#In my eyes

[kanonbea]

something something about v1 being able to play music like how the terminals can whenever it needs to or wants to

songs in order: were you foolin, katamari

[polin-bridgerton]

Home is where the heart is - Colin calling Penelope his home / 3.08

[iheartsteve0704]

[erinwantstowrite]

bear with me here because i'm gonna ramble about something i've been thinking about for a while... and i'm not complaining, i'm just noticing

sometimes i think we've leaned so far into the vigilante side of the batfam that we miss out on what really makes their characters: detective work. we need more mysteries in their lives that don't lead up to some big bad "we already know who's doing it" or an "end of the world" or "yet again: this fucking guy." we need more stuff where spy movie music plays in the background and dumb adventures that don't lead up to some huge grand event with a big name villain. the shock factor stops being shocking or interesting in any capacity if we're like "Gah! the Joker! ... Again!" or whatever

does that even make sense? like "yeah sure they're blowing up a building again and there's hostages. oh look they're gonna poison the water supply." these aren't bad and that's not what i'm getting at because obviously this is a classic for comics. you need to have characters/antagonists that show up more than once and who can make a story better by being in it. and i did say to bear with me- that's because im tired. so like i hope im getting this across the right way? it's just that sometimes i don't wanna see a huge explosion, i want these motherfuckers solving a regular murder or a disappearance or regular corruption in a local office without it being tied to a grand reveal like "actually this person knows you as a long lost relative" or "they were at that circus can you guess which night they went?" that kind of thing? if you get me? like... more of the small time stuff makes the big stuff important, it makes it stand out more. at some point, the format gets repetitive even if you're switching up the villains. you can make these situations/mysteries still fun to solve for the characters and fun to read for the audience if you do it right

the concept of a detective dressed as a bat and having a sidekick in traffic light colors is inherently goofy as hell??? but that is what is so charming about it??? i think we have lost the balance between them being silly while also being intelligent with important conversations that criticize the world as we see it and teach lessons and can go over dark topics. nowadays it's always end of the world problems or just straight up the most gruesome true crime you can think of?? or they can ONLY do the dark stuff and the criticism without offering a balance of the good in the world. or we keep coming back to the FUCKING JOKER-

like yes they are vigilantes and with that comes a different level of their work, but their brand should be a mix between a black and white detective film that can get very nitty gritty and a classic spy movie, that kind of thing. at the end of the day, it's what makes them so different from the superheroes. that's what appeals to me.

seeing them in the big superhero groups is fun, don't get me wrong. it's always funny to see them standing next to people who are so powerful they never really fit in with anyone but each other, who chose to step up and use their powers for good. the Bats' specialty is Gotham and yet here they are stopping a god or whatever. and they do stop the god or whatever, all the while being an important leader and strategist to their teammates. they're important to have in these cases. but if there's a world ending event every time i pick something up, it's not as fun

the fact that they are so very human and not fantastical is why i like reading them. it's what makes the joke of people, even Gotham citizens, theorizing about them being cryptids, funny. they're fucking weird but that's because they're detectives. people who love to solve mysteries usually have a fatal flaw of curiosity. they forget the bounds between social interactions sometimes because they're used to working through problems or being intertwined with partners that understand them. but they're very much human. so human that it hurts them in many ways. and idk i've just been thinking about it lately and idk what point i'm trying to get across actually

it's just that in my eyes that's how it really is for Batman- a black and white movie narrated by a very serious man who took up a job to help people, one that has a deeper commentary on the world and viewed outwardly as pessimistic but actually has a deep hope for his city and who tries to help even the people who have wronged others. He's a stationary man in the belief that him being a constant can serve to soothe others and help them move forward. He stays in the middle of the path so he can tell everyone what is up ahead. he blends into the Gotham rainy night to serve justice but in a way that saves both the victim and the perpetrator. (the way he tucks a Robin into his cape is the same he does for Gotham with his mere presence.) and his background is actually so important to his story and yet people still somehow gloss over the lesson from it? he lost his parents because of a man who was on the opposite end of the spectrum to where he was in life. and yet he chose to help the people like the man that killed his parents. he could have done anything else with his power and money, but he instead is choosing to bring as many people up with him as he can. He's Mr. Serious that no one else can get a read on. and yet he walks into a room and he's already piecing together your life and what you're going through because he thinks it matters. he comforts people who have lost something or someone or themselves. I picture Batman and I don't picture a man trying to save the world, I picture a detective walking around a crime scene and trying to save at least one person every time he puts on the cape. and he put on the cape and became a vigilante because then he could go out of the bounds of what laws have been set up- and specifically, Gotham has other people in power who are corrupt, keeping the system that way. that's why Batman being a billionare and throwing himself into helping people at the risk of his own life is so important. he knows that if you are alive, you have something or someone to lose, no matter who you are. the dude is a bleeding heart but he doesn't know how to express it, in fear that if he gets too close, if he moves down the path with them, he'll be lost again

and then he's met with someone who should be a complete opposite, but isn't at all, because they're two sides of the same coin. his partner in crime, his son, a boy that is nothing like the black and white world that he sees. and that's the point in his life where he first sees that potentially getting lost is worth the risk. Robin is color and passion that needs guidance to move forward, but can not do so unless the stationary man learns to move with him. the kid is loud and reckless and you'd think he's from a different genre from the detective but they aren't so different, really. not when you look close enough. Dick grew up moving from place to place and seeing the world, knowing so many different people from different cultures. He's been learning to fly and jump and embrace the free fall his entire life. He's clever and he's sharp, and he thrives in the action and adventure. it's that perspective that compliments the stationary man. one is steady and the other pushes. he's the same genre but a different generation. and Batman introducing him to the way of life he chose for himself was another way he could save someone. because let's be real for a second? Dick would have gone down a very dark path had he not had Bruce, who understood, who saw not just himself in the kid but also saw who the kid has been his entire life until now. he saw Dick's parents, he saw the family he had in the circus, he saw the joy he had in what his family was doing. he saw the grief and the fire and the color that Dick's world was made of. because to Bruce, it always matters. Dick had to come to terms with Bruce's perspective to help anyone who they come across, to always give more chances, and it kept Dick from losing his color

