Sup motorbabies! I’ve finally returned after escaping the clutches of BL/Ind yet again. Sorry for my disappearance, but I’m back and I don’t plan on leaving unless the Phoenix Witch herself tells me to.
[Image 1 ID: Somebody filling up a cup with two different types of soda from a soda machine. The hand pressing the buttons is labled as "me", while the soda brand names were replaced by text reading "bullying Mad Gear" and "bullying Korse". The cup is labled as "this blog". End ID.
Image 2 ID: a four-panel Spongebob meme. Throughout the meme Spongebob is labled as "the fandom". In the first panel, Spongebob is holding up a paper with the word "canon" on it. In the second one, he is reading what's written on the paper with a raised eyebrow and a frown. In the third panel, he is shown throwing the piece of paper with a smile. In the last panel, the piece of paper has been turned to ashes, while Spongebob is still shown smiling. End ID.
Image 3 ID: a two-panel Spongebob meme. In the first panel, Squidward, labled as "Korse" is shown kneeling in front of a gravestone with a bouquet of flowers in hand. The second panel is a close-up shot of the gravestone that has been edited to say "Here lies Korse's hair/ The Fabulous Killjoys made it all fall out", the flowers Squidward was holding in the first panel having been placed on top of the grave. End ID.
Image 4 ID: A pixelated image of a poop emoji with "480p" written next to it, to indicate the quality of the image. Under it, there's a clearer version of the emoji with "720p" written next to it. At the bottom there's a croped image of Val Velocity with "1080p" written next to it. End ID
Image 5 ID: A four-panel meme. In the first panel, there's a stickman figure that's shown running, with the text "walking" next to it. In the second panel, the same figure is shown, but blurred to show increased speed, with the text "running" next to it. In the third panel, there's an even blurrier iteration of the running stickman with the text "spriting" next to it. The last panel is a barely distinguishable version of the first tunning stickman with the text "Vacation Adventure Society concert in your Zone" next to it. End ID.
Image 6 ID: The same image as before, only this time the text in the last panel reads "Sale at Tommy Chow Mein's". End ID.
Image 7 ID: An illustration of a man in a red shirt with tan-colored pants spraying a toddler wearing a yellow shirt and blue overalls. The man is labled as "The Director", the toddler is labled as "killjoys" and the spray is labled as "trauma". End ID.
Image 8 ID: A picture of a highway sign reading "Death" and pointing off the road. A man labled as "the Fab Four going on a mission" is running in the direction the sign is pointing. The man has short brown hair and a thick brown beard, and is wearing a green hat, a navy blue shirt, gray-ish pants and a pair of brown shoes. End ID.]
“Ethereal” is a comic organized by me and @chaotic-rev0lver that showcases different contributor’s art. It’s about a ghostly rockband juggling gigs, paranormal investigators, and the afterlife. Our writer will create each page’s outline and dialogue, along with descriptions of what the panels include. Each artist will be assigned a page. Applications will be open on December 10, more information coming soon!
Grace is a 15-year-old with ADHD and a long history of behavioral difficulties who ended up on probation after a fight with her mom led to the confiscation of her phone and her briefly stealing a classmate’s phone.
Grace is now in a juvenile facility where her life is at risk from covid because one of her probation conditions was to do her homework, and when her school in Oakland County Michigan went online only, she struggled to complete her distance education homework.
As a result, Judge Mary Ellen Brennan ignored the Michigan governor’s orders to minimize the incarceration of children and ordered Grace imprisoned…for not doing her homework.
The Propublica story on Grace and her single mother Charisse - written by Jodi S Cohen - is a heartbreaker and a half. It paints a picture of a kid whose need for extra educational attention was met by a stern and uncaring system, from caseworker to judge.
Judge Brennan does not come off well in this story. She ordered Grace to appear in person in court - the only case of the day with that requirement - and then refused a continuance when Grace’s lawyer said he would NOT come to court and risk his life to argue her case.
Brennan’s sentence was handed down after Grace’s caseworker Michelle Giroux admitted that she did not know the details of Grace’s learning disabilities and had not familiarized herself with the legally mandated supports for them that Grace had not recieved.
Brennan called Grace a “threat to the community” for missing her homework, denied Grace’s pleas for more time to adjust to homeschooling, and had her taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
It goes without saying that, like the majority of Michigan teens sentenced to youth detention in defiance of the governor’s orders, Grace is Black. Black children in Michigan are four times likelier to be imprisoned than their white peers.
Grace has not been permitted to see her mother, except by videoconference. Her mother’s attempts to bring her clothes and toys have been rebuffed by the facility, because of petty rules like those stipulating that underwear must be briefs, or that jeans can’t be “too tight.”
When Grace is brought out for videoconference status meetings with the court, the child is handcuffed and put in ankle shackles. She makes heartbreaking pleas to be returned to her mother. The judge has ordered her held until at least Sept 8.
@discocritic inspired this hc just now while we were talking about the diner
what if before a zone crew leaves a place they've been staying for a while, they leave a small gift/note to welcome the next gang who potentially stays there after them?