#and it read to me that when Billy discovered it was a ruse and transformed into Captain Marvel
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Captain Marvel Adventures (1941) #51
#it’s interesting to me that at this point in his life Billy isn’t interested in discovering blood relatives#I mean part of it is that there’s been stories playing with that concept as well as discovering long lost relatives of Captain Marvel#so he’s learned from those experiences that they always (with the exception of Mary) turn out to be mistakes#so he begins this interaction set to be skeptical#but there’s also ‘I have my job to do! I can’t leave!’#he’s not hoping that it turns out to not be a mistake this time#with Mary he was very excited to reunite with her#he does not then fundamentally change his life style#and I remember a story from before that where Billy was tricked by someone into thinking that they were long lost relatives#and it read to me that when Billy discovered it was a ruse and transformed into Captain Marvel#that Captain Marvel was harsher than normal with the criminals because of how personal a breach that was#so this is something that he’s come to over time and isn’t how he’s always been#and there are two more recent to this point stories I’m thinking of#one where Billy is a bit sad to not have a family to spend Christmas with#and is instead working at Station Whiz on Christmas Eve#but isn’t like super dramatically sad about it#and one where a woman moved in with Billy to try to mother him#and he was frustrated with his life not being his own and was relieved when she left#which is tied into how her presence was messing up his work#and it’s really significant to me how Billy doesn’t have friends from the period of time in which he was homeless#it’s only when he was in a better position in life that he was able to form real lasting relationships with people#I would consider Billy giving up his job at Station Whiz to be paramount to giving up his ability to transform into Captain Marvel#with how much power and control it gave him over his own life at a time when he had barely any#he’s already living what is largely his own wish fulfillment fantasy- though I doubt he could have actually imagined something this great#so even if he has some dissatisfaction sometimes he’s not genuinely wishing for something different#and I think that over time as Billy has been really living this life he's become deeply satisfied with it#fawcett comics#billy batson#my posts#comic panels
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