Hey , folk ! lamentable to dispense with my normal hokum , but I got a really of import alphabetic character that I‘m very excited to share . I do n’t get a net ton of letters dealing with real issue , but I ’m always happy to attempt to help . If you only read this for silliness , do n’t care — there ’s still an insane frantic Max theory and the world ’s all right superhero bottom , too .
Collection Agency
Anonymous :
Hi ! I loved say your article aboutyour ungovernable toy collecting addiction . I am not a accumulator , however my boyfriend is a huge Lego / Star Wars “ addict . ” Anything that does n’t have a utility role I would not be the one to buy it . My boyfriend ’s collecting is absurd in the sense that we have no way for it , he ca n’t open it , and he ca n’t stop . I ’m not asking for you to solve my family relationship issues , I ’m just reaching out to earn an understanding . I do n’t see how too much of anything is good for you and it pertain me when we are at an age where making a family and getting the occupation you ’re well-chosen with should be the goal .
I desire that if this your situation you are managing , but here are my main questions : Are you able-bodied to live your living happily and still compile ? Pay the bank bill ? Afford things like a vacation , even a mini one ? I ’m a very noetic person and I feel in having a comfortable life these questions should be answered “ yes ” ( unless you detest go ) . I jazz my young man , we ’ve been together almost 4 years ( his active collecting has been the past 2 years ) , I feel I am enable an unhealthy addiction by supporting him when he spent his money , and maybe the answer to our problem is him discover someone who enjoys collect . I ’m heartbroken that might be the casing and I ’m doing all I can to appease calm . I need assist from someone who thinks like my boyfriend . Someone who thinks other than than me . Please assist !
I ’m very happy to help give my view here and desire that it helps you out .
At 38 years old , I still buy probably more than my ploughshare of toy . I would n’t look at myself a hard-core collector since my college days , when I was making purchases that were close to out of hand ( although I never missed a bill or failed to eat because of them ) . I ’ve been hook up with for over a ten to a fair sex who is almost totally unnerdy , and what we do is allot ourselves a certain amount of our budget each month just for “ fun money”—money each of us can drop however we see fit . She would likely be appalled at the toy I spend with my money , and I would likely be horrified at her hair Cartesian product purchase . However , we do n’t ask , we do n’t tell , and we do n’t judge .
However , this arrangement is made potential because of the fact that neither of our dumb spending habits gets in the way of rent , flyer , food and savings . As an adult , you have to realize stuff come in first . But the impudent side of that is if you two can make a budget that direct care of the fundamental principle , and you may rig aside a bit of money for playfulness stuff and nonsense for each of you , then why not spend it as you both revel ?
If you need me to enjoin you that every grownup should put away childish things , well , there ’s a mass of action figure on my office desk that would call me a hypocrite if I did . However , I can say with all honesty that my overall felicity has increased the less I was obsess with collecting , which has in play allowed me to “ originate up ” in the custom sense of the condition . lease me tell you a few thing that you could excrete on that may help bring some brainwave .
Collecting Star Wars toys did make me happy … but in little salvo . I compare it to heroin in the essay you observe , but that ’s what it was like for me — that thrill of finding a uncommon figure , or completing a sure part of your solicitation — that rush was altogether real .
That suppose , I am overall happy now that I ’ve stop prove to roll up toys , and rather purchase random ones that walk out my phantasy . I do n’t have the stress of the hunt , or the constant disappointment when you do n’t discover a sure something . And while it sound hokey , there ’s a lot to be said about spending your money on good food and sound time — as I ’ve acquire older I have feel these things land me a lot more pleasure than a toy I may terminate up sticking immediately in store .
And speaking of storage , there ’s one realisation I had that seemed most utilitarian to me to stop waste all my money of Star Wars toys — and that ’s that I was putting them directly into depot in my cupboard . I was spend hundreds of dollars for items that I immediately put forth , and had no ability to exhibit in the near hereafter . It was much the same as throwing money off , and desire at some gunpoint it would somehow be worth it . This was very , very silly on my part .
That said , if his avocation is in reality causing a strong-arm job of space , then that ’s a serious government issue that affects you as someone who lives with your partner . Also , if his toy collecting has gotten even nigh to the stage where it ’s affecting your ability to pay rent or bills or buy nutrient , then he has a severe problem , and this is an issue that definitely requires you to spill the beans to a professional . I sincerely ask that you seek a healer — not because you need therapy , but because a licence medical master will know far better than me the resource to direct you to in order of magnitude to facilitate .
I do n’t know your human relationship well enough to say if you are enabling him , or if you would rightfully be happy one means or the other . And whether you two require to go on vacations together , or have Kid at some point , those are secret give-and-take you two should have . But it ’s totally just for you to ask what his priorities are — and it ’s up to you to decide whether you ’re hunky-dory with that .
It is absolutely possible for collector and non - collector to live together in concord , but it is by no substance a given . There ’s definitely elbow room for via media here , but the main affair is to make trusted you envision out the solution you ’re both happy with , whatever that may be .
I will say this : If you ’ve been with him for four years and he ’s been collecting for two , then if he cares about you and your happiness , he should definitely be unforced to compromise .
My best wishes and the best of destiny to both of you .
All in the Family
Will H. :
Dear Mr. Postman ,
The recent Star Wars comic strip have been first-class , and much to my surprisal they ’ve managed to incorporate the Prequels in intriguing and even move ways . For example , when Leia sees her female parent ’s image on Naboo in Mark Waid ’s Princess Leia series I got chills .
All this got me thinking about Luke and Leia post - Jedi and how much information would be available to them regarding their parent . Surely Luke would have done some investigating into who his female parent was during the 30 geezerhood between Jedi and Awakens . Could the name Skywalker or even Palpatine ’s history as Senator run him to discovering his mother ’s mob on Naboo ? Are ancestry holocrons useable for leverage in the Star Wars universe ?
I ’m sure Leia would have done some enquire , peculiarly into her mother Padmé , as she was also active in the Galactic political arena . However , not to bum everyone out , Padmé die at a pretty youthful age . Her feat , while noteworthy , were pretty few , and there ’s only so much Leia would be able-bodied to get out of them other than her voting record , her licking of the Trade Federation , and her hush-hush marriage to a good deal - murdering asshole . I ’m sure Leia could have learned about any relations on her female parent ’s side … except I ’m hazard that Anakin / Vader and his minions learn care of anyone who could perhaps remind him of his numb married woman . I sincerely doubt there ’s much for Leia on Naboo . ( Although , peradventure Leia is a princess of Naboo alternatively of Alderaan ? I still have no idea how that Royal / Senator stuff works . Someone drop a line in and ask me about it so I have a reason to figure it out . )
talk off , there ’s not much Leia or Luke would needs to explore about their father , since he was famous throughout the wandflower as the Empire ’s most fear warrior , a Dark Lord of the Sith , and , as mentioned a moment ago , a stack - murdering asshole for the much , much greater portion of his life .
Luke and Leia know what they need to know about Anakin / Darth , and I ’m certain Leia at least would bang to put her founding father behind her ( if she even announced it to the New Republic ) . Maybe Luke did some more research looking at the details of Anakin ’s pre - Darth life sentence , and read about his exploits in the Clone Wars , but finally he ’s get to the part of the Jedi Holocron where it said “ And then Anakin murdered a ton of Jedi Babies ” and he ’d probably call it a day .
Rockatansky n’ Roll
Matthew C. :
greeting Postman of our pending apocalypse .
With the discharge of Fury Road , I recall that this was a good clip to pose an mad fan possibility that this humble legal tender licker and a few others on the net have come up with .
Mad Max is immortal .
Now listen me out . First , when we meet Max Rockatansky in the first movie , society is on the verge of prostration . But , when we meet him in the fourth one , civilisation has been sound so long that only the oldest mass have any recollection of what living used to be like . Max remember the “ before times ” , but he ’s not old and decrepit like the rest who do . He and Furiosa come along to be about the same years and she barely remembers anything .
Next , is Max ’s amazing resiliency . Action flick aside , Max gets the shit complain out of him at least once a movie . In a world without New medicine , contagion is plausibly one of the biggest threat there is . Even a venial injury is potentially fateful . Combine that with the fact that he ( and virtually everyone else ) is borderline dehydrated and malnourished , his ability to fight off infection and bring around decently has to be greatly reduce . Yet , Max spring back every clip . And when he donates blood to Nux and Furiosa , they both seem to be perk up well beyond what they should be .
I propose that Mad Max is cursed ( or blessed , look on your power point of view ) to wander the wastes and aid those in need until earns his redemption . And since Max generally forefend hoi polloi , that could be a long time .
What are your thoughts , oh Wanderer of the Wastes ?
I ’m down with it . I find the most compelling grounds being that civilisation has barely fallen in The Road Warrior , and yet by Fury Road , people barely call back life-time before it turn into the gas - guzzling desert hell the world has become . Also , remember Immortan Joe ’s elephantine - skull mountain base ? With its dammed piddle source and gargantuan farm and disturbed mega - lift power by War Boys ? That SOB would have takes X to build and create .
I do n’t live if Max is really blessed or cursed or is on a road to redemption , but given that he ’s stayed the same geezerhood for a bare lower limit of 50 years , obviously something is going on .
Now , whether this is a something that director / Lord George Miller thinks is worth answering ( or even just explore ) is another taradiddle . Frankly , I ’ll be fine if Max just meander the post - apocalypse for the next few centuries . Admittedly , as a fictional post - apocalyptic rover myself , I may be a bit biased . ( FYI , the above image comes from theFeminist sick Max Tumblr , which is just as glorious as you ’d retrieve . )
Age of Marvels
Ken P. :
Hey Postman .
I ’ve heard that Marvel / Disney is planning a Mad Men - esque point drama about the early days at Timely with Stan , Kirby , Ditko and such . How convoluted do you believe Stan and Steve will be ? And if they are involve , will they come out look like saints and make Kirby responsible for for all the drama ?
Yeah , that ’s absolutely not fall out .
First of all , because their time at Timely Comics—1939 - 50 — is infinitely boring compared to their fourth dimension forming Marvel in the ’ 60s . And they ’re definitely not going to set a show then and there .
You have a go at it why ? Because neither Marvel nor Disney want an time of day - long play about how the individual mirthful book of account creators got screwed over for the expectant fellowship . You think they want spate audiences to learn Jack Kirby is at least as responsible for the Marvel universe as Stan Lee , and yet he ’s virtually never receipt for his contributions , especially financially ? Do Marvel and Disney desire to make a series that is focus solely on the grandness of creators , writers and creative person to these grapheme , franchise and eventual multimillion - dollar bill industries , when almost none receive reorganization or compensation for their immensely successful workplace ?
Nope . They absolutely do not . The potential problems — and public scrutiny — and lawsuits — far , far outweigh the pocket-size profits and sword good will such a show might inspire , even if somehow it were as dear as Mad Men .
And , if I ’m somehow wrong or someone wished upon a devolve wizard and Disney - Marvel in reality put this show into production , Stan Lee would be the Don Draper . He ’s been the face of the troupe for far too long for them to allow in that he had an immense amount of help make the Marvel comics universe . I ’m not background his contribution at all , as he was utterly crucial — but he needed Kirby , Ditko and all the other artist and writers just like they require him in edict to turn Marvel into the winner it became .
Also , in the ’ 60s Stan Lee had a weird wont of calling everybody “ Tiger ” or “ Pussycat ” ( read his ‘ sixty strip , he calls the readers these things forever ) and that would possibly not be the draw a major connection is hoping for .
Skrull Candy
Nero E. :
Salutations Postman of future past ,
There ’s a lot of Skrull talk choke around for Marvel ’s phase four and this remind me of a episode of Wonder Women in which she play a group of ‘ body snatch ’ aliens who I think are also call ‘ Skrulls ’ .
1 ) When did the ‘ Skrulls ’ first appear in comics marvel or DC ?
2 ) What ’s the heap , did wonder steal from DC ?
3 ) Was this just a zany tv secret plan or did it appear in W.W. funnies and was adapted ?
- ) I hope these questions are worthy of your consideration . Also if you suffice please post a exceedingly sexy Wonder Women pic .
1 ) Marvel debut the shape - shifting alien race recognise as the Skrulls in 1962 , in Fantastic Four # 2 .
2 ) In 1977 , the Wonder Woman TV serial beam an episode entitle “ Mind stealer from Outer Space ” ( a two - parter ) where an alien name Andros fare to earth , and asked Wonder Woman for assistance against the body and mind - steal ( but not shape - shifting ) aliens called the Skrills . If this was n’t a random conjunction — because I truly doubt how much comic playscript research the WW TV staff did while making the show — it was emphatically a DC property pick out a dig a Marvel .
3 ) Only the television set show . I ’m certain if the Skrill had appear in a DC comic Marvel would have cry foul ; I also doubt they want to take on something so high - profile as a TV show over a name of a lot of third - tier antagonists .
- ) Sorry , I had already posted this random picture of a caboodle of girls unashamedly ogle Dick Grayson before I saw you enquire for a sexy Wonder Woman pic . My apologies !
Top prototype : AP Photo / E.J. Flynn . Stan Lee & Spidey image : Marvel comedian : The Untold Story .
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