what gets me is that the man who lives in the black and white world can actually see many different shades of gray (because black and white always needs the medium), whereas the boy in a world of color and light can get so focused on the bright that he can become single minded. and yet the boy sees a world of color and delves deeper into the lives of the peolle they come across and can be much more open minded, and the man in the black and white world sometimes forgets the shades of grey are right there. they are just like each other. they can exist without the other, but do they want to? because the black and white can be built up into the colored image, like the inking and shadows drawn on a comic book page before the colors are added in. they meet in the middle to complete each other. Bruce has been passing the story over to the next generation for a long, long time, even before his story was complete. and just like with the first Robin, it was so for every Robin afterwards. they each color in the lines differently, but that's what makes Robin so special, so unique. they are an art style that branches into their own life, but can not forget where they started: tucked into Batman's cape and the inky black of his world

and so detective work really frames their hunanity to me. the mysteries they get their hands on, the glimpses into the lives of Gotham citizens that they swore to protect, it's fascinating. it's what makes their story stand out compared to the people who can lift trucks or cast spells or run around the world in seconds. so yeah ig that's what i'm trying to say? that i want to read more of that? in both canon and fanon. cause even the small time villains we see can be like. AWFUL people and it takes out the fun of their gimmicks. and if it were any other day this would be a more coherent post but alas, it is not any other day

[yogurtbluesideas]

mecha derby, people take a bunch of post conflict mech parts and hammer them together, throw them all in a pit and let them do a bunch of gladiator style combat with weird rules:

Twin terrors: the weld two mechs back to back, have a few of these fight eachother while the two pilots inside work together.

juggernaut: they get one big mech and a bunch of smaller ones to fight it out, small mechs are armed with bolas and nets, big mech has a massive paint can launcher and if the small mechs get hit they are out, usually big mech has car wheels instead of actual legs.

crane game: small mechs run around while a mech crane tries to pick them up and put them into a container, last one standing wins.

exo-suit half time: exo suits with guns, but the guns fire t-shirts and stuffed animals at the crowd, or they spray the crowd with water.

exo-suit rumble: free for all mech paintball, each mech is custom made and have to be below 60k in value.

drone strikers: old combat drones now carry confetti cannons and lights, people are allowed to hide and run around in the arena with a sticky clothes on, last one to get confetti on the wins

mech opera: mech hobbyists get into four teams, usually with microphones and their own cameras, they improve being soldiers in a hammy space opera with all the fixing’s, usually using very lightly powered laser weapons and glow blades, which couldn’t kill a human if they were naked. but with how the people treat it you’d think they’d die, this one is usually when food is passed out

mech jousting: jousting, but with dirt bikes and specially made suits to prevent injury

[cronxl]

"ive got my eye on you" except its in a half murderous and half flirtatious way. half threatening and half longingly. are you picking up what im putting down or am i rapidly going insane.

[invader-reggie]

Do I feel deep down in my heart that Sokka is the straightest man to ever straight that he kisses his homies goodnight with no fear or shame?

Yes

Does that stop me from spreading my Pansexual Sokka and Zukka agenda?

Absolutely not.

[winterbeautyees]

Dear gosh, those lustrous lips, he needs a stepmom for his children

[jaratedeguadalupe]

i was playing rock paper scissors with the scout from the other team, suddenly a spy decloaks behind me and the scout goes SPY NO in in the chat. the guy backstabs me and fucking laughs. really feels like a kid reprimanding their dad like DAD STOP you're ruining the mood.

[t1ssu3z41ssu3zx]

Sonic anatomy is hard 😞

Practice art with Blaze and Amy because I like them (Yes, I switched fandoms :3)

[authenticity2025]

In my eyes, good conversation is the birthplace of true attraction. So open up and share with me every encounter and experience that shaped you into who you are today. Tell me all about your hopes and dreams and captivate me with your passions. Arouse my curiosity and you'll have my attention. Beau Taplin

[doodoobirds]

What if instead of incredibox, it’s called incredibox and it was big beautiful butch women who beat boxed

I think i like ibis paint more but I spent 12 bucks on procreate and I’m gonna get my worth out of it

[wanderingmind867]

I'm shocked that the Metal Men aren't more popular. You're telling me nobody wants to read about a bunch of crime fighting robots who also exist to help teach us about chemistry and the periodic table? Because make no mistake: the metal men really seem to exists to teach us about chemistry and the elements. It's pretty interesting. These characters should've had way more focus. I don't nearly enough about science (it's been a few years since i took a science class), but I want to see more metals represented. Because there's way more than Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Platinum and Tin. And it'd be really interesting to see more stuff with them.

[anidiothuman]

Dragons rising is forcing me to accept that Lloyd is grown now and I'm not living for it.

[tinyalechardy]

One more HUGE body modification. This time instead of adding clay to smooth out the detail. I just straight up used my dremmel took to chip away at it. And then sand it.

I slimmed the legs down. And slimmed the stomach and sides. (I even added a wee appendix scar)