#and the comics? yikes lol

[fuckyourtriangles]

why did Bastion shave Erik

why he strip him down to his underwear

why did he crucify him like Saint Andrew

is it just because he's a weird repressed freak or is there something I'm missing

[crocodiller]

An offer

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[zuiz41]

Bday comic special!

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[doctorweebmd]

sorry guys I’ve been slammed started second fellowship today 😅 I am still alive prommy

[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

Faerie the hatchet

Rule number 6: Do not, under any circumstances, make a deal with them. They will ALWAYS get the upper hand.

It was the longest, and therefore likely the most important. The one that you were supposed to listen to. The one that, if nothing else, you should make sure to follow.

This had been defaced.

Or: Fae!Bruce is lonely, but then a newly orphaned boy stumbles into his clearing asking for a deal. It’s Free Son.

Dick Grayson squinted at the rules on the piece of paper that he clutched in careful hands as he made his way through the forest.

They were simple.

2) Do not tell them your name.

3) Do not eat their food.

4) Do not step into any mushroom rings.

5) Do not insult them.

Now, rule number 1 was “Do not go into the forest unless absolutely necessary”, but Dick was disregarding that. It laid at the top of the paper, scratched out so harshly that the paper had ripped under the force of his quill.

And then there was rule number 6: Do not, under any circumstances, make a deal with them. They will ALWAYS get the upper hand.

It was the longest, and therefore likely the most important. The one that you were supposed to listen to. The one that, if nothing else, you should make sure to follow.

This, too, had been defaced.

Tiny feet scrambled along the path, weaving away from stray patches of poison ivy, careful not to trip over any roots or rocks that happened to be there, hesitant to trample any plants.

His eyes caught on a berry bush and almost instantly his mouth began to water. The berries looked juicer than any he had ever seen around town, and god knows he hadn’t eaten in a couple of days. The gnawing sensation in his stomach that had faded out after day three came back with a vengeance. The nausea he had been suffering from since he had been stuffed in a cupboard and forced to stay quiet as his parents were brutally murdered seemed to fade away into nothing but a mere memory. He was nearly bowled over by just how much he wanted them.

It wouldn’t be so bad, would it? A voice murmured in the back of his head. They can wait just a few minutes more. I have time. And I’m just so hungry.

Something crinkled underfoot and he jumped nearly a foot in the air in surprise, looking down at the paper he had accidentally stepped on. He had dropped it at some point. A dirty shoemark now helped marr the paper, making it even harder to read than it had been before.

He swallowed thickly, looking determinedly away from the berries.

Do not eat their food.

He was getting close.

He kept his eyes on the ground as he made his way further along the beaten path. Partially so he wouldn’t be tempted again, partially so he couldn’t stray, but mostly to look out for the dreaded ring that was rumored to lay at the end of it. Maybe, had he been older, been wiser, he would have wondered why there was a path at all. Whether there had been another person (or perhaps even people) like him that had gone this way so often that they had felt that making a path in the dirt was necessary, or whether the forest itself was leading him there.

But alas. Dick Grayson is eight. A smart eight year old, perhaps, but an eight year old nonetheless. And a grieving one at that.

Hence why he is here. Being both grieving and a child is a terrible mix when otherworldly beings that prey on humanity’s collective stupidity and lack of rationality when it comes to emotions are involved, but again: stupidity and lack of rationality when it comes to emotions.

So, he continues to look at the ground. He can’t risk stepping into the circle, not when his soul – or whatever it was the fae wanted from the humans they stole away – was his only bargaining chip here. But he also can’t miss it, because a deal with the fae is his only shot at bringing his parents back to life.

Of course, he couldn’t have missed it if he tried.

For a musical voice chimed: “Over here, little one.”

He jerked to look, his eyes wide in a mix of terror and pure, unadulterated hope. His gaze fell upon the most beautiful man to ever exist.

Though, maybe, calling him a man was the wrong thing to do, for he was certainly not human. A pair of bat wings hung from his back, his skin was just a smidge too pale, and his teeth were sharp enough to shred through a person without dulling in the slightest.

