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Cannot freaking believe that the first ever on-screen version of Bruce Wayne actually dealing with and processing the trauma of his parents' death is probably going to be on 'The Harley Quinn Show' of all places.
[ID: a gif from the Harley Quinn show of Harley at some kind of Gala doing the flossing dance and scowling at the Joker as she moves away from him. Joker looks confused.]
Except I can totally believe that because, besides generally good writing, the whole reason the show works is that because it is about villains, and so the corporation that owns the characters lets the showrunners do WILD, UNTHINKABLE THINGS like center loving gay relationships, be openly anti-cop, and - perhaps most outrageous of all possible things - SHOW REAL AND LASTING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, EVEN FOR THE GODDAMN BATMAN.
That man hasn't been allowed to have meaningful character development on tv or film since 'Batman Beyond'! And even then it was small and mostly in the one movie ('Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker' is a good movie btw).
But Bruce was STILL 25 years away from EVER being allowed to even begin to process his trauma onscreen, despite the fact that his trauma is fuckin' always shown onscreen and is at the core of the character. Which I'm sure bad writers (probably straight cis men like usual) believe he can never process or else there will be no character left. Just set-up, no pay-off; set-up, no pay-off... The pearls hitting the ground again and again and again and again.
Which is just so fucking basic, and SO hilariously and excellently illustrated in the Harley Show episode that came out this week. (The episode was called "Batman Begins Forever," which is PERFECT BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.)
The concept of Batman is like a 100 years old now and he has spent that whole time avoiding his most obvious and necessary character arc. Just 100 years of trauma avoidance. It's as poetic as it is pathetic. A man kept so stagnant through poor writing and careful corporate oversight that he has become boring despite being dressed as a crime-fighting bat!
And the show that is finally FINALLY going to follow through is also the show in which Clayface is spending an entire season canonically disguised as Billy Bob Thornton after accidentally killing him with Catwoman's pet tiger. It is like a silliness Trojan horse and inside is actual good storytelling!!!
[Edit: OMG. I just realized that the only other onscreen trauma-addressing character arc that I've seen Bruce have was in the LEGO BATMAN MOVIE because again, the man is apparently ONLY ALLOWED TO DEVELOP if the studio execs can be convinced it is mostly for a joke. Also now that I have made this post, if the Harley show doesn't follow through on what they have set up, I can legally slash the tires of whoever is responsible.]
#batman#the harley quinn show#batman beyond#batfam#original#I assume this is because queer women are helping to write this show#If it has happened in the comics#then i haven't read those comics#except for Wayne Family Adventures which does have earnest character growth#and is why i specified 'onscreen' writing as in tv and film#and i have not seen every batman media ever put to film but i think i have a point here#I've at least seen hundreds of hours of dozens of versions#so it is a good sample size even if i have likely left something out#image description#Batman Begins Forever#harley quinn s3#lego batman
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Personally the amount of people who are either "Jake is a stupid himbo" or "Jake is actively malicious" blow my mind. No, Jake isn't stupid, and he's not evil. He's a sixteen year old who is implied to have a mental disability and/or brain damage (it's not exactly clear, Caliborn claims they have the same developmental disorder and Dirk iirc worries that Jake hit his head too much, I guess you can take either with a grain of salt but I digress), and has not had meaningful real life interactions with other human beings in years. He is in the wrong for his actions, but it feels. Purposefully ignorant to claim he's just stupid or just evil for them.
He's socially stunted. He wants to emulate heroes in movies but lacks self esteem and experience. If the alpha kids had enough time to be more fleshed out (and let's be real, if Hussie cared about Jake) this might have been explored more thoroughly. He'd never had the opportunity to learn how to cope with a relationship, how to communicate his needs, or understand that he can't control how other people perceive him like he can through a computer screen.
