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Yeah I got the impression that the idea of irregular pit madness was put forth to explain away Jason’s crazy inconsistent characterization after UTRH, not during.

as someone who clinges onto very specific runs, ignores most of the shit that dont fit my narrative like overexaggerated fanony interpretations i feel like a lot of the people on tumblr and twitter that do the same are kinda insane about headcanons or what they perceive as headcanons.

For example: Pit madness. Excusing all of jasons actions with pit madness is lazy to me and from my understanding it didnt play that big of a role in jasons behavior post resurrection BUT pit madness isnt something that was made up by fans. It was brought up by ras al ghul and the (temporary) insanity was there as well. I understand and agree that the glowing green eyes caused by the lazarus pit in every corner of the fandom are annoying but annoying headcanons dont erase what was said in the source material 😭😭. Same goes for other writing choices i didnt care for but exist in comics like roy being his best friend or whatever. Obnoxious tumblrinas did not come up with that. the fan content is the Consequence of these writing choices.

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Talia wanting freedom and Jason wanting love (even if it smothers him) hmmm

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Political or whatever but I don’t think the joker is an androgynous queer icon I think every time he wears clothes or acts in a way that crosses gender boundaries it’s very simply an association of “men in dresses” as evil/predatory

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he didn’t get the hint

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I think the Jason that gets isekaied into the Adam West show keeps a diary that documents the development of his mental health

"dear diary. Today Weird Dick asked me if I wanted to wear his Robin suit for a Halloween costume party while we were distracting the villains and I burst in tears."

"dear diary. The bats of this universe have this strange meta power where they just say things by association of ideas and that makes them true. They just call it "deductive abilities" and I don't think they've realised yet. Last time I framed a conversation about the zoo with Barbara to get her to the conclusion that Scarecrow and Penguin had teamed up and it just happened. I worry how this is going to affect the multiverse."

"dear diary. Today I killed the joker."

"dear diary. Today I killed the joker."

"dear diary. There's something seriously wrong with this universe."

"dear diary. Today I tried to jump in front of a nuke but bruce jumped in front of me and then a dolphin jumped in front of bruce and the dolphin's death neutralised the nuke. I fear I must resign myself to the ways of this world."

"dear diary. Today Weird!Bruce told me he was proud of me."

"no seriously wtf is going on with Selina?"

"dear diary. Today the bats broke into this universe with a portal and told me to get back home. I said no. Weird! Dick told Normal! Dick an insult so lame Normal!Dick popped a vessel. Weird!Bruce sent an "itchy powder bang grenade" at Normal!Bruce to get him to leave. It was nice."

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#Little Red Riding Hood and the Huntsman Who Doesn't Actually Hunt and the People-Eating Wolf That Nobody Can Do Anything About #0 woe! Wretched urchin who hath turned away from The Father's grace! #Anyway. Jason is clearly not the only one to experience victimhood. #But what's critically missing from the argument that other characters do victimhood better than him— #is that other characters are overwhelmingly hurt by Bad People. Jason's victimisation is signed and endorsed by Good People. #There is massive appeal in him *not* having been judged deserving of justice. #In him being thrown away by by Good People he loved and trusted and idolized. #Good People who are inarguably Good, respected Pillars Of The Community. #I don't know WHY anyone would smugly assume impurity, friendlessness, and condemnation by The Beautiful People and Reputable Society #is a slam-dunk Argument From Authority as to why this character doesn't deserve popularity #on The Gay Mentally III Misogynized Bullied Kid Obsessed-With-Religious-Trauma Hellsite— #and YET! Here we are!

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Superhero comics are human stories told at superhuman scales, is it really a wonder that the story of Jason and Bruce reads like that of an assault and inadequate response?

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if we're talking about real jaycore

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This is just a mini info dump from an Arab batfamily fan because I find Damian calling his siblings Akhi... adorable (for me as a native speaker watching a writer use Arab words) and, not painful, just... itchy, it URGES me to make a pptx with 300 slides and just? Talk about Arabic?

