The New Teen Titans Anti-Drug Giveaway #1 - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@Tareltonlives]

I love the idea of Robin doing a commercial while all this is going on Robin: Nabisco Oreos! They're delicious! Starfire: HOW CAN PEOPLE BE THIS HEARTLESS?! (emotional breakdown) Robin: Two chocolate cookies and a sweet cream center! Red Arrow: Nobody should go through what I've been through (emotional breakdown) Robin: Eat them with milk, or just dunk them in! Raven: MY MIND! I CAN TASTE COLORS! I CAN'T FEEL MY ARMS! (emotional breakdown) Robin: Oreo cookies are the ultimate cookie! From Nabisco!

[@TuckBolt]

"It's fun being transparently evil, I'm gonna go kick a puppy." That's the best line ever!

[@darkhero-3097]

Linkara, so I was working at a food vendor. A couple of kids bought some Pepsi's off of my aunt and she said (jokingly) that she felt bad about selling kids sodas to an older gentleman and, I kid you not, the old man said word for word your whole "first they start on the Pepsi, then they move to the harder stuff like Mountain Dew" joke. I am serious. I don't know if he was a fan, or it was a coincidence, but I was laughing on the inside. I could not believe it.

[@plantainsame2049]

Not long in till you become a supervillan and powered by Coca-Cola

[@off-the-grounder568]

@@plantainsame2049 SODAFLAME NEEDS HIS FIZZY SLIPPERS

[@kimifw58]

Oh! Scarface 1983. See, Tony was technically the villain, but his lavish lifestyle made him appealing to audiences which led some to completely miss the point of the film. It inspired a lot of drug dealers in the 1980s which cemented its popularity in hip-hop. Yes, even though the movie ended with Tony floating dead in his own fountain, people wanted to be him. I guess that's what happens when writers overestimate their audience's intelligence.

[@gregorymelissinos337]

Flight starring Denzel Washington. It implies drugs enabled him to save a plane full of people.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@gregorymelissinos337 didn't substance abuse put them in danger in the first place?

[@ShinyGaara65]

I came back to this to re-hear about the legacy of a character that, any other time, I'd just laugh off and go "oh, comic books." But no...after reading more about it, I genuinely like the character of The Protector. The whole reason he became a superhero was because it was the only way to convince his little cousin to stop taking drugs. Little cuz got addicted, Jason Hart and family talked to him, own family talked to him, he didn't listen. But he loved superheroes. So Jason became The Protector to convince little cuz not to do drugs. This guy would eventually save little cuz's life, get on Nightwing's radar, and get training from Nightwing to fight crime better. Dorky costume or no...you don't mess with someone on Nightwing's good list. And then Heroes In Crisis happened. And what happened there is less "character assassination" and more "character whatever happens in a Junji Ito manga, pick one." They turned The Protector, the epitome of "don't do drugs," into a closet druggie. Who does all the drugs. Before he gets killed by the event comic's problem. Disrespectful. Totally disrespectful.

[@RyutheWeredragon]

Can I just say the Speedy and Starfire exchange joke was one of my favorites from you? XD The fact it flowed REALLY well with the dialogue of the comic made it even BETTER.

[@Tareltonlives]

If Snowflame meets Pinkie Pie we're all doomed.

[@theponydalek7923]

+William Blazkowicz the true meaning of hell

[@tfmaster96]

like I said about a bit of fan art with pinkie wielding the infinity gauntlet: the multiverse is doomed (and yes, DOOM appreciates the pun around his name).

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

No matter how many times I go through your old episodes, I always end up finding something to make me laugh. "Those drugs killed him?!" "Oh, heck no. We're just a terrible hospital." Really speaks to the quality of your work.

[@whitestar0060]

An example of Drinking being shown as cool? seen by tons of people? Five words. "Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred."

[@RadNat]

Nearly did a spit take laughing at "Everyone knows it's slinky"

[@JaelinBezel]

“Im no snitch! You don’t understand!” You’re right. I don’t understand your loyalty to someone who only wants your money and clearly doesn’t have your best interests at heart.

[@traxthetrashwizard]

You know Linkara, the people coming up with these ridiculous names for drugs are probably high... So... You know... That's why they have such goofy names.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

+Kanashe Yeah a lot of street names are either euphemisms, puns or something it was sold as/in.

