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Please share your 'Thought of the Day'

Sunflower

Saw this sign on Twitter just now and thought "That actually makes sense, I should take better care of my self!"

Please share your Thought of the Day - it can be anything you like - quote, poetry, proverb, photo, cartoon, drawing, joke.          - it will be fascinating to see what everyone chooses. 

P.S. If you can't see the photo this is what the sign says:  

"Don't forget....    Drink water   

and get some sunlight,

because you're basically a

house plant with more

complicated emotions."

@willesdenstaff (West Hampstead Underground) 

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    Pretty much sums up the way a lot of people who grew up with comics felt. Marvel in particular could write a character that had something readers could identify with. I'd say Chris Claremont's run on X-Men was a great one for depth of characters people could identify with. Especially the marginalisation of mutants, also the way characters dealt with it. Some became hateful, fearful, isolated, or downright evil. Some wanted to expand understanding, wanted to channel their power instead of let it consume them, the themes were amazing.

    Cassandro and myself mentioned Watchmen before in a thread, and it really always resonated with me. There are some very autistic related threads to the story. It is DC but it's great. There is also a movie, I think you'd enjoy it.

    http://andygainey.com/1/blog/post/2015-03-11/neurodiversity-in-watchmen

    That guy writes a great piece on it there. In my opinion Watchmen is the best comic book adaptation I've seen. Different to the comic in parts, but the real meat of the story is kept intact.