Not gonna lie, the moment that Guillermo answered his mother's number and Nandor's voice responded, I felt a chill.

A thing that has caught my attention about the 1120 spoilers is that Shinichi could've easily told Kid his message for Ran and just let him say it for him, there is NO need for him to say it with his bowtie because well, Kid already can sound like him.

Which means that Shinichi just decided to go the extra mile because HE wanted to be the one to say that to Ran. HE wanted to say it with his own voice to her.

🥹🥹🥹

Not to be a Crispin Whytehead apologist or nothing but the guy was considered a "feeble-minded invalid" by the staff meant to look after him, had his mind tampered with in some way to have it psychically inaccessible (which given it was Loboto taking measures, probably wasn't harmless), and was then stuck guarding an elevator under the belief he was an orderly with his vision slowly diminishing. Also he's canonically scared of Fred when both are lucid, implying some darker stuff went on before Waterloo-O.

I can't really blame the guy for mocking Fred. It's not nice, no, but it's probably the only shred of proper control he's had in a long time, and it's over a man who used to have control over him.

I don't think it's fair to say that people only like WFA if they prefer the fanon, idealized versions of Batfam characters.

More rambling about comics and fandom under the cut, but the tldr version is that a) sometimes people want slice-of-life stuff for their favorite characters and b) if I have to put up with Dark and Gritty, unnaturally-prepared, child-slapping Batman, fans of that guy can put up with some light and fluffy manor hijinks like WFA.

Yes, there is an active and vocal portion of DC fandom that wants things from canon that will never happen. Partially that's because fandoms typically always want things from canon that would never happen. Teen Wolf and SPN fans want a coherent narrative that actually addresses the themes and character choices portrayed on the show. CA:TWS fans want to dig their claws into Steve and Bucky's relationship AND the US Military Industrial Complex in a way that the MCU never will. Stranger Things fans want some honest-to-God character development. And part of what I see in DC fandom is similar: what do fans of works where the characters are constantly emotionally and physically stressed want from their fanworks? Hurt/COMFORT and/or curtain!fic, in my experience.

And yes, partially that's because there seems to be a large portion of DC fandom that have not read a significant portion of the comics.* And/or watched the tv show(s). And/or watched the movie(s). And fanon builds on fanon until suddenly Tim Drake is crying because no one has ever hugged him, Cas/Steph/Duke are Sir Not Appearing in this Film, Jason is Gotham's #1 feminist, Dick is a golden retriever in human form, Damain is baby™, and Bruce would NEVER endanger his children by letting them go out and fight crime. But that happens in every fandom, to some extent.

I think it's perhaps more pronounced in DC because it's a comics fandom without any one unifying canon that most people are drawing from. For good or for ill, the Marvel fandom is typically able to circle the wagons around the MCU, with people incorporating various aspects of the 616 or Fraction's Hawkeye or whatever Spider-Man movie's come out most recently. DC doesn't have that. There's 80+ years of comics, including reboots that are supposed to make things less confusing (but YMMV on the effectiveness of that), and characterizations that change with the times; CW live-action TV shows; the Snyder-verse live-action movies; the NON-Snyder-verse live-action movies; the DCAU or Dini-verse/Timm-verse; the DC animated movies that are generally adaptations of comic storylines; the 2005 Teen Titans animated show; the 2010 Young Justice animated show; TITANS; The Batman (the animated show!); The Batman (R. Battinson!); Gotham; Smallville; Lois and Clark; etc, etc, etc.

I came to comics from the DCAU. I watched Smallville far past the point where any reasonable person would have quit. When I first watched 1978's Superman, I was confused that John Kent was dead, because he wasn't in the canons I was most familiar with. It's obviously not a 1:1 comparison, but I do think the question of "what do you want from canon" depends on what canon you're talking about.

And I don't mean to sound like I'm coming down on the side of people who are only familiar with fanon trying to argue they know the characters better than people who've actually consumed canon. But I do think DC being such a broad canon with no unifying property makes it a difficult discussion to have unless you start off by identifying the parameters.

ANYWAY, the point I've been dancing around is that there's enough canon that when someone says "MY Batman would never do that", they might be talking about their fanon or they might be talking about animated show #903 or the Tim Burton movies or whatever. Also, I had to put up with Nolan!Batman being the Batman du jour for like 10 years. It's WAFF WFA Batman's turn to be in the spotlight for a hot minute.

(Also, as greater minds than mine have pointed out, comics are, in general, a collective mythology of the modern era. And if you've ever tried to look up the One True Version of a myth, you'll know it's a frustrating exercise in futility)

*Of course, there's also a question of "what counts as a significant portion of the comics". Someone semi-recently ran a poll of "would you say you've read a lot of comics" and I was torn because I've read a lot, but in fits and spurts over the last 20 years, based on what was available at my local library or bookstore, and with nowhere near the focused attention that others have managed.

As a "sim parent" (sim maker) we shouldn't have favorites - but we do. Post your favorite sim baby (the golden child) and least fav. Pass it on!

My golden child is most definitely Carmelo (Penny is runner up, for sure) and my least fave is definitely this raggedy heffa his ex-wife, Marguerite.

I'm literally standing outside her house right now because I just wanna talk. . .🙃

That one Rudolph lesbian post has me all kinds of fucked up

Me foaming at the mouth desperate to explain that male work animals are more often than not castrated vs clamping my mouth shut bc then I'd be siding with a homophobe vs knowing it's meaningless bc the animators didn't care about any of that and just gave the reindeer antlers bc it looks good

you seem like the kind of person who would really hate philosophy lol

It's not so much that I hate philosophy, as it comes across as almost self-centred to me. The vast majority of philosophical debates I've heard basically amount to arguing for the sake of arguing, because if you used common sense for like half a second, you'd know the answer.

"If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?" Yes, because the universe doesn't revolve around your perception of things.

And that's just one example. A mediocre example, but you get my point.

one day i will give in and draw codeflippa as a kitty cat. For fun

Ooo why do you dislike miguel 👀😳???

man idk

Breaking News: I stopped doing the vortex quest to save my sanity.

the urge to use all makeup things I have in my cosmetic bag vs DYSPHORIA

Can someone rec me some Louis blogs that aren't Larries BUT don't hate Larries or Harry or the other boys.

I know I'm not the only one ffs and I love the Larries I follow, but I could use more Louis content on my dash that's utterly unrelated to Harry or Larry.

Please and thank you!!

Izzy's death feels like the gay version of bury your gays

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

it doesn’t matter who you are

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you are allowed to cry

you. are. allowed. to. cry.

Background practice I suppose?

god I really love these two so much