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[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Or a bazooka.

 

Sure, why not? We're already stretching credulity by assuming the Joker sat still for 4,000,000 tattoos of the word "Haha," so why shouldn't a criminal be able to smuggle a bazooka into a courtroom? Come to think of it, why shouldn't every criminal be able to smuggle a bazooka into a courtroom? Those Gotham officers sure are corrupt, aren't they?  

[Kestrel she/her]

The mock AP world exam was a sophomore graveyard. I'm scared for the ACTUAL exam.

[Quiver he/him]

Ya know what? I thought about it. And this costume is great. When you think about it, it works very effectively...

As a costume for the Jokerz.

If you don't know, the Jokerz were a criminal gang from the Batman Beyond cartoon; a gang of youths who modelled themselves after the original Joker.

This look would work really well for one of them; an over the top punk, inspired by the Joker and showing his allegiance in an over the top way. It even works as an original villain, creating an identity for himself through body modification and painting on his bleached-body canvas.

But neither of those takes work with the Joker. They aren't dignified enough to work as the 'iconic look' of a villain like the Joker.

Honestly, this reminds me of All Star Batman and Robins Joker. I would not be surprised if he had a dragon tattoo on his back like that incarnation had.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Ya know what? I thought about it. And this costume is great. When you think about it, it works very effectively...

As a costume for the Jokerz.

If you don't know, the Jokerz were a criminal gang from the Batman Beyond cartoon; a gang of youths who modelled themselves after the original Joker.

This look would work really well for one of them; an over the top punk, inspired by the Joker and showing his allegiance in an over the top way. It even works as an original villain, creating an identity for himself through body modification and painting on his bleached-body canvas.

But neither of those takes work with the Joker. They aren't dignified enough to work as the 'iconic look' of a villain like the Joker.

Honestly, this reminds me of All Star Batman and Robins Joker. I would not be surprised if he had a dragon tattoo on his back like that incarnation had.

 

Dignified. That is exactly the word I was looking for. It's not a description most would apply to the Joker, but he does exhibit an odd sort of dignity. The purple three-piece suit he wore in the comics and The Animated Series, the one copied for Michael Keaton's look, is dignified. It shows he takes his deadly practical jokes seriously. The purple overcoat worn by Heath Ledger's Joker echoes that, putting a different spin on the character. He's still the murderous clown we know and fear, but there's a harsher sort of intensity to him. We get the sense that he has his reasons for what he does, but even if he were to sit down and explain them to us, we would be incapable of understanding them. It tells us that while he might dress like a clown and use lethal joy buzzers, we should fear him. 

 

The tattoos? The metal teeth? Those aren't dignified. Those are the look of a street tough mimicking the actual Joker. It would be the perfect look for the Jokerz, but they're giving it to the actual Clown Prince himself. Ironically, it makes the Joker seem less threatening. 

[Kobold King he/him]

The tattoos? The metal teeth? Those aren't dignified. Those are the look of a street tough mimicking the actual Joker. It would be the perfect look for the Jokerz, but they're giving it to the actual Clown Prince himself. Ironically, it makes the Joker seem less threatening. 

 

Agreed.

 

But you know what would be cool? If the character in Suicide Squad isn't the real Joker, and is actually just an insane prison inmate mimicking the real Clown Prince, who would then appear in person in a solo Batman movie.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Agreed.

 

But you know what would be cool? If the character in Suicide Squad isn't the real Joker, and is actually just an insane prison inmate mimicking the real Clown Prince, who would then appear in person in a solo Batman movie.

 

That idea is so awesome that there is no way in heck DC would use it.  

[ThirdGen]

 

Disclaimer: you may have guessed from my choice of thread that I'm not happy with this. I'm sure plenty of people will love this take on the character. But as for my thought on this image and this movie in general...

 

Come on, everybody.  You just have to... believe...

 

https://twitter.com/macfaulkner/status/592076109266583552/photo/1

[Delightful]

The mock AP world exam was a sophomore graveyard. I'm scared for the ACTUAL exam.

