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Layman Ahoy

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Writing a Blade Runner script about a Blade Runner played by Jim Parsons who starts as an an apathetic agent, but as misinformation about a fake replicant neurological virus is spread by the government, he develops a strong sense of justice and morality.

#BladeRunner #Blackout2022 #JimParsons

[Context]: An image, of actor Jim Parsons, on the cover of a magazine.

[Text]: "L'officiel", "Fashion Book", "Hommes".

December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

This is so powerful. Great comic.

[ #OneWorldUnderDoom #RyanNorth #R.B.Silva #DoctorDoom #VictorVonDoom #ReedRichards #MisterFantastic #Comics #Marvel ]

[Context]: A screenshot of the One World Under Doom comic issue number 9 from Marvel Comics. This issue was written by Ryan North, and drawn by R.B. Silva.

[Body]:
Panel 1- The former emperor of earth, archenemy of the Fantastic Four, and monarch of Latveria, Dr. Victor von Doom, stands in the workshop of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, as Reed tinkers with a device. "You should know that Latveria without you is--" Reed is cut off by Victor. "Tell me: Are you enjoying it, the fruits of your labor?" Victor asks, casually handing Reed a component for the device.
Panel 2- Reed turns his head slightly and pauses in thought. "..." "...I will say this."
Panel 3- Reed rests his gloved hand on the workbench beside a mess of various parts, and devices. "There was, perhaps, never another man more gifted-- and better suited to be a great and benevolent leader, if he chose to be-- than Victor von Doom."
Panel 4- Reed turns his head to look at Victor directly. His expression is resolute, and stern, but not hateful. "But instead of helping people, you helped yourself. You made fascism appealing, even attractive, you sole it to good people as a reasonable option-- and it destroyed all it touched." "Including you, Victor."
Panel 4- Reed lowers his head, no longer looking at Victor as he continues. "You sacrificed your own citizens to prop up a hollow promise of peace and prosperity, and when you were revealed, you demanded still more sacrifice, more suffering, just to keep yourself in power." "And you have left our world a far worse place than you found it."

November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Could you imagine?

[ #JimStarlin #GeorgePerez #TheInfinityGauntlet #TheInfinityGauntlet1991 #Marvel #Comics #DoctorStrange #SilverSurfer #Wong ]

[Context]: A cropped panel from 2017 Omnibus version of "The Infinity Gauntlet" issue number 1. "The Infinity Gauntlet" was originally published in 1991 by Marvel Comics, Written by Jim Starlin, and penciled by George Perez.

[Description]:
Doctor Stephen Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts, is speaking with Norrin Radd, The Silver Surfer. Stephen stands with his back to the viewer, wearing his large, high-collared, red cape with gold accents. The cape is large enough that this is the only part of him we see from this position. The Silver Surfer lays on a green sofa with a hand to his own forehead. Rubble is strewn about the ground, and Norrin's iconic silver surfboard is lodged in the ground to the far left. Wong, the mystical guardian, stands behind the sofa looking towards Norrin.

[Text]:
[Stephen]: "Such a force in the hands of a madman."
[Stephen]: "A nihilist."

[Norrin]: "It could mean the end of all that is."

November 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

I only recently finished the Dennis O'Neil run of Question, and I'm already pulled back into Hub City's ever-worsening squallor. Couldn't be happier ♡

[ #GabrielHardman #Batman #GreenArrow #TheQuestion #Question #NoFaceGuy #Arcadia #DennisO'Neil #DC #Comics ]

November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

This kicks so much ass.

[Source: The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #6 for anyone wondering]

[ #JimStarlin #RonLim #TheInfinityGauntlet #TheInfinityGauntlet1991 #Marvel #Comics #Thanos #AdamWarlock #NorrinRadd #SilverSurfer ]

Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 5d

November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Yeesh... I'm not a big fan of the artwork in Fantastic Four #5. The story is alright, but for some reason every woman looks identically like a creepy sex-doll.

#FantasticFour #RyanNorth #Marvel #Comics #FantasticFour2025 #HumbertoRamos #Art

[Panel No.1]

[Context]: Susan Storm, also known as The Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, is using a prison telephone to speak to Felicia Hardy on the other side of the glass. Susan is scowling. She has blonde hair, red lips, and a grey turtleneck.

[Text]:
[Felicia]: "Oh, and according to the guards, nobody else went in or out while Teller and I were in the vault."

[Susan]: "And the cameras just happened to be down. Felicia."

[Panel No.2]

[Context]: Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat, is responding to Susan Storm's appearant doubt of Felicia's innocence. Felicia is speaking into the prison telephone from the opposite side of the glass from Susan. Felicia is smiling with one eyebrow raised and her head titled towards the phone in her hand. Felicia has white hair, and pink lips.

[Text]:
[Felicia]: "Oh-- don't worry, Sue."
[Felicia]: "It gets worse."

November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Sequel idea! ♡ When Birdo is cursed, she kidnaps Luigi and it's up to Peach to spend the rest of her night trying to find them! In the end, Peach, Perry, and Birdo let out all of their emotions and cry. Perry turns back into a young Poplin ♡

#SuperPrincessPeach #Nintendo #Mario #Art #DigitalArt

[Context]: An overview of the story for the fake Super Princess Peach Long Night game.

