Good evening owls of /co/,
Time for some justice, like lightning, starting with Cagebolts
>>77806426
This isn't the start of Parkerbolts proper but I didn't want to start there because it actually takes over from Digglebolts in mid-stream and then ties into Siege heavily, so this is a good clean starting place
>>77806426
Wasn't this just storytimed a couple days ago? Not complaining though.
>>77806447
Also SEEKRIT SANTA threads have begun, and as before, I will keep a pastebin of any owls who want to participate, since we had fun gifting each other last year
http://pastebin.com/0jKyyDvj
I'll add things as they come on in
and if you have GAY FOR JUSTICE on your list I bet someone will get it
>>77806455
was it? we're gonna read it to the end of Dark Avengers, tho
>>77806514
I think it was dumped til Crossbones was kicked.
>>77806514
awww yeah, secret santa was pretty fun last year
>>77806667
oh, okay
that's a pretty gratifying moment
>>77806447
>paying Larry Stroman to draw a variant cover, ever
jesus
>>77806426
Hello Storyteller.
I've heard that the premise of the Thunderbolts was originally supposed to be the big twist of the story. Spoilers, I guess.
>>77806426
Hi OP!
>>77806514
Here's my list if you want to throw it in.
1UVDMLVV6DPR7
I forgot my computer at my parents' house because I'm an idiot and can't look at or order from other anon's lists until I get it back though.
Cagebolts huh, cool
Parker's great!
hey thread
>>77806775
what's that, Stroman X-Factor as our next storytime?
>>77806800
yeah, the first issue way back with Busiek is a huge tweest
>>77806849
hoot hoot
>>77806902
>what's that, Stroman X-Factor as our next storytime?
n-no, I'll be quiet!
For real though Stroman X-Factor was the first and so far only time I actually skipped issues because the art was so fucking horrid
>>77806902
if you were on the list last year I started over from scratch
>>77806934
I've been meaning to read some PAD-factor as more of a big chunk, so maybe as we expand into more niche Marvel...
not before Threeboot, of course
>>77806995
so my three-and-change trip home turned into six-odd
fuck traffic
>>77806995
I need to read more PAD to begin with, I've only read Young Justice from him.
>>77807012
Ghost! Ghost will be exceptionally fine in this run.
>>77806949
Two things.
1) I'm never going to be able to see a agency which deals with supernatural shit, without thinking of the SCP Foundation ever again.
2) Cap is beefy as fuck in this art. The serum is working overtime today.
>>77807012
I had to fucking drive through fog so thick I couldn't see 20 feet in front of me and THEN had to deal with Washington DC traffic in the rain.
Fuck the highway I'm flying next time.
>>77807044
>I'm never going to be able to see a agency which deals with supernatural shit, without thinking of the SCP Foundation ever again.
I'm watching The Librarians on TNT right now it's a really nice palate cleanser from that sort of silly edginess.
>>77807095
Brought to you by John Rogers, who /co/ knows best from Blue Beetle and D&D.
>>77807024
>>77807044
this run gets some killer art along the way
>>77807095
I like the Librarians. It reminds me of Warehouse 13.
>>77806995
>I want to prevent anything like that from ever happening again.
You and everyone else, Steve. What in the actual flying blue FUCK was everyone smoking?
>>77807012
>fuck traffic
Girl, I know that feel all too well. Nobody knows how to fucking drive in this damn town.
>>77807128
please write more comics, John Rogers
Also here Parker manages to make sexy Luke Cage jokes way less annoyingly than Bendis did in that one New Avengers talking heads spread
>>77807128
Yeah and his style of rapid-fire dialogue and character building really shines through. Almost makes it worth it to not get a continuation of DnD.
Almost. ;_;
>>77807172
anon who waifus Circe, I think you're going to like Moonstone a lot
>>77807095
>silly edginess
Sure, if you mean pre-Mass Edit. It's been pretty chill since the Fishmonger incident gave everyone a wake up call.
>>77807141
I regret not watching Warehouse 13 when it was on. It seemed like exactly the kind of show I would've enjoyed.
>>77807206
BTFO
T
F
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>>77807226
so I hear that soon there is going to be Hawkman? On MY tv?
>>77807151
>Nobody knows how to fucking drive in this damn town.