I have no idea how your system works, but I know in Australia the practice exams are usually much harder than the actual exams. Can you get hold of past papers to give you an idea of what to actually expect?

[Kestrel she/her]

I'm not sure if I can. But I have a study book with sample diagnostic tests and essays that are so hard. Stormfather, I hope the test isn't that bad.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I'm not sure if I can. But I have a study book with sample diagnostic tests and essays that are so hard. Stormfather, I hope the test isn't that bad.

For AP US, my teacher spent all year giving us nigh-impossible tests while telling is the actual exam would be much harder. I think I got a 3 on the practice exam. The test rolled around, I was on pins and needles for days....and then one morning during announcements, my teacher reads my name alongside other students who got a 5 on the AP US exam.

[Voidus]

I'm sure everyone's going to hate me for this but I'm one of those people who just does well in exams. I did maybe 20 minutes of study for my year 12 finals and still got over 90%

[Delightful]

I'm sure everyone's going to hate me for this but I'm one of those people who just does well in exams. I did maybe 20 minutes of study for my year 12 finals and still got over 90%

Voidus.....aren't you Australian? Did you seriously get through exams with 20mins studying??

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Today was my foster sister's birthday, so guess who came over. 

 

A. Her friends 

B. A sentient fruit pie

C. Distant relatives who are old enough to be her grandparents 

 

If you guessed C, you're absolutely right. If you added "I'll bet they totally monopolized her birthday, and aside from giving her presents, completely ignored her and diverted attention away from her and onto themselves," you get extra credit. 

 

And the thing is, my parents aren't huge fans of them, either. They like them, but even they complain about the fact they arrive too early and stay too late. So why did my mom even invite them? And why was that reason worth marginalizing my sister on her special day? 

 

There are times when I don't like my family very much.  

[little wilson she/her]

So today, I went to the allergist. Finally. They did a full panel pollen test, which means that they marked up my back and pricked it with a ton of allergens. To be specific, there were 19 types of trees, 8 types of grass, 16 types of weeds, 3 types of molds, and 6 types of environmentals (cat/dog dander, cattle, etc). Then we waited for 15 minutes to see if I would react and what to. About 10 minutes in, I noticed my throat starting to contract. Not getting hard to breathe, but I could tell there was some interior swelling going on, which rather concerned me because I've never had an allergic reaction like that. Ever.

 

It was the grass. You know how I said they tested for 8 types of grass? Guess how many I reacted to. If you guessed 8, you got it right. Anyway, how they calculate allergies is by how big the reaction is in that 15 minutes time frame. I'm assuming it's based on millimeters, but I'm not 100% certain. All I really know is that it has to be at least a 3 in order to count as an allergen. The nurse said the biggest reaction she'd ever seen was 53. My lowest reaction of the grasses was a 6. My highest was a 33. And Kentucky Bluegrass--one of the more common grass types used for lawns--was a 20. 

 

I'd known for a while that I had reactions to grass, but a lot of people react to grass when they're sitting on it for a while, right? They get scratches and rashes and stuff. I didn't really think much of it. Though I suppose I should've, since sometimes my legs will get pretty scratched up simply by walking through a field of uncut grass. I guess that's not normal....

 

On the plus side, I have drugs now. The doctor said it should clear most of it up in 3-4 days, and if I continue using it, it should stop it altogether. I hope he's right, because if he's not, then he's recommending allergy shots, and that just doesn't sound fun.

 

Seriously, though. Why grass of all things?! Grass is everywhere. Why couldn't it have been mold? I didn't have any reactions to that. I'd take a severe mold allergy any day over every friggin type of grass. How does one exist without coming into contact with grass? Is that even possible?

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I'm allergic to grass too. I start scratching like crazy, but it goes away pretty quickly. It's really annoying. :/

 

I had a horrible, stressful and annoying day

[Voidus]

Voidus.....aren't you Australian? Did you seriously get through exams with 20mins studying??

