Stay-at-Home Thread

[rhubarbodendron]

I beg to differ. You can't die of laziness but you can pretty easily die of Covid.

@Kilana2 , I agree about the weapons but many of the workers in the slaughterhouse might perhaps be without symptoms. Particularly with younger people the infection is often silent so that not even the victims themselves know they have the desease.

@USS Firefly I'd like to apologize for those morons among my fellow countrymen and -women. Not all of us are so selfish and thoughtless.

 

[USS Firefly]

I beg to differ. You can't die of laziness but you can pretty easily die of Covid.

@Kilana2 , I agree about the weapons but many of the workers in the slaughterhouse might perhaps be without symptoms. Particularly with younger people the infection is often silent so that not even the victims themselves know they have the desease.

@USS Firefly I'd like to apologize for those morons among my fellow countrymen and -women. Not all of us are so selfish and thoughtless.

Haha I know, I don't hold all Germans responsable for the stupidity of a few.
And every country have a lot of idiots..... even the Netherlands

 

[Nakita Akita]

I'm not sure what more people anywhere can do.
We all can't spend years sitting inside of our houses.
Honestly, if this virus is going to wipe out humanity, wipe away please.
Stephen King wrote a short story about a virus which escaped from a lab....
Life imitating art?

 

[Avro Arrow]

Stephen King wrote a short story about a virus which escaped from a lab....
Life imitating art?

No. There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was developed in or accidentally released from a lab. That appears to just be something some American politicians and news networks like to throw out there without anything to back it up.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-per...tists-exactly-zero-evidence-covid-19-came-lab

 

[Nakita Akita]

No. There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was developed in or accidentally released from a lab. That appears to just be something some American politicians and news networks like to throw out there without anything to back it up.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-per...tists-exactly-zero-evidence-covid-19-came-lab

Well there is zero evidence of evolution either but people still belive in it.
I'll stick with my Life imitates Art theory.
Stephen King was spot on.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Well there is zero evidence of evolution either but people still belive in it.

There actually is evidence for evolution. Google it; it's out there.

I'll stick with my Life imitates Art theory.

Well, you do you, I guess.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

It would be nice if life would imitate art, since in fiction all problems find a simple solution. I just wonder who in this case would be the correct superhero to turn to: Doctor Who, Superman, The X-Men (and X-women! - after all, we have 2 X!) or Professor Jameson and the Zoromes or Doctor Zarkow?

But come to think of it: why are there no Asian, African, Native American or Native Australian superheroes? And where are gay, lesbian and trans-heroes? It seems to me that heroism in the media is both sexist and racist. So maybe it's good that nature doesn't copy it.

 

[Kor]

There is lots of diversity among superheroes, but more so in the comics. Movies and TV are just now getting caught up.

Kor

 

[Gruß vom Krampus]

It would be nice if life would imitate art, since in fiction all problems find a simple solution. I just wonder who in this case would be the correct superhero to turn to: Doctor Who, Superman, The X-Men (and X-women! - after all, we have 2 X!) or Professor Jameson and the Zoromes or Doctor Zarkow?

But come to think of it: why are there no Asian, African, Native American or Native Australian superheroes? And where are gay, lesbian and trans-heroes? It seems to me that heroism in the media is both sexist and racist. So maybe it's good that nature doesn't copy it.

There are a number of them in comics. Marvel's Northstar was possibly the first openly gay superhero. Psylocke and Jubilee of the X-Men are Asian. Warpath a.k.a Thunderbird is Apache. Storm was originally from Africa.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

There are a number of them in comics. Marvel's Northstar was possibly the first openly gay superhero. Psylocke and Jubilee of the X-Men are Asian. Warpath a.k.a Thunderbird is Apache. Storm was originally from Africa.

Not the best example.

 

[KimMH]

N.K. Jemison’s Sojourner Mullein is a lesbian African American Green Lantern who is solving the first murder in 500 years on a distant planet in DC’s Far Sector and it’s pretty good. The art is by Jamal Campbell and it’s good and consistently good. That doesn’t always happen. Brittany Stilwell wrote a Detective-buddy comic about a Sasquatch detective called wait for it- Sasquatch Detective. DC’s Wonder Woman, Batgirl and Catwoman are all being written by women right now.