So relieved when I crossed back into my home state and everyone promptly remembered how to fucking use a turn signal again, it's amazing.Maryland drivers suck
>>77807270
'Brock Rumlow' is a pretty amazing name, ngl
>>77807242
Yeah.
>>77807282
Superior Foes fans, there's a lot of its bones laid in this series, really
>>77807224
>It seemed like exactly the kind of show I would've enjoyed.
It and The Librarians go the route of throwing literally every bit of folklore, legend, rumor, history and fiction together and mixing and matching different bits. They play with and purposely subvert a lot of them in fun ways so it's entertaining to watch just to see what they do with something familiar.
>>77807206
Who, me? I can practically smell the smarmy assholery from here. Yeah, you're probably right.
>>77807284
holy shit, Hawkman. On my TV.
I'm trusting y'all to report back on his level of shirtlessness
>>77807313
Well, I'm just glad that Legends of Tomorrow looks....pretty alright.
>>77807242
Tuesday and Wednesday!
>everyone already bitching about the reincarnation love triangle without realizing that Johns actually spun it pretty well in the original comic version of the story
>>77807313
lol that Pym burn
>>77807308
Karla is a real character and never lacking in style
>>77807313
It's the CW, of fucking course they're going to get him shirtless.
All we need now is to just see him get on the Salmon Ladder.
So how about the new Secret Wars delay
>>77807338
FUCK YES LOOK WHO IT IS
>>77807357
oh be still my heart
>>77807374
It's enough to make me feel sorry for Hickman
>>77807313
he was kind of silly looking in Smallville, hopefully they do a better job this time around.
>>77807381
>Man-Thing IS the Quinjet
Amazing.
>>77807381
note that everything on this page will pay off later in this run.
>>77807338
Oh no, please tell me they didn't lock up poor lockjaw!
>>77807242
Normally I don't get picky about actor's body types for superhero roles but I am slightly disappointed that they picked a short guy who's not super beefy for Hawkman
>>77807330
>Johns actually spun it pretty well in the original comic version of the story
>not realizing this is the CW
>headed by Guggenheim
>>77807404
Well whoever designs CWverse costumes has a major leather fetish, but the helmets and the CGI for the wings don't look half bad in the trailers.
>>77807439
I love Lockjaw even though current Inhumans status quo makes me sadface
>>77807439
He'd deserve it, he's shithuman scum.
>>77807297
This dude is a Gundam.
>>77807306
That's usually the best way to do it, really. Fables, American Gods, Gargoyles, X-Files, Stargate(more or less)... Just throw everything into a blender and hit the puree switch for maximum good times.
>>77807439
Oh ok, I don't give a shit about man thing. Lock his ass up in a tiny cell I dont give a fuck, fuck you manthing.
>>77807469
Well my point was it CAN be done well. If it winds up being shit, then well I'll bitch about it on its own merits.
>>77807471
Hawkgirl's outfit looks awesome
Though I feel like they should've made Hawkman's look a little different from hers. Or at least just have him not wear a shirt at all.
>>77806426
Viewcomics only goes up to #178. Anyone know where to find the rest.
>>77807503
how does it feel to have shitty taste :(
>>77807524
I just think that Guggenheim hasn't proven himself able of being given the benefit of the doubt
>>77807503
>shithuman fan has shit taste
Color me unsurprised.
>>77807536
I got mine from a big-ass THunderbolts torrent but it was a while ago
>tfw no MTCMC
>>77807536
http://libgen.io/comics/index.php
>>77807606
We'll go read Ellisbolts later, wherein at least Norman Osborne is terribly entertaining
>>77807381
>>77807428
>>77807474
The writer and the artist are purposefully making Man-Thing seem cute, aren't they?
>>77807381
So wait, they find a horrifyingly powerful creature who's reaction to people being afraid is to try to kill them, and they surround him with people who like to use intimidation to get what they want.
Can't see this going wrong. No Sir.
>>77807627
I don't wanna spoil you but there are even more kawaii Man-Thing moments ahead, so...yeah, pretty much
I wonder if they didn't dig Frankencastle
>>77807270
I love Xavier vouching for Cain to try to get his life back on track.
>>77807627
Kind of hard not to, vacant eyes, semi-Sad expression, plus he reacts to how people are feeling around him.