Yup. 

[Kestrel she/her]

Stress has been so much, I've started having insomnia. Been falling asleep late, waking up in the middle of the night, and waking up too early for school but twenty minutes isn't worth trying to get back asleep for.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

"Hi, is (name) available?"

"May I ask who's calling?"

"I'm with (business name)."

"May I ask why you're calling?"

Calamity, lady, I'm just calling to confirm an appointment! Must you act like I want to exchange state secrets?

[Guest]

Stress has been so much, I've started having insomnia. Been falling asleep late, waking up in the middle of the night, and waking up too early for school but twenty minutes isn't worth trying to get back asleep for.

 

I have had insomnia for years. I feel for you 

[Quiver he/him]

Urgh.

 

So, I spent most of today passed out, and my waking moments have been plagued with aches and pains throughout my body, and an overwhelming urge to just crawl up in a ball and wait for the sweet embrace of death/sleep. My back aches, my stomach aches, my eyes hurt, and I feel all around kind of terrible.

 

And it just so happens when I finally have a few decent fic ideas and deadlines I need to get them done by.

 

I repeat:

Urgh.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

To Whom It May Concern (aka THE WORST DOCTOR PROFESSOR RUN OF THE MILL TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF "LEARNING" FROM): 

 

Yeah, I'm addressing my letter to you that way. I don't care if it's "truly cloddish behavior." When you don't give me a NAME for the person I'm supposed to address, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT THAT WAY, YOU CLOD. 

 

Okay, fine, I'll turn off the CAPSLOCK OF RAGE for a moment. Let's look at what you've done as an instructor, shall we? You have….

 

• Given vague requirements for assignments, and punished me for not meeting expectations I never knew existed 
• Answered my questions with a wording that suggested I should already know what you wanted
• Used grade book remarks as an excuse to insult me for, once again, not meeting expectations I never knew about 

 

Let me take you back to the days when I was earning my BA degree, attending a school far less renowned than this one. I had one professor known all across campus for his bluntness. When I had confusing wording on a paper, he would write a big red question mark in the margins, alongside "-.5" for the points he was deducting. A fellow student of mine attended almost no lectures, and this professor nitpicked his paper until he had earned a 0.0. Did he write insulting notes in the margins? Would he have said "Not attending class is truly cloddish behavior"? I highly doubt it. Do you know why? 

 

I'll tell you why. 

 

BECAUSE WE STUDENTS WERE PAYING HIS SALARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Your insults do not pay your salary. Your childish remarks and vague requirements do not pay your salary. I DO! I pay for your house and your car and your stupid sweater vests with every cent of my exorbitant tuition. YOU OWE YOUR LIVELIHOOD TO ME, THE STUDENT, AND EVERY OTHER STUDENT YOU PREFER TO INSULT RATHER THAN TEACH. And that's the thing, Stupid Teacher Man—I've learned almost nothing from your class. NOTHING. I've been insulted, demeaned, and stressed out over all of your vague assignments, and all I've learned is that I'd rather lick peanut butter from a hobo's foot than go into library management. 

 

You are, without a doubt, the worst teacher I've ever had. And I'm including the prof who told me I was only happy the way I was because I'd been brainwashed in that assessment. 

 

Do everyone a favor and retire. You're obviously only in this to bully students, so why don't you just retire and go insult waitresses. At least they'll be able to spit in your food. And they will, Stupid Teacher Man. They will. 

 

You dirty meanieface full of LAME. 

 

Go chase a donut,

 

TwiLyghtSansSparkles

Edited April 30, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[little wilson she/her]

[insert Twi's Letter of RAGE to her Stupid Teacher Man]

 

It's times like this that make me appreciate this site....I'd tell you to give a truly "glowing" review, but it occurs to me that he didn't provide a name. Probably specifically for this reason. You should call the school and figure out who he is. I'll bet they'd tell you, even if he wouldn't.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

It's times like this that make me appreciate this site....I'd tell you to give a truly "glowing" review, but it occurs to me that he didn't provide a name. Probably specifically for this reason. You should call the school and figure out who he is. I'll bet they'd tell you, even if he wouldn't.

