[DC] oh no…I turned timkon into a miraculous ladybug lovesquare 🤒

1st slide

Superboy flaunts his superheroism, Robin tries to operate in secret

Superboy -> Robin: Admired and is obsessed with Robin

Robin -> Superboy: Thinks he’s annoying and cocky

Timothy Drake-Wayne is the prestigious son of the wayne family, Conner Kent is a farmboy from the countryside

Tim -> Conner: crushing on/gets flustered by conner

Conner -> Tim: thinks he's stuck up and pretentious

2nd slide

(On patrol)

Superboy, flying behind Robin: Gee, Rob. How do you come up with plans so quickly?

Robin, looking back: Maybe if you spent less time thinking of those dumb one-liners, you could help…

Superboy: Hey—my one-liners are great!

(At school)

Bart: Everyone knows Robin’s just a myth, dude.

Conner, smitten: Only cuz he prefers the night, where he has complete control and freedom to do whatever he wants—he’s so coool.

Bart: You sound like you have a crush.

Steph watching Tim blush from behind: Are you okay?

3rd Slide

Top left

Robin, carrying Conner bridal style: Are you okay, Co—I mean, random citizen?

Conner: I’m a lot better now that you’re here, Rob…in.

Conner, thinking: This is so much better than flying

Top Right

Superboy, floating above Robin: So I’m never gonna know who you are? Never-ever? Don’t ya trust me, Rob?

Robin, peering through binoculars:…Can we please talk about this later, SB?

Bottom Left

Superboy floating above Tim with a hand on his shoulder: Don’t worry, Mr. Drake-Wayne-or-whatever. I’m the best bodyguard you’re ever gonna meet. See I’ve got this thing called TTK…

Tim, making a mocking hand gesture and thinking: And there he goes…

Bottom Right

Conner, handing Tim his camera: You take really cool photos! Maybe you should hang out with us more often—no offense, but you need to loosen up, dude.

Tim eagerly nods.

4th slide

Tim sulks on his balcony, Superboy watches as he sits on the balcony fence.

Superboy, offering his hand: I’d be a pretty lousy hero if I couldn't even cheer one guy up so…you cool with heights?

Tim, taking his hand: Yeah, I’m… more than cool.

5th slide

Superboy carries Tim bridal style across the night sky.

Tim, holding onto Superboy: I don’t think I expected you to he so…

Superboy: Charming? Handsome?

Tim: sweet.

Superboy: Oh. Guess I’m surprised too. Didn’t think you’d trust me to do this.

Tim: …I think you’re trustworthy.

Superboy: Ha! Tell that to Robin!

Tim: …

6th slide

Conner sits next to Tim at the table

Conner: Hey…I heard…from a friend…that you were feeling down, and I know we haven’t always gotten along but you’re still one of my friends…

Conner, holding out a slice of pie: So I made you a pie! Actually, I didn’t make it…Ma did..but she said pie always makes you feel better—but you don’t have to eat it if you don’t want to!

Tim: Oh wow

Tim, taking a bite of the pie: Dude—this is so good!

people who are straight: yeah i’m straight

This. This is something I see people not understanding. Folks seem to increasingly want fiction to model correct behavior for them. Which, sure, can be something for fiction to do, but what fiction is really really good at is creating a model of a situation that allows you to experience a bad, messy, complicated thing, and see what people did, and how it turned out, and imagine what you would've done instead. Even more powerfully, it gives you something you can show someone else or point to and they'll have a shared understanding. Stories can give you stuff to think about so that you grow from experiences you didn't even have.

Have you guys seen that clip

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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