He doesn't know healthy boundaries because he's never had to use them, and this goes both ways (allowing his friends to sexualise him and treat him like an object, as well as constantly complaining about his relationship with Dirk to Jane) Like yeah he does run away instead of communicating with Dirk and yeah he does dump all his problems on Jane. I love Jane, but one of her problems is her bottling up her feelings and people pleasing until everything blows up. She should have told him off much sooner, and while he was being a dick, it was partly because she allowed him to feel like it was okay to do, since she never told him it wasn't after the first few times or when she was starting to get aggravated.
His problems with Dirk are a little more complicated because we're never actually shown their relationship or how it broke down, but from what we can gather, Jake felt overwhelmed by Dirk's intensity and decided to ignore him rather than tell him try and avoid confrontation but leading to Dirk being frustrated and breaking up with him. Dirk claims he feels like he bullied Jake into a relationship, and though I personally think that's him making it seem worse than it was, it does mean that Dirk probably was trying to go too fast. I've best heard it is Jake being an introvert pretending to be an extrovert.
This is not to say I don't think people can't dislike or even hate Jake, but it's like. Idk. Misinterpreting a character and disliking that version of them is a little redundant to me.
#homestuck#dirkjake#jake english#dirk strider#jane crocker#character meta#homestuck meta#this is kind of in response to those people in the “worst homestuck character” tourney lol#the notes on those posts are atrocious especially the ones about the alpha kids. especially roxy#god if you think roxy is a perfect sngel i assume you haven't read the comic#btw im not mad at the person running the polls or whatever for that they seem fairly chill#its just that homestuck fans are sometimes stupid#and lack reading comprehension and critical analysis#long post#ummm jake dislikers ur fine but please. be correct about him if you're going to not like him#ok bye lol
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When I first met him... he was the most gallant of lovers. He knew so many things.
He delighted in sharing his knowledge. He had a castle full of treasures, and he took such pleasure in showing them, giving them to me.
He was so gentle, and his skin felt like white silk against my skin.
And I gave what I could give to one such as he. When we made love, it was like a flame: I felt utterly engulfed, utterly loved. Treasured.
I have been with many poets, many dreamers... but his love alone was ice and fire. His eyes were stars.
Calliope, in The Sandman #71, by Neil Gaiman
#calliope#sandman#the sandman#dream of the endless#dream#morpheus#neil gaiman#comics#quotes#favorites#sandman spoilers#not spoilers for the new ep as such but it's more-or-less spoilers for show-watchers who haven't read the comics so just in case#(although the most spoilery parts of her speech in that issue are not included here so no worries)#anyway i thought those who are thirsting over dream juuuust a little bit more today would appreciate this quote#it's a long-time favorite and the writing is beautiful so you can appreciate it even if you're not inspired by a muse so to speak#also i couldn't find it by googling at all? you're telling me nobody ever quoted this online before? what in the world
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I haven't had much time to draw lately because I've been moving, but I've finally got my tablet set up and wanted to get back into the swing of things with some @laikascomet fan art!
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#This comic is lovely go read it now if you haven't#Also I realized AFTER I was almost finished that Laika doesn't have those garters anymore but I already put in the effort so they're stayin#laika's comet#my art#furry art#furry
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thoughts on batcat ship?
they both suck at talking about their feelings so you put them in the same room and it's like the combined emotional availability of a boiled egg. and then they kiss. iconic. endgame to Me
also these panels live rent-free in my mind 24/7, i regularly amuse myself by imagining this as battinson & zoe kravitz selina kyle
#i'm a brutalia girlie but they're more interesting in the past tense tbh#batcat is like#against all odds#despite eachother and themselves#they find something like solace in the other's arms and heart#a mystery and a miracle#bc they never would've even known it was there by themself#i haven't read Much of their stuff but those are the vibes. to me#dc#batfam#comics#dc comics#batman#bruce wayne#selina kyle#catwoman#batcat
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Lately I've only been wishing to grab a comic about my favorite character and just have a genuinely good time reading it.