 

Oh, no, I know his name. I just left it out for anonymity reasons related to the Internet. The "when you don't give me a name" bit was in reference to a mock letter we were supposed to write, where he didn't give us a name and didn't tell us to make one up, so I used the default greeting for "important" letters. However, the school does allow us to submit surveys rating our professors, and since they're anonymous, are only given to the profs after grades have been submitted, and I'm graduating this semester….. I didn't hold anything back. 

 

I regret nothing. 

Edited April 30, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Kestrel she/her]

Student leader auditions. Today. I tried out for drill instructor and would be lucky to make it to the next phase.

So we get there and get the tryout assignment. Not too hard, standard marching. But I'm still super nervous, to the point of tears. I was in the first squad to go.

Of course, when I get nervous, my ability to curse goes up by like 400%. So as I was talking I would slip the unnecessary vulgar stuff in because I was so scared and guess. Who heard. The director. I. I messed up.

So that didn't help. At all.

But then the audition rolls around. My squad had six people in it. We turn on the metronome and go.

Now, if you don't know marching band, I can tell you that they want us to count outloud. Loudly. Very loudly.

Guess who was the only one who counted.

Me.

Lonely me.

I. I could barely do it, I was shaking so badly and was so quiet. I was hoping someone else in the squad would count but no one did.

At this point I nearly cried. I hated no one in the world at that moment as much as I hated my squad.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

To Whom It May Concern (aka THE WORST DOCTOR PROFESSOR RUN OF THE MILL TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF "LEARNING" FROM): 

 

Yeah, I'm addressing my letter to you that way. I don't care if it's "truly cloddish behavior." When you don't give me a NAME for the person I'm supposed to address, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT THAT WAY, YOU CLOD. 

 

Okay, fine, I'll turn off the CAPSLOCK OF RAGE for a moment. Let's look at what you've done as an instructor, shall we? You have….

 

• Given vague requirements for assignments, and punished me for not meeting expectations I never knew existed 
• Answered my questions with a wording that suggested I should already know what you wanted
• Used grade book remarks as an excuse to insult me for, once again, not meeting expectations I never knew about 

 

Let me take you back to the days when I was earning my BA degree, attending a school far less renowned than this one. I had one professor known all across campus for his bluntness. When I had confusing wording on a paper, he would write a big red question mark in the margins, alongside "-.5" for the points he was deducting. A fellow student of mine attended almost no lectures, and this professor nitpicked his paper until he had earned a 0.0. Did he write insulting notes in the margins? Would he have said "Not attending class is truly cloddish behavior"? I highly doubt it. Do you know why? 

 

I'll tell you why. 

 

BECAUSE WE STUDENTS WERE PAYING HIS SALARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Your insults do not pay your salary. Your childish remarks and vague requirements do not pay your salary. I DO! I pay for your house and your car and your stupid sweater vests with every cent of my exorbitant tuition. YOU OWE YOUR LIVELIHOOD TO ME, THE STUDENT, AND EVERY OTHER STUDENT YOU PREFER TO INSULT RATHER THAN TEACH. And that's the thing, Stupid Teacher Man—I've learned almost nothing from your class. NOTHING. I've been insulted, demeaned, and stressed out over all of your vague assignments, and all I've learned is that I'd rather lick peanut butter from a hobo's foot than go into library management. 

 

You are, without a doubt, the worst teacher I've ever had. And I'm including the prof who told me I was only happy the way I was because I'd been brainwashed in that assessment. 

 

Do everyone a favor and retire. You're obviously only in this to bully students, so why don't you just retire and go insult waitresses. At least they'll be able to spit in your food. And they will, Stupid Teacher Man. They will. 

 

You dirty meanieface full of LAME. 

 

Go chase a donut,

 

TwiLyghtSansSparkles

 

That was truly remarkable.