Official Mental Health Thread

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I pass the time by making the moments of day to day feel entertaining and important even when they're not. This is why I turn to comic books. You can just crack open a bull**** piece of pulp fiction that has meaning and message but is ultimately about characters and story that you need to become invested in over a long period of time. Movies, books, TV, music, etc can fulfill the same purpose if you pursue that interest with passion, but comic books always have a next step built in that you don't need to seek out. The next step is provided by the medium.

Interesting, so you would call that feeling exciting? I love getting invested in comics and I always do when I find a good one but I rarely read them. I fill a lot of the gap with music that's for sure. Just doesn't always do the trick and becomes background noise sometimes.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock

Interesting, so you would call that feeling exciting? I love getting invested in comics and I always do when I find a good one but I rarely read them. I fill a lot of the gap with music that's for sure. Just doesn't always do the trick and becomes background noise sometimes.

It feels like an entire world separate from our own that is important and meaningful, with people inhabiting it that are worth our consideration, respect, and affection, with an expansive history to learn and take joy from. The medium of paper and ink is simply how we become aware of this world, and when your perception of that world transcends the paper and ink it ceases to be fictional and there are now two worlds in which you exist, or three worlds if you read both Marvel and DC. And with all the other comic universes out there there are as many worlds as are written, but the continuous worlds of Marvel and DC are the most pure forms of this expansive creationism.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

It feels like an entire world separate from our own that is important and meaningful, with people inhabiting it that are worth our consideration, respect, and affection, with an expansive history to learn and take joy from. The medium of paper and ink is simply how we become aware of this world, and when your perception of that world transcends the paper and ink it ceases to be fictional and there are now two worlds in which you exist, or three worlds if you read both Marvel and DC. And with all the other comic universes out there there are as many worlds as are written, but the continuous worlds of Marvel and DC are the most pure forms of this expansive creationism.

Nice, what would you recommend best? My friends keep urging me to read Doom Patrol.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock

Nice, what would you recommend best? My friends keep urging me to read Doom Patrol.

Doom Patrol's pretty great, but for someone looking to dip their toes into comics I would suggest Ultimate Spider-Man. When the first X-Men and Spider-Man movies came out Marvel wanted to create an alternate universe to reimagine their comics without all of the decades of continuity so that people who'd never read a comic in their life could read something that had the core Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers, whatever, but not be turned off by having to know a whole bunch of history.

Ultimate Spider-Man is a very modern retelling of everything important to the character so that you can start at the beginning but is also fresh and interesting but most of all it has an immense amount of heart and love poured into it. It's really the most perfect way for someone to get into comics.

Ultimate Spider-Man #1

[Tristan_Geoff]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Doom Patrol's pretty great, but for someone looking to dip their toes into comics I would suggest Ultimate Spider-Man. When the first X-Men and Spider-Man movies came out Marvel wanted to create an alternate universe to reimagine their comics without all of the decades of continuity so that people who'd never read a comic in their life could read something that had the core Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers, whatever, but not be turned off by having to know a whole bunch of history.

Ultimate Spider-Man is a very modern retelling of everything important to the character so that you can start at the beginning but is also fresh and interesting but most of all it has an immense amount of heart and love poured into it. It's really the most perfect way for someone to get into comics.

Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Rad I'll definitely look into that, loved Into the Spiderverse so I assume that's the same universe?

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock

Rad I'll definitely look into that, loved Into the Spiderverse so I assume that's the same universe?

Nope. Spiderverse is main Marvel universe.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nope. Spiderverse is main Marvel universe.

Oh wait hol' up I was thinking of the Spider-verse comic. The movie is I'm assuming its own specific universe. Miles Morales does come from the Ultimate universe though.

[Mindfulness]

[WWWP]

I feel myself entering hypomania and like i'm stoked on the boost in productivity and everything but it's hard to even enjoy it when you just know the other shoe will surely be dropping soon.

[Key]

Had a pretty bad mental breakdown last night. Slept for only a few hours because I'd wake up in tears. So much going on (a lot of which I wont mention here but feel free to PM if you're interested). Really starting to take a toll on me so last night wasnt entirely surprising. Not feeling all too great today either. I need a change in my life or something.