[@thewitchdoctors749]

No I got something even stronger. GUN

[@thewitchdoctors749]

No I got something even stronger. GUN

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

@@thewitchdoctors749 You made the same comment twice

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Gotta feel sorry for Linkara after a while. The Titans are what got him into comics... and yet it seems they're almost always involved in the worst of the worst he's had to review to varying degrees.

[@loloz707]

You can only be hurt by what you truly love

[@davidspring4003]

1. This isn't that bad. 2. He's only reviewed about 3 Titans books (not including the retrospective). Ever. 3. They're not in Holy Terror

[@darthgriffin7741]

David Spring well actually if you include events and such, there’s 24.

[@davidspring4003]

@@darthgriffin7741 I don't include books that just have the Titans in them. I mean just books that STAR the Titans. In, for example, Countdown, the Titans are incidental at best. In Graduation Day, they are key, so that counts.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Heroes in Crisis cackles in the corner.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

11:22 Walking Superman: But, Starfire, you don't understand. The drug dealer will be Over There, and won't need to worry about it as Over There will have sort it out for themselves.

[@daelen.cclark]

Starfire: “Superman, did you take some of those drugs by accident?”

[@XFlare17]

what's the most dangerous type of POP? Crystal Pepsi.

[@jakebryant3445]

Don't let Cinema Snob see this. He apparently loves Crystal Pepsi.

[@Gusweb98]

For me it was chugging a can of monster, I felt like vomiting.

[@blixer8384]

Crystal Pepsi's got nothing on Nuka-Quartz.

[@gerbert992]

Eldritch yay crystal pepsi is sweet and if you want to get some free you can gets from rupter

[@theweysermanisback5205]

Actually, Linkara misread the word, and said "POP", instead of "PCP".

[@Nymphonomicon]

"Starfire sux!" I'm going to interpret that graffiti as the child that once owned this comic was able to look into the future and saw the Outlaws version of the character.

[@KyleRayner12]

17:04 - The entire James Bond franchise? That made alcohol look pretty awesome.

[@jamesadamsfl]

Or the “Thin Man” movies; Nick and Mora have super lovers to drink as much as they do. Granted, they at least have the excuse of being created right after Prohibition ended, so it sort of made sense at the time.

[@PolarPhantom]

Poor Protector. He deserved better than what Heroes in Crisis did to him.

[@eamonndeane587]

Him and Roy Harper.

[@Manda1771]

"Then we got the munchies and started eating Cheetos and the Cheeto dust got everywhere and I couldn't wash it off my hands it's like my hands were stained in with orange blood!" lol

[@ignacionadeo1306]

The books on the cover were history books. Ancient History. They were books on the evil that is... ANCIENT EGYPT! (Dun Dun Dun Dundudun Dundudun)

[@PosthumanHeresy]

As someone who is pro-legalization of pot and a psychology major, people under the age of 16 shouldn't smoke it unless they're doing it medicinally. There is a statistically significant rise in cases of schizophrenia for people who smoke it under the age of 16. It's possible that this is due to self medication, and even if it's not I still think the risk/reward is far better than pretty much any other medication out there, but ya know, there's no reason to risk it just for kicks. Like, it shouldn't be illegal, but it shouldn't be promoted.

[@gideon5386]

When I was a kid I found a copy of this in the basement of some friends of my parents. The protector thing confused me because I honestly just thought it was Robin in a different costume. Totally forgot about it until I saw this review. And yet it's still weird to me.

[@comicbookreviewer4856]

I found a copy of the comic at a comic book store in London for four pounds and I guess the Protector is kind of Robin in someway

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Ah, the Protector. Revealed to have a drug problem and unceremoniously killed off in Heroes in Crisis for no reason. And people say that event did _Wally_ dirty.

[@DestinyZX1]

That event did a lot of characters dirty. God freaking dammit.

[@Predator20357]

Why? Because fuck you, a good person trying to look out for other people and get them off drugs is wrong and needs to be a hypocrite.

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

Who _didn't_ it do dirty?

[@daelen.cclark]

They did everyone dirty.

[@ellnats]

OH MY GOD RAVENS TRIPPING BALLS!!!!