His shoulders sank. “Oh. I was looking for a fae, not a vampire. I apologize for inconveniencing you,” he said carefully. He made a short, aborted motion, because he had been about to bow and then promptly realized that exposing the back of his neck to a vampire was decidedly not a good idea. After a couple of moments of deliberation, every thought shown plainly on his face as if he were attempting to convey it to an audience that did not exist, he opted for pressing his hand to his heart in apology.

The not-human laughed, a pleasant sound that shouldn’t have reminded him of crickets chirping in the night and yet did for some strange reason, wiping an almost definitely fake tear from his eyes.

“I’m a fae,” he informed Dick, and Dick hesitated to give him the mildly dubious look his brain told him he should. If the man really was a fae, that might be seen as impolite. “After all, would a vampire be in one of these?”

And then he motioned to the ground.

Dick cast his eyes downward and found a ring of mushrooms, flowers, and shiny rocks that he swore hadn’t been there before. After all, he would have noticed the way the moonlight seemed to catch on each little pebble, right?

He swallowed thickly, seeing just how close his foot was to the edge of the ring. If the fae moved fast enough, he might just be able to grab Dick and drag him into the ring, and if he did then he would lose.

He wasn’t quite sure what you were supposed to lose. He just knew that, if you did, you weren’t allowed to come back.

“So, little one, what has led you here? To me?” The fae said, leaning closer. It really was too big, towering over the child even when it kneels and leaving him to shiver in his shadow.

It took everything in him to not back away. The rules flickered in his mind’s eyes. He couldn’t be impolite. If you wouldn’t do it to a guest in your home, then you certainly shouldn’t do it to a fae.

“I don’t think I’m that little,” he said carefully. “I think you might just be tall. Cause of all the – uh – fae-ness.” He tacked on a quick “Sir” for good measure.

The man laughed lightly. This one sounded different from the first, more breathless, like water rolling over rocks in a stream. He wondered, idly, which one was the true laugh.

“I suppose we can agree to disagree on that. But, if you don’t want me to keep calling you ‘little one’, then may I have your name instead?”

He opened his mouth, but then forced it closed again. “You may not. You… you can call me Robin, instead,” he decided, even if it hurt a little to say it. His mom had called him that. But it was the only thing he knew he would respond to immediately.

The man’s smile didn’t waver, but something akin to frustration flickered behind his eyes.

“What should I call you?” Dick said after a few moments’ silence, fighting the urge to wring his hands.

The fae blinked at him. Too-blue eyes scrutinized him for a long moment. And then he tipped his head to the side. His neck curved just a little too far to look natural, and certainly seemed uncomfortable, but he didn’t seem to realize. “Most of the humans I meet call me Batman.”

“Seems a little on the nose, don’t you think?” He blurted, only to slap his hands over his mouth.

But the fae just laughed again, and it was the chirpy one. Dick decided this one was the real one. After all, the fae tipped his head back to laugh, so fast that he probably would have fallen over if he were human, but instead he simply hung there in midair, a brilliant smile on his face. He didn’t think that kind of amusement could be faked. Exaggerated, maybe, but not fake.

“Maybe!” He agreed once he was done with his maybe-surprised-maybe-maniacal laughter. “Would you suggest something different?”

Dick blushed. He really couldn’t think of something that wasn’t about the bat wings on his back, actually, now that he thought about it. He hardly knew the guy, he had almost nothing to go off of. He cleared his throat awkwardly to give himself time to think, but all he could come up with in the moment was: “B. I’ll call you B.”

He got a wide grin from the faerie, but there was no malice lurking behind his eyes. “What does the B stand for?”

“I’m afraid that is between me and God,” Dick said solemnly. He didn’t want to admit that he had just cut off the ‘atman’ part of his fake name, even if it was kind of obvious… or was it? Shoot, what if B thought he was actually trying to hide that he was calling him a ‘female dog’? “Wait! It’s nothing bad, though, don’t worry!”

“Oh? It’s not? Then would you like to explain why won’t you tell me?” B said, resting his hands on his hips.

He opened his mouth to explain himself, only to find out that B was teasing him. He snapped his mouth shut so he wouldn’t be tempted to stick his tongue out at the fae. He still crossed his arms over his chest and pouted, though.

