endlessly funny to me that no matter the configuration Jason Peter Todd Wayne's name is just 4 first names

Theory: The Clone X was not Cody like some people think or even Fives (I know he's been dead for a very long time but so was Boba Fett and look where we are. Plus, Echo was supposed to be certainly dead too; making him Winter Soldier-esque storyline wouldn't be that surprising) or not even Slick.

((Also, now that we've seen his face devoid of any tattoos or scars I think first two takes are definitely not applicable anymore; they wouldn't put that much effort to make him unrecognizable))

Back to the point: In my opinion, The Clone X was none other than...

Fox.

Now let me explain.

Who else, other than X, was loyal to the law and justice dictated by it over any moral or ethic code?

Fox.

Who else was portrayed with such single-minded focus on hunting down traitors of the government he served, regardless of what it was?

Fox.

Who else could know not only Coruscant so well but also identify Rex like they knew each other?

He already was a remarkably successful tracker of traitors, why not make him more efficient by pointing them out for him?

Good soldiers follow orders, after all.

my coworkers are being turbo transphobic and literally refuse to listen to answers to questions they fucking ask argh!!! I can just tell you!!! I can just answer you!!!!! I have answers!!! to the ridiculous questions you ask in a mocking way!!!! if you listen for one second I can just fucking explain!!!! 😡😭😡😭

The New Titans #55 (1989)

Batman (2010-) #641

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They sure do bAT&Tman. They sure as hell do.

Yet Jason never thought this way about you.

Hey do you think Jamil has trouble seeing people his age as peers?

Like, growing up having to be a caretaker to a guy literally a few months older than him, always expected to act like the adult in the situation, expected to work with adults and adopt their perspectives and pick up their slack. Do you think he just, forgets sometimes?

I mean we've seen him go into caretaker mode with other sophomores, and the only people I've seen him take seriously are juniors like Vil who also act much older than they should have to (his reactions to Leona look more like a trauma response and I don't wanna get into it here). People like Malleus and Cater still somewhat get the caretaker treatment. Like I just highly doubt that he subconsciously realizes he's actually part of his age group

Aaand that inevitably brings up Azul, who also acts like he thinks he's older than he is. Whether you're looking at it from a shipping angle or not, he reacts to Azul like an actual peer. With older students, he seems more in his element but there's still a status hierarchy which he compulsively reacts to. With Azul he doesn't acknowledge any status worth respecting or see him as someone who needs to be looked after. He just bickers like an equal, in a way that implies he actually does see Azul as a real peer, like subconsciously he's categorized this guy into the same group as himself, who was previously alone on that level (he gets like this more with the twins too, over time, but it seems to start with Azul).

And my favorite part about this is, while that response stems from them both acting more like adults in general, they elicit a pettiness from each other which drags them both down to actually acting their own age, and I just love that. Their characters are perfect foils for each other and it seems to make them both less isolated in a way.

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tams azula is sooo fascinating bc while canon azula doesn't really show her age at all like she's completely desensitised to so much shit 'she is fourteen' is not a justification for ANYTHING both in her own mind and in other people's, in tams she has zuko. and yes the world has been abundantly cruel to her but zuko hasn't. he's basically raised azula and he's done so in a way that she's allowed to show her age, but she still only shows her age in very azula-esque ways. there's no reluctance to see violence like you'd expect from a fourteen-year-old, and like ive said before, that means zuko can't play on that reluctance in order to shield her, but he still wants to shield her from that violence because regardless of what SHE feels about it, as the eldest he knows fundamentally that she shouldn't be seeing certain things no matter how well she can handle them. and seeing zuko effectively PLAY azula in order to protect her is so interesting and complicated and fun

so many problems with hinata's character could've been solved if she was a root sleeper agent

If Ghost & König big, bad soldiers... why comfort characters?