[@jaredsamples6969]

Perhaps in that moment she saw TTG

[@ALitleBitSpecial]

Slinky actually sounds like a great & plausible name for a drug, you can even picture the drugs effects based on the name with the users limbs hanging eextended and the person making rhythmic snake like/ slinky movements.

[@sgbaconjr]

No man I'm off slinking I can't go back.

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9943]

Damnit linkara how can i trust you now...Slinky pusher!

[@thewitchdoctors749]

Hey want some gun

[@noahmagana137]

THE PROTECTOR WAS REALLY A DRUG ADDICT IN THESE ISSUES! THANKS HEROES IN CRISIS!

[@macuna1995]

Yeah, I seriously want to know what was the purpose of doing *that* to Protector.

[@noahmagana137]

Michael Acuna maybe as a sick joke

[@DestinyZX1]

@@noahmagana137 i thank Dan Didio for that. God dammit

[@Sonichero151]

"Don't make Snowflame Love and Tolerate the Crap outta you" |Oh god my Sides XD

[@jackmonaghan8477]

"Evil beware. We have patronising PSAs. But sadly no waffles."

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

Aww... :'(

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

9:47 The worse part is? I could actually see that happening in the original animated Teen Titans cus of how they pushed the team ditz trope with Starfire was at the start of it. Luckily, no Speedy during it so we were deprived of yet more PSA Hell

[@capmar-vell9243]

That was a pretty dark story. Still better than ''Teen Titans GO!'' though.

[@KidSnivy69]

Cap Mar-Vell92 It's not hard to be better that that unfunny show

[@agreatmanlookingtotheright]

Spiderman doesnt make a deal with the devil 0/10 for this comic

[@GalaxEGame]

I'm pretty sure anything is better than GO at this point. I tried to watch an episode of that show... The keyword there being tried. I couldn't stand it.

[@GalaxEGame]

And the sad thing is that some kids think that GO is the original. One of my friends was over at his little cousins' house, and they asked him if he wanted to watch Teen Titans. He thought they meant the original show. They meant GO.

[@capmar-vell9243]

Give him some good Teen Titans comics, like the ones by Wolfman and Perez.

[@AngelicalSebastian]

16:17 Uh...Tony Stark is pretty much an alcoholic in the Avengers movies. Not to mention the comics. Also, regarding movies: pretty much every movie that shows the hero drinking or smoking is sending a sublimial message, as much as we don't want to believe it. Thankfuly, everything is more moderated nowadays, but there have been commercials depecting said activities as fashionable or interesting. I´m not saying companies don't get to advertise their product, but a bit of media literacy in school wouldn't hurt anyone : /.

[@ellnats]

AngelicalSebastian yeah remember in ironman 2 when he had that "drunk im dying party"

[@AngelicalSebastian]

***** And how to forget the wonderful moment when he literaly peed himself...while wearing the suit...

[@ellnats]

yup

[@spidergwenstarwars6504]

Well he stopped for a while then the axis event happened turned evil and started drinking again because he's evil and later on cause pepper showed everyone how much of a monster he had become.

[@ellnats]

damn

[@ollien3598]

I feel like this was a really good opportunity for DC to give Snowflame a cameo. Did he exist yet at this point in the DC timeline? Snowflame should be the go-to PSA character.

[@oscarsamaniego2048]

Bassicly, that will be like saying "Cocaine gives you SUPERPOWERS!!!".

[@Groundlord]

I don't think it's the actual use of drugs and alcohol that Cyborg was talking about being "sexy and glamorous", but rather the people and characters who are shown using them. To an impressionable kid, "drinking and smoking are both cool because James Bond does them and he's cool" is sound logic. The best examples that come to mind for me are characters like "Buddy Love" from "The Nutty Professor" (especially the original version with Jerry Lewis) and James Bond - suave and charismatic men who are automatically the coolest guys in the room without even trying, and usually shown with a drink or something in hand. Baseball players and chewing tobacco also come to mind. Hell, Speedy himself could have been an example in-universe had things turned out differently; if he were a superhero (like he is here and not the in-name-only kind of dick he was in Rise of Arsenal) and still a heroin addict, kids who look up to him might get the idea that "since our badass idol Speedy uses heroin, heroin MUST be cool and good!"

[@chaosinc.382]

I know its PCP but I like the idea of pop actually being seen as a dangerously addictive substance.

