Q:An assumption? Well, you did ask so here it is: you're a manchild. By which I mean you seem conflicted and somewhat childlike in an odd sort of way. I get the impression you're the kind of person who thinks "sarcastic" is a personality trait.

Anonymous

That’s… a little difficult for me to confirm or deny, really. I mean, would most manchildren say that they are? I doubt it. I don’t think that I am, and I like to believe I have at least some degree of self-awareness about this sort of thing. I don’t think I’m terribly conflicted, I’m actually fairly aware of what I like and what I want, it’s just a matter of whether or not I can get it in the world. *shrugs* I’m pretty realistic about what can or can’t be done about it, I think, too. 

I mean, granted, you have a pretty narrow window on my life- you’re going off a blog that alternates between pointlessly flippant and needlessly depressive at times, so I don’t know if it’s really the most valid indicator of my life. Other people might have a different perception of me than I do, though.

As for sarcastic being a personality trait- it’s a way of speaking. A tendency to use it is a personality trait? I’m not sure what you were going for here. Were you indicating that I thought it was a positive trait, and trying to use that as an insult?

Q:i read the original text before the dumbass OP changed it (after the fact) to its current retarded Back to the Future crap. you got taken in. just fess up already.

Anonymous

Aw, you’re funny, anon. And by “funny” I mean you need a hobby. 

Editing a post doesn’t edit the reblogs of that post. So feel free to go look at any of the early reblogs, and you’ll see the exact same text.

You didn’t fucking read the post. Just fess up already.

Q:"Do you even know what an analogy is?" "It's a thought... with another thought's hat on it." Hope that Community quote makes your day better!

Anonymous

This is one of my favorite Britta lines. So let’s talk for a second about how much I love Britta.

Britta commits. Completely and entirely. No matter how frivolous or ridiculous the cause or topic is, she dives in. She may not stay for long, and she may look like an idiot, but I don’t think Britta’s dumb. I think Britta’s heart is about six miles ahead of where her brain is, and by the time she catches up to think about what she’s doing, her heart has moved on to the next cause she’s seizing whole-heartedly. It’s foolish and it’s naive, but I love that about her. And I think a lot of us have known someone like that in real life.

A lot of Community is about committing. About the characters learning what they’re committed to and whether they’re committed enough or too much. A lot of them are too committed- Annie to grades, Abed to pop culture, Pierce to being young. Meanwhile Jeff comes in completely uncommitted to anything. As the series go on, they need to learn to balance that.

Anyway, that was a meandering ramble. Thanks, anon! I love that line!

Q:When you turn into a vengeful shade, what's your demesne going to look like?

Anonymous

I appreciate the use of “When” rather than “If,” anon.

Shelves. Rows and rows of shelves, with books and notebooks and binders, towering taller than it seems like they should, aisles just a touch too narrow. Too many books filled with symbols unreadable but unsettling, with covers that seem somewhat familiar but are a mystery to you when you pull them off the shelves. You can see more rows through the shelves of books, but there’s never a break to cross over, there’s never a chair to take a rest, and every time you stop, you hear the whisper of pages and words behind you, just at the edge of your hearing.

Q:Which DC villain intrigues you the most and why?

Anonymous

There’s an element to Lex Luthor that I really, really love. I mean, yes, he’s basically an insane gajillionaire- because DC seems to have a few of those running around, right, Bruce? But if you look at it from his perspective, I kind of get it. You’ve got some alien showing up, impersonating a human, trying to push his view of proper morality on society, and using his inhuman capabilities to punish people who dare disobey. I mean, I think it’d be pretty easy for Lex to see himself as the good guy in that situation.

Really, I think Lex Luthor and J. Jonah Jameson have a few views in common. Lex just goes out and fights while Jameson rants in his newspaper.

Q:So that means you won't watch Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? His actions against slavery aren't the main focus but they show small pieces of it for sake of plot.

Anonymous

Well, it’s a little different if they cast it as fiction.

Though a side-effect of that is that it casts some doubt on his time hunting vampires.

Q:I was expecting a snarky response. You disappoint me, Devin. Sorry, I didn't see the first answer. It's strange, I had to have scrolled right past it.

Anonymous

Pfft. I’m not your monkey. I’ll snark when I feel like it. Which is to say when I have the energy. Which is to say when I don’t feel like I’m about to fall asleep in public.

But in absence of my snark, here’s the Doctor.

Q:I meant the URL, but whatever. It's not important. Thank you for your incredibly original brand of sarcasm though.

Anonymous

There was no sarcasm involved on my part, I posted a link in the first answer, so I would have just thought that would have worked. I’m legitimately confused about what’s going on here.