[Text]: Super Princess Peach: Long Night

A sequel to Super Princess Peach where the main villain is Birdo who is cursed by the two magicians who turned Perry into an umbrella.

Birdo went to them because she wanted to be seen as an elegant lady who can control herself "Like Princess Peach" so they agreed to help and warped her into a weird imitation. Birdo kidnaps Luigi to be her boyfriend and her emotions come out as destructive magical powers.

Peach is trying to help turn Perry back into a boy with Toadsworth when she finds out that Luigi has been taken.

After each boss Perry tells a story about his past with the old man, just like the first game, and that makes him Happy, Angry, Sad, or Calm. Peach will show the same emotion and comfort him by the campfire.

At the end, we defeat Birdo and she cries about not being able to stop feeling her emotions, but then Perry and Peach tell her it's okay to feel them. Let yourself cry, or get angry. Don't hold it all in.

Birdo starts sobbing, and then Perry, Peach, and Birdo Cry together, and Luigi runs up and cries too.

This gets away from the idea that it's a PMS metaphor or sexist. It's about allowing yourself to express what's inside you. If you're trans, cis, a parasol, or a plumber, it's okay to let yourself feel what you feel. Perry, now opening up fully (like an umbrella), finally gets turned back into a boy! Perry the Poplin! ♡ The night turns to day as a symbol of change and moving on for all of the characters. The shadowy magicians are still around for a potential third game, but Perry can at least live a normal life going forward if he wants.

November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

I can't believe they made Akira Kogami the rival for the Isle of Armour DLC

[ #Pokémon #Pokemon #PokémonSwordShield
#Sword&Shield #SwSh #Generation8 #Gen8 #IsleofArmour #IsleofArmor #LuckyStar #AkiraKogami #Klara ]

[Context]: Klara, the rival character in the Isle of Armour Downloadable Content for Pokémon Sword. She fakes a nice personality but she is actually mean.

[Description]: A pale-skinned, pink-haired, woman wearing a fluffy white coat with a small bow-shaped zipper tab, and large ribbons on her hair band, and tied above each of her ankles. Her pink hair is voluminous and she has bangs and long sides to her hair which come to a small swirl at the end. Her shirt, pants, and stockings are asymmetrical with mostly purple, and then a green ooze pattern on the right side. Her shirt is a kind of polo shirt. The collar of her shirt has a green ooze patter on the right side except for a single purple button overlapping her white coat. The shirt has a kind of intricate red and white emblem on the front. She is wearing athletic shorts which match, and have numbers on the right side where the ooze pattern is. She is wearing thigh-high stockings. The right stocking has the same ooze pattern over the purple, but the left stocking is a lighter shade of purple than her shorts and shirt. She is wearing white shoes with pink toes, and thick purple soles. She has a glove on her left hand which doesn't cover her thumb. The glove is dark purple on her index finger and for the other three it is light purple matching her left stocking. She has a bracelet on her right wrist which looks like a series of white teardrop shapes connected at the sides with pearls in the middle of each. On her right index finger is a silver ring. Her white hair-band ribbon looks like a kind of white, pink, and purple butterfly with pink rings in thr middle of the wings and purple at the edges. The loose ends of the ribbon have a similar pattern to her bracelet, looking like tear-drop shapes lined up side-to-side with pearls in the middle. Until the far end is reached and it comes to a dark purple point. She is posing with all her weight on her left foot and her gloved index finger over her lips.

[Text]:881

[Context]: Akira Kogami fron the Lucky Channel portion of the Anime series Lucky Star. She is a famous idol who pretends to be innocent, but has a rude, and sometimes cruel, personality.

[Description]: She is wearing a white chef shirt with overly-long sleeves and black buttons on the front and the cuffs. She has a black bow tied around her collar like a Japanese school uniform along with the collar which is white with a black stripe. She is wearing grey tights, and red loafer-like shoes. She has pink hair and green eyes. She is winking, and posing with her left leg up behind her and her left arm stretched above her seemingly in celebration. Stars and small dots surround her.

November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Finally finished all of the The Question up to The Question! It's been on my list since I was like 10

Layman Ahoy @laymanahoy.bsky.social · 26d

Tempted to pause The Question (1987), Legends of the Dark Knight (1989), and The New Gods (2024) to read Batman: Birth of the Demon (1993)

Dennis O'Neil books are so fucking good.

[ #DennisO'Neil #RamV #TheQuestion #LegendsoftheDarkKnight #TheNewGods #Batman #BirthoftheDemon #DC #Comics ]

November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

I love how Batman #3 puts Bruce's judgement into question without implying he is cold or doesn't care. Themes of reinvention also come up again. Similarities between Alfred & Bruce and Bruce & Damian. Riddler relapsing. "Everything old is new again..."♡

#Batman #Batman2025 #MattFraction #DC #Comics

November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

I would write Alt Text for every image I post, but fuck man. I don't get likes and follows for this stuff. I'm writing whole-ass novelizations of comic pages nobody wants to read. I'm gonna let others do that if they want. It's way too much effort.