This seemed to endlessly amuse B, because he let the silence go without any contest.“Alright. I grant you permission to call me B, then. Now, Robin, you never answered me. What brings you here?”

Dick’s mouth went dry. Probably to make up for the wetness that began to prickle at the corners of his eyes. “I want to make a deal with you.”

The fae’s perfectly-manicured eyebrows shot into his hair. “A deal?” He repeated, cautiously.

And Dick realized he was being given an out.

But he couldn’t. He nodded firmly. “I want my parents back. And I want revenge on the guy that killed them.”

B looked at him for a long moment, considering, before a smile spread across his face. “That’s quite a high ask for such a little bird. What do you offer in return?”

He gnawed his bottom lip nervously. It was interested, that much was clear, but… he didn’t know if that was more of a ‘wow, the gall of this human’ kind of thing or because he was actually considering helping him. It didn’t matter either way, of course, he had already started it, there was no going back, so he steeled his shoulders and forced himself to look the fae in the eyes. “Me.”

The fae hummed consideringly, and the sound buzzed in his ears in a way that made goosebumps rise on his arms.

But it was nothing compared to the way his hair stood on end when the fae smiled down at him and said:

“Two souls for two souls. I can work with that.”

The fae held out a hand to shake. Dick’s eyes caught on the way the tips of his fingers looked like they had been stretched into pointy claws.

Feeling distinctly like he was making a terrible mistake, he reached out a tiny hand.

B smiled a little too wide as their hands clasped.

And then he didn’t let go.

He started backing up, dragging Dick closer to the edge of the circle, step by step.

Dick yelped and dug in his heels, trying to make his stupid shoes gain traction, but the fae was so much stronger than him and the nails were digging into his skin enough to draw blood and it hurt and he could barely think but he knew that everything had gone wrong.

“Waitwaitwait!” He yelped.

Surprisingly, the fae stopped, but he didn’t let go of Dick’s hand. Didn’t allow him to twist his hand from his grip. “Yes?”

“I didn’t mean now!” He said quickly. “I still want to spend time with my parents! What’s the point otherwise?”

The fae snickered quietly and leaned closer. Until their noses were merely an inch apart. “I suppose you should have clarified more before you agreed, then.”

Dick screamed as his feet left the ground.

“But don’t worry, little Robin, I’ll make sure you get your wishes.”

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Pt2

All Fae-n And Games Masterlist

[snarlingteeth]

it's worth looking into. borderline personality disorder can actually cause disassociation that can lead to did or osdd, because of the whole.. fractured identity thing. (from: a bpd system)

[yorshie]

hi sweetheart!

how do you think the turtles would feel with a really petite reader? I mean, we are all small for them, but what if the reader is below average even by human standards like 5.0 f. t? will it bring something animalistic in them?

(I want to hear that reader will be carried on their hands 👏constantly👏 and treated like doll, I crave for that kind of comfort ty and sorry for my poor english 😭✋)

Whelp. I wanna start this by saying nonnie I’m so sorry, I plugged that height into a comparison generator with my head canons heights and I’m a little cursed by the image so someone else has to see it.

Like. Damn. I’d run from Donnie. Straight up yeeerrrrm like *thats a runner* probably run from raph too like. Yikes. Tiddie height to him is terrifying.

Literally everyone but Mikey is terrified that they’ll accidentally bump you and break something. They all get onto Mikey even more for swinging you around or grabbing you to toss up into the air.

Raph carries you anytime he can get away with it. In his mind, your legs are so short, they must get so tired, he’s really doing you a favor. Hope you don’t get too mad over being carried like the short stack you are, because he absolutely cannot get it through his thick skull that you would rather hurt your neck craning to look up at him than be carried

Leo so badly wants to teach you self defense, but he finds it so comical when you try to hit him while only coming up to his pec that he struggles to breathe. Yes he knows this is serious yes he’s trying but the poor turtle is also dying inside cut him some slack and maybe squish his cheeks when he dramatically leans over to talk to you.

Donnie sometimes feels like he should sit down when talking to you. He definitely has a spot in his lab that is your spot so he knows where you are at all times so he doesn’t accidentally hit you with his shell.

