Thursday, November 14, 2013

So you Want to Know the Difference Between DC and Marvel

Well I'll tell you. DC is an overpowered bunch of barely flawed heroes who, even for suspended reality, are unbelievable. Marvel is a bunch of heroes who have to work hard on their every day lives as well as save the world.

So here is an essay that was written about a year ago that is slightly more bipartisan then what I've just said:
             Every little boy and some little girls want to become a superhero, having beyond human abilities. Children (and some adults) are able to live vicariously through comics. D.C. and Marvel are the most popular companies that produce comics, they both have an extensive hero index. Many people claim that they prefer Marvel over D.C., but due to recent revamps that could change.
            Marvel has often been the favorite of the older crowd due to its humanistic take on heroes. It would be impossible to find a Marvel hero without a fatal flaw. D.C. on the other hand has, for quite some time, treated its heroes as gods, and they even have titles reflecting that very point.
            It is believed that Marvel is more popular with the older kids because of its verity of teen heroes. With Marvel it does not feel like you teen hero teams are being cast out of a mold, they’re all unlike with there own strengths and weaknesses. When you read D.C. you feel as though you’re hearing the same story over again they even lack the individuality to create new team names, there are the Teen Titans, Teen Titans East, the New Teen Titans, then the Teen Titans again at a later generation. You can almost always depend that a Teen Titan teem will have a former robin leading it, a super boy, and a speedster. Marvel has the Runaways, the Young Avengers, and the X-men, all the heroes of these teams are different and new.
            When it comes to choosing a universe with the most likable single characters it is the new 52 by D.C. Of all the hundreds of heroes D.C. has done a phenomenal job in bringing back the Red Robin in a wonderful way, he is now an ex-protje of Batman, the new Batman comics make you fall in love with the new Robin who is Batman’s son, and the Blue Beetle has an especially interesting comic series with a wonderful plot. D.C. has a few good stand alone heroes such as Wolverine but most of the heroes are on a team and only operate in a team setting this is not what you want to read all the time.
            So Marvel and D.C. have there strong points, and with the recent revisions in D.C. it is quite possible that D.C. will be just as much respected as Marvel, and perhaps one day they will be more so.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Here's a start

How can I be a geek?

 You would not believe how many times I've been asked this. Normally I've been asked this by other girls. Maybe what they really mean is what is a geek. Well if that's the case then I'll tell you. A geek is someone who is intensely interested in anime, comics, manga, video games, star wars, star trek, or select cartoons. I'll also tell you what a geek is not. A geek is not a Nerd. Nerds like things like math and computer programming. Finally were these two worlds collide is a dweeb.

You may be asking, aren't those titles hurtful? Well the answer is they're what you make of them. I'm very proud to be called a geek. I wear it like a badge of honor, it means others realize that I have interests that I want to share. Now when people say it as a negative thing, it is a negative thing, but if you say it as a positive thing, then it's usually not hurtful.

Another thing that this simple "How can I be a geek," question might hold is, how can I be interested in geek stuff so that this guy I like notices. That question is a little harder to answer. But I can start with, see if you really like any of these things, you can like anime without liking Dragon Ball Z. And it might impress guys when they see that you have a similar interest even though they're not exactly the same. I can also tell you that you can't pretend to be a geek. You can't just become one because you like a boy. But I can tell you that you may already be one without knowing it. If you want to become more of a geek or see if you like the things that geeks like you can explore this blog's other pages.

But  if the question really is "How can  I become a geek" then here it is. Pick up a comic and don't just read one read tens of dozens. If you really want to be a geek then don't just watch an episode of an anime a week, watch a series in a week. If you really wanna be a geek then watch Star Wars movies like you could never see them enough. If you really wanna be a geek then wanna learn entire languages so you don't have to wait so long for new translated chapters of manga. That is how you become a geek.

 Finally to be a geek want to share your intense interests and infatuations with many, many others. Share it through the clothes you wear, the things you write, the songs you sing, the things you buy, the things you make, and the people you're with. Because without friends, being a geek is no fun.