"It wouldn't hurt"
I think the decision was based on a few factors
-BL's ratings are not great and who knows how it performs on the CWapp or netflix(were it never trends).
-Painkiller was written like a older Arrowverse shows even with the futuristic setting e.g... a superhero with a supporting team. And also carrying over Odell stuff from BL. In retrospect that wasn't the best idea.
My pitch for the pilot would be The Outsiders
Xmen style Outsiders show with Anissa , Jen in college and Painkiller in Akhashic city as a superhero tea and give the show a bigger budget.
-Naomi will most likely have a HBO budget and feature a cameo from Superman in the pilot like her origin comic. It will also continue what they are trying to do with shows like Sl were they give some of their shows big budgets.
-During the 2021-2022 season the cw will have 4 shows with either a majority black cast or a black lead. All American , All American Homecoming spin off, The 4400 reboot and Naomi. The Nancy Drew Tom Swift pilot is still in contention. Even if they dont pick t up how was Painkiller expected to compete with a tv series about a gay black male lead.
-Nancy Drew and Black Lightning have had similar ratings this season but Nancy Drew has the pilot idea with a bigger hook that isnt tied to watching Nancy Drew at all with the Tom Swift idea. Tom Swift can essentially be promoted as a completely fresh and new show.
-The Cw felt they didnt need the show in the long run based on how BL is performing.
Trailer | DCTV Discord | Cast and Characters | Post-Episode Discussion
Khalil Payne is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA. After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly lethal Painkiller part of his persona, Khalil has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to find peace... but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Khalil Payne and Painkiller. As his violent, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrusted back into action with a new mission—bring justice where he once gave out punishment—but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side, Painkiller.
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Okay, so I do have a food problem, but after a year in therapy I'm realizing that it's not really about the food. For the most part, I do the right thing with food. I know how to count calories, I know what kinds of foods to buy, I like healthy foods, I get a lot of exercise. But despite all of this, I can have a fridge full of healthy food, and still order a food to binge off of Uber Eats.
Food is one of the few things that soothes me and brings me pleasure when I feel lonely, depressed, or stressed. It's really as simple as, I feel bad, and I eat to feel better. It has taken me YEARS to realize this. Obviously this is not a revolutionary concept, but I never thought it applied to me. I thought I just had problems committing or I just wasn't being consistent enough to develop the right habits. (And that's not entirely wrong).
Anyway, this realization was liberating in one sense, because it allowed me to acknowledge that I have all of the building blocks I need to build a healthy relationship with food. I know what to do. The reason I have failed is because the root problem isn't my relationship with food, but my relationship to the underlying discomfort and my current inability to cope with those feelings in healthier ways.
This is going to be hard to change, because I've always used food for comfort. If I am experiencing pain, food is a painkiller, but it will come back and make me feel twice as worse when I'm done.
And really, I don't think it's 100% wrong to use food to feel good. We're going to naturally feel things when we eat, and in moderation it's okay to enjoy eating, as long as it's not our sole coping mechanism and we're not wreaking havoc on our lives. Like it's okay to have a bad day and get some ice cream to feel better as long as you know that's what you're doing and you decide to do it. It's not great if you're doing it everyday though.
All of this being said, I'm still trying to learn strategies to cope with these negative feelings that aren't food. I'm trying exercise, meditation, distraction, all of the standard tools. I would love to hear what strategies you have used or if you have experienced a similar relationship with food.
Because the parrots-eat-em-all.
I noticed that fear and pain are so interconnected, when I took painkillers two weeks ago. I took a combo of Tylenol (acetaminophen) and diclofenac (NSAID).
I took the pill form. I had an, immediate ability to process and entertain dark thoughts. Reduced anxiety and general non-essential awareness such as overthinking about situations was reduced. Improved eye contact. I became bit more dominant and gf found me a bit overbearing and extroverted.
I attended a couple of meetings with a few top land developers, while on painkiller and without it. The difference was significant. While on painkiller, improved negotiation, reduced fear of rejection. I had to remind myself not to stare in to their eyes as that might seema bit hostile. Without the pill, I was back to being a bit anxious.
I did not notice a big reduction in negative thoughts, but ability to process those was improved. Negative thoughts were in a box on the table, I could open the box and play with them without internal turmoil.
The negatives: Over the course of the week my stomach was upset by the NSAID. This meant I could not continue diclofenac for long. I drank alcohol after taking a tiny microdose of acetaminophen. I had taken less than 50 mg acetaminophen sublingual absorption 6 hours before. Did not think it would affect me this much. I had loss of appetite and some electrolyte loss which indicates my liver wasn't too happy with the combo. I would suggest strictly avoiding even microdosing paracetamol with alcohol.