Cuddling them is super easy now at least. Normally they don’t even strain to lift someone but with you it’s more like they forget they’re holding you. They get hyper aware of where you are exactly in relation to them when it comes to turtle piles or relaxing no the couch though. It only took one almost squishing accident to bring them all on the same page of no rough housing when you’re around.

Mikey sometimes puts you on his shoulders while running around the lair, or scoops you up in his arms while doing parkour stunts just to get you to squeal in surprised delight/terror. It drives Leo up the wall.

They are all four hella protective, to the point that if you don’t catch on and tell them to stop, they’ll shadow you every time you head to/from the lair, if they can’t convince you to let one of them give you a lift.

If you told them you could “take care of yourself” I’m sorry but they are bro dudes they would straight up laugh like maybe Donnie would be self aware enough to try and hide it at first but if the other three break he’s gonna giggle too.

At the end of the day I just imagine it getting obnoxious like I’m pretty sure I’d kick them in the knees repeatedly, but as long as you like being treated like you’re fine china you’ll be heaven lol.

[west-brooke]

For the Meet the Comics AU… when Draxum mentions Raph’s parent from a pond does he mean they were somebody’s pet? Because not only do Alligator snapping turtles only occur in the South but they don’t live in ponds. They can only be found in rivers. Also, yikes Donnie’s parent suddenly materializing in his hands that close to his face? I guess he doesn’t need a face anymore.

Hey, someone picked up on that! Pretty quickly too lol.

Alligator snapping turtles are NOT native to areas around New York, nor do they normally live in ponds. However, there are tons of different reports of alligator snapping turtles being bought as illegal exotic pets. When the owners realize how much work they are, sometimes they will dump them in nearby places like ponds and rivers. Snapping turtles get really big, and can quickly become an invasive apex predator wherever they're introduced. There's cases of this as far as California or even a whole ocean away from where they are native to in England.

Don't release your pets into the wild, not even goldfish. ESPECIALLY not goldfish. It’s not good for them and the environment. Find them a new home or give them up to a shelter if you can't take care of them.

As for Donnie's dad, you'll learn more about him later lol. But he's smart enough even as a turtle to recognize his son when he sees him.

[reineydraws]

the pencilscratchins comic

look ppl actually left some captions 🥺🥺 thank u 💖💖💖

what are they saying?? (no seriously, give em ur best caption!)

[genericpuff]

Are there any things you like about LO? Or is it all shit to you. Personally, I think it could be a great storyline with the right execution, but a lot of the stuff and plot is unnecessary (I.e. Hades being thousands of years older than Kore and making characters fall in love with people they are racist/classist towards 😨😨)

Oh there are LOADS of things that I liked and still enjoy about LO despite all the shit I've thrown at it. I love love LOVE a lot of the older art-

Like, damn, that shit is so charming! I swear I had that Tower 4 panel as my phone background for like, 2 years LOL

Rachel had a really strong understanding of shape language, composition, color theory, and expressive linework in a way that was really appealing and unique at the time, but along the way it was just lost, undoubtedly due to her taking more of a backseat in the character art process and leaving it to her assistants.

That said, there's a lot of... not so charming, too.

I think, on the one hand, there's a lot to appreciate in the old art that shouldn't be rejected as we criticize this series. At the end of the day, as much as we riff on it, many of us did love this series at one point in time, so we shouldn't cringe at what it used to make us feel or pretend like we were ever above it when we were very much lost in it for ages before it went down the tubes.

But there is a lot to be said about the effects of rose-colored glasses, and how LO was never perfect. The reality is that much of Rachel's work is exemplified by the odd beautiful thing that sticks in our memories, but when we actually go back to relive those memories, we find they're all strung together by some not so beautiful stuff that makes us go 'wait what???'

Case in point, with LO we remember beautiful compositions like this:

But then within those same episodes we get:

And it's like oh. Yikes.

Aside from the art, there was also the SA plot as well as the Act of Wrath. The SA plot felt really special to me at the time because I was someone who was once in Persephone's shoes, being pressured into sex that I wasn't ready for but wasn't capable of saying no to. I can appreciate what Rachel was trying to do with that plot, but over time it became clear that she wasn't committed to seeing that plotline through and so I kind of just dropped my expectations for it entirely.

