It's mostly the fault of poor editorial practices that B&R is so heavily misaligned continuity-wise w/ the main batman book. But walk with me for a minute:
You are Damian Wayne. You are 14 years old and have had one of the worst years of your life last year. Which is saying a lot.
Your brother, one of the people you were closest to, got shot in the head and forgot who you were. Your best friend went to space for a week and came back 3/4 years older than you, taking away your previously established dynamic and leaving you to have to bond all over again w/ a new one. You may or may not have gone wayyy too far with your new superhero team, who now all hate you, because you fucked up big time*
And worst of all, when you do try to do the right thing, you end up forced to watch Alfred, a father figure to you, the only one at your birthday that year, the person who has been so patient, loving and trusting with you, even when you probably didnt deserve it...die. you watch him die, and feel it's all your fault.
And your dad never corrects you on that last point. So you run away.
First to your mom who can tell something's up with you, she knows you don't give up that easy, you decide not to stay with her because you remembered how actually, neither of your parents are good at communicating with you despite their best efforts, so now you're 14 and flying solo.
And you do fly solo. For a while. Make new friends, new enemies. You think you're better off for it. You've got your best friend and your brother back. They're not around as much. It's fine.
And eventually your dad tells you that it's not your fault that Alfred died. Bit late but it's appreciated. Really. There's a bit of a hiccup where you get possessed by a demon and wage war against your father but after that, all in all, you two are...together again.
You start to think maybe you want to give him another chance, for the two of you to be father and son.
And in a change of pace, it works out! It's going good, mostly. He insists you go to highschool, you resist, feel like he wants you to be something that you're not (wants you to be normal), but eventually you acquiesce for your own reasons. He cheers you on at soccer and nosies around at your fundraising events with the other parents and gives you a stern talking to about your choice of girlfriend. Because he cares.
Except all the while this is going on, your dad is currently having his brain slowly taken over by an evil version of himself that he created and every time you look away he's slowly tearing your family apart (your brothers are just barely keeping it together. The ones who didn't get lobotmized that is Jesus Christ). You keep taking his side in these conflicts, for whatever reason. Maybe because he promised it would be different this time, and it isn't** and you're going to stick with him until he keeps his word for once.
But at the end of the day?
It's like your brother says. You're not the one who saves him. Broadly speaking, you've made things worse and needed others to come save you. And what else is Robin really for? You thought it was about redemption and teamwork but guess you're wrong. It's about saving your self destructive, apparently two-faced and erratic father. And you can't even do that right.
* TT (2016) by Adam Glass is a racist ooc mess, but unfortunately it's still canon so I'm referencing here, though like a lot of works authors clearly wish weren't canon but are, it's been subsequently glossed over. Win? Maybe? Or not?
** again Zdarky's characterization of Damian is so outdated as to be ooc, and considering the way he constantly and explicitly uses it to illustrate Tim's strengths as robin, I'd argue there's. Also implications there. But the batshit insanity of the main batbook compared to B&R rn is crucial for this post, so I'm attempting to justify it. This time..
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your boyfriend who has no problem picking you up in the pool, forcing your hips against his before forcing your back against the wall of the pool "jokingly".
"My big baby just wanted to be held by me, right?" the warmth of his body made you shiver, feeling him against you as he pulled you and possibly closer.
or when he picks you up bridal style just to prove how strong he is, kissing your neck and threatening to drop you if you didn't squeeze him tight.
or when you get out of the pool for a moment to see him looking up at you with the upmost devotion. Staring at your soft tummy and stretch marks as they branch out.
your boyfriend who makes sure that your sunscreen is rubbed in, spending an extra long time on your back and thighs to stare at how plush they are.
ugh, i miss summer.
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daniel ricciardo ahead of the sprint race | 📍hard rock stadium, miami grand prix | 📸 rudy carezzevoli
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dukat is such a fucking insane character. like SUCH a well written villain. the way he so so deeply hates the bajoran people and also ends up fetishizing them EVERY single time he turns around, his nearly psychosexual obsession with sisko because he's in the position with bajor that dukat really wanted. his insistence that he was good for bajor and so desperately wanting their love, but never once respecting them. it grows and grows throughout the seasons, culminating in the pah-wraith cult and the surgical changes to make him appear bajoran, like the way he has himself SO convinced that he believes what he is doing is right, and yet never is able to stop being nefarious at his core
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I LOOKED IT UP, AAAAAHHHH
AAAHHH
THE SONG IT'S IT'S THE SONG IT'S THE SAME SONG LANCE'S SONG
RAISE THE ALARMS AGAIN, WE'VE HAD AN INCIDENT!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨
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Okay Absent Friends leak but can we talk about what's on some of the other pages that you can just read if you flip the pics and squint real hard cos I feel like I'm losing my mind here in a corner.
Page 33 we have the Doctor's "I know you like each other" and Ianto's "I love him" but then voila page 34
DOCTOR
And I know him (something, something I can't read this sorry)
IANTO
You don’t understand… (more unreadable)
DOCTOR
(something)
IANTO
Every time he dies a bit of me dies too. I would never (hurt?) him.
DOCTOR
I see. I’ve not played this right have I.
IANTO
No.
DOCTOR
I should stop showing off and save the world.
IANTO
That would be best.
DOCTOR
After all that’s what a real hero would do.
FX: He reaches for the door. It does not open.
DOCTOR
No! I can’t open it! Augh!
IANTO
And now you’re just an angry man shouting at a door.
And then page 53 just after Jack realises he's not talking to the real Doctor we get another scene.
INT. CORRIDOR
(okay I can't the first couple lines but...)
IANTO
(unreadable) can you?
JACK
No… It doesn’t matter.
IANTO
It does matter.
JACK
Not now. I wanted to say something.
IANTO
Okay.
JACK
I love you.
IANTO
You… what?
JACK
(echo) I LOVE YOU. It’s what you want to hear.
IANTO
Sir
JACK
(louder in volume, not shouting) I love you.
IANTO
(unreadable) I can almost see this thing-
JACK
(Enjoy?) the moment.
IANTO
“(Enjoy?) the moment.” That’s what you said to Tosh by the (unreadable) bouncy castle.
JACK
(louder) I love you.
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