#I can't remember the last time I took a Deadpool comic and genuinely had a good time about it#I hate the direction they took with his character and it's so disrespectful that I don't even talk about I don't even think *any* Deadpool#fan genuinely talk about it because were so tired of his kids characterization we all just collectively decided to ignore whatever hell#marvel through at him#but rant aside#it's just–#I am not sure if comic books are fun anymore I don't even know who I am making content for half of the people on my notes haven't touched#comic book and aren't pretending to do so#people who read the comics tend to be so mean or bitter about it that even if you follow most will be angry about something#comic or fan related and I don't know if I can blame them but following that is draining#and as much as I was trying to be a good sport about it you make a post about comic book characters and#and the overwhelming response is 'I don't read the comics but'– following up by a take about them that doesn't even recognize any core#aspect of their personality that you can't even grasp you can't even recognize them#you can't recognize them on tue cannon you can't recognize them on the fannon#and no matter how engaging you try to make content about the fandom people just–*refuse* to read it. And then– they *refuse* to tag fannon#content as fannon#and *refuse* to leave either#Yes we are all having fun but how can a character tag be so so filled with people who have no idea of who they are#how can a character can be properly loved and take care of and have content that respect them if no one makes any attempt to *know them*#and it's disheartening because *comics* are supposed to be fun *fannon are supposed to be fun*#but for aome reason it's really *really* hard to have fun here anymore#I created this page to share my love for the characters I care about and see more content of people who care about them too#but I can't even *find* people who care about them any more and when I do they're all so angry and upset– And I *cant even blame them*#I just... I don't know why I am doing this anymore or for who I am doing this anymore#sorry to vent but it's been a while since I haven't been had a genuinely good time™ enjoying comics#I don't think even people who write those comics enjoy those comics or care about those characters#Sometimes feels like everyone is projecting on those characters rather than *writing about them*. And I can't find them anymore#fanfics used to be about love petters to characters who you love#nowadays seems like a competition to see who makes more funny words with tropes pre-written since 2007#vent
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you just reblogged one of my endless orv reblogs with 'to watch maybe' so I had to infodump a bit
orv is Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, an excellent korean webnovel. it is LONG. The novel proper has been finished for years, but the side stories are still ongoing (it's more like a sequel at this point). Lightnovelworld.com has a decent translation, and an official english translation is announced but not out yet.
there is a webtoon adaptation from which the pictures are from. It started good and is getting better and prettier all the time, which is great. But since ORV is LONG it won't finish for years and years, which is sad.
It's going to be adapted into five movies, the first of which will be out next year. There has been talk of an animated adaptation as well, but I couldn't find official confirmation anywhere.
The basic premise is that the book our main character was reading comes to life, and he is determined to direct it to a better ending than canon. That book was an apocalyptic fantasy novel.
Orv has incredible worldbuilding and an amazing cast, all with their vivid personalities and time to shine. It has heavy focus on close platonic relationships.
It is incredibly layered, and some of those layers won't reveal themselves until you've finished it. It is also incredibly meta. The relationship between a reader and the stories they love is a core theme.
One of the reasons I'm insane about orv is this: This is a book that loves it's readers. It takes you gently by the hand and tells you that you matter, that you're worth everything. That to be a reader is something amazing, and this author and this world love you.
oh man that does in fact sound absolutely baller. I've seen it around on my dash enough that I'd picked up bits and pieces of all this, but I hadn't actually seen any explanations anywhere, just vibes and character art. thanks for the rundown, this sounds so cool!
#omniscient reader's viewpoint#to watch maybe#to read maybe#ngl both of those are optimistic tags#I don't generally get along with comics – the format doesn't agree with me#and I haven't been watching anything at all lately#but#this sounds very good#so it's getting bumped well up the list#finx has friends on the internet
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so like Guy Gardner am I right?
Kyle Magical girl can be found here because this is part of a series of me drawing GLs as Magical girls which if you want more of that kind of content someone else had this idea that I only found after my Kyle Magical girl drawing so like you can go find that here! and you guys really should check it out cause it's really good!!
