Long-Distance Hugs

Yeah, I'm feeling kind of ill (it's truly aggravating trying to teach a class when you could at any moment sneeze, cough, hiccup, or burp), so Adorable Baby Panda and I are communicating long-distance today. We don't know that what I have is communicable to pandas; in fact, I'm not sure there is a human illness that pandas can contract, but why take chances?

So a round of hugs for:

Mary Jane Watson-Parker: She doesn't want May out there fighting crime, but she's flexible enough to realize that compromises have to be made, and so she brought May her costume and told to go protect the other volunteers at St. Andrews.

{Plus she told off that jerk principal for answering May's cellphone. That was pretty rude}.

Death: Adorable Baby Panda is very intrigued by Goth Child Death in Annihilation. Hopefully it's just a phase, and doesn't result in ABP seeking the Infinity Gems to kill half the universe for her. *fingers crossed* {I suggested Drax was pretty awesome, but ABP feels you have to be able to control your baser emotions, and Drax certainly didn't do that}.

Peter and Phyla: He still hasn't donned the Starlord garb, but he's following Nova on his heroic assault, and that counts for a lot. And she's doubting whether she can live up to her father and brother's legacies, but she isn't shying away from an opportunity to found out. {It might be a bit premature, since they aren't under fire yet, but what the hey}.

Rose Wilson: She was accused of being a traitor, and basically told they believed it when Cyborg and Robin advised her to go home. And yet, she showed up to try and bail them out when Marvin and Wendy provided her with the final puzzle piece. Maybe it was just to rub it in their faces that they were wrong about her, but at least she cared enough to do that much.

Storm: ABP is a bit of a theater fan, and so it was an interesting development to hear about Storm's unfinished play. {I'm not much of a theater man myself, but I can appreciate the idea of encouraging the growth of artisitc talent}.