That said, it wasn't the SA plotline that set me off. I had good faith in that one still that it would be addressed eventually. It was the Act of Wrath plotline that did me in. The premise of it was totally my cup of tea in the way of "quirky character has a dark evil backstory!" which is shit that I absolutely LOVE, but then when the "twist" happened that Eris was the one to give her wrath, that was literally when I had my almost "canon event" moment of realizing "wait... I don't think Rachel knows what she's doing." And then it was just all downhill from there. The S2 finale sealed my fate LOL

All that said, as much as my brain is often defaulting to "ew! gross! bad!!!" in all honesty I do still appreciate what LO meant to be back when I still enjoyed it. It meant enough to me that I just couldn't let it the fuck go when it started to go downhill, so much so that I started making my own version of it! And that's something that sets it apart so much more from other comics I really don't like anymore (or comics I never liked to begin with) like Down to Earth, The Kiss Bet, Let's Play, etc. where I really can't even be bothered to think about them let alone talk about them to the extent I do about LO. I may be full of beans when it comes to LO, but I'd still rather be talking about it and all its failings and what it used to mean to me than about any of those other works. I loved it enough to still want it in my life and that's what Rekindled has accomplished for me.

[barrenclan]

the panel of nightberry with a skeleton in issue 32 has her in the exact same pose as she's holding cypressfoot's body in this issue........... i hope you're happy with yourself raz........

that aside ourgh. ouuurghg this issue is so good... i read it yesterday but i reread it again now and i NEED to ramble. i loooove the cover image what a cool choice for the artstyle. i adore poinsettia she has such a cool way of talking!!! and OAIUGRUH THE PINECORM MOMENT... GODDD... and POOR PINEPAW AURGH his face nooo :( that's gotta hurt yikes. and HE MATCHES RAINHAZE NOW.,,,, hacksaw getting just Obliterated was sooo satisfying also . and last but certainly not least EUUEUEGRH IT'S HAPPENING... THE RAINHAZE... THE VERY VERY UNWELL MAN HIMSELF. i am so scared for what is gonna happen next issue ahhahahahaaaa,.... (although thats true of every issue... literally the past 2 or 3 issues i've genuinely gotten like. a sick feeling in my stomach from the Fear when i see a new issue's out before reading it, that's how invested i am in this comic,,,,,,)

Yay, I'm glad you liked the issue! This is a very intense part of the story and I'm so happy it's been well received.

Lol, there have truly been some incredible Effects this comic has inflicted on people. Before posting Issue 36, I got locked out of my house for about half an hour, and when I came back the Discord was going absolutely apeshit because I had passed the rough time when I post issues and wasn't saying anything. It is wildness like no other.

[galactic-rhea]

Tbh clone wars has some really "wow they went THERE" moments when it comes to sex stuff.

There are several moments where the show just shows literal sexual harassment or asult and just... brushes it off, Padme, Ahsoka, even Anakin are victim to this (unwanted kisses being the most common, but If I remember correctly some death watch guy smacks Ahsoka on the butt once)

Also Ahsoka gets almost sex trafficked(???) A few times. Like what was the implication soposed to be with the Zygerrian arc, or when Hondo tries to sell her?

At least with Hondo we can assume he mightve just been trying to sell her to the separatists but also... dude wtf?

There's also several instances where the clone wars show tweets woman in a... yikes way, some just seems fairly realistic for a war (the Ryloth dancers, the clones having pin up posters, a few comments here and there)

Idk where I'm going with this but long story short: I agree with you on that clone wars arc, Anakin felt so out of charecter and I almost always hate jealous boyfriend arcs becuase they're so often ooc and kinda sexist???

Oh, agreed, they really did. I think partially a lot of that has to do with the fact it was done in an era where...that sort of stuff was way more common in shows, lol

With the Death Watch thing, it was Bo-Katan who smacked Ahsoka's butt. And after she said she was engaged to Lux, not less. It's funny if you try to not think too hard about it 😭 I guess is more acceptable if isn't a guy the one doign it,,,,in Cartoon Network standards, i suppose.

