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claudie (flirting with modernism) (lipsofpoison) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-01 01:28:00

Entry tags:

char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: damage/grant emerson, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: green lantern/hal jordan, char: martian manhunter/j'onn j'onzz, char: speedy/red arrow/roy harper, char: superman/clark kent, creator: devin grayson, creator: jay faerber

Roy recounts Hal eating Ollie's chili in The Titans #17

the Justice League braves it from Green Arrow: Secret Files & Origins.

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	parsimonia 2009-08-01 12:44 am UTC (link)
	...I am tempted to try that recipe. (If I weren't too lazy to cook, that is.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	naebler 2009-08-01 01:05 am UTC (link)
	I had a friend make it for one of our gaming groups. Suffice it to say, it's not as hot as we're lead to believe. My friend used the recipe out of the book. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-08-01 01:08 am UTC (link)
	Then I'm even more tempted! I like spicy, just not anaphylactic shock spicy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sianmink 2009-08-01 01:21 am UTC (link)
	I'm not surprised. It doesn't actually look all that hot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dr_hermes
2009-08-01 02:43 am UTC (link)

The chili game has always amused me. It's almost like some primitive ritual of running the gantlet or enduring other tests to prove how tough and macho you are. You get this with a variety of cuisines, of course, but chili is the classic example. You're supposed to eat the stuff without batting an eye or showing discomfort, and ask for more while saying it's mild.

Green Arrow is just the sort to enjoy this. He may be a jerk, but he's a recognizable personality like people you'll meet in life.

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	merseybeatler 2009-08-01 03:15 am UTC (link)
	Haha! The chili game is awesome. Some family friends have a sauna/sweathouse as well as a passion for spicy foods - combining the two leads to the most insanely poor-cleansing experience ever. You've got to drink tons of water afterwards of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-01 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Sounds like a night to remember, all right. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-08-02 05:40 am UTC (link)
	It's largely for this reason that I generally try to make it clear early on in my interactions with my fellow males that I'm NOT the tough and macho type, and don't intend to pretend that I am. It works amazingly well - if someone says something like 'what's the matter - you chicken?', just say 'hell yeah, I am!' It kinda takes the wind out of their sails... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	madripoor_rose 2009-08-01 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Well, it says tabasco sauce to taste. You could probably add a few tablespoons.... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-08-01 12:45 am UTC (link)
	And I like how Batman's reaction is "needs more crackers". (And it suddenly occurs to me how odd it is that two of my favourite icons are of superheroes eating.) (Reply to this)

	scottyquick 2009-08-01 12:50 am UTC (link)
	I love that Dinah and Bruce are just all "whatevs, have some milk and crackers". (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cricharddavies 2009-08-01 02:18 am UTC (link)
	Um, actually, Dinah's not shown eating it, she's just giving milk to Arthur. (In other words, she's smart enough not to eat it ...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thandrak 2009-08-01 10:40 am UTC (link)
	And she's smart enough to use the _right_ thing: milk, not water. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-08-01 12:59 am UTC (link)
	...who could ask for a better dad than Green Arrow? Please tell me the next panel was incredibly awkward. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lipsofpoison 2009-08-01 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Well, it was Roy explaining and then Grant having a freak out from trauma. It's a thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-08-01 01:17 am UTC (link)
	I think anonymous was talking about the whole fallout with the heroin thing. He wasn't a pinnacle of fatherhood there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lipsofpoison 2009-08-01 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Ah, yes. Snowbirds. Not Ollies best moment. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-08-01 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	When you know Grant's history, you'll agree he could. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neotoma 2009-08-01 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Oh, Grant, you're life sucked if you think Ollie was the Best Dad Ever. On the other hand, the art is nice. Grant and Roy both look adorable, and Grant looks noticeably young here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	seriousfic 2009-08-01 03:26 am UTC (link)
	Wasn't Grant molested by his father? In comparison, Ollie is... only mildly sucky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

magus_69
2009-08-01 07:16 am UTC (link)

The molestation was a retcon that turned an already ugly situation into something even uglier.