Transparent version of Guy under the cut
#fanart#dc#fanartist#dc fanart#Madi's Art :>#art#my art#guy gardner#green lantern corps#green lantern#Guy Gardner fanart#Green lantern fanart#dc comics#now that those are out of the way I also have plans to make this silly guy a charm#that being said colored lineart is my nemesis but I tried something new with it here so I may experiment with that more#we'll have to see#but yeah no if I had a Tierlist for GLs Kyle is definitely my favorite and Guy and John are tied for second and then Alan for third#and then Simon Jessica and Hal are all in the bottom tier for the fact I haven't consumed the most content for them so I'll have to#come back and figure out my ratings for them because I just need to read more GL content in general#so yeah hopefully you guys like this drawing as well cause it's silly to me
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what do you do when all your favorite webcomics go on hiatus at once?
according to inoreader i have 47 feeds in my regular comics folder, 45 in the 'comics to open in a new tab on desktop' folder, and 54 in the 'scrolling comics to open on my phone' folder. so it's. not a problem i have. but if it was i would use it as a chance to finally read one of the... wait, i have to count these manually. 57? 57 comics that i added to comic-rocket but haven't gotten around to reading yet.
#original#this does not include the webtoon type comics i haven't committed to yet because i don't add those to comic rocket#tldr i read a lot of comics
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Hang on a damn minute. You're telling me Jason is back on his killing game now? That he's looking to kill Joker? And that he's open to death threats? Wow. Wow. Jason damn Todd. Thanks for the whiplash, asshole. And for the laugh because ngl this did make me cackle:
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood
#listen i haven't been keeping up with batman or detective comics consistently so wtf has been going on w jason in those runs??#ugh i don't want to have to go read all his appearances as of late but i do indeed hate being out of the loop on such things sooo#also when selina was talking to jason and she referred to herself as like.. what was it? mommy cat? or something like that idk#and then she referred to bruce as daddy...#ew lmao#Jason Todd#Gotham War
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kirbytober day 7
Before becoming a full-time tyrant, Sectonia was something of a fashion aficionado. A talented designer, seamstress, and tailor, she paid the bills by running a small boutique in Floralia (flower-themed, of course). Her signature was beautiful golden silk.
A traveling puppeteer stopped by and was smitten with her work. He was in her shop so often, most everyone assumed he was an employee.
One day, the boutique closed permanently and without notice. Through the window, you can still see the dusty counter where the proprietress used to greet her customers. It seems the floating kingdom lost its greatest seamstress forever, but with the flash of a certain well-loved cape, you might yet see the gleam of her golden thread.
Prompt list (Day 7: Headcanon) by @paintpanic
#kirby#lrblev art#sketch#comic#kirby triple deluxe#sectonia#taranza#i know i already posted a sectonia rant today but that was unscripted#i was already planning to post a sectonia headcanon for today's prompt. i swear i'm not deranged#anyways.#this headcanon is based on the “joronia” incident#whether or not the name is canon i think the joro spider (the actual animal) is a cool basis for sectonia's character#they are known for having really strong and pretty gold thread#side note for those who haven't read the aforementioned rant (i do not blame you): i don't necessarily think sectonia is of royal lineage#or even that floralia was a monarchy just before she took power#i have way too many theories about floralia. man#kirbytober#kirbytober 2023#kirbtober#kirbtober 2023
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NEW JOHN JACKSON MILLER STAR WARS BOOK WOOOOOOOOOOO!
I ADORE like most of the SW stuff he's done and he hasn't written a full-length SW book since A New Dawn back in 2014, I am SO EXCITED. And in-depth dives into the Jedi Council's characters before TPM? HECK YEAH!