Also yeah, I have a strong distaste with Ahsoka's treatement during the Zigerrian arc, like truly awful, and truly a bad look on Anakin, Obi-Wan, and anyone who agreed with it (and it doesn't help that Anakin's actitude was so...cocky, sure, dude, whatever). The Zigarrian arc is such a weird case because in one hand I'm all for inflicting more trauma and whump onto Anakin,,,,on the other, his actitude and total disregard of Ahsoka's safety is extremely frustrating (you could argue neither Obi-Wan nor Anakin really expected the plan to go wrong in any way, still very bad, not good guys). Then again, if I recall, the plan wasn't quite their idea at all, and in the comics Anakin is way less confident about it, and Ahsoka was the one insisting in going, but yeah, yeah, just another case of weird writting wiwth mixed results.

But yeah, it was the episode with Hondo capturing her that reeaaaally made me go "was that necessary", it can be very messed up, and is true that it's barely aknowledged. I suppose the difference with the Clovis arc, is that in that episode they do make more clear that it's wrong, they just don't allow Padmé to have any agency about it, it was just used to make Anakin jealous.

Overall: I think I have said it before, but TCW main problem is that it tackles stuff on a very surface level due being short-episodes, with one-time plots, and being a kids show. So the characters aren't allowed to react too much about their messed up circumstances. Almost everything is always reseted after an arc ends. Anakin isn't allowed have moments of reflection or to show how things can be affecting him on a deeper level. And the same can be argued with other characters.

Sadly all those instances with Ahsoka are treated like jokes. And all the very unsubtle implications of Anakin being assaulted in the Zigerrian arc isn't dealt with beyond having Anakin consider whatever slavist nonsense the queen tells him. While other things, just like you said with the dancers, does make the world seem a bit bigger and more deep, as messed up as it can be.

[mthcomics]

Part 1, Part 2

You know that part in legacy when quorra is hurt and Sam speaks up but Flynn shouts that “you’ve done enough!”? And then he quickly walks that back with a joke? Anyway I thought of a time he may have shouted those same words at CLU.

I’ve been rereading the Betrayal comic a lot recently cause it’s so good and thought of this beat. Multiple times Flynn arrives in the Betrayal comic he is saved by Tron from collapsing debris (and his own stunts lol). I imagine this takes place after Jordan’s passing given his more haggard look.

Flynn was shoved out of the way by Tron when debris from a collapsing sector comes crumbling down. When the dust settles Flynn finds tron and is absolutely shaken. Tron’s been injured before but he’s always maintained consciousness, this time he’s stuck in the lifeless mode Quorra fell into when she lost the arm. Flynn’s panicking because he’s been able to decipher Alan’s code for the superficial injuries but to this degree? Given Flynn’s loss in the user world he can’t control his outburst to CLU who arrives on the scene.

CLU is trying to twist this to be the fault of the ISOs which is a thing he constantly does in the betrayal comic but Flynn is not in the mood.

There was gonna be another panel of CLU being taken aback for a moment at the sight (like in Betrayal he is behind the attacks but seeing Tron hurt he’s probably like “oh..yikes okay hm.” I just think these three have a fascinating dynamic.)

Tronnie will get fixed and Flynn will have a sit down about self preservation which will not last long cause “fight for the users” is so engrained lol but oh well. Flynn will later try and apologize to CLU and he’ll just reiterate the iso situation but quietly relieved Tron is fixed.

And nothing bad ever happened on the grid again lol

[blackbatcass]

hii linden! i kinda needed some help

so, i wanna read some comics based on:

donna troy, cass cain and wally west

but i have literally noo idea where to start 😭 ofc ik the basics but i was hoping you could suggest something?? thank you so much if you do and have a wonderful day!

yeah i gotchu!! those are literally my besties lol i can definitely give you some recs. i'm not sure what you'd consider to be the basics so i'll just include all the big stuff to be thorough

donna troy:

first rec is always new teen titans as you probably would have guessed lol. it is a very long and arduous undertaking though so some more specific recs would be vol. 1 #38, #50, vol. 2 #18-21, #50-55.