The X-Files is just like yes it's about aliens and cryptids and government conspiracies but more than that it's about LOVE!!! Mulder's love for his sister Scully's love for learning their love for each other and their love for the world and the people around them — it's all about love!! the truth is out there yes and the Truth is LOVE!!!!!!

people seem to have some mixed interpretations and feelings about today's entry. but my reading was that it was absolutely heart-breaking and emotionally charged on multiple levels.

to me this felt like a mirror of the suitor-squad proposal day. that day was full of happiness and excited love, hope for the future, with some bittersweetness of Lucy having to say 'no' to some; this one was full of mourning and painful love, with dread of the future, but a bittersweetness of connection, devotion, and 'yes' to Mina from some.

I feel like the polycule can be read as platonic, romantic, or a combination of relationships involving either/both. but regardless, these scenes show the interconnectedness of our characters and their care for each other. the men are kneeling in front of Lucy/Mina and making a vow. we tragically were denied a wedding rite for Lucy because of her (un)death, yet we (also tragically) get a funeral rite for Mina despite her (half) life.

illadvisedly been reading LU fic again and boy has the fic scene only gotten weirder about the leader thing

The way that Stede treated Izzy during episode 3 were some of the ONLY times I could stand seeing Izzy on screen so far this season because it finally felt like someone who recognized him and was treating him rationally tbh

I adore this show and the people who worked on it, but ffs, it feels like they all enjoyed Con too much and the Izzy-Enjoyers Fanon of his character last season and jumped the gun on his redemption arc.

I'm going to go through and explain this more, but I just wanted to put that out there first while I lay out why Stede's expressions and reactions make so much more sense coming out of season 1's events.

Me BSing hcs like: The fact that Kae is not only able to create a shield when he is dangerously low HP but also the fact that he is able to regenerate HP when he hits opponents with Frostgnaw is definitely due to him receiving his Vision when Diluc had tried to kill him in their Confrontation...but could it be possible that his familial ties to the Abyss Order could have influenced that HP drain of his-

Some obligatory hiatus doodles

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… The relationship between Nate and Eliot from Leverage is, despite being very strongly written and generally equally balanced out with the focus of the rest of the inter team relationships, one of the most underrated relationships on television. Eliot is almost exclusively viewed through the lens of his relationship with Hardison and Parker which, although definitely a massive factor and an extremely strong and interesting relationship, is often over-credited as the nigh exclusive reason behind his character development to the point he is occasionally portrayed as prioritising them above all else, or them being the only people who care about him/treat him as a person. While semi accurate, as a result his other relationships are often pushed by the wayside, with the one with Nate suffering the most due to a view of Nate that exacerbates his flaws and neglects the good parts of his character, especially in regards to his interactions with other characters. Nate is often viewed as an overly controlling, callous, alcoholic manipulator who uses Eliot as a weapon and is reckless and arrogant, but this is a gross misrepresentation of their relationship and its nuances. Eliot’s loyalty to Nate is integral to his loyalty to the rest of the team, as both the cause and the result, and the beginnings of it are well displayed at the start of the series, and it’s for this reason that it is the focus of the third episode, with the following episodes driving it home. The difference between Eliot’s loyalty to Nate and the rest of the people he’s worked for is that Eliot chooses to follow Nate’s orders rather than ever feeling under pressure or forced to; Eliot can openly argue with him without ever having to worry about assassins being sent after him later or something like that. Nate may huff and puff and talk shit—hell, he might give as good as he gets, but that’s all he’ll do, and when he’s not on a bent, he may even listen. It may not look it, but that’s a display of trust, the emotional honesty of arguing. The actual point is that Nate does not use him as a weapon—rather, he proves to Eliot that he can have a noble purpose again, something Eliot thought he’d never be able to have back, and gives him something good, pure, innocent, and beautiful to protect again. Nate is the first person Eliot has honestly chosen to follow in years, and his absolute loyalty to the former is apparent in a whole slew of different ways over the course of the series, from following even unexpected orders to standing up to Nate when he disagrees with something to being willing to kill for him (and knowing Nate would never truly ask that of him) to be willing to kill to keep him from killing to the seamless way he manages and corrals the team on jobs to working in concert with Sophie to manage Nate’s self destructive behaviour. Eliot is a lynchpin of the team, and his relationship with Nate is just as important to his development as his relationships with the rest of the team, and besides Sophie, he is Nate’s most trusted confidant. In this essay I will thank you for coming to my TED Talk.