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#smth smth white mens emotional expression vs how black women are allowed to express the very same emotions
starlooove · 3 months
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Ok but Dana being like ‘you don’t get it you don’t get it you don’t get it’ and Jason can’t respond bc he DOES get it! And he reacted worse! Dana, if a bit irresponsible, is doing smth purely productive for her community. Despite her issues with her sister she’s not targeting her or being fueled purely by anger (eh..complicated but yknow) etc. Jason DOES get it and he doesn’t know how to approach Dana besides telling her to just relax bc for him he went 10000% and then hit rock bottom and THATS when he had to pause and step back. If he and dick had that convo when he was at HIS worse it would’ve ended in a fist fight at best. He gets what Dana’s going through but he doesn’t know how to approach her because she’s coping! She has her supportive loving community around her, there’s never a question of whether she’ll go to bat for her sister; unlike early RH Jason! He doesn’t know how to deal with her because she has that safety net and the worst part is that he knows she’s disregarding it to an extent bc she’s never been in that same position he’s been in; she can’t ever be because she’s good and he’s not and he needs her to keep that and if he has to hound her and be backup and the voice of reason; by god if he has to be the Batman to her red hood he will!
#guys can you tell I’m losing my mind#btw for everyone who forgot there’s a point in time where Jason was JUST villain#like his future was Gotham rogue not whatever the fuck he is now#that’s how u got ooc ass titans tower#but also shit I enjoy like him getting locked up and deciding to take every nigga out in that jail too 😭#his beef with Dick was so unnecessary at that time like it came from NOTHING#anyways#i really like that jason is clearly seeing himself in Dana#but he doesn’t go to extreme measure not just bc she’s not going to methods as extreme#but bc he also knows what he would’ve wanted and hated#WHICH THATS SMTH I DIDNT MENTION#jason basically going ‘i hear u but please take care of urself’ is NOT what he would’ve wanted to hear#he would’ve wanted someone ten toes down behind him#and he’s kinda half providing that but what he knows he NEEDED in hindsight is that voice of reason and space to be comfortable and sad#and he HATES that he has to provide bc he knows exactly how it’s causing a tiny bubble of resentment or how it’s coming off as condescendin#he KNOWS it’s pissing her of but he KNOWS that’s the best he can do and what she needs#ugh u don’t get ittt#also the way jason exploded outwards in a way that intentionally hurt others#but Dana is running herself ragged and unintentionally hurting those closest to her in the process#smth smth white mens emotional expression vs how black women are allowed to express the very same emotions#but more like how they’re socialized to do so#but thats a diff story#guys I’m loving it#Dana Harlowe#IM COMING MY BABY <3#and#jason Todd#too. ig. hi.
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