So when people are all hippy dippy touchy feely, Manny's mellow. It's when they start to freak out or act like shitheads to eachother when shit gets bad.
>>77807704
Moonstone and Songbird go way back
>>77807734
ah yes, Captain Universe before Hickman fucked with it so much
>>77807704
That's some Vril level manipulating there.
>>77807734
That frown on Songbird though
>>77807752
so how are you owls
>>77807754
oh god, L.E.G.I.O.N.Bolts would be the best Amalgam title EVER
>>77807752
But we wouldn't have gotten such a great character OP
>>77807796
I still like Ambush the Duck
>>77807734
If nobody minds me saying it.... Nanomachines, son.
>>77807491
>OG Thunderbolts
>Lavish training area
>Implying OG Tbolts had lavish ANYTHING
Seriously, they operated out of a shack that Moonstone wouldn't let Techno upgrade anything because of Moonstone's orders.
>>77807752
I'll be honest, I dropped Hickvengers before I could figure out anything about his Captain Universe beyond "I don't understand how to square this with everything else I've ever read"
>>77807796
It's USAgent! He rolls hard. Got injured in the earlier issues that we didn't read because of event tie-ins.
(we'll see more of him)
>>77807811
Moonstone and the truth are passingly acquainted
>>77807771
Pretty mad.
Slept like 11 hours last night and woke up with a giant fever blister on my lip.
I'm sure if I slept my normal amount I would've felt the tingling late at night and would've been able to do something about it.
>>77807834
Given the high level of tech in 616, shouldn't he have a much better prosthetic arm?
>>77807834
To quote a past /co/mrade:
>They flipped that with US Agent. He told off Zeus to his face that he only believed in one supreme being because Zeus was just some powerful but not transcendent being, and that if that made him a 'god' Spider-man might as well be the god of wisecracks. Zeus almost pasted him before another greek god there was like "he has a fucking point." It was kinda in the same vein as the "There's only one God and he doesn't dress that way" crack in Avengers, except way more aggro than playful because US Agent rolls hard
>>77807844
those are the worst :(
>>77807865
see the next page; he's also really stubborn like that
>>77807865
Yeah, just look at Misty Knight.
>>77807897
Y HALO THAR
>>77807940
oh man, look at these fucking things
>>77806902
>>what's that, Stroman X-Factor as our next storytime?Yes.
>>77807870
It's on the corner of my mouth too so it's so uncomfortable to keep my mouth completely closed and to open and close it.
>>77807897
Dude, you better damn well HOPE you aren't going up against fairies. The Fair Folk are total bastards that make you lot look like a bunch of punk teens spraying graffiti on the walls of your high school.
>>77808030
didn't they, like, kill and bring back Cap pretty quickly?
>>77807955
Do they still make these? I know there's WWE action figures.
>>77807917
>Man-Thing is watching you fap
>>77807955
PFFT AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is so not how shoulders work!
>>77808030
this feels like the super hero equivalent of police chasing ducks.
>>77808041
there are so many great Man-Thing faces in this run
goddammit my feet are cold, brb
>>77808060
RUH-ROH!
>>77807684
It's weird seeing Professor X actually being nice by now.
>>77808041
he was gone about as long as Batman
nobody fondly remembers Bucky's time as Buckycap the way they do Dickbats though!
>>77808041
>covers by David Finch
It's like they wanted the book to be as unattractive as possible.
>>77807870
Damn USAgent, thats fuckin ballsy.
Also hi Nuke.
>>77807627
When is Man-Thing ever not cute? Even when he's burning people alive he's still adorable.
>>77808060
Sound is purple, apparently.
Man-Thing doesn't appear to give a shit.
>>77808090
Everyone I know was super-disappointed by the Kot Bucky book because it was about 0% what they wanted out of a Bucky book and wasn't then genre-bending in a good way
>>77808090
I do!! BuckyCap is my favorite.
>>77807870
Looks like he needs a red
>>77808161
Songbird is always bright pink, yeah
>>77808166
I bought it for Marco Rudy and no regrets.
>>77808166
Why is she so eager to please all of a sudden?
>the handsome Mr. Cage
Ah, thirst.
>>77808196
Now that I can see
should I roll in the Player's Choice Godfest, y/n
>>77808217
she can get more of what she wants if she's trusted, too. She wants more free reign, and she really likes being respected--she's a pro.