#AltText #BlueSky #Comics

November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

The Question #30 is so good. The idea of Myra's death freaks Vic out as his love for her and Tot are among the few things he never questions.
As he meets the enigmatic Lady Shiva again, Vic fluctuates between violence and pacifism. He hasn't yet decided who he is

#DennisO'Neil #Question #DC #Comics

[Context]:
The cover image of The Question #30. Released September 1989. Written by Dennis O'Neil.

[Description]:
The Question (Vic Sage) stands in a grave yard. Crucifix-shaped graves stand in the background on rolling hills. One grave stands large in the foreground as a silhouette. The Question seems to be staring at it, but his signature lack of face hides his expression. The tone is solemn.

[Text]:
"SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS". "DC". "No. 30". "Sept 88". "The QUESTION". "O'NEIL • COWAN • JONES".

[Context]:
The 3rd page of The Question #30. Released September 1989. Written by Dennis O'Neil.

[Body]:
Panel 1- A bearded man, firing a gun, shouts "GET 'EM!".
Panel 2- Vic Sage takes cover behind a manhole cover as Harry climbs down the hole into the sewers. Vic Sage says "HURRY!".
Panel 3- Now in the sewers, Harry says "Where's this lead?", and Myra responds "I knew there was something I meant to do when I was elected mayor--"
Panel 4- "--memorize the city sewer system!" "Seems like the kind of thing that would come naturally to any politician."
Panel 5- The bearded man wades through the sewers alongside other men in pursuit of Vic, Harry, and Myra. One of the men says "They're up ahead. I c'n hear 'em."
Panel 6- Vic Sage says "They're breathing down our necks. You two go up the ladder. I'll delay 'em." Myra responds "I can't let you--"
Panel 6- "Save it, Myra. If you get dead, I get dead too. If you survive, I've got a chance."
Page #3

November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Tempted to pause The Question (1987), Legends of the Dark Knight (1989), and The New Gods (2024) to read Batman: Birth of the Demon (1993)

Dennis O'Neil books are so fucking good.

[ #DennisO'Neil #RamV #TheQuestion #LegendsoftheDarkKnight #TheNewGods #Batman #BirthoftheDemon #DC #Comics ]

November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Mega Man Battle Network is the only game I have ever used the blurry filter option for, and it's just because it looks so weird to have pixels next to the smooth font.

#MegaMan #MegaMan.exe #MegaManBattleNetwork #Capcom #GBA #VideoGame

November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Mega Man Battle Network is blowing my fucking mind apart.

It has a Doraemon-esque charm combined with card game mechanics, and a great feeling of exploration.

So many random little nooks and crannies to find.♡

#MegaMan #MegaMan.exe #MegaManBattleNetwork #Capcom #GBA #Doraemon #CardGame #VideoGame

November 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Reposted by Layman Ahoy

🦎nyosart🎨

@curlytsunamiart.bsky.social

happy english release day!
#straychildren

October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

4 WHOLE HOURS AWAY

I'm so excited for Stray Children! I saved my money to get it as soon as it comes out!

#StrayChildren #OnionGames #YoshiroKimura #IndieGame #IndieDev #moon #Chulip

An edited screenshot of the Steam website page for a video game called Stray Children from the independent video game developer Onion Games.

Image Text Reads:

"Stray Children.
Stray Children.
Developer Onion Games.
Publisher Onion Games.
Release Oct 30, 2025.
This game is not yet available on Steam.
Planned Release Date:
Oct 30, 2025.
This game plans to unlock in approximately 4 hours."

The screenshot was edited to highlight the text "This game plans to unlock in approximately 4 hours", and remove sections of the website page for the sake of image size.

October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

Just refreshing the Onion Games page on the Nintendo Eshop until Stray Children is out.

#StrayChildren #Moon #Chulip #OnionGames #VideoGames #IndieGames #YoshiroKimura

October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

The Mario & Luigi Suoerstar Saga Hammer Abilities blew my fucking mind just now. All of the little circles and Xs in the world, and the gates and so much omg. Very clever game.

#Mario&Luigi #Mario&Luigi:SuperstarSaga #SuperstarSaga #GBA #GameBoyAdvance #NSO #NintendoSwitchOnline #NintendoSwitch

October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

I think Harley Quinn is a fun show, but season 4 was less interesting than the others, and I heard they have plans for Season 6. It's nice, but IDK if it's the kinda show I want to follow through another 2+ seasons.

#HarleyQuinn #DC #Comics #Series

October 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Layman Ahoy

@laymanahoy.bsky.social

A new arranged list of likes ♡

• Comics
• DC & Marvel
• OneyPlays
• Drawing
• Digital Art
• Obscure Media
• Nintendo
• Metroid
• Wario
• Animal Crossing
• Pokémon
• Klonoa
• Minecraft
• Video Games
• Sky Whales
• Yoshiro Kimura
• My Friends ♡

October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM