my continuity-less ass is probably just missing the deep symbolic significance of this

[mimesere]

I cannot, for the life of me, parse this picture:



Is it the progression of Roy from...uh, far distant woman with good breasts through bizarrly skull-masked nutter with weapons and a studded dog collar? Then an even nuttier wannabe Green Arrow? And then Speedy? Is that supposed to be Speedy? I cannot tell. I certainly cannot tell what is up with Hobo Grizzly Man guy, and then there is Roy with the awesome boots.

And I definitely cannot figure out why they are skipping through a nebula.

But no, seriously, it's the woman and the Dog Collar guy that are getting me. I cannot figure them out! is Dog Collar Guy Roy from Checkmate? Or is i just his SECRET DESIRE to be a one man weapons depot and bondage fetishist?

Also, dishwashing gloves were never a cool accessory. NEVER. The newer kickin' boots though are made of win.



Also, honestly? That is just some *crappy* art. Earlier, Roy has raptor arms. Which are awesome if you are, you know, a raptor. But slightly less awesome if you are a person.

ETA:

I just saw the track marks and the rubber tubing. Dude, that's some *impressive* facial hair for a teenager.


ETA2: I have decided Roy and Zinda is my cracktastical pairing of shallow hotness. Everyone else has cracktastical pairings! And you know, Dinah knows them both. It could happen.

Comments

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

Ok. That pic? Nut nut nutty.

As they do a big skipping line through space.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

It is very perplexing!

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

bad art. the universal constant

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ha! I was actually going to ask if you thought the Hobo Grizzly Guy might be heroin!Roy, but I decided against it because he seemed too bulky. That's what I get for trying to make sense.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*snerk* It's an awful piece of art that makes no sense!

Because okay, shouldn't um. Possibly Checkmate Roy (the bondage fetishist) come after the Arrow looking ones *and* Hobo Grizzly Guy? And what's with the random woman who starts things off?

And given that Roy was a teenager during his trainspotting days, Hobo Grizzly Adams Guy is *totally* too bulky and advanced with the facial hair.

It is all very confusing!

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

See, to me, they all look about the *same* age (Speedy doesn't look like a teenager, and neither does the Unabomber), which just goes back to their being AUs of *adult* Roy. Bondage!Roy is probably from some evil AU! Where he never knew the love of a boy named Robin!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

It's just such a *weird* and nonsensical picture. I find myself obsessed with it and the bizarre Rockettes thing that is going on with the multiverse of Roys.

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

As I understand it, those are all just different AU!Roys.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

So...there's an AU where he's a woman?

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

I can tell you haven't been in comics that long because you actually think to question that!!!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've been in comics forever. It just wasn't DCU.

Want to know random bizarre things about the X-Men circa 1990? That I can tell you. Or the New Warriors!

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

1990? Pfft, that was five minutes ago!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

It is a significant portion of my life ago!

There's also assorted stuff from I think '86? When Firestar first appeared in the comics. And one awesome one where Emma Frost and Storm switch bodies and have a catfight in the middle of the sky over Kitty Pryde.

[adrienneherbst.livejournal.com]

That's a heroin phase. He's got a rubber tie and trackmarks. Maybe he's making the cringeface because his needle fell out?

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Oh, Trainspotting Hobo Grizzly Adams Roy.

I remain *fascinated* by Woman!Roy and Secret Agent Bondage Fetishist!Roy.

[minim_calibre]

I think Random Not!Ollie Roy is a nod to Kingdom Come's Red Arrow.

Chick Roy, however, beats me.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

You know, I've read Kingdom Come like, ten times and I still cannot tell 90% of those people apart.

And I am still curious about Bondage Fetishist!Roy. What, is he like, Deathstroke's sniper/boytoy? Secret agent? Just a guy who likes a studded collar?

It is all nicely distracting.