Vandal Savage killed Mary Pratt after she gave birth and kidnapped their newborn son (Grant, of course). Everyone was led to believe that she died in childbirth, and the baby was stillborn. Vandal gave the kid to a family of evil scientists to use as a guinea pig. They froze him and unthawed him a few decades later, and gave him to lackeys to raise. The lackeys allowed Grant to be experimented on under the cover of normal childhood operations (tonsil extraction, etc.), and they turned on Grant when his powers finally manifested at age 16. Neither "parent" really loved him, but the mother at least made an effort of acting as if she did. The molestation retcon happened in Devin Grayson's Titans series.

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	seriousfic 2009-08-01 07:27 am UTC (link)
	OH DEVIN GRAYSON NO. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	magus_69 2009-08-01 08:40 am UTC (link)
	I know. John Emerson was a dick, so the retcon wasn't exactly out of nowhere, but I don't see why Grayson went the route that she did. As it stands, it makes perfect sense that Grant has issues about trust and abuse. She didn't have to make it quite so direct. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-01 01:55 pm UTC (link)
	Grayson's writing appears to tend towards a sexual implication in just about everything. Having a father who was a dick wasn't enough, it had to be a sexually abusive father. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sistermagpie 2009-08-01 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I think that's why it tends to sound a lot like fanfic at times. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-08-01 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, sounds perfectly fair to me. As long as the innumerable lazy-ass rape stories for female heroes continue to spring up like weeds in May, the closest to balance we can come is a wider selection of male rape victims, and therefore I for one applaud Devin Grayson for doing her part. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-08-02 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	i find it funnier that john emerson's related to the first doctor polaris. stupid same last names. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_cyclone 2009-08-01 08:21 am UTC (link)
	Wait, so is he still Vandal Savages son? If he was he could have a family reunion with Scandel Savage at least, they could compare horror stories about their family I guess. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

magus_69
2009-08-01 08:38 am UTC (link)

He's not Vandal's child, fortunately. Vandal never raised him. Now, he came across as an avuncular figure to Grant when they met, but he conveniently omitted certain details about how he became involved in Grant's life. The fact that he murdered Grant's biological mother, for starters.

I don't know whether or not Grant now knows the whole truth. I'm quite certain that he never found out during the course of his series.

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	jedd_the_jedi 2009-08-01 03:27 am UTC (link)
	"Milk will cool your taste buds faster" "yessss pleeease, Dinah! hubba hubba." And also, "if could use more crackers" should immediately be made into an icon, if it hasn't already. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-08-01 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	It's actually true. Milk will cool your mouth faster on most spices, because it will either coat the spice particles or keep them from moving around. Or both. Then there are the evil spices where even milk works like water to stir the spice particles around your mouth, so you never catch a break. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jedd_the_jedi 2009-08-02 06:31 am UTC (link)
	That's true, but I was referring to milk from another source.... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-08-02 07:04 am UTC (link)
	That's because you have a good imagination. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	currer 2009-08-01 03:53 am UTC (link)
	Somehow . . . I imagine Batman has undergone various forms of training to cover just these sort of situations. There's probably some Mexican monk or guru out there . . . (Reply to this)

	greenmask 2009-08-01 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Hellooooo today's dinner! (Reply to this)

	skylands 2009-08-01 06:38 am UTC (link)
	Roy recounts Hal eating Ollie's chili reminds self it's not a euphemism (Reply to this)

	zordboy 2009-08-01 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, for me, it's always Bruce's reaction to this that makes this whole scene full of win. Superman using his frost-breath doesn't hurt either. (Reply to this)

	hyperactivator 2009-08-01 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	My sister made this. I got sick with heartburn for three days. (Reply to this)

	Modly Reminder schmevil 2009-08-02 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	Preview images can be a max of 300x400. This image is too large to go uncut. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Modly Reminder lipsofpoison 2009-08-02 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	fixed! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Modly Reminder schmevil 2009-08-02 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	superfan1 2009-08-03 07:58 am UTC (link)
	Lol only batman kind of likes it, and love what superman doing. :P (Reply to this)

	04nbod 2009-08-16 12:11 am UTC (link)
	now I'm hungry (Reply to this)