Ororo Munroe: Storm Appreciation 2020

[QUOTE=GuiltyPleasure;5148246]Oh, I did enjoy this review. [url]https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2020/09/review-giant-size-x-men-storm-1-shes-strong-but-im-tired/[/url]

With every crackle of thunder, every bolt of lightning, and every wind-gusted strand of hair, Russell Dauterman expresses how important Storm is to him. I wish I could say I felt the same about how Jonathan Hickman has been writing Storm.

Following up on Emma Frost and Jean Grey’s psychic journey to rescue their friend/frenemy, Storm is now awake and learning the bad news: she has been infected with a machine virus that’s left her with 30 days to live. Worse, Jean says consoling her, there’s nothing more anyone can do for her because all of the brilliant minds on Krakoa have turned up blank. Emma, in her coldly dismissive way, suggests that it shouldn’t matter since Storm can simply be resurrected, perhaps with some of Emma’s recommended alterations, but Storm isn’t yet all about that resurrection life just because she’s about to die.

The Giant-Size X-Men stories follow the Marvel Method of storytelling wherein the artist is given the broad strokes of a story, allowing them to shape it as much as the writer as they plot out panels and placements, with the words added in later. GSX: Storm holds to this format, but in earlier interviews, Dauterman explains that much of the plot here was already clearly defined by Hickman, leaving little room for Dauterman to interject story elements. He did suggest adding Monet to the mix, which turns out to be very helpful, because, despite “every genius on the island” taking a crack it, Monet apparently wasn’t consulted. Thankfully, she did hear about Storm’s predicament and shows up a few pages in with a deus ex machina for Storm’s machina problem. Monet then gathers Doug, who also wasn’t consulted on a technovirus issue for some strange reason….

But let’s back up. Like I said, the story opens with Jean consoling Storm, informing her of her fate and the efforts that have been made to help her. The implication here is that Storm has played no active role in these efforts, not even being there to get the answers first hand. [B]She’s basically sitting in a waiting room to hear what her prognosis is. And she just accepts it, aside from the scowl aimed at Emma’s insensitivity, Storm’s just like, oh well, I guess that’s it then about this whole situation.[/B]

Because if there’s one thing we know about Storm, she always gives up and takes what fate gives her, especially when it comes to situations of lifedeath. Yes, I am being sarcastic, but I am not the least bit surprised by this portrayal of Storm. Though the story moves on to give her her triumphant conquering the odds moments, the beginning pages, the previous issue, and Storm’s overall role in House of X/Powers of X and now Dawn of X continues to leave me heaving a deep sigh of resignation. I keep hearing a promise that Hickman has Big PlansTM for Storm, with this machine virus plotline being part of them, but I have yet to see anything that makes me excited to find out what those plans are.

Instead, I see a Storm that leaves me feeling exhausted. Thankfully, I can count on Dauterman, with the help of Matthew Wilson’s colours, to ensure that Storm looks like the African-American goddess she is, but the writing of the character has left me wanting so much more. Her appearances of late have been fleeting. She most often seems to be marched out to display her powers at opportune moments as a plot device or serve as a momentary counterpoint or support to other, more prominent characters, like Kate Pryde and Emma Frost in Marauders. [B]She carries no major story arcs herself in the main series and hardly plays an active roll in this one that is supposed to be centred on her due to this machine virus. She was a damsel in distress in the Emma and Jean GSX that focused on the telepaths’ relationship. Here, I had to stop myself from counting how many panels she actually got to appear in an issue given her name. Having resigned herself to sitting around hoping, Storm doesn’t get up until Monet takes the lead, and, as the issue description reads, it’s Fantomex who — in relation to his own GSX story — gathers the rest of the team to find a cure, not Storm taking her fate into her own hands.[/B]

That cure takes them to a high-tech laboratory called the World, a place where Gravity Fall‘s Bill Cipher likely owns a summer home. Somewhere along the way, Storm gets tired of letting everyone else take the reins. “Follow my lead,” she commands, then promptly vanishes from the battle for two pages, save for a tiny pic of her in the corner. [B]She returns to douse the World in wind and lightening in a stunning display of her abilities, which is all she gets to do these days. A goddess reduced to providing special effects.[/B]

