i think i was late to this joke by a longshot but w/e

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This elephant was hung up in the cafe I used to work at. Everyone said it looked sad and I was fond of claiming it looked like a god of death. (It was displayed without credit and nobody really knew where it came from, so if by a longshot anybody knows--do tell!)

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I'm going for the longshot! Introducing Penguinja, my entry! He's ready for a fight, and it won't be very n-ice!

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Traditional MMO with a subscription cost? Absolutely was my first. First MMO overall? Not by a longshot.

MapleStory gets to lay claim to that title. XD https://t.co/Li7tZhWJA6

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...a straightforward answer–again in line with its broader message, does the morality of intention matter in the face of its impact?

The two heroes spring their surprise attack on Mojo, whose sense of singular importance assumes that Longshot has arrived with an army, as no...

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...none are as wildly crazed and narcissistic as he. If last issue identified Longshot as something of a Messiah for his people–the Mojo is an Antichrist among ours.

With his selfishness resolved after last issue's awakening, Longshot has rebounded to the opposite end, taking...

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...I purely enjoyed this series and all of what it had to say.

Nocenti is often the unsung hero of Claremont's Run–her time as line editor and Claremont's confidant underplayed in favor of putting attention toward Chris's work–but the Longshot series really highlights her...

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...creator. Arize's ideology functions as a great counterpoint to Mojo's–whereas the former has made the world beautiful around him, Mojo sees beauty only in himself.

My takeaway, as Longshot finds himself overwhelmed with the beauty around him, is that Nocenti is suggesting...

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...he's managed to bury under the "purity of his intentions"; not unlike how the Spineless Ones are convinced of their righteousness, Longshot was also able to convince himself he was right.

Each time Longshot faced the demons, he failed to acknowledge that their presence...

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...pulling back the covers more with each issue to recontextualize the series' thesis altogether.

Longshot revisits the concept of intention, finally making the point to fully separate it from the idea of impact.

Gog's hatred of Longshot is built on this theme, his anger...

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While Rita's efforts to soothe Longshot's by dismissing his fears of the demon hunters were sincere, they're shown to have had an unintended effect of pushing him to question whether anything is actually real.

With Spider-Man's taunts and Longshot's feeble "please... it's not...

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...his stranglehold on the world he reigns over.

Longshot's run-in's with the larger-than-life She-Hulk and practical urban legend Spider-Man play into this theme; having just met a child wearing the latter's mask, he can't help but assume it is another figment of imagination.

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...point of comparison for Longshot's relative nascence.

With the disorientation that's come with his flashbacks, Longshot has tried grounding himself in the tangible–if he doesn't see it, feel it, smell it–it must not be real.

Unfortunately, She-Hulk's punch is just that.

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...trapped in Longshot's orbit.

It's only appropriate that a series as obsessed with motives as this is makes the case of the road to Rome, with Longshot learning of the consequences of his actions.

More and more each issue, Longshot is awakening to not only his identity...

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...who trips over a murdered guard and smashes his face and teeth.

Pup reappears and reminds Longshot to look over his shoulder sometimes before pulling Jinx from the latest brawl between Longshot and his demons.

Their desire, simply to return home, makes their morality far...

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...questioning the nature of his existence, and in dismay asks Jinx how "we" were created.

His worries of being patterned after his creators are unintentionally confirmed by Jinx, who quoting scripture, informs Longshot that "we're made in his image". Longshot's developing...

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...where a pair of spineless monsters saddled on legged carriers remark on the creation of this latest batch of slaves–Longshot among them.

Nocenti's series isn't just an admonishment of the entertainment industry at large but also more broadly about those with power in general.

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...unpunished by the technicality governing his probability ability.

As the unlikely companions make their way into ConEd's secret lab (Seriously guys? Signed, a very annoyed one-time ConEd customer.), Longshot is again shocked back to a memory of his past pre-reality hop...

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The theme of purity of intention is also revisited in Longshot as Longshot and his unlucky companion Jinx prepare to break into the ConEd plant to steal their latest haul of diamonds.

(As someone who has given ConEd my money, I am furious to learn of their diamond hoard.)

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