the mermaid cafe

Ugh, work today was stupidly, unexpectedly busy, meaning I had no time to write, so I still don't know what I'm doing for my birthday story. I know all y'all don't care, so I shouldn't fuss about it, but I like to post a story on my birthday. Sigh. there's still time.

In other news, I did in fact like A Week to Be Wicked more than I liked A Night to Surrender, and after reading the excerpt, I feel like the third book, A Lady By Midnight, will also hit my personal bulletproof narrative kinks. Sadly, it doesn't come out until September. Sigh.

I've also been reading The Mighty Thor, at least, whatever volume this is that started fairly recently. Mostly because I wanted the Thor-kid!Loki reunion I was denied in Journey Into Mystery, which I didn't quite get. I've been enjoying it, though Thor on the page doesn't have the same wry adorableness that Chris Hemsworth gives him in the movies. I still like him, though. And Volstagg is a hoot.

Last night, I read the third installment of Spider-Men, and ( spoilers )

I also read Avenging Spider-Man whatever number, the new one with Carol Danvers. The 'villain' lady kind of reminded me of Misfit. I kept waiting for her to shout DARK VENGEANCE.

I still want a book about Steph and Cass and Charlie and Black Alice, and maybe Tam can come along for the ride, too.

Anyway, I am considering buying the new Captain Marvel on an ongoing basis just to support a book with a female lead, because they like to spout some bullshit about how female characters can't carry books or movies and then they tell us they're making Ant-man, which, just. No. SAY NO TO ANT-MAN. HE IS A WASTE OF SPACE. GIVE ME A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE INSTEAD. Or a Black Panther movie with Chiwetel Ejiofor as T'Challa. Or a Heroes for Hire movie. With Idris Elba as Luke Cage and Daniel Henney as Danny Rand.

I might have a lot of feelings about this. Ahem. Stupid comics. I always knew it would be an awful thing to get involved with. I avoided it for years. Sigh. I still blame Jensen Ackles.

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