Thus far, GSX books have not impressed me, save for a few moments here and there, and Emma and Jean’s issue, which featured the kind of character beats, relationship play, and depth that made me fall in love with mutants through Chris Claremont’s Classic X-Men stories. Given that Dauterman apparently had a greater role in shaping the Emma and Jean story and the characterizations, I feel like I should be giving him most of the credit for making their issue as enjoyable as it was, despite my frustration over Storm’s role within it — or lack thereof. Those kind of deep character moments are what I was expecting from GSX. The Storm issue briefly attempts this, with some moments of introspection where Storm says words that imply that she’s taking back her agency. In a few pithy lines, I was drawn back to moments like an emaciated Jean stubbornly telling a celestial entity that she didn’t want to die, or Storm taking a leap of faith and pure joy from a cliff when her powers are returned. But there really wasn’t any build-up to that moment of goddess returned here. Not when we started with a very atypical Storm who doesn’t seem to want to put in any more effort than the people writing her.

Aaaand then the story about Storm promptly flips back to focus on Fantomex and Doug and their important decisions and discoveries instead.

Storm's face is covered in a machine virus patterns. "Did it work?" she asks

No, not really.[/QUOTE]

doesn't seem this reviewer enjoyed the issue lol

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5148258]doesn't seem this reviewer enjoyed the issue lol[/QUOTE]

Nope, it doesn't. I think she raised valid points about the writing and visuals. Overall, I had very similar thoughts when I read the issue. You also raised some of her points about Ororo's portrayal in other posts and long before this issue dropped.

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5148237]some are speculating that the sentient being forming will eventually be a storm clone. doesn't sound interesting to me but hey lol[/QUOTE]

you see that tweet with the Model walking in slow motion dressed as Storm went viral again? I always run into you on twitter and tell you i'll see you back on the forum lol. I didn't see you in the tweet

[QUOTE=GuiltyPleasure;5148231]Review [url]https://comic-watch.com/comic-book-reviews/giant-sized-x-men-storm-1-the-ghost-in-the-machine[/url]


First of all, the art was absolutely beautiful. Dauterman’s art is truly delightful. It’s nice to see women with distinctive features, in comics — especially Storm, who is often absolutely whitewashed. Storm, Emma, Jean and Monet all look like individuals. All though they’re all terribly beautiful, they don’t all look like the exact same Platonic Ideal white woman who’s been given slightly-different skin tones, and that’s something that should be absolutely standard and not at all praiseworthy. Yet, in comics, this is a perishingly rare quality for an artist to have. So, yes, I will praise Dauterman excessively for doing his job.

Beyond that, the landscapes were impeccable. The World looks like an impressionist painting that was put down on paper while the artist was on five tabs of acid, and that’s exactly what you want for a micro-universe developed in what is essentially a teapot. Visually, this story was a pleasure to read.

From the perspective of the writing, Hickman is an extremely limited artist. There are, perhaps, ten characters (out of the entire X-Men pantheon) who he can write with any sense of believability. He is a misogynist who can only write women when they are submissive or in the traditional ‘bitch’ vein. It takes what amounts to a miracle for him to write nuanced characters like Jean or Storm with any believability. That miracle occurred, in this issue. Jean shows compassion, but she isn’t a housefrau banished to the land of rubber gloves and male service. Storm is very firm about who she is, and what she wants (it was nice to see Hickman address why, exactly, this matters when she could just be resurrected: it’s important, to her, that she fight to remain who she is) and she gives one of her patented Goddess Speeches without coming across as ridiculous.

Hickman has always written Emma and Monet well (even if he only tends to hit one note for them) and having Money describe Cypher as ‘the Bambi of the X-Men’ was absolutely perfect.

In short, this issue was very enjoyable. The resolution seemed a little easy, and I don’t really see how this will define her story for ‘years to come’ unless Storm’s story turns out to be based in her resistance to resurrection. If that’s the case, the next couple of years could be extremely interesting.[/QUOTE]

Having Storm be resistant to resurrection is such a weird take cause she’s literally the certified hypewoman for everyone else’s resurrection’s

[QUOTE=Kingdom X;5148689]Having Storm be resistant to resurrection is such a weird take cause she’s literally the certified hypewoman for everyone else’s resurrection’s[/QUOTE]

Is there a fan theory as to why wouldn't Ororo be subject to Krakoan resurrection?