[@Bismuth83X]

OH MY GOD! NOT *_POP!_* First they get you on the Pepsi, then they move you up to harder stuff, like Mountain Dew!

[@theruoc147]

Apparently Protector still exists in the DCU since he just made a cameo in heroes in crisis.

[@infinityalbi9840]

I also saw him on a Variant Cover of Teen Titans Volume 3 issue 100...

[@Maximus4587]

Aaaaand then he gets killed...

[@Zinervawyrm]

Granted I don't know much about Starfire except from the early 2000s Teen Titans, I like this Starfire, she reminds me of the innocent child like one from the show. I watched another review of yours where she was a lifeless, bored, bimbo, and it just left a bad taste.

[@KTF0]

Zinervawyrm The Marv Wolfman/George Perez version pretty much reflects Starfire like that. She has been imprisoned, and part of royalty beforehand so she was experiencing everything innocently for the first time, except in the comics, Starfire was a bit sexualized and was the babe of the group. She eventually got went out and got engaged with Robin. In this era everyone was 18ish as opposed to the TV show it seemed everyone was a bit younger so, I guess it was uncomfortable for everyone to be ogling a teen.

[@jamesadamsfl]

In the original Wolfman comics, Starfire was generally portrayed as innocent of Earth culture while also being a sex symbol. The difference there was that Tamaraneans were written as being a more permissive and emotional society: especially with the emotion of LOVE. as Linkara joked, their society was supposed to be based around LOVE, not having sex with any random person like a Frank Miller fantasy.

[@insertclevernamehere7202]

the perks of being a wallflower linkara. my favorite movie ever but it does promote teen drinking, smoking, and drugs.

[@TheSefirosu200x]

The whole "his name is Speedy and he's a former drug user" makes no sense because he used HEROIN, an OPIOID, a DOWNER. "Speed" is commonly used to refer to uppers, mostly meth.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Many may laugh, but this was my introduction to the Teen Titans, including Starfire and Changeling. (Cyborg was on Super Powers Team and Wonder Girl and Speedy on the original Teen Titans cartoon). I was sorry the Protector didn't get his own series about a superhero targeting drug dealers, or at least a miniseries or more than just background cameos. Although as long as he wasn't used as superhero cannon fodder in some mega event it could be worse.

[@Mazaroth]

"We're complete assholes on this planet" That explains more than enough why i feel like i live in a prison planet, stuck watching the machinations of semi intelligent apes at eachothers throats.

[@michaelhudak9695]

This is probably one of my favorite Linkara episodes! XD

[@jasonhealy8117]

China Cat is more than likely a name for LSD since it shares it's name with "China Cat Sunflower" as song by The Grateful Dead, who attended several Acid Tests hosted by Ken Keesey (author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)

[@DJGlaceon991]

You know what this episode made me think about, and yes I know it’s random. I want Linkara to play a game on a stream or something where someone take out of context clip from his entire series, and he has to guess what episode they were from.

[@theblazingflareon830]

Love the final moments with Snowflame, he's always hilarious xD

[@reypolpo7390]

Answer to minute 17. James Bond

[@MrDman21]

The Marv Wolfman & George Perez run of Titans is what really got me into DC comics. I was a hardcore Marvel fan before that.

[@bigfunnyfilms7548]

Speedy: what are you doing smoking this? *snorts a line* this is a bad cut! I’m gonna call a guy who can hook you up. Maybe get you a better strain of Mary Jane too.

[@georgemiser]

I think that Jason Hart (Protector's real name) would work well in Rebirth. If they can fit him in.

[@leomoreno7369]

This did not age well. Thanks Heroes in Crisis. I can't wait to see you get torn apart in Event Comics Month 3.

[@enyinnayakamalu5232]

Wolf of Wall Street is an example of drinking and doing drugs is cool

[@kimifw58]

True, but this comic was released in the 1980s.

[@kimifw58]

True, but this comic was released in the 1980s.

[@KyleRayner12]

Not to mention literally any James Bond movie.

[@Gasoline85]

Why did I start on drugs? Eh, no reason...

[@someguynamedtrevor6081]

Gasoline85 that comment is great with your current profile picture

[@Marelfan]

9:23 Oh my god! Raven’s tripping balls!

