroes in Crisis is handling mental illness as compared to The Unstoppable Wasp.
“Heroes In Crisis” vs “Unstoppable Wasp” and a Look at Mental Illness
Just a few Flashes (and a Rainbow Raider) who I saw at WonderCon this year. There were a bunch more, including a TV Barry/Iris couple, a Jedi Flash, and more.
These are just the ones who slowed down long enough for me to take a photo! 🙂 Check out my full cosplay gallery on Flickr:
#Cosplay #WonderCon #WonderCon2019 #TheFlash #KidFlash #RainbowRaider #BlackFlash
Photo taken at: Wondercon
Golden Age Flash and Reverse Flash at @wondercon ! #TheFlash #cosplay #JayGarrick #ReverseFlash #WonderCon2019 #WonderCon
Photo taken at: Wondercon
The #RainbowRaider steals priceless art at #WonderCon2019 !
#Cosplay #TheFlash #comics #rogues @wondercon #WonderCon
I haven’t been able to bring myself to open an issue of The Flash since I saw the list of casualties in Heroes In Crisis #1. I’ve been buying them. I’ve picked the next one up a couple of times to read it. But I just haven’t been able to do it.
I’m getting close to the why-are-you-buying-it-if-you-aren’t-reading-it point.
Spotted at Box Lunch.
#reintroductions #introductions Hello, my name is Kelson. I’m a computer programmer in the #LosAngeles area. I like #scifi, #fantasy & #comics (behind on a lot, keeping up w/ #TheFlash, Saga & #JessicaJones). I tend to talk about #webdevelopment and #tech, and I still have a #blog.
I also talk about #books at [edit: @KelsonReads@Bookwyrm.social ] & post scenic #photography at @kelsonv
I caught up on Flash War and its aftermath. I feel like it could have been epic, but ultimately was just a way to break up the Flash family and set up the new Forces.
That’s a problem I’m having with DC Comics lately: Stories don’t feel like they start from the characters and new threats picking up where the previous story left off, they feel like they’re working backward from where everything needs to be to set up the next story and finding a way to get there.
It’s been like that for a while. It was a problem with Flash: Rebirth, with Countdown, with Full Throttle. I sort of feel like the early New 52 escaped the problem and built more organically, at least some of the books I was reading. But those kept getting cancelled.
If you compare Final Crisis to Metal, they’re both similar in structure: cosmic threat turns earth into a nightmare between panels, the heroes seek help from the multiverse to restore the world. But Final Crisis *finishes.* Metal sets up the alloys, the Challengers & Hawks, the crack in the Source Wall. It’s more like COIE in the way it works hard to set things up for the coming year(s) of stories.
Caught up on some Marvel/DC #comics this week:
#JessicaJones got a nice send-off. Need to find time to watch season 2 of the show, looking forward to the comic returning after break.
#TheFlash still feels like they’re shaking things up every few issues just to shake things up, but it’s beginning to look like they might be going somewhere with it.
Dropping Titans. It had potential, but the team depends on character dynamics, and they’ve run those into the ground.
#introductions time! I’m an LA-area programmer, #scifi / #comics / #fantasy fan & hobbyist photographer. I’ve been @kelsonv for a while, but I keep meaning to look for a more specific instance for fandom-related discussions. It looks like this might be it?
Watching #iZombie, #TheFlash & #TheMagicians, way behind on a bunch of other shows. Favorite comics ATM are #Saga & #AstroCity.
In the middle of re-reading all of #LesMiserables, currently on the chapters introducing Marius.
It’s weird how it hides the instance name…my other accounts are on mastodon.social (my main one) and photog.social (my photography). Maybe I should’ve picked different usernames as well just for clarity?
Photo taken at: Wondercon
Kara Danvers and the Flash at WonderCon
Full gallery is going up at Flickr.com/KelsonV
#WonderCon2018 #cosplay #karadanvers #theflash #barryallen #wondercon #supergirl #wca2018
There we go, the perfect coffee mug for a convention day!