So... أخي, Akhi, Brother.

It's not incorrect. The word is used in the right place and delivers its intended meaning. Other Arab speakers might not find a problem with it. They'd feel odd like I did but will likely go "eh" and carry on. But I'm an Arabic enthusiast, so...

Like with every language with geographically widespread users, the Arabic tongue kind of- deviated from its roots. The language has naturally branched out into so many dialects I myself can't keep track of.

Arab from different regions can understand each other. They use the same words but for different purposes and with different pronunciations.

The original root language that holds them all (Quranic Arabic) was simplified into an easier, standard version that is used for formal speeches and as a communication bridge (seeing that you can't, say, translate something to Arabic and say it's for all Arabs if you use a certain dialect. Because an Arabic dialect is an identity at this point, tell me somebody is Syrian, and I know them already)

Now, with the fun part.

See, no Arab calls any sibling of theirs Akhi, I myself would burst laughing if mine did.

Yakhoi يَخوي (nonstandard, everyday Arabic for o, brother) , maybe, if I'm calling a stranger from the streets or an offender I'm going to give a piece of my mind.

Or, hold your breaths, my brother is crying, and the lights are out and I NEED to use the tenderest, most loving, most adoring, most revering tone I could muster so he just knows he is loved and family. Y'know? This specific situation.

And other Arabs might just say, no, I use it when, I use it when, I don't use it, etc.

The point is, nobody will mention Akhi. Because it's a Standard Arabic word, a formal word, and a word used in translated texts and stories when a foreign character we don't consider part of us call their brother. It's weird, it's devoid of emotions, and it's like watching a robot trying to be emotional, but it's a translated text. That's what translated texts use, and it's fine.

It is fine, Standard Arabic has been used for stories so much that nobody questions its influence on a character's characterisation.

I'm not saying Standard Arabic shouldn't be used for story writing, quite the opposite, in fact. I'm just saying that if Arabic is used to represent an Arab, its usage should also consider an everyday Arab experience and manners.

Now to Damian.

Akhi is robotic. Damian's personality does allow him to fall under that category. If for his well refined manners and polite, formal speech.

But even the King wouldn't call his brother Akhi.

He'd call him by his name. For my community (and most, I'm sure) siblings are called by their names, and if we look up historic Quranic (Root) Arabic speakers, they, too, call their siblings by their name. Yes, even the Sultan.

If not by name, then either endearing or demeaning names.

Arab LOVE endearing names, but they're dipped in a pool of honey I don't think Damian would like to dive in.

Talia, on the other hand, would most certainly call Damian Mama. Arab parents call their kids by their own titles. It's the ultimate expression of parental love of all times, in my opinion.

(Don't make Batman call him Papa, though. Pretty sure Damian would malfunction)

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Well, I said all that, but watching writers include Arab words in his vocabulary is still sweet. Tt is not even a word, but it's such an Arab thing it's my favourite.

If only I could make subtitles of everyday Arab talk and show you, their speech is heavy with, excuse my English, word softeners, it's like they're talking in a TV drama and not the real world.

Watching Damian adopting it would be interesting :D

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refraining from a lot of election joke posting and instead I just donated $55 USD to gaza soup kitchen and i encourage anyone else to consider donating even a couple of dollars to the people who will be affected the most from whatever outcome happens

you can also donate to care for gaza here

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Joker is a man in your community who hurts people. He keeps hurting people no matter how your community tries to punish him or disincentive him. He hurts strangers, he hurts friends, and eventually he hurts you.

Your father is the most influential person in this community- something like the headmaster of a school or pastor of the local church or even the patriarch of a large family. You expect that after this man has hurt so many people, targeting you would be the last straw.

It’s not. Bruce can’t cross the line. Can’t exile him, can’t expel him, can’t excommunicate him, can’t disown him. Because everyone is redeemable. Because he can’t ruin a student’s future. Because the Lord’s grace must reach the troubled. Because family sticks together.

