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March 26, 2021
So, THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER.
I think THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER is going to be one of those shows which will have a complicated relationship with comic fans. A lot of people are going to hate it, and a bunch of people will loudly support it, and for the same reason: the show is doing the usual deep dive of the Marvel back issues, only this time they’re mining a different part of the back issues. I legitimately don’t want to spoil it, because (believe it, or not) I respect the right of people who I don’t particularly like to also have their fanservice in peace and quiet. I was able to watch all my stuff in quiet enjoyment, so they should get the same courtesy. Fair’s fair.
Besides, the show is interesting, once you kick all the ideology out of the way. It’s quirky: and I think this is going to be how the Marvel Disney+ shows are going to roll, generally. Which works for me.
The “Red Band for a Reason” THE SUICIDE SQUAD trailer.
Yeah, I’m confused, too. Apparently the first SUICIDE SQUAD is… no more, in the sight of men or gods. Personally, I didn’t think it was that bad, but then: I never do, do I?
DO NOT WATCH THIS IN FRONT OF YOUR CHILDREN UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ‘COLORFUL’ LANGUAGE.
Via GeekTyrant.
03/26/21 Snippet, PIGEON.
It’s in the can! It’ll show up on Patreon in a few days.
Patreon!When we got close enough, I could smell the ghost chilis, and my nose and eyes started to water a little. Gloria made a couple of strangled sounds like she was stopping a sneeze, which she probably was. At least it meant the bartop around Bucko was clear; he himself was too drunk to care — or maybe too halfling. I’m not saying that the sagas are true, but there’s no denying that halflings can pretty much eat or drink anything.
“All right,” said Gloria, “how we’ll do this is…” and right then, I set off the smoke bomb. It did what I wanted: lots of confusion, lots of scrambling and fleeing — and a sudden spike of mental alarm from the werewolf. I heard it say, What the hells? in my head, and that was all I needed. The needle was out of my sleeve and in my hand in a trice (whatever that is); and another trice later one of my hands was grabbing the werewolf’s hair, and the other was driving the needle into its head, up through the back of the neck where the spine meets the skull.
Yeah, that’s an assassin’s blow. If you’re going to learn a trick, learn from the best. Werewolves are faster and stronger than we are; it ain’t never gonna be a fair fight. I’m not here to die just for the look of the thing.
March 25, 2021
Finishing up the FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter short story sampler.
Huzzah! Right now I’m formatting the stories for conversion. Then I will likely spend the next couple of days on another editorial pass-through, compile .mobi/.epub/.pdf versions, and distribute them to Kickstarter backers. Then I cross it off the list, hee hee, ha ha, ho ho, :eye-twitch:
Seriously, I’m gonna be happy to finish this one off. Before deadline, too, and with any luck. Then I can fix MORGAN BAROD and prep TINSEL RAIN. And do another chapbook. And, oh, there’s a list…
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Penny Arcade e-racing tonight!
I missed last week, but I’m looking forward to it tonight. I’ve kind of gotten into watching e-racing, mostly because the stream’s funny. No sponsorship this season, though. I think they did it, and it was fun, and now they’re not real interested in doing it for a while. Which is cool. At least I actually got to do it.
Racing starts at 11 PM Eastern. Link here.
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD coming out for ten year anniversary.
I’m thinking about it. I’m thinking about it really hard. If I can find a Dolby Theater, which are apparently the only places where SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD will be rereleased in a month.
03/25/21 Snippet, PIGEON.
Getting towards the end! If I didn’t have school, other stuff, and naps to consider, we’d be there already.
Patreon!Gloria suggested we put Bub near one door, in case Bucko decided to run with the rest and we couldn’t get to him in time. I went along with it, because I didn’t have a better idea. At least we were geared up: the smoke bomb I had tossed together was safe in my satchel, since you don’t take those out until you’re ready to use them. I also had a long silver-coated dwarvinum needle up one coat sleeve, for the exact same reason. That and her highly-motivating threats were the two things Sal had given me to help with this caper, and I still wasn’t sure which of the two items were more necessary for said caper to succeed.
As we were getting ready, Gloria started to swear. “What’s the problem?” I asked as I kept an eye on Bucko. “He got reinforcements?” I figured they’d be humanoid, since nobody was screaming yet.
“Worse,” replied Gloria. “The werewolf’s target is coming down the stairs. We’re gonna have to move fast, before Bucko notices.”
“Hrm.” I hadn’t taken my eyes off of Bucko; he was drinking away, nice and steady, just like one of those jovial h-words from the sagas. “He hasn’t, yet.”
“I paid the bartender to swap out his gin with gnome ghost chili liquor.” Gloria looked a little smug at that. “He’ll be lucky to smell the fires of the Five Hells, once we send him there. But he’ll look up at some point.”
Tweet of the Day, …Go On, Guy edition.
You have my attention.
#WrathOfMan. Trailer Monday. pic.twitter.com/DzS9hl9YnF
— Guy Ritchie (@realguyritchie) March 25, 2021
Via @SonnyBunch, who apparently shares my willingness to go see Guy Ritchie films in theaters more or less reflexively. I’m really glad to have gotten THE GENTLEMEN in under the wire, for example. Hopefully I’ll be vaccinated by the time this comes out…