>>77807587
>looking a awesome Helmut Zemo
>Remember he won't have the sock mask on the MCU
Why even live
Also, why is Marvel Studios so ashamed of the comics? It seems that after the first phase they are more for "muh realism" than "look at this dude with a skull face, look at this mission impossible mask shit"
>>77808167
People liked it, but I've never actually seen anybody wistfully wishing that it would be the Cap status quo forever
>>77808166
It sounded really fucking weird and I imagine Bucky fans were probably not that into it
great art tho
>>77808253
HI TROLL
>>77807629
>first panel
I guess Luke isn't a swallower.
>>77808265
because we can't have nice things :(
>>77808253
And a sociopath. I'm pretty sure the only person that can get her to act with an ounce of humanity is Jolt.
Where is Jolt anyway, you'd think she'd be all over this kind of thing.
>>77808292
aww shit waifu time
>>77807796
Which reminds me, we should read Spider-Boy sometime.
>>77808401
delicious Valkyrie
man, Fearless Defenders was a waste
>>77808410
I bet having Man-Thing around would do wonders for my weird plants
>>77808421
hah, now isn't THIS funny considering what Marvel is writing right now
>>77808410
Fearless Defenders, an entire comic dedicated to making sure Flash Venom couldn't have sex with his girlfriend
>>77808106
At least it's not Michael Turner.
>>77808465
Or Greg Horn
>>77808453
>>77808454
and who thought the body-sharing was a good idea
>>77808435
speaking of, I saw a decent writeup the other day about where the X-line went wrong
http://www.avclub.com/article/marvels-x-men-face-their-greatest-challenge-change-228262
>>77808486
ugh ugh ugh Greg Horn porno covers
And yes, Jeff Parker just made an Insane Clown Posse joke
Here's an interview that Moore did that touches on Providence.
It's pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpajFQECzAk
>>77808500
The AVC review of Extraordinary #1 was fucking brutal and accurate
>>7787752
>Spidy 629
Hey, I own that.
Good story, but I'm a bit iffy on the continuity in it, I recommend it.
>>77808500
> The dire straits in which the X-Men currently find themselves, however, rather than simply being the result of one or two or 10 bad stories, is more the logical outcome of many years of consistent mismanagement and what appears to be a constitutional inability on Marvel’s part to remember what made these books so popular for so long
Wow did the AV Club manage to write something good? I stopped paying attention when the were just shitting all over Frank Miller's early work just because of his modern stuff
>>77808580
> In practice, however, they remained hooks in search of a story for much of Bendis’ run. Cyclops’ idea of a “mutant revolution” was never explained as anything more than a rear-guard action fought by a small splinter group of like-minded mutants trying desperately to stay one step ahead of S.H.I.E.L.D. (One of the unintentional running jokes of Bendis’ run was the slow devolution of S.H.I.E.L.D. from a world-class law enforcement agency into a gang of borderline-racist Keystone Cops.) This lack of focus eventually became part of the storyline, with those around Cyclops slowly realizing he was just making up his plans as he went along. Meanwhile, Beast’s time-travel scheme backfired from the very beginning, with the original five becoming trapped in the present and unable to return home for mysterious reasons.
Well, that's clear and blunt
>>77808627
> The building blocks are still there, left mostly undisturbed by Bendis: dynamite characters with exciting powers, gruesome villains, and endless potential for soap-opera shenanigans between impossibly sexy men, women, and beasts. What fans most definitely do not want to see is Marvel’s Merry Mutants fighting an evil cloud that makes them sterile, and they especially do not like the perception (whether real or imagined) that the X-Men are being put to pasture in favor of the Inhumans.
>>77808560
yeah it was
wonder if 2 and 3 were any better
>>77808627
Have they brought up the Alpha Primitives since they decided that Inhumans are the new mutants?
>>77808330
Is that meant to be "aww shit, waifu time" or "aww, shit waifu time"?
>>77808701
I'm not sure--even pre-we need to push the INhumans stories had really soft-peddled the Alpha Primitives situation
>Another puzzling aspect of the Bendis run is that he was clearly supposed to set up the status quo the X-Men were in in Secret Wars #1 with Nation X and the Phoenix Egg, but, I guess, decided he didn't want to?