No instead it’s your own fault. You knew he was dangerous so why did you allow him near? Reckless and impulsive and asking for trouble. It’s your disobedience to your father that caused this, and if there is a person deserving of pity here it is him, because he is the only blameless one.

No his guilt isn’t narcissistic self-flagellation it is indicative of his nobility and selflessness! To demand that he act, to ask him to betray his deep convictions- that would be selfish! Overemotional to the point of irrationality even.

Superhero comics are human stories told at superhuman scales, is it really a wonder that the story of Jason and Bruce reads like that of an assault and inadequate response?

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Superhero comics are human stories told at superhuman scales, is it really a wonder that the story of Jason and Bruce reads like that of an assault and inadequate response?

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I just realized that he is a maned wolf....

These wolves don't live in packs and hunt alone 🥺 They can share a territory with their pair though and they're monogamous

Cute.

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shame about the boy...

underworld unleashed #2 (1995)

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Unpopular Opinion™ But I think Jason and Stephanie should not get along at all. In fact, I think they should hate each other with the power of a thousand suns. "But they are so similar!" And that's exactly why they won't be able to stand each other. When Steph looks at Jason, she is furious. She feels extremely uncomfortable. She is terrified. She knows that in another life, with only slightly different choices, she'd be not much different from this bitter crime lord, and it horrifies her. It's not only that, but also that… Bruce loved him. Bruce loved him! His family mourned him deeply, they mourn him to this day, and he just threw it all away for some stupid revenge?! He had a family! He was loved and appreciated! Stephanie didn't even accept a glass cabinet in the cave. Is Jason upset that he wasn't saved? Is Jason upset that he was replaced? Bruce let her be Robin just so he could get Tim back! Bruce treats everyone like shit, Jason! Everyone in this family has died at least once. grow up! When Jason looks at Stephanie, he is furious. He is frustrated. He is terrified. He knows this is what he could have been. He looks at this innocent girl, who lets Bruce continue to take advantage of her over and over and over even though he treats her like garbage, and he knows that in another life, he's in the same place as her. How is she able to keep smiling after what happened to her? How can she look at Bruce after what he did to her? Why does she obey this idiot's moral code when she has experienced for herself what this rule results in? Doesn't she understand that she's only hurting herself? Is she so naive and stupid?! When they look at each other, they see a stupid person who is blind to something that for them is more important than anything. They can see every single one of their flaws, and it horrifies them. For them, the other is a nightmarish, dark version of themselves. Neither of them is wrong or right, they are simply too caught up in the way they see the world to see each other's truth and understand it.

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Gore warning Ngl idk

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Me explaining Jason lore to a friend:

Me: So his dad goes to jail and then he takes care of his mom while she's sick and develops addiction but she dies and then he's on the streets, where he's like, starving. But then he tries to steal the wheels of the Batmobile and meets Batman!

Her: oh nice

Me: yeah, after a quick stint in a terrible group home he's taken in by Batman and becomes Robin and he's an absolute sweetheart, he has his issues sometimes but like they're so understandable and he's the cutest! And then he may or may not kill a man after finding the body of his victims who killed herself, and then he finds out his mom wasn't his bio mom so he runs away to find her, but he tells her he's robin and then she betrays him and sells him out the Joker, who brutally beats him up with a crowbar! And then there's a bomb that explodes and he tries to shield his bio mom from the blast! And she still dies! And he also dies! At fifteen years old!

Her: wait what

Me: and then he wakes up in his grave

Her : oh no

Me: and he has to dig himself out.

Her: what

Me: and then he immediately gets hit by a fucking car and is brought to the hospital where he immediately falls into a coma

Her: wtf

Me: and then he's catatonic because of brain damage

Her: ...

Me: It gets worse.

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Baby jaybin: maybe some birds fly to the moon and maybe I can fly like a bird :D!!

Sheila Haywood: and maybe you’re a little fat bear cup with no wings and no feathers. Maybe if you jump up you’ll come down very fast. With a big plop!