I have noticed some rebound anxiety after stopping these medicines. It's hard to take them long term due to side effects. This is too bad.
Observation: Pain and fear have something to do with one another and reduction in pain immediately reduces fear. It is desirable to be in a perpetual state of reduce pain and fear all the time however mechanisms to do so are riddled with side effects from the painkillers. Lets hope pain killers with zero sides are invented soon. These are my personal observations, please do your own research and and don't take anything that's not OTC, without docs script.
Does anyone want to take a guess who the villian will be that they setup in case his show happens?
For me its either gravedigger, odell or someone else, i dont think they have set up anyone in bl that would fight him. Maybe there are remnants of the masters of disaster or the markovians that remain that could be a pain in khalils side. Im not even disqualifying one of the AV villians. Idk why but id like to see khalil/painkiller interact with thawne, that be pretty cool. If they play their cards right this could take routes bl never did and be a reason why bls world merged with the other shows.
Btw idk why the cw thought to give a month break to get to this pilot yet they advertised a promo yet with bl they were tossing out episode after episode weekly but no promos, wtf is happening.
The ritual is simple. Painless. That’s kind of a joke right there. Not the ha-ha kind, but more of a forced-smile-and-a-nod-of-appreciation kind. They call me the PainKiller. I take away your pain - for a modest fee of course. I don’t do it for the money.
I’ll lay you down on my couch, a cheap three-seater with a weird, swedish name, BlömenFlügen or some such. I’ll ask you to bury your head in the pillows, and you’ll look at me like I’m gonna smother you. Don’t worry; I’m not. Just can’t have your eyes on me is all.
I’ll light some incense, yak-musk or maybe a hint of moist frog sweat or something. Honestly I don’t even read the packages anymore. It’s all an act; a way to get you to trust me.
My grandmother was norwegian, so when you’re all nice and comfortable, I’ll start babbling incoherently in her mother-tongue.
“Ånder, Skrømt og Vetter; la all smerte forsvinne heretter.”
I’ll keep reciting the line, over and over, until I can hear you sleeping. While not required for the ritual, it’s a preferred state of consciousness. Means I don’t have to worry about you peeking.
I can treat all sorts of pain. Even mental. It’s not a cure per se. If you’re dying, you’ll still be dying when you leave this place. I’ll just treat the symptom; that most heinous part of human existence. You don’t deserve the pain. That ceaseless, insufferable throbbing sensation, wave after wave eating away at your sanity, until one day you’re no longer human.
It doesn’t take long. Maybe five minutes. There’ll be a creaking sound, and if you wake up I’ll tell you to take a deep breath and relax, and ignore everything around you. You’ll feel my hand on your back. It’ll be cold as death, and it will leave a mark. You will gasp in shock, but soon find yourself unable to move.
Part of the ritual, I’ll whisper. Try to relax.
Next up a flood of memories will rush over you. They’ll feel strangely familiar, but you’ll come to realise...they’re not yours. One by one they will take away your pain, fragment by fragment, like removing a single needle from a cactus, until - finally - you’re all needle-free.
Pain free.
You will hear a creaking sound, and suddenly you can move again. And you will thank me. Praise me. Cry a little maybe. Write me a check. Transfer some cash. Shower me in dough.
And you will leave.
I will make sure you are gone before I open the hidden trapdoor again. I can’t help myself. I have to see him. See him writhing in agony, the mark on his back pulsati
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Because the parrots eat 'em all...
Out of curiosity....when building your medic class, between big pharma and painkiller, what do you normally choose and why? I've been using painkiller since i bought the game, but now I'm thinking of using big pharma.
Edit: Big Pharma gives you 4 stim pistols instead of 3.Painkiller gives you 25% more temporary healthy for stims and the effects last 50% longer, max amount you can have is 3 though.
Pahingi po tulong na magandang Gamot against toothache, sobrang sakit na po kasi and hindi po gumagana norgesic forte, Advil liquid gel po ba maganda? Ina-allergy po kasi ako sa mga ibang brand ng pain killers.
So, we're not rly that close and this conversation with her will be pretty damn awkward but i need them...and i need ur help🥺🥺🥺🥺. I also have a feeling (which will probably be proved right) that she'll think that i'm exaggerating
By the time I take another one the first one has probably worn off lol
Trailer | DCTV Discord | Cast and Characters | Live Episode Discussion
Khalil Payne is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA. After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly lethal Painkiller part of his persona, Khalil has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to find peace... but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Khalil Payne and Painkiller. As his violent, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrusted back into action with a new mission—bring justice where he once gave out punishment—but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side, Painkiller.
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