The Green And The Red

The Green And The Red

Art by Dan Schkade

I want Roy to be Grant's dad and I want Al to meet his son and dote on him are two thoughts that can and do coexist in my head

I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

Given that DC will likely never give us an on- panel ToddDamon wedding, I have decided to indulge the brainworms. My semi- incoherent vision:

Church wedding at Todd’s insistence! Running gag that Alan keeps trying to throw money at them- including an ongoing insistence that he can and should be allowed to rent St. Peter’s Cathedral for the event

Todd very much takes Damon’s name

Damon’s Best Woman- Kate Spencer

Ring bearer- Ramses (takes place when he’s still a kid)

Flower girl- Julie Sawyer

Todd’s Best Woman- Jennie

Todd’s groomsman- Al

The wedding would be largely a fluff piece, but also a vehicle for a variety of subplots- a lot of past storylines could be revisited via stories (I.e., guests reminiscing about past adventures and shenanigans)- ranging wildly in tone

There would also be subplots in real-time:

Several members of Todd and Damon’s caped friends and family (led by Manhunter, Jade, and AtomSmasher AKA the adult wedding party), determined not to let the typical disasters ruin their wedding, run themselves ragged running interference. All said, the trio and associates end up diverting no less than 3 attempts at sabotage or super-villainy.

In turn, this contains a separate subplot of Kate and Ramses butting heads over his burgeoning instance in striking out in his own superhero career before he’s ready, attempting to “prove himself” to his “overprotective” mother

Over the course of the month leading up to the event- bachelor party, suit fitting- Jennie notices an unknown figure continue to pop up, seemingly watching her brother. After cornering this man, he reveals himself to be Jeremy Rice, trying to work up the courage to approach his estranged adoptive brother. This revelation- and the prospect of Jeremy returning to her twin’s life- triggers a mix of emotions in the Best Woman, even as she tries to push past it and facilitate the “surprise wedding gift” reunion

Along with the above shenanigans, Michael Mayne and Ruby Sokov crash Todd’s bachelor party- in tandem, Molly Mayne and Vladimir Sokov find they’ve coincidentally both had the idea to crash Damon’s- the former for a drunken shovel talk, the latter for reasons he refuses to confirm beyond “needing to talk to Alan”.

Things I wish I had read in "beginner" sewing tutorials/people had told me before I started getting into sewing

You have to hem *everything* eventually. Hemming isn't optional. (If you don't hem your cloth, it will start to thread. There are exceptions to this, like felt, but most cloth will.)

The type of cloth you choose for your project matters very much. Your clothing won't "fall right" if it's not the kind of stretchy/heavy/stiff as the one the tutorial assumes you will use.

Some types of cloth are very chill about threading, some are very much not. Linen doesn't really give a fuck as long as you don't, like, throw it into the washing machine unhemmed (see below), whereas brocade yearns for entropy so, so much.

On that note: if you get new cloth: 1. hem its borders (or use a ripple stitch) 2. throw it in the washing machine on the setting that you plan to wash it going forward 3. iron it. You'll regret it, if you don't do it. If you don't hem, it'll thread. If you don't wash beforehand, the finished piece might warp in the first wash. If you don't iron it, it won't be nice and flat and all of your measuring and sewing will be off.

Sewing's first virtue is diligence, followed closely by patience. Measure three times before cutting. Check the symmetry every once in a while. If you can't concentrate anymore, stop. Yes, even if you're almost done.

The order in which you sew your garment's parts matters very much. Stick to the plan, but think ahead.

You'll probably be fine if you sew something on wrong - you can undo it with a seam ripper (get a seam ripper, they're cheap!)

You can use chalk to draw and write on the cloth.

Pick something made out of rectangles for your first project.

I recommend making something out of linen as a beginner project. It's nearly indestructible, barely threads and folds very neatly.

Collars are going to suck.

The sewing machine can't hurt you (probably). There is a guard for a reason and while the needle is very scary at first, if you do it right, your hands will be away from it at least 5 cm at any given time. Also the spoils of learning machine sewing are not to be underestimated. You will be SO fast.

I believe that's all - feel free to add unto it.