[QUOTE=GuiltyPleasure;5148271]Nope, it doesn't. I think she raised valid points about the writing and visuals. Overall, I had very similar thoughts when I read the issue. You also raised some of her points about Ororo's portrayal in other posts and long before this issue dropped.[/QUOTE]

I dont even remembered what I said lol.


I will say I would have loved this story a billion times more had she used the machine and it didn't work only for her to fly into the sky calling on the bright lady for help to then transform fully elemental emerging free from the virus. but we will see where this all takes her. hopefully somewhere that gives her a greater prominence with the mu.

Hard disagree with the Hickman misogyny claim. I can understand not liking the white Hickman right certain female characters but then you can also make the same claim for his male characters he usually writes them as being arrogant / narcissist with a genius complex.

[QUOTE=metalclouds;5148436]you see that tweet with the Model walking in slow motion dressed as Storm went viral again? I always run into you on twitter and tell you i'll see you back on the forum lol. I didn't see you in the tweet[/QUOTE]

lmfao oh so you are tge mystery person lolol that's funny!!!! I didn't know which forum u was talking about lol. I didn't see the tweet but as long as our gurl storm us getting viral moments im good.

[QUOTE=Kingdom X;5148689]Having Storm be resistant to resurrection is such a weird take cause she’s literally the certified hypewoman for everyone else’s resurrection’s[/QUOTE]

that's why she know's it's importance, a life must be worthy even if you can be ressurected whats the point if you don't fight for it yourself as well? Everyone that she has been harboring the ressurections died fighting to the last moment, would it be respectfull if she gave up on a disease when she can fight back?

Her life is precious, even if she can return doesn't make it any less so.

Whatever happens in the world, it's an active development agaist the children of te vault, information and allies, all those things are important in a larger scheme of things that Ororo spearheaded, to me a power display was what i sorta wanted, but reminding everyone of what an important figure and leader ororo is and the strenght of her character is just as important, in my opinion.

Also I don't think she left behind a clone, but she did leave something that she will one day have to deal with, i have a theory that had she given up whatever that was would have grown fully into an actual evil clone, completly overtaking her, but now whatever it is it's probably a type of inteligence that has been affected by her but isn't what the children of the vault wanted from this infection, whatever it becomes either good or bad it's a very interesting mystery that involves Storm..

If it's a villain, then she has a new nemesis to combat, if it's benevolent then she has something new related to her powers, win win.

I apreciate when certain characters are tied up before hand to relevant stories, just like how excalibur issue tied soooo many conections that are now paying off.

[QUOTE=Ferro;5148977]that's why she know's it's importance, a life must be worthy even if you can be ressurected whats the point if you don't fight for it yourself as well? Everyone that she has been harboring the ressurections died fighting to the last moment, would it be respectfull if she gave up on a disease when she can fight back?

Her life is precious, even if she can return doesn't make it any less so.

Whatever happens in the world, it's an active development agaist the children of te vault, information and allies, all those things are important in a larger scheme of things that Ororo spearheaded, to me a power display was what i sorta wanted, but reminding everyone of what an important figure and leader ororo is and the strenght of her character is just as important, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]

I like how Jean and Storm are of similar minds. Jean profess a similar sentiment in the second issue of X-Force

im very interested to see how that sphere comes up again, it was first a tecnho-organic virus that was intended to completly over take the host, now it's probably a type of tecno-organic inteligence that we heard about can evolve into the phalanx, but now it has the characteristics of an extremely powerfull mutant and it's currently sealed in containment, in a place where time passes faster and aparently somewhat benevolent.

It's a recipe for fun and a clear set up and whatever it is, storm is a part of it!

[QUOTE=Ferro;5148982]Also I don't think she left behind a clone, but she did leave something that she will one day have to deal with, i have a theory that had she given up whatever that was would have grown fully into an actual evil clone, completly overtaking her, but now whatever it is it's probably a type of inteligence that has been affected by her but isn't what the children of the vault wanted from this infection, whatever it becomes either good or bad it's a very interesting mystery that involves Storm..

