The very important distinction between afrolatino Jason vs female-coded Jason is that afrolatino Jason was come up with by black DC fans who sometimes see themselves in him on a very personal level but generally it's because he falls under so many black character aspects and irl black cultural aspects that we feel it makes way more sense for him to be black than for him to be white so to us,he just is and we design him as looking like a black man and explicitly write him as one too and the latino part is added on for reclamation from the racist gringos who popularized the just 'latino' Jason with no real heritage to him out of fetishization rather than out of love for latin people

And female-coded Jason is literally just.Gender essentialism with underlying transmisogyny by cis women and other tmes LMFAO because when a character who's intended as a cis man in canon is accidentally written like a woman instead,that's transfem-coding and i'm all for tgirl Jason even if i see Jason as transmasc agender within canon but unfortunately that's not what they mean because they think he's a binary man and actively ignore the canon Batfam girls and even the girls in Jason only Batfam lore to the point they refuse to even learn they exist!A side thing that gets me is that they don't even make Jason fem presenting which while dosen't universally equal female is at least closer to it than how masc he is canonically and they somehow make him even moreso but not in a positive and healthy masculinity way that is again a canon and important part of his character so it's just.A very bad faith take with very bad implications as opposed to afrolatino Jason,which is very VERY good faith take that beyond improves his character and is made out of nothing but love by black people and support from our allies

Anyway.........Go find Cassandra Cain,Barbara Gordon and Kate Kane reading lists and i can provide Stephanie Brown,Rose Wilson and Talia Al-Ghul ones if asked

Jared is entirely too nice for his own good.

All they had to do to validate their queer following was make Tim and Kon kiss, as they have been all but doing for the last 18 years. Instead we got two unrelated Very Special Episodes that resulted in exactly one on-panel kiss, and rainbow capitalism shoehorned into a dystopian video game.

I guess it's a good thing Misha's on that silence retreat, otherwise his fans would expect him to address Gotham Knights' cancelation. Maybe he already knew and that's why he announced he'd be taking a week off SM? LOL!

Gotham Knights was cancelled officially.

Indeed it was. I was waiting for a very long time for this to be announced. Thank you for the message, anon.

Aside from the reasons listed in the article, I would add that poor casting, poor performances and extremely bad writing led to this show's death. The premise of it was already a dud but good actors and sound writing could have created some magic. This is why investing in good writers and actors who know their script analysis and character analysis is key.

Sorry y'all but that CW Gotham Knights show looks like SHIT. Like you're telling me they made up ANOTHER orphan for Bruce Wayne to adopt and he's *check's notes* a white, cishet (?), ablebodied, probably NT boy. What is it you say? He's blonde? oh wow.

I found this article this morning and I had to laugh

It just the CW could of came up with a name for their new show that wasn't the name of a new Batman video game

Misha just made this post literally begging people to watch the trainwreck. @hookslinesandsinkers

Fuck the Gotham knights tv series it’s virtually worthless

//Ouch! I guess Misha's begging didn't work.//

I'm sure you saw but just in case (and for those who didn't), MC sent out an email through Gish on Monday:

Hey, friend!

Sorry I’ve been a little out of touch; I’ve been tied up working on a new show, Gotham Knights, playing Harvey Dent who becomes the Batman supervillain, "Two-Face." The character gets progressively darker and more insane as the show progresses. (In fact, by the time we get to the season finale you will see that Harvey has become so maniacally evil that he’s basically indiscernible from my daily persona as the Misha you’ve come to know and fear over the years.)

If you missed the first couple of episodes, you can still catch up—it’s on The CW app and website. Then, you can watch new episodes every Tuesday on the CW at 9/8 central. Do me a favor? Watch the show and email me back to let me know what you think (or you can text me at 323-405-9939 if that’s easier). Thanks!

Your two-faced friend,

Misha

PS: When you watch, could you do me one more favor: post about it on social media and tag #CWGothamKnights? I know this is shameless self-promotion, but any support we get improves the chances that we’ll get another season. (If that happens, I’ll get a chance to really showcase my duplicitous side, so I figured I might as well start practicing my "nefarious scheming" skills now.) Thanks.

So yea, he's getting very desperate ad using all means at his disposal to try and drum up attention. However, anyone who gets those emails already has a pretty set opinion on him and GK so sending out an email to people who are already either his fans or his haters isn't going to get any more eyes on the show. But is does show his hand and the desperation there.

LOL! I saw a couple of posts about it yesterday, but seeing the actual text is... well... I don't quite know what to make of it.

On the one hand, begging is entirely unattractive and pathetic, and it's consistent with the way he begged for people to buy his poetry book.

On the other hand, Misha's putting more work each week into promoting the show than the Ackles did for the entire run of TW, so his pandering effort is unmatched.

But to your last paragraph, you're exactly right! He's not expanding the audience, he's just catering to his fans who are already watching. (And using his former charity account, which seems to me a conflict of interest... especially if he takes in any donations this tax year.)

I swear, if the CW actually renews the rolling flaming trash heap that is The Winchesters, they need to just shut down the network. I mean who the hell makes their choices? Gotham Knights should've never made it to air, Winchesters should've been cancelled already....