#If Bruce Wayne told me to be Robin I'd treat that shit like a cancer diagnosis

[autisticrosewilson]

Guys I feel it's very important to note that the act of making a child a superhero is abusive. Yes, I understand the mechanics metatextually of child sidekicks but within the world there isn't actually a good reason that one should allow a child to make a decision like that.

I know we always talk about how Bruce couldn't have stopped the Robins, but like, he actually could have! He's a millionaire and a highly trained superhero he could have figured something else out but Batman needs a Robin.

Which is a sentiment so prevalent in the universe of DC it almost gives me hives to hear. Particularly because I don't feel like you guys are treating it like the incredibly fucked up thing it is.

Those are children!! Bruce, a grown ass man, should not be relying on them for emotional support or whatever.

Not enough of you guys treating Robin like a curse, like some awful blight that will befall you until you die young horribly. Like sure while they're Robin they're not going to realize it, but afterwards when they have developed frontal lobes they should have a moment where they're like "wow that's fucked up I should beat the shit out of Batman" but they can't ever actually separate themselves from the mantle so they end up complacent anyway.

[breadandblankets]

"If Bruce Wayne told me to be Robin I'd treat that shit like a cancer diagnosis" lmao not me, if i was 12 and full of rage and told to go ham on beating people up i would eat that shit up and ask for seconds

some of you really don't remember what being an angry young teen was like smh