If it's a villain, then she has a new nemesis to combat, if it's benevolent then she has something new related to her powers, win win.

I apreciate when certain characters are tied up before hand to relevant stories, just like how excalibur issue tied soooo many conections that are now paying off.[/QUOTE]

speaking of children of the vault I thought she was infected when she got tagged in the issue where they went to their base but i read an article that theorized she was infected in xmen 1. I didn't think she was infected that early but I guess that would probsbky make the most sense lookin back on it

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5149001]speaking of children of the vault I thought she was infected when she got tagged in the issue where they went to their base but i read an article that theorized she was infected in xmen 1. I didn't think she was infected that early but I guess that would probsbky make the most sense lookin back on it[/QUOTE]

yeah this plot line run's deep and keeps getting characters and things added to it, slowly but steadly, Ororo being one is exciting me personally.

[QUOTE=Ferro;5149007]yeah this plot line run's deep and keeps getting characters and things added to it, slowly but steadly, Ororo being one is exciting me personally.[/QUOTE]

I'm actually curious to see where this is going. so question who do you think could be ororo's potential ancestor:


[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiDHwpMXkAA0xcP?format=jpg&name=900x900[/img]

Its looking like genesis will be her ancestor who so happens to also be Apocalypse's wife!!! how crazy would that be??

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Apocalypse's tomb
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im still holding to that theory, the eyes and face are what sells it since we know some of ororo's family dont have white hair, but even if not conected im happy to have more prominient black women in the x-men mythos.
or maybe shes bald and those are apendages

[URL="https://www.cbr.com/storm-body-x-men-anatomy/"]https://www.cbr.com/storm-body-x-men-anatomy/[/URL]

I personally like this review here. As usually Blerd provides proper review and feedback on the issue:

[video=youtube_share;pYDAQOiKm-g]https://youtu.be/pYDAQOiKm-g[/video]

I agree with everything he said and everything that was said before. I am in the camp of 50/50. I enjoyed the issue, but I believe they didn't fully present Storm and didn't put enough panel time for her. There were too many characters, instead of them concentrating on the name with which the issue was named. I agree that they presented Storm personality extremely well. Evala to Hickman, very well presented personality, but the issue was lacking a lot of action and it felt like Storm wasn't the center of the attention. And she was supposed to be the center of everything. Furthermore, I believe they wasted a bit too much panel on other unnecessary things. Like for example the argument between the AIM guy and Fantomex (or was it Monet?). To other things, which could have been simply put into another issue.

[QUOTE=The92Ghost;5149244]I personally like this review here. As usually Blerd provides proper review and feedback on the issue:

[video=youtube_share;pYDAQOiKm-g]https://youtu.be/pYDAQOiKm-g[/video]

I agree with everything he said and everything that was said before. I am in the camp of 50/50. I enjoyed the issue, but I believe they didn't fully present Storm and didn't put enough panel time for her. [B]There were too many characters, instead of them concentrating on the name with which the issue was named.[/B] I agree that they presented Storm personality extremely well. Evala to Hickman, very well presented personality, but the issue was lacking a lot of action and it felt like Storm wasn't the center of the attention. And she was supposed to be the center of everything. Furthermore, I believe they wasted a bit too much panel on other unnecessary things. Like for example the argument between the AIM guy and Fantomex (or was it Monet?). To other things, which could have been simply put into another issue.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to how Black Panther fans have felt for years. Along with a LOT of other folks.

The name on the cover is Storm. The summary of Jean and Emma having to save Storm??? If this is a book about her-shouldn't be about HER?

If they were going to do all they should have given her a mini to flesh it out to have more of her.