[@noahmagana137]

Ten years of teen titans saying no to drugs

[@graverobbingcleric2745]

Coming back to this after the protector was brought back and turned into a drug addict.

[@stevehagen9804]

What’s ironic about the drug lord killing kids in a government anti-drug comic is how the government poisoned alcohol during prohibition so people who drank could die

[@plantainsame2049]

I mean you are probably die Drinking prohibitionara alcohol even with it Wasn't poison because they tried to make stuff. Like rubbing alcohol, Drinkable I'm writing a paper on it

[@DustinOffAClassic]

7:45 - LOL! This is one of my favorite AT4W moments in a long time.

[@danthefan28]

18:57 this has to be one of the best crossover ideas I've ever heard.

[@ultra6671]

I love how you can tell the Protector was meant to stand in for Robin, because he's the one giving orders to the Teen Titans when he barely knows them.

[@davidspring4003]

Linkara..."pop" is "PCP"...

[@AT4W]

David Spring David... read the episode ruminations in the video description.

[@davidspring4003]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall oh sorry.

[@ninamichel1043]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall I have a feeling this will happen a good bit god speed man.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall To be fair I'm sure I read it as "pop" and thought it was just another fancy drug name. I think pushers come up with them to hide what they really are, to the kids if not the victims.

[@davidspring4003]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall an alternate jokes for it being "pop" though. "the new drug, pop. First, Dr. Pepper, then you move on to Coke...a-Cola" or "Coke...and I don't mean Coka-Cola"

[@__-dr5vm]

Who here knows why marijuana originally made illegal. I want to see how common that knowledge is It was originally illegal because a man named Harry Anslinger who was the commissioner of the federal bureau of narcotics in 1930 had his funding cut. He started claiming not only that marijuana caused insanity, criminality and death when he spoke to the supreme court but also made Mexicans bloodthirsty to increase his funding. Later on under Nixon it was made a schedule one drug alongside things like heroin and morphine. They even admitted to knowing it was harmless and were just using it asa a reason to round up people they didn't like.

[@gennybaratta2460]

Good to know anti-marijuana campaigns have always been super racist

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

When the mom said, "Every other word out of her mouth is a curse." Was I the only who thought he was going to make a Harry Potter joke? XD

[@ashurablaze7545]

16:42 I don't think that there have been any sort of movie or shows that have glorifies drugs and alcohol like Cyborg suggested, but boy was cigarettes the big thing.

[@realrealwarpet]

Turns out the protector had/has a drug problem....and then he dies.

[@gennybaratta2460]

Thanks Heroes in Crisis

[@thegayghost872]

Doing the China Cat.

[@vmgx]

Honestly this is not the worst PSA I've seen. It's on the better side

[@kwesmichalak9742]

Wouldn't it be weird if this comic was made with the exact same dialogue and dated attitudes on cannabis "research" at the same time Pineapple Express came out? I fucking love Reefer Madness for its outlandish portrayal of the effects of pot just as much as I appreciate the total honesty of it's portrayal in Pineapple Express. X)

[@danthefan28]

14:06 me if I was in this PSA comic: "SHUT THE HELL UP YOU RASIST! Your friends brother just died! Show some respect and kindness!" "So starfire... I just defended your honour... Wanna go out sometime?" LOL

[@leeiif]

Dude, I'd love sooooooooommmmeeeee slinky.

[@nathanthompson4613]

Did 90’s Kid get high and forget how he works?

[@kimifw58]

Friendship is Magic, while entertaining and surprisingly intelligent, is pretty trippy. We have colorful cartoon ponies fighting bad guys with rainbows and songs. Not to mention the furry confusion of some animals talking while some don't. And that's just the main series. The movies are even trippier when you see colorful HUMAN versions of the ponies becoming pony-themed magical girls. As you can well imagine, the show has a lot of fans in Japan. :P

[@Kyman102]

Y'know what the difference is with animals in FiM? Hooves. The cows, buffalo, and sheep talk, along with mules and ponies. So it's hooves and dragons.

[@kimifw58]

Kyman102 And griffins. :3

[@Kyman102]

Kimi FW Alright, point, hooves and *magical creatures*

[@oliverklinton7164]

8:25 take it easy man. You’ll get your new Soundwave toy. Promise.

