this is a thing that's happening [the 100 Things Blogging Challenge]

[dahlia_moon]

{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

Saw lil_1337 and frith_in_thorns doing this on their 'journals and thought it looked like fun.

My theme/topic: 100 AWESOME COMIC BOOK MOMENTS (these will most likely entail 'shipping moments - because BILLY AND TEDDYY KISSSSSSSSS FINALLY LIKE AFTER 12-ISSUES AND TWO CROSSOVER EVENTS PLUS 9-ISSUES OF AVENGERS: CHILDREN'S CRUSADE - but there will also be character moments too and/or individual/group scenes from old and new comics. I don't really know right now; kinda am winging it at the moment.)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I AM EXCITED.

why, no this is not an excuse to talk about comics even more and all the time - well maybe it kinda is.

~*~

Speaking of comics (well kinda), Thor 2 movie news is apparently that a new villain will appear in the sequel. That's OMGGG YAY! Because I am finding myself sympathetic toward Loki the villain in the first movie and I kinda don't want him to be the evil EVERY TIME (like in The Avengers) ? OK? It's like Loki isn't inherently evil so much as he can be a bastard sometimes. But that's kind what sibling rivalry is about? Though with Thor and Loki it's kind taken to the extreme.

I have seen fan comments about how fans of Loki romantice his character and that comics!Loki is an evil bastard who shouldn't be liked. And maybe that's true? I am not familiar with comics!Loki except for that one Free Comic Book Day issue where Thor and Captain America (this is before they join Avengers because they don't seem to know each other) end up in Camelot and they find that Loki is masquerading as Merlin the magician and tricking King Arthur and the knights of the round table. But that's not so much evil as mischievous. And it was a really nice, awesome issue.

I just have a lot of Loki feelings, I guess. (And THE AVENGERS might change my mind about him once I actually see it.)

Comments

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Hi. :) Quick note that I friended you because I'm interested in keeping up with your 100 Things.

Comics are an area that I've always *wanted* to follow but can never quite keep up with, so I like chances to enjoy them vicariously. :)

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Welcome. :D I hope my list suffices in your vicarious enjoyment.

I feel that way sometimes too; between figuring out where to start in the sheer magnitude that are comics and keeping up with them every month, it's hard not to get lost or give up on the whole thing (which is the major reason why I love trades and collected issues in one book though that can get crazy expensive too).

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Hoo, yeah. Trade costs are killer. I think the thing that stymies me most is the crossovers. Even if you want to follow just a few characters, the way they jump in and out of different titles drives me crazy. I have a huge thing for the snarky Johnny Storm/Peter Parker buddy-ship, but trying to go back and find all the places the two of them cross paths is absolute mayhem. :)

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Oh yea, crossovers are the worst. I feel your pain there. /:

I don't know if you're aware of this comm, but there's http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/ (http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/) which is AWESOME. It helps me keep up on all the big events/comics and helps me immensely with what I want to buy.

Not to spoil you on the Johnny Storm/Peter Parker buddy-ship but, yep people there post scans about it too: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3730940.html#cutid1
and there are these scans: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3736787.html#cutid1

(Perusing the tags is a wonderful help in getting caught up on all the fantastic moments that happen in comics.)

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Bwa-ha-ha! Priceless! I only just recently found out about the dead!Johnny arc, but haven't gotten around to anything after his return. That's too awesome. Thanks! :)

(And yeah, I browse around scans-daily occasionally. Haven't sub'd to it so far, though.)

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to seeing what you post. I don't know a lot about comics, but I have picked up bits and pieces since there are a lot of them around me.

[moon-destiny.livejournal.com]

Hope I don't disappoint. Yes, before two or so years ago, I was in the boat of ignorance that are comics too.

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

My daughter is a big DC fan and her SO is into Marvel so I've heard quite a bit in passing, but there is so much context and history I don't have a lot if makes little to no sense.