[QUOTE=The92Ghost;5149244]I personally like this review here. As usually Blerd provides proper review and feedback on the issue:

[video=youtube_share;pYDAQOiKm-g]https://youtu.be/pYDAQOiKm-g[/video]

I agree with everything he said and everything that was said before. I am in the camp of 50/50. I enjoyed the issue, but I believe they didn't fully present Storm and didn't put enough panel time for her. There were too many characters, instead of them concentrating on the name with which the issue was named. I agree that they presented Storm personality extremely well. Evala to Hickman, very well presented personality, but the issue was lacking a lot of action and it felt like Storm wasn't the center of the attention. And she was supposed to be the center of everything. Furthermore, I believe they wasted a bit too much panel on other unnecessary things. Like for example the argument between the AIM guy and Fantomex (or was it Monet?). To other things, which could have been simply put into another issue.[/QUOTE]

That's fair, but even as a clear set up issue for me it was satisfactory, it sets up ororo on a personal and story level by giving her a lot of inner agency and a clear cut conection to a massive overarching story.
So I agree, could have been better but it's a positive addition to her character status IMO

[QUOTE=Ferro;5148977]that's why she know's it's importance, a life must be worthy even if you can be ressurected whats the point if you don't fight for it yourself as well? Everyone that she has been harboring the ressurections died fighting to the last moment, would it be respectfull if she gave up on a disease when she can fight back?

Her life is precious, even if she can return doesn't make it any less so.

Whatever happens in the world, it's an active development agaist the children of te vault, information and allies, all those things are important in a larger scheme of things that Ororo spearheaded, to me a power display was what i sorta wanted, but reminding everyone of what an important figure and leader ororo is and the strenght of her character is just as important, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]

Spot on. Also we now know the power storm wields (we already knew) in a machine based enviorment and that could be very dangerous for the children of the vault or any other inorganic organisms that may be subject to her command. Storm is practically the incarnation of what the machines and ai fear.

I also love how Storm gave her speech while each member of her team were fighting, struggling for their lives, she could have stopped there, the agony of being turned inside out in that machine but every life there came to save hers and even if they didn't their lives still mattered. To me it makes storm the perfect person to lead the resurrections and welcome others back because the first face i would want to see is that of a woman who i know for a fact if she was there did everything she could to preserve my life rather than wash her hands and be like "see ya next time" Storm has always been about preserving life and nurturing it, sometimes she just has to wreak peeps to make it happen.

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5148974]lmfao oh so you are tge mystery person lolol that's funny!!!! I didn't know which forum u was talking about lol. I didn't see the tweet but as long as our gurl storm us getting viral moments im good.[/QUOTE]

lol yeah i'm the guy. I remember i had another forum member on twitter who was from here. I think his name was monroe but I never see him on here anymore

and also, its good that krakoa isnt a monolith, ororo being true to her ideals and outspoken and active on her opinions is very in character.

[QUOTE=loke13;5148957]Hard disagree with the Hickman misogyny claim. I can understand not liking the white Hickman right certain female characters but then you can also make the same claim for his male characters he usually writes them as being arrogant / narcissist with a genius complex.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely and exactatiously.

[QUOTE=Devaishwarya;5149758]Absolutely and exactatiously.[/QUOTE]

can't believe i'm out here defending a white man (this is a joke for those of you getting offended) but you can't claim hickman is a misogynist simply because you don't like his writing style or his characterisation. He doesn't resort to archaic and damaging troupe like fridging, the temptress, damsel in distress, madonna vs whore complex, jealous woman, female characters fighting over a man, "not like other girls" female characters, female characters never making it to the end and always getting killed off or female characters hating each other for no discernible reason other than "women don't get along with each others" like other male writers *cough neil gailman, morrison & co*

I thing writing female characters isn't his strong suit. He managed okay with Sue and Val, but none of the women in his Avengers works were very compelling, not even his own OCs. Is he a full on misogynist? I can't say, but the Black Swan cult comprised of all females serving God Emperor Doom through time and space was all his idea.

