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dg-outlaw · 2 months
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Batfam Retail and Character Agency
So I've been thinking about how some people take issue with certain ships in the Batfam, especially in fanfic or general fanon. For example, JaySteph and how people will cry "ince$t" when these two or other characters are paired up in a ship.
One, I don't think these people know how biology/ancestry works because the only blood related members of the Batfam are Bruce, Damian, and Kate Kane despite them being called the BatFAM. Two, most of Bruce's adopted children were older or barely interacted in a sibling way as far as growing up together. Sure, they might have a sibling-coded relationship and are legally related, but the best example I can think of in how the Batfam works is not the Brady Bunch or Cheaper by the Dozen, but that they all are or have been co-workers at the same minimum wage retail store. Friendships, drama, dating, rivalries, and other such nonsense is sure to happen. It's called forced proximity and shared experience.
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I'm thinking of writing up a humorous parallel of who's who in the retail realm when it comes to the Batfam, but including it here would make this post WAY too long
The other annoyance, that I sort of get IF looked at from the POV of DC editorial or writers (if that's their ill-conceived intention), is the idea that a character, more specifically a female character, is just getting "passed around". Instead, my only guess is that whoever is complaining about this is saying that the male character should be given a new, shiny, fresh off the showroom floor love interest and not some high-mileage used model. I use a car reference here because that's exactly how that female is seen when a person says this, whether they acknowledge it or not.
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The female character, for example: Stephanie Brown, is no longer a person with her own autonomy and ability to choose or have agency. She's an object to be owned, possessed, or used for the sake of forwarding the male character's arc or to add drama (e.g. fridging or damsel in distress). To imply that Stephanie Brown (or any other character) is being "passed around" from Tim Drake to Jason Todd is to imply that Steph doesn't have nor did she ever have choice in the matter (again, JaySteph isn't even canon, but if it were to become canon, some people would still have a fit). And yes, these are fictional characters, but in writing them (whether officially by DC or in fanfics) they should be treated as real people with real choices and not some object or virginal "bride" for the male protagonist where you'd retcon past relationships.
Has Stephanie Brown always been treated fairly in comics? No. Has Jason? Also, no. Would pairing these two be some sort of "passing around" or "sloppy seconds" for Jason? If I have to answer that for you or you think 'Yes', then you probably don't see women as people. Canonically, I think Jason has had more love interests so if anything Steph would be the one getting someone else's "sloppy seconds", thirds, fourths, etc.
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Again, see the above about retail co-workers. Steph once dated Tim. It was their first job and their first real, young love. It was good, it was bad, they made out in the break room, they broke up in the middle of Customer Service, etc. Former employee, Jason, comes by and picks up random shifts when Bruce is really desperate. Steph and Jason meet and hang-out over a few shifts, even though Bruce doesn't trust either of them and would rather they work somewhere else. Maybe they got stuck working Black Friday and the holidays together and boom, sparks happened. It's maybe weird or awkward for Tim, but Tim fell in love with the snack and soda machine vendor, Bernard, so it's really no big deal.
So if someone can date their co-worker, break-up, and then date another co-worker, it should be none of your damn business (assuming everything is legal, consenting, and above board) if none of those people are you.
Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.
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youngandwild99-blog1 · 6 months
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What I mean by strong female characters is
I want a female action hero who comes away from her fights with sweaty armpits and messy hair. Not messy-chic, but actually messy. I want to see rough fights that give her chipped teeth and puffy broken noses and ugly dark shiners. I want to see actual cuts and scrapes that don’t exist to accentuate her cheekbones. I want injuries that aren’t used as makeup. I want to see a female action hero on the receiving end of a slow-motion face-punch. And then I want to see her get back up and try again.
I want a female comic relief. I want to see a woman who makes jokes, not just to be snarky or to put others down, but because she loves it. I want to see a woman who slips on banana peels, who falls down staircases, who puts on a hilarious disguise without hesitating, even though there were like 5 other options that would have worked just as well. I want a female comic relief who is socially awkward, but not because she’s shy or just needs to believe in herself.
