#Helena deserves to cut out Bruce's tongue. She wouldn't but she deserves to.

[laufire]

#Helena deserves to cut out Bruce's tongue. She wouldn't but she deserves to. #It seems pretty awkward for Helena especially #since she was a grown woman in her 20s with a teaching credential on top of her college degree #being given approval by a patriarch who isn't old enough to be her parent and never raised her. It's a homage to Helena Wayne who is Bruce' #but it's still awkward and frankly fetishistic.

And if you say that Helena's role as the black sheep has some clear similarities with contemporary Jason's place in the Family, then I'd agree. But if you say that sounds like contemporary Jason has stolen an intrinsic trait or an esteemed position from Helena, then I'd disagree.

The thing is that the "black sheep" role isn't static in an abusive family. It is possible for people to be locked into the black sheep role for the entirety of their lives. But I'd guess it's even more common for lower ranking family members to rotate in and out of the black sheep role, especially as members enter and exit the Family (births, deaths, adoptions, partnerships and marriages, divorces, escapes). Helena, Stephanie, Jason, and Damian seem to have rotated into that role at various points, to varying extents.

So remember! Next time you complain that Jason and his Batfam stans are greedily hoarding the much-coveted black sheep role—bear in mind that if he leaves the Batriarchy, it could be your favorite character getting grudging, backhanded compliments after pathetically sacrificing their time and well-being for the tepid approval of the rich, white patriarch who magnanimously tolerates their many flaws which will be recited and demonstrated in their every appearance.

[thecruellestmonth]

And if you say that Helena's role as the black sheep has some clear similarities with contemporary Jason's place in the Family, then I'd agree. But if you say that sounds like contemporary Jason has stolen an intrinsic trait or an esteemed position from Helena, then I'd disagree.

The thing is that the "black sheep" role isn't static in an abusive family. It is possible for people to be locked into the black sheep role for the entirety of their lives. But I'd guess it's even more common for lower ranking family members to rotate in and out of the black sheep role, especially as members enter and exit the Family (births, deaths, adoptions, partnerships and marriages, divorces, escapes). Helena, Stephanie, Jason, and Damian seem to have rotated into that role at various points, to varying extents.

So remember! Next time you complain that Jason and his Batfam stans are greedily hoarding the much-coveted black sheep role—bear in mind that if he leaves the Batriarchy, it could be your favorite character getting grudging, backhanded compliments after pathetically sacrificing their time and well-being for the tepid approval of the rich, white patriarch who magnanimously tolerates their many flaws which will be recited and demonstrated in their every appearance.