>>77808720
definitely the first one
>>77808672
Hey, Storyteller. You were right. I do like Moonstone.
>>77808736
And it's a pity because good Inhumans stories actually have some edge with respect to class, conformity, and repression, and not in the same way as X-books at all
>>77808806
:D :D :D
I will take care of you in providing waifu/husbando material, my owls
>>77808828
>I will take care of you in providing waifu/husbando material, my owls
bless you OP, what would I do without husbandos and waifus like Hawkman, Dream Girl and Vril?
>>77808828
also I'm aiming for five issues a night so we can move on through this good material
>>77808808
Shithuman stories will always be shit
>>77808850
the world would be sadder without them all
> It's like he really loves the characters but doesn't have any interest in what superheroes actually do. It's why action sequences in a Bendis book are sometimes just two-page spreads of people fighting but no actual choreography
>>77808869
yes, yes
>>77808869
Just because they're shit now doesn't mean they were always shit.
>>77808828
Being a team player goes a long way.
>I will take care of you in providing waifu/husbando material, my owls
I never would've met Imra, Celia, or Lyrissa without you.
>>77808580
>>77808560
Man, i love that parker can write humor without it being retarded
>>77808944
>>77808989
Parker also has a deft hand at teams.
>>77808989
Good humor is usually derived from strong character dynamics. Take notice that most of the jokes are the characters talking shit to each other.
>>77809012
>>77808989
You think he could pull off LOSH?
>>77809027
Yeah, look at recent JLU--so many characters and yet everyone had a clear personality
also we're fucked
>>77809049
I'd say he could.
>>77809063
this was the page that made me give a shit about Crossbones
>>77809049
Yeah, which is why it'll never happen.
>>77809104
>>77809108
you heard em DC let's do it
Hey Storyteller. Are you making an active effort to run good Marvel stuff stuff lately? Because we almost always end up reading the infamously awful Marvel books until recently.
>>77808672
I rolled my eyes at their "But the evidence for Bobby being gay was strong!"
No man the evidence for Bobby being a big enough name to make headlines without being an important enough character for anyone to care too badly about changing was strong.
>>77809188
I'd forgotten that Avengers Academy was a thing
>>77809201
Ghost and Gates need to meet up
>>77809211
>I rolled my eyes at their "But the evidence for Bobby being gay was strong!"
I have a bunch of """evidence""" for a shitload of homo stuff, where is my canon gay reward???
>>77809207
yes!
>Also, it has a great crossover with Dardevil where he's nearly killed by a possessed vacuum cleaner and a dentist who eats a truck and breathes fire.
> Between this and Ultron getting beat to death with a stick, you could always depend on Daredevil's crossovers with line-wide events not to give any fucks at all.
>>77809214
The discussions they would have,would be worth the whole issue.
>>77809244
DON'T FUCK WITH MAN-THING
>>77809214
Gates would probably go absolutely apeshit over this version of the Thunderbolts.
>>77809188
>Hazmat
I vividly recall /co/'s obsession with her.
>>77809211
The " evidence" was that he was always jumping around between relationships. One interpretation could be that he was gay and in denial OR it could just be that's Bobby is completely immature and not suited for an adult relationship
>>77809286
ha ha oops
also oh shiiit this is the issue with some BAD. ASS. fighting art in it.
>>77808925
>ghost can possess people
Thunderbolts how did you make an Iron Man rogue so damn cool.
>>77809330
this is also why Karla's such a riot
>>77809286
Man right after Bolts was when Marvel had no idea what to do with Cain
> He's good now
> Or maybe he's not
> He's no longer the Juggernaut
> He is again
>>77809349
You know, we MIGHT have to go back and read those AA issues because I don't remember what they say but it's 100% inappropriate <3
>>77809214
>>77809259
Gotta say, I'm kinda latching on to Moonstone, Ghost and Man-Thing as the go-to characters here.
>>77809263
I think Gates would despise the very concept of the Thunderbolts.
Damn capitalist pigs turning citizens into government pawns!
>tfw I want to read Parkerbolts but am too anal to start anywhere but the beginning
I saw the storytime last time and skipped it then too. Thanks anyway OP, here's a bump
>>77809324
Technically he's just in control of Mach V's armor. Which, for an Iron Man villain, it's a reasonable tactic to devise.