[@snic_picic]

Let me just say protector is in hero's in crisis

[@Valdagast]

He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood He's the one that makes ya feel alright He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood He's gonna be your Frankenstein

[@Launchpad05]

16:34 Well, '50 Shades Of Grey' makes rape, and domestic abuse look 'cool', and gossip rags like 'E! News' should be punished for hyping such a movie.

[@purpleraider8105]

I can name a movie where drugs are seen as a good thing: The Wolf of Wall Street

[@Rabbitlord108]

10:43 And then she heads off proclaiming that she wants justi- OH WAIT! Wrong comic.

[@TheSunCoyote]

I liked the slinky joke also, I recently got "The DC comics guide to creating comics" and I'd love to get some tips from you too since my friend and I wanted to make one together

[@Oliviagarry69420]

...... I want teen titans go to do an episode of the protector when the team thinks his the leader and robin needs to prove he is but the protector is a better leader than him but robin just acts like robin in the show and somehow he wins!

[@agustinleal2556]

Most of Seth Rogen's films love to show how awesome drugs are.

[@3fatkid]

"On my planet, we care about each other" ......Isn't Tamaran a harsh almost barren warrior planet?

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

I wanna thank Maggie Mae Fish for making a video essay about this: What kind of media makes drugs look cool? Drug PSAs, and it might be by design.

[@ThatGuyfromBrazil]

16:43 In hindsight, after a few years, I might be wrong but I'm PREEETTY sure Project X has something like that. I vaguely remember them making a scene that edits drug and alcohol abuse as being "party stuff" and totally acceptable and glamorous.

[@ryanangelastro504]

17:35 OH MY GOD IT’S JUST LIKE ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN!!!!!

[@Tareltonlives]

DC: Cookie War

[@benjaminbierley2074]

9:49 You know...I can see Starfire going on a tangent like this, it's in character XD

[@Tareltonlives]

18:00 And thus began the epic Titans/Baywatch crossover.

[@MrZerothejedi]

so... did speedy get his name branded on his chest by a super villain? like... whats up with the cursive 'eed' on his chest? it doesn't LOOK like his chest hair

[@theweysermanisback5205]

7:35-7:45 ''It Said PCP, not Pop!''.

[@joshthesandwich]

Noticed that too.

[@mikigirl18]

Alright. That Pat Benatar song reference was just awesome! Just wanted to say because I love her songs.

[@SaurAuteur]

11:25 Oh Linkara don't you get it? The drug dealers are "over there," and "over there" has to deal with it's own problems.

[@shadowlinkbds]

If slinky was a drug, the slogan would probably be like this. Everyone loves a slinky. You gotta get a slinky. Slinky slinky. Go get some go!

[@OttoTorrens]

Bojack Horseman = The desire to drink and smoke incarnate.

[@dutchah91]

In retrospect, I think this comic really outed Linkara as a total square, since he thought pot, hash and hash oil are the same thing. Although this review did give me one of my all-time favorite lines so it evens out.

[@KnightlyNerdandDork]

Since this is my favorite superteam (Period) and I'm actually AMAZED by the quality of this work I can only say this... BOOYAH!!!! Question: if the Teen Titans Animated Series was to be revived (correctly mind you) do you think they should do anti drug themed episodes every Red Ribbon Week?

[@capmar-vell9243]

Rafael Jimenez The Titans are my favourite DC's team, followed by the Legion and the Green Lantern Corps.

[@TheDUDERulez1]

16:41 Do the Cheech and Chong movies count?

[@magnamon2099]

maybe the guy in the purple suit was an early version of the joker.

[@pythiasibyls6269]

I had to google "China Cat". I'm not sure if I'm happy I didn't know what that was or if it means I'm naive.

[@davidspring4003]

I can name several things where drinking at least is portrayed as the most awesome thing in the world...but it boils down to two words: beer commercials! and in many older (and probably modern) movies and shows about the "high class" folk, they're almost ALWAYS seen drinking martinis and whatnot. As for drugs being seen as "sexy" and "glamorous," probably a bunch of stuff in the 70's at least did so.

[@CharlesGouraudgaming]

And then the protector died in Heroes in Crisis

[@gennybaratta2460]

And it turns out he was on drugs the whole time! Thanks Heroes in Crisis