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sorry i don’t think ill ever get past the blatant racism in the fact that the italian and irish mobs are heavily romanticized and almost idolized while latino/african american mobs and gangs are seen as the scum of the earth who single handedly ruin society. not saying either is good or anything but the absolute polar opposite way that white organized crime vs non-white organized crime is treated by media and white society is fucking nuts to me. just blatant stone cold hypocrisy

Not sure if you've been asked this before (I checked the archive, but didn't see it), so sorry if this is a repeat.

I was just wondering if you had a favorite version of Kryptonian traditional wear (between the different Superman media)?

Seeing different takes on Kryptonian fashion is fun, I personally love stas version.

I have not been asked this yet, so no worries!

Ooh I love the STAS version too! I tend to enjoy the designs that lean towards long flowy robes. I do wish the colors didn't lean so heavily towards red with gray armor platting though? It reads more as villain colors from the lack of cool colors. I would prefer either a subtle echo of Superman's primary colors or if you want the Kryptonian parents to have more individuality, a nod to their original colors instead!

Which is what the Smashes the Klan version does! I love the bright colors of these. Even if it's a little classic camp core, they do look actually related to Superman and the red and yellow connects them together as a color accent. I think sometimes folks go too far into making them look sci fi that Supes sticks out in a way where his outfit doesn't match Krypton's look at all. Which narratively is fine if you're going for the origin where Superman purposefully dresses as a circus strongman (which SSTK does)- but if the suit it gifted from the Kryptonians? Then it should look some sort of similar surely (cough MAWS cough).

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE THOUGH (or at least stuck out immediately to me) is the design of Jor-El from the Battle of the Supersons movie! Something about this look just spoke to me. It's a clear echo of STAS' shape language with the long flowing robe and the buckle across his chest, but with green and yellow colors (it's tinted by the hologram look but you can tell those are the colors)! It looks sci fi but still related to Superman's iconic look while being distinct. Not fashion related but I love me a bearded Jor-El heheh.

I think it's critical to get the look of Kryptonian fashion in comparison to Superman's look right. Because you get a narrative out of that! How connected is Clark to his Kryptonian heritage? What level of self-acceptance is he in to embrace the more alien aspects of his wear? Was the suit gifted by the Kryptonians or approximated by Ma Kent? Does the S symbol look alien, or did Clark choose the more "S" looking shape to be recognizable? You get a different diasporic Superman with these little character design choices.

what you think will keep coming up: bill and the circle of symbols, ford's past, stan's past

what actually gets brought up: the owl trowel

for all 30 years ford was in the portal I bet he only used his brain like, twice, but stat buffed his charisma, def, and atk. stan had to take up the brain he had no choice 😔

stanley: low int, high wisdom

stanford: high int, low wisdom

stanley: low int, high wisdom

stanford: high int, low wisdom