I want to see a female character who is dumb. Not dumb in a “bimbo” way, but dumb like “not book smart”, the way Grunkle Stan is "dumb". I want to see a woman who can judo flip a mook with perfect technique, but doesn’t give a flying fuck about proper grammar. I want to see a woman who can scam people out of their lives’ fortunes without breaking a sweat, but always yells “Speak English, doc!” at the sound of sci-fi jargon.
I want a female protagonist who makes mistakes. The kind of mistakes that matter. I want her to get it wrong. I want her to fuck up, not because she’s worse than a man, but because she’s a human and that’s what we do. And then I want to see her own her fuckups, and work to fix them, and do better next time.
I want to see a strong female character. And by that, I mean I want to see a female character whose strength comes from her humanity.
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influxovsnux · 7 months
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Don't make assumptions about women.
This woman might want you to dominate her in the bedroom, but that doesn't mean she wants you to dominate her outside of it.
This woman might fantasize about intense bedroom domination on Tumblr, but that doesn't mean she wants it in real life.
This woman might want you to dominate her in the bedroom, but that doesn't mean it's what every woman wants.
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moltenapathy · 6 months
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"Boy discusses leading gf on bc he's in that phase where he started to hate her. Rather than open his flappity lips to tell her he's done, he tries to emotionally abuse her until she breaks it off..." I???
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virtualcabbage · 2 years
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New to #radblr
Hello! I used to be engaged in radfem spaces frequently from 2018-2020. I was much more active on Reddit before the purge of women's spaces happened in 2020. Since then, I haven't been active on social media. However, I've decided to come back online to build connections again, as I've missed this community! As a brief intro to me, I'm in my early twenties, I'm a lesbian, and I'm a separatist. You can find my Twitter (just made it, new to Twitter as well) @virtualcabbage. I hope to find new, like-minded people to follow!
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middleearthpixie · 2 years
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By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that women are second class citizens and therefore are not deserving of bodily autonomy.
But, not only that, they are now targteting:
Gay marriage
Gay intimacy
Access to Birth Control
And it might not stop there.
This is only the beginning.
Get out and vote. Stay mad. Fight the good fight. It's not over yet.
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Liberty, Justice, and Freedom
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annabell3606 · 1 year
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Feminine rage is something so inexplicably powerful and beautiful like when when Taylor swift said give me back my girlhood, it was mine first and when Kristin change said that girlhood is like godhead: begging to be believed. We are these beautifully powerful rageful creatures that were disregarded as lesser for centuries -
We bleed to create life.
How I love being a woman.
Sometimes.
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sighing-is-a-song · 1 year
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Bella,,, sweetie,,, women ARE people
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The resilience and bravery of Iranian girls and women is unmatched
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Americans should’ve listened to Anita Hill, Christine Blasey-Ford and Hillary Clinton.
But instead they listened to the white male who has no fucking right to choose what happens to a woman’s body.
America, you’ve failed to check yourselves.. and now you’ve wrecked yourself so much you’re damaged beyond compare.
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spengie · 2 years
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Here's the thing.
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ernestbruce · 2 years
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these are the real authorities on sex, pregnancy, and abortion
THEY decide what does and does not happen within their bodies
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everybody else should focus on their own bodies and STFU
. do NOT impose your personal views on others
. this is a free country
if teenage boys are free to purchase assault weapons, murder elementary school kids and teachers, AND TERRORIZE POLICE to the point of cowardice and inaction, young women must be able to control EVERY ASPECT of their physical lives
. anything else is hypocritical, inconsistent, unfair, and unjust
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I’ve only so far seen “What is a woman?” used for these gender arguments. Has anyone asked “What is a man?” anywhere?
No-one cares about men.
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adiarosefandoms · 2 years
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You say “my body my choice” for masks and vaccines. Which, if you use neither and carry the virus to another person you could kill them. But don’t support “my body my choice” for women making decisions that affects them and just them. Strange, huh?
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Work to help the kids who are in the world right now. Not the ones you’re trying to force in here.
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You’re trying to force people into one corner. We’re trying to give them a choice. That’s all we’re vying for. A damned choice.
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