Lord Of The Rings Corporate Destruction, Bond Casting Search, Marvel Event Seems Copied - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
There’s a lot going on with The Lord of the Rings right now in a very strange way which makes me wonder what they’re planning to destroy the franchise even beyond what they’ve done. It seems like they’re intent on turning this into a completely milked skinsuit brand like Marvel or Star Wars. Really sad.
Meanwhile, Flying Sparks hit a major milestone at $4,000 and 50 backers for the omnibus. Real comics storytelling is here and it’s with independents. Glad to see that these stories are resonating. Back on Indie Crowdfund!
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I hate to rain on your parade, but expansionism is not necessarily fascist. There is a checklist to go through. The federation might indeed be a fascist instrument, but I don't know if you can call it based on series narrative content.