Photo taken at: Wondercon
#TBT to the Flashes of #WonderCon 2017! I saw a lot of amazing Flash cosplayers last year at WonderCon!
Keep an eye out for photos from this year’s convention, coming up this weekend. The rain should be over by then.
I’ve tried to identify as many of the cosplayers as possible. Please correct me if I’ve made any errors! ? as Jay Garrick
@sylviaslays as DC Bombshells Flash/Jesse Quick
@photo__rn as CW Jay Garrick
? as DC Bombshells Flash/Jesse Quick
In the CW group: ? as Harrison Wells
? as Flash/Barry Allen
@findnjewels as Jesse Quick
@new_element_studios as Kid Flash
@zyusouken85 as movie Flash
@vigilantecosplay as Reverse Flash
@amariariana as Flash
@new_element_studios as movie Flash
@zyusouken85 as movie Flash
? as sparkly Flash
#TheFlash #cosplay #BarryAllen #JesseQuick #JayGarrick #WonderCon2017 #DCBombshells #JusticeLeague #ReverseFlash #TheFlashCosplay #ReverseFlashCosplay #JayGarrickCosplay #BarryAllenCosplay #JesseQuickCosplay
Realized just why I feel so detached from current #TheFlash comics.
Long series can be:
– Static: You have a handle on the status quo & follow stories within it.
– Dynamic/Illusion of Change: Things change superficially, balancing familiarity with novelty.
– Dynamic/Progression: Things change, and you can get attached to the characters’ journey.
– Dynamic/Churn: Things change so fast you can’t get your bearings.
I was a fan of 20 years of progression. A decade of churn has left me exhausted.
I can’t remember two things about New 52 Wally West:
1. Did they confirm his mother died in Forever Evil, or is she still presumed dead?
2. He didn’t know Daniel was his father. Did he think Rudy was? So before classic Wally vanished, did they think they were half-brothers?
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Wally I has history w/the Titans & Iris in this timeline from before Kadabra grabbed him. Wally II doesn’t remember him, but if he thought Rudy was his dad, they would’ve at least known of each other as half brothers, not cousins, even if he lived w/his mom.
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I imagine naming Rudy might’ve been a convenient fiction since Daniel was so young, but it would still have made for awkward family interactions, since Rudy was married and already had a kid. It really makes me wonder what arrangements were made among the Wests & Wally’s mom.
Also: Wally 2 was really upset that his father never acknowledged him as his son. But Daniel visited him. If he grew up thinking Rudy was his dad, but never met Wally 1, he must’ve felt abandoned by his dad.
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Looked it up: DCU Rebirth established the 2 Wallys had never met. Flash #9, they meet both masked & unmasked, but Wally 1 didn’t give his name. Also Wally 2 learns Daniel was his dad. Sins of the Father established Daniel was around, just pretending to be his uncle…and in The Lazarus Contract, Wally 2 learns who Wally 1 is. So that brings us to the Flash Annual status where both Wallys & Barry know who they all are.
But I still wonder about the West family dynamics.
I stopped when I got to #20, but didn’t see Wally 2 confronting Iris about her hiding Daniel’s relationship to him. It probably happened after he argued with Barry, but I didn’t see it.
Unspoken: how much did race factor into Wally 2 never meeting the West side of his family?
Photo taken at: Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center
#SDCC #TBT! @casualcosplaykatie & Speed Force’s own @kelsonv as Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick & Yomiko Readman aka The Paper from Read or Die, at Comic Con International in 2009.
Sadly, we don’t have anyone on site at #ComicCon this year. We’re following along online with everyone else! (We’ve posted this a couple of times, so I thought I’d try some post-processing using AfterFocus to blur the background. Not bad, though the edges are a little sharp.)
NOTE: The original photo is on K2R, Flickr and Speed Force. Need to see if I’ve used (or at least saved!) the background-blurred version anywhere already.