So much happens in this book even more so with the title change.
>>77809271
I remember Mettle.
>>77809373
I quite enjoyed them too. Ghost is getting a lot of attention as far as I've read, which makes me glad.
>>77809396
sorry, it's just hard to get into it without Digglebolts, and...well...I didn't feel like starting there today either
>>77809443
Digglebolts is really not very good but it's amazing how well Parker picks it up AND gives the readers some catharsis for reading through it
>>77809473
I mean, Mr. X. Fucking Mr. X., jesus what a fucking annoying edgelord.
>>77809490
AWWWWW SHIT SON
IT'S FUCKING *ON*
>>77809188
>>77809213
Mettle - DEAD (Arena #1)
Veil - Last seen in Academy #37
Finesse - Last seen in Arena #13
Hazmat - Last seen in Undercover #10
Reptil - DEAD (Arena #18)
Striker - Last seen in an Undercover #10 cameo
>>77809509
uh oh
>>77809509
It's clobberin' time!
>>77809520
This is why you shouldn't get invested in teen heroes, nothing good ever happens
>>77809520
Mettle
;_;
>>77809509
>Purple Man
Heh. Speaking of things that are funny due to current events....
>>77809509
this sequence is great
>>77809275
Or stressed out from being a mutant superhero, which can put a strain on a relationship even if Bobby's trying.
>>77809598
I'm sorry but what the fuck do Cages hand things even do? Are they just fashion
>>77809598
>>77809620
> So what happened to you during the riot?
> I got beat up by Luke Cage
> I got beat up by Songbird
> I got beat up by the Crippled War...I mean Juggernaut
>>77809649
he can fuck with the nanites the Bolts are carrying around
>>77809598
>that top panel
US AGENT, NOW WITH SPRING-LOADED WHEELCHAIR ACTION. Must be 18 or older to order.
>>77809714
let's read one more, shall we?
>>77809716
I would actually buy that action figure.
>>77809734
yes, the second artist on this run for right now is Declan Shalvey
>>77809841
>What I don't get about the "they're bad at hetero relationships so they must be gay" thing is that it assumes the person will be much better with homosexual relationships. Whatever flaws Bobby had with women likely won't go away just because he's into men.
QFT
dat spider-ham crib toy
>>77809884
hey, Luke, that's not nice
>>77809921
>Ninja, please
...
>>77809935
>It's so weird to read Young Avengers, where 'bisexual' is a real thing, and then over at the X-men have this 'oops, gay' stuff that was kind of awkward when it was Willow on Buffy twenty years ago (and a much younger, less confident character at that).
>>77807897
>3 trolls
Gunna best waifu
>>77809884
Of course, writers will probably ignore the flaws Bobby had with women and hook him up with the second guy he dates.
>>77809935
>>77809943
You got a problem Turkey? Luke Cage is declaring war on The Hand and anyone who sells drugs to the community
>>77809884
Going with that "logic", does that make Spider-Man gay too?
>>77809884
Ah, this was around that time Daredevil became leader of The Hand. Did that ever go anywhere interesting? Cause it seems like exactly the kind of thing thy pussy out of as quickly as possible in favor of status quo.
>>77809960
And further down the thread, someone details how Bendis' Last Will of Xavier story broke their will to live
>>77809982
Bobby's going to be gay married withing two years, mark my words
>>77810012
It was fucking terrible.
>>77810014
Now I'm picturing Moonstone and Songbird doing a "Who's on First?"
>>77810012
>thy pussy out of as quickly as possible in favor of status quo.
DING DING DING
>>77810058
dat Cap joke
>>77810050
>>77810058
Well then. Fuck having interesting ideas, I guess.
>Aye.
... Damn, girl.
>>77810123
>I remember reading a Brubaker interview on Comics Alliance about his Batman work, and at one point Vulcan comes up. Brubaker refused to discuss the character and argued that it wasn't his fault Vulcan turned out to be so terrible. It sounded like an editorial mandate if I'd ever heard one.
...that makes sense
>>77810123
So Crossbones is basically Suicide Squad's answer to Boomerang.
In that they're both a pair of murderous assholes on a Chain Gang Superhero team.
>>77810041
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Iceman got a solo and that happened after a couple relaunches.
>>77810167
Troll is wonderful
>>77810058
oh damn