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I know a lot of people here feel like there wasn't enough ororo or her kicking ass and taking names but personally I loved it. The whole giant size x-men issues (apart from nightcrawler and magneto which just felt like fillers and don't understand why they were needed) felt like a love letter to storm. Storm is dying and all the x-men got together and put their rivalry, jean and emma and fantomex with everyone, aside to save her. Storm has always been the leader, heart of the x-men as well as their emotional backbone. She's the reason why the x-men are still standing and haven't disintegrated. She's always been there to support her teammates and friends through they tough times and these last few years she took hit after hit; AvsX, her disastrous divorce from t'challa, uncanny x-force, logan dying, her daughter from a future timeline coming and leaving her, IvsX and the terrigent mist and kitty death without ever taking a break and we saw how much of a toll it took on her but nevertheless she persisted without asking for anything. She hasn't been well for a while emotionally and the machine virus was the final hit. Finally all the X-men realised storm isn't okay and they band together to help her, a well deserved role reversal. Even the jean & emma issue wasn't really about them but about ororo. Ororo was allowed to be vulnerable and angry, something she wasn't allowed to be publicly for a long time since she's the glue that holds them all together. So her taking a break and being the one needing help and being rescued felt refreshing for a change. As for ororo not having more action fight and some new power manifesting in the final issue, considering she was just dying a few moments ago I think its okay if she didn't crack the heavens open and parted the red sea.

[QUOTE=yogaflame;5149831]I thing writing female characters isn't his strong suit. He managed okay with Sue and Val, but none of the women in his Avengers works were very compelling, not even his own OCs. Is he a full on misogynist? I can't say, but the Black Swan cult comprised of all females serving God Emperor Doom through time and space was all his idea.

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Well to be fair a lot of the avengers aren't really compelling especially in avengers team books (idk why that is tho) and having an all women cult serving a male god isn't that just s nunnery? Kidding but it isn't problematic or sexist per say, it's all about the delivery and how its written I think that makes it or break it.

[url]https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidNakayama/status/1307062660043808771[/url]

not sure what this is about but looks promising.

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5150019][url]https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidNakayama/status/1307062660043808771[/url]

not sure what this is about but looks promising.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for sharing. Someone commented they hoped it was a Storm solo and he said he would love to do a Storm solo but that's not what's happening. Well, at least not for him.

[QUOTE=GuiltyPleasure;5150093]Thanks for sharing. Someone commented they hoped it was a Storm solo and he said he would love to do a Storm solo but that's not what's happening. Well, at least not for him.[/QUOTE]

no worries boo! yes I saw that its not a storm solo :(

[QUOTE=metalclouds;5149675]lol yeah i'm the guy. I remember i had another forum member on twitter who was from here. I think his name was monroe but I never see him on here anymore[/QUOTE]


lololol I dont know the munroe poster. but I'm glad I know who ur now ;)

the sales on giant size storm are strong, so many reports of sold out copies at stores and it's at the top of comixollogy

[QUOTE=Ferro;5150493]the sales on giant size storm are strong, so many reports of sold out copies at stores and it's at the top of comixollogy[/QUOTE]

i'm gonna have to find a comic store so I can get mine

marvel
[video=youtube;xxVIfnYNVWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVIfnYNVWo[/video]

[QUOTE=juan678;5151059]marvel
[video=youtube;xxVIfnYNVWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVIfnYNVWo[/video][/QUOTE]

awesome of course storm wins. the logic here makes sense.

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiTflEcUYAAAd-N?format=jpg&name=medium[/img]

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiTfklsVoAMCN-V?format=jpg&name=medium[/img]

Wow, very epic, I love that image (see above) so much. It truly capture Storm's "energy". (three) :cool: :cool: :cool: it earned such high coolness

[QUOTE=Celgress;5151597]Wow, very epic, I love that image (see above) so much. It truly capture Storm's "energy". (three) :cool: :cool: :cool: it earned such high coolness[/QUOTE]

yea its a pretty nice image. thats clearly not her sword though because the wakandan one is much smaller.

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5151604]yea its a pretty nice image. thats clearly not her sword though because the wakandan one is much smaller.[/QUOTE]

Is it possible that when Storm's powers interacts with the sword it transforms into something more elemental? It has a similar hilt and color scheme as the Wakandan sword so I'm thinking they're related if not the same thing. Plus as we saw in those images for Marauders #13, the sword can project lightning-like energy.

[QUOTE=butterflykyss;5151594][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiTflEcUYAAAd-N?format=jpg&name=medium[/img]

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiTfklsVoAMCN-V?format=jpg&name=medium[/img][/QUOTE]

That hurts my spine