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I'm sort of hoping we never get context for this....

( Loving the body language there Dick )

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The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

I hope that those who had a long weekend enjoyed same and for those who celebrated religious festivals, be it Easter, Passover or Ramadan such observances were pleasant (and will continue to be so for Ramadan)

Doctor Who: The Legend of the Sea-Devils arrived and, well, it LOOKED good, and the Doctor/Yasmin relationship was finally addressed, but I don't think the story made a lot of sense and the celebrity historical aspect was sort of lost by having Madame Ching do pretty much nothing at all, and play second fiddle to fictional pirate Ji-Hun. Rumours abound that there was a LOT of things cut from this episode, which seems plausible given some oddly edited scenes, it only having a 47 minute runtime (when one might have expected an hour at least for a "special") and how things like the sea monster (not a Myrka, alas) just... disappeared from proceedings without comment. It was cromulent enough, but didn't quite shiver my timers.

The Next Time trailer, on the other hand... WOW! V jnf trahvaryl nznmrq gb frr abg whfg Npr, ohg Grtna gbb, naq V nz ernyyl ybbxvat sbejneq gb frrvat ubj gur frys cebpynvzrq "zbhgu jvgu yrtf" ernpgf gb gur srznyr Qbpgbe!

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Must dash for now, but have fun!

DC have confirmed the long suspected status of Connor Hawke as asexual.

Since his introduction back in 1994, Connor Hawke, son of Oliver Queen and one time Green Arrow himself, has been speculated to be asexual, due to the complete lack of any romantic interest introduced in any series, though his being raised in a secluded monastery was also suggested as a reason for his lack of interest in such things.

He was recently reintroduced into the DCU for, I think, the first time since pre-Flashpoint, in the pages of the Robin series, as one of the combatants in Mortal Kombat - DCU Lazarus Tournament, as a world class martial artist.



And he is returning in DC Pride as a trio of ace creators Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, and letterer Frank Cvetkovic, tell a tale involving him fighting Music Meister (debuting in the DCU mainstream continuity from his origins in the Batman: Brave and the Bold cartoon lo these many years past), whilst mentally composing a letter to his mother, coming out as ace to her.

Addenda - The story editor, Andrea Shea, has confirmed that;

He’s asexual and alloromantic! Connor’s said explicitly (in the mid-2000s GA run) that he IS a romantic who does want a relationship, his hesitations have historically always been around sexual intimacy specifically.