i've gone into more detail on her appearances in darkstars, green lantern etc but honestly though they are important to understand the status quo & what was going on with her, i don't think they're very good comics to just read for donna. my next rec would probably be wonder woman (1987) #126-136, which is a VERY important arc for her. it goes into more detail on her origin, reconnects her to the amazons & diana, and i believe is where she officially passes on the wonder girl mantle to cassie. and she appears frequently throughout the rest of that wonder woman run after the arc if you want to continue on!

titans (1999) is another big one, beloved beloved comic. lots of good donna content.

titans/young justice: graduation day #1-3 YIKES! unfortunately pivotal to her story lol

dc special: the return of donna troy look. i know I gush about this comic like it's my full time job. but honest to god i adore it to pieces, it's a love letter to donna and her history and it's one of my favorite comics of all time despite only being 4 issues. begging everyone on the planet to read it rn

cass cain:

cass was famously introduced in batman: no man's land! now that event is very very long so it might seem tempting to skip straight to bg 2000 but i'm here to tell you to not do that. if nothing else it is PIVOTAL that you read her introduction issues (mark of cain pts 1 & 2), batman #567 and detective comics #734. probably the coolest most metal introduction of any comics character in history, it's that good. if you're interested in cass's role in nml but not the whole thing, here's a list of her appearances:

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #57

Batman Chronicles #18

Batman #569

Detective Comics #738

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #124

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #92

Detective Comics #739

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60-61

Detective Comics #741

i think nml is essential reading for cass and it makes me sad that a lot of people skip it.

next is, of course, batgirl (2000). it's her character bible it's god's (kelley puckett's) gift to mankind it's maybe the best comic ever written. what more can i say

she's also a fixture in gotham knights! cass was a part of most batfamily events in the early 2000s, ex. officer down, joker's last laugh, war games, bruce wayne: murderer? and bruce wayne: fugitive. it's pretty easy to find them since they mostly cross over with her batgirl run.

detective comics #790 is only one issue but it's. ough.

aaaaand then we get into the evil cass arc stuff which just sucks and isn't worth it. she's pretty much written out of the story for a while, other than red robin #17 & #25.

she does show up as black bat in gates of gotham! i really enjoy that story, and it's only 5 issues.

that gets us to new52. i would completely disregard her rebirth and batgirls appearances honestly. she is a part of the current birds of prey ongoing! and while i am not kelly thompson's biggest fan i do think she gets a lot of cool moments and for the most part she's done right.

she is also featured sporadically throughout ram v's gotham nocturne storyline (it started way back in detective comics #1062 if you want to read the whole arc, it's VERY good). i have to give a special shoutout to #1084, which has a backup story that's focused on cass and it legitamately blew my mind. like i couldn't believe my eyes when i was reading it, maybe it's because cass has been done so dirty over the years that anything makes me happy but to get a cass-centric story featuring shiva that cares about her as a character in 2024 was crazy 2 me i will rave about it forever. thank you alex paknadel.

wally west:

the good news is my wally reclist is WAY less complicated. as is predictable for me, pretty much the only wally rec I have is flash volume 2 (1987). it is for all intents and purposes The Story of Wally West tm. it's his character bible it follows him throughout nearly a decade of his life. because it's so long my specific rec would be to read waid's run on it, from #62-142. if you want more context to his life at the time you can start earlier in the comic, i think #31 is a good jumping on point if you want to experience some messner-loebs but not too much messner-loebs lmfao.

he's featured in titans (1999) until about issue #20, iirc. wally is just fated to quit titans teams lol. there is some good stuff with him up until that point though!

that is honestly about all i got until you get to more modern flash comics. after rebirth he's reintroduced in flash vol. 5, and #768-800 is the jeremy adams run.

he's also the main focus in si spurrier's flash vol. 6! aka the current flash ongoing. which... as i have often said, i am a big fan of.

AND THAT’S MY LIST!!! i hope it helped you out at least a little lol!

[lildoodlenoodle]

Not to be That Bitch but I’ve seen people talking about this so,,,

Who is actually most likely to die in BTSV?

Yep, yikes I’m going there. Again all theories so I’m open to