The Awevengers: In which everyone is a woman of colour and the world is a better place.
Tracie Thoms as Nik Fury / Kerry Washington as Stephanie Rogers / Sofia Vergara as Antonia Stark / Zoe Saldana as Thor / Aubrey Plaza as Beth Banner / Rihanna as Natasha Romanoff / Agam Darshi as Claire Barton / Grace Park as Maria Hill / Jasmine Guy as Philippa Coulson / Sophie Okonedo as Loki / Freema Agyeman as Pepper Potts
Chills you guys. Literal chills. Lemme see this movie pleaaaaaaase.
You had me, then lost me at Rhianna.
Personally, I really like Rihanna. I like this whole thing, in fact!
I LOVE THEM ALL AND WANT THIS TO BE REAL!
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OM GOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMGOMGOGMOMFOMFOMOFMOMGOFOMGMMFOGMMOFMGMOFMOGMOMGMGOMSAIOEGP:IKBGQP{:GNA:>VB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith is deaf in his right ear and has hearing damage in his left. He also refused to wear his hearing aid (which he calls “Blue Ear” because it is blue), because “superheroes don’t wear hearing aids.” So in a long-shot attempt to help her son, Anthony’s mom emailed Marvel for ideas.
“She didn’t know a specific person to write to here at Marvel, and even figured it might get caught in our spam filters, but she sent it in anyway, because that’s the kind of great parent Christina is,” said Marvel editor Bill Rosemann. “And it was her inspiring effort to help her son that touched so many of us here. As a fellow parent of a toddler, I can understand where she’s coming from, so I forwarded the email around the rest of Editorial, asking what we could do to help, and like when Cap yells, ‘Avengers Assemble,’ the gang leapt into action.”
Not only did Anthony receive an image of the superheroHawkeye,who lost 80 percent of his hearing back in the ’80s and wore hearing aids — Anthony also received a drawing, by Nelson Ribeiro in Collected Editions, of a brand-new superhero: “Blue Ear.”
Now, with his hearing aid back in, Anthony is able to “fight battles and help people.” His preschool, for hearing-impaired kids, recently hosted a superhero week to inspire the students to overcome their limitations.
DON’T miss the video. It’s the best thing you’ll see all day.
Gotta hand it to Marvel, you guys did good. So awesome!
DIY Night Bike. From Instructables here. The trick is the type of paint chosen to paint the bike:
“The typical craft store glow paint is zinc-sulfide based in an acrylic medium, if it is colored pigments are used. The problem with using pigments is that these colors absorb most of the light, and thus the glow isn’t as bright. Instead, phosphorescent paint (used for this bike) is strontium based and glows 10 times longer and brighter. Impressive!”
