Is Tom Strong Strong Enough?
Read this earlier tonight and found myself amusedly thinking about the geekwood entry I posted on Tom Strong. DC Comics has been making interesting moves as of the late (with one of the biggest ones I question being the removal of certain popular Vertigo characters from the Vertigo universe due to legalese I rather ignore.) With DC comic's cancellation of the Wildstorm line, Tom Strong sadly was to be one of its casualties.
Ooops, wrong Tom. Then again I guess you don't mind either. |
But what we forget is, while change may seemingly be inevitable, it does not mean it cannot be productive.
Ang matakot, talo. |
I love this book. Someone should make a movie out of it. |
Admit it! You also at first thought Robot Unicorn Attack was stupid, until you played it and ended up LOVING it! |
So why is this a blame it on the rain,bro article? As I was thinking of what to blog about today, I found myself thinking about a number of things. Among them was how a friend of mine who seemed to believe she was unlucky in love. All the guys she had met were sweet and sincere, but after some weeks of sex and dating, would drop her to find the next warm body. I suggested to her that maybe what she needed to do was to simply spend the nights out enjoying time with her friends rather than hunting down a boyfriend. "Try to find time to just enjoy being you. Stop trying to always be the person the other one wants. And stop thinking you can't be happy as yourself." She never tried. She thought the idea was too weird. She felt the idea meant she was "giving up" (although what she was giving up I never understood) and as far as I know, she is still diving into clubs hoping to find her Mr. Right in the very place where Mr. OneNightStand simply hangs out. There is also the other friend who used to think the bar I love was a dump. The friend was a regular of this bigger bar; a place that equated expensive entrance fees and even more expensive drinks as a symbol of class. While the bar I loved was a single-storey venue with a cozy floor area and affordable prices, his was a veritable palace of a dance club with numerous floors, peek-a-boo friendly restrooms and enough disco-lights to blind a star. A few years back, I invited the said friend to a birthday party to check out the place, enjoy the company and have some drinks. Nowadays, I find myself bumping into him on some nights, there with a host of his friends, enjoying the place. I wonder sometimes if I should ask. But then again, doing that might just raise his defenses about it.
Yeah... don't expect love in a place where sex is the main point. |
My coming out was a huge change. I had a host of things to be afraid of, and frankly even until now there are some things related to my coming out that make me worry. But overall, the change has been for the best: I don't have to lie to my parents anymore. I don't have to pretend my partner is just my friend. I don't have to act like gay bashing is something I am okay with when family members might happen to do it. I don't have to make excuses on why I'd spend "certain" days or nights with my partner anymore. They know I am with the guy I love and they know that on some days of the month, he becomes my priority over everyone else. And even better, I know now that I can honestly share with them why he makes me happy. And how I make him happy too. Our relationship, save for the fact it is homosexual rather than heterosexual, is pretty much seen the same way as any other: our business. They are HUGE changes. Especially for someone who spent the better part of his life making excuses whenever his bisexual heart fell for a person who had a cock.
Me and my partner. No, we aren't just "best friends." |
Change can be very good. And while it will always be scary, change should always be given some level of consideration before being thrown out of the options immediately.
So I guess, I guess I just need to remind myself of that and do what I can to bring it to a more positive direction. Tom Strong, here's hoping to see you in print again someday soon. Wildstorm or not, I believe you will find more readers willing to shell out money to support you.
Let us meditate on the immortal words of Charlie Chaplin:
"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."
(although admittedly, I have no idea when he said this. Doesn't he usually perform absolutely silent?)
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