Marvel’s Ms Marvel is a teenage Muslim girl named Kamala Khan who is balancing school and science club and romance with being a Superhero. Amadeus Cho is a Korean teenager who balances running a tech company and learning to be a team player with the current Champions roster while also being a Hulk. Karolina Dean and Nico Minoru of the the Runaways are in love and fighting evil with their friends including a dinosaur created by the wonderful team of Kevin Wada and Rainbow Rowell.

Wolverine/Logan is living in sin on the moon with Scott Summers and Jean Gray as a threeple and his clone granddaughter Gabby Kinney is lesbian and his son Daken is pan.

Indie comics like IDW and Boom are even more fun and wild.

They’ve got some catching up to do but they’re trying.

*sure Sasquatch Detective might not belong here but I loved that book lol.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

But come to think of it: why are there no Asian, African, Native American or Native Australian superheroes?

Ever hear of the Global Guardians?

 

[Non Sync]

Black Panther, Mantis, Falcon, Cyborg, Blade, Deathlok, Luke Cage, Nick Fury to name just a few.
There's a whole listing on Wikipedia.

 

[Gruß vom Krampus]

Not the best example.

Granted, she has the mind of Betsy Braddock, Captain Britain's sister, while possessing the body of Kwannon, a ninja with whom she swapped bodies.

 

[Gruß vom Krampus]

I realize we're veering off topic, but while we're on the subject, I've been a fan of DC and Marvel superheroes since I was a kid. I recall watching The Super Friends; Linda Carter as Wonder Woman; Christopher Reeve in the Superman films; the Batman movies, with all their campiness; the animated X-Men series in the 1990s; various DCAU incarnations since then; and over the recent decade or so, Marvel Sony, Marvel FOX, Disney MCU films, DC films, and Arrowverse TV.

Admittedly, I didn't get into comic books until the mid-2000s, having collected a number of DC (mostly Justice League) and Marvel (mostly X-Men and Ultimates) trade paperbacks up to 2012, some of which I haven't read to this day. The recent lockdown would have been a perfect time to get caught up, but nowadays I just read the latest happenings online.

 

[KimMH]

I realize we're veering off topic, but while we're on the subject, I've been a fan of DC and Marvel superheroes since I was a kid. I recall watching The Super Friends; Linda Carter as Wonder Woman; Christopher Reeve in the Superman films; the Batman movies, with all their campiness; the animated X-Men series in the 1990s; various DCAU incarnations since then; and over the recent decade or so, Marvel Sony, Marvel FOX, Disney MCU films, DC films, and Arrowverse TV.

Admittedly, I didn't get into comic books until the mid-2000s, having collected a number of DC (mostly Justice League) and Marvel (mostly X-Men and Ultimates) trade paperbacks up to 2012, some of which I haven't read to this day. The recent lockdown would have been a perfect time to get caught up, but nowadays I just read the latest happenings online.

Sometimes I’ll be reading about the newest thing online and hubs will remind me about my reading backlog which remains- backlogged. It’s a good problem to have!

btw Betsy and Kwannon have been split- Betsy is the New Capt Britain while her bro is being held in thrall by Morgan Le Fay and Kwannon is leading a new X-Force team.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I recall watching The Super Friends

God, I miss that show.

True, there were some stinkers (like the vampire episodes where they spread via laser beams ) and the weird Wild West ep (on a planet with a mix of Old West and ultra-modern technology, there's a horse-drawn carriage WITH A JET ENGINE ON THE BACK ) but ultimately it was great.

Especially "Universe of Evil".

 

[rhubarbodendron]

I'd say superheroes are on-topic as their adventures can help us through lockdown and staying at home.
I'm planning to spend next weekend on my terrace, reading up on all the supers I didn't know of before this thread. With a big bowl of strawberries and cream and with my feet in a bucket of cold water. A perfect mini-vacation =)

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Keep in mind, though, all the examples given in this thread are from American media.

There's a lot of superhero fiction from around the world, whether it be Argentine, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Philippines, the Middle East, Italy, not to mention the shitload of Japanese superheroes, too many to even list.

And of note for a fellow German like me, there are Captain Berlin and from our southern neighbours, the Austrian Superheroes:

 

[Gruß vom Krampus]

Of course, there are tons of international titles. I only referenced the American comics. In the Philippines, we had a female super named Darna, who was much like Wonder Woman.

Comic books have been around for a long time, some dating back to and referencing World War 2. There was a DC villain called Captain Nazi. The Blackhawks fought during WW2. Even the Justice Society of America had a run in with Hitler, I believe.