MORE DEPA BILLABA AND YADDLE. I AM HAPPY. 😁😁😁😁😁😁
#Like seriously his SW stuff is great#I BEG YOU if you haven't— read the Knights of the Old Republic comics#Zayne Carrick is one of my favorite SW characters EVER#And he wrote the Kenobi novel#And the Rebels prequel A New Dawn with all those wonderful Kanan and Hera moments#just—his SW stuff is wonderful and I love it so I'm excited 😄😄😄😄😄😄#K8 Rambles about Star Wars Books#Star Wars#Is there a tag for SW books? Like a book club kinda tag? I still don't know how all this works#Star Wars books#star wars novels#John Jackson Miller#Star Wars The Living Force#Jedi Council#Yoda#Mace Windu#ki adi mundi#yaddle#plo koon#oppo rancisis#yarael poof#even piell#saesee tiin#eeth koth#depa billaba#adi gallia#I had to look up who was on the Council on Wookieepedia because I thought I forgot someone IT'S A LOT OF NAMES OKAY 🤣
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the problem with Eight is he has such a specific vibe in the movie that is so so good, but I feel like he loses a lot of that in Big Finish. the books capture it! meanwhile BF's plots tend to be better and more accessible but I just don't find their Eight as interesting a character
#haven't read enough of the comics to comment on those#but I love book Eight. easily one of my favourite portrayals of the Doctor#you have to wade through a lot of mediocre stories to get to it though#Ranger shut up about Doctor Who
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Matthew gives Dream a gift - inspired by this post by @themirokai, who writes excellent emotional-support-raven!Matthew content!
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digital art kept mostly in black-and-white greyscale, featuring Matthew the raven and Dream of the Endless from The Sandman.
Matthew is standing on the table, wings folded against his body and gazing slightly up, holding a necklace with a large sapphire pendant in his beak, which he is offering to Dream. The blue of the sapphire is the only colour in the picture.
Dream is seated next to the table, arms folded, holding a closed book in one hand. He has unruly black hair, very pale skin, and black eyes with a white, star-shaped pupil. He is also very thin and skeletal, and wearing a flowing black robe that leaves his neck, lower arms, and part of his midriff bare, and is held together by a pin on one shoulder.
He is leaning slightly down towards Matthew and has a small smile on his face, seemingly pleased with his gift.
#WyDraws#the sandman#dream of the endless#matthew the raven#image id#go read the ficlet in themirokai's post it's so cute!#maybe i'll draw matthew on dream's lap too#but this one was more urgent#i saw the post and just KNEW i would have to draw this#matthew's such a good boy he just wants to show dream he cares#also this is the first time i've drawn dream properly#as you might be able to tell i'm favouring the style of the comics (even though i haven't read them)#i just think the star eyes are neat#surprised i managed to draw a decent raven actually#i'm not usually this good with animals#ALSO please imagine dream giving a little gift back to show his gratitude#a little collar or necklace or one of those rings that go around a bird's leg#and matthew is sooooo proud of it and shows it off to everyone#he's not vain and doesn't care that much about the bling BUT it's a present from the Boss#hence infinitely valuable
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Now, I know the JLU writers weren't writing Question with the "talking to cities" thing in mind, but I think it would be really funny if the reason why he has that conspiracy theorist edge was because the cities have told him some WILD shit, and now he's like,"WHAT *ELSE* IS CONNECTED??!"
#i haven't quit gotten to the meat of that stuff in my read through - only those two comics in the quarterlies where vic and jakie were in#like Brazil or something - but i think this still holds up#vic sage#jlu#the question dc#dc headcanon#dc comics
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I do not know if you read Forever Evil but it had a version of Lex Luthor who was the Earth-3 Shazam, Mazahs. I actually prefer the idea of an Earth-3 Captain Marvel being Alexander Luthor Jr instead, as a reference to the "child with an adult form" thing Billy has going on. Also he would get his powers from an evil version of the wizard, but would still be heroic. This is mainly as a joke that somethings are universal constants: like the wizard's sometimes poor judge of character, see Black Adam and Oggar. What do you think?
I don't think I've read that one!
But I think it's always interesting to see how other characters would deal with having the powers of Shazam (especially younger characters) so I would be on board with seeing what Alexander Luthor Jr. would do with the power!
And yeah, the Wizard's judgement isn't always the best but there is something so charming about the idea that an evil wizard gave this kid powers but the kid became a hero anyways. It makes for quite a fascinating origin story!
#ask me whatever you want y'all#shazam#dc captain marvel#alexander luthor jr#mazahs#lots of possibilities with this one#I've heard of mazahs before but I haven't read those comics yet (still trying to catch up on all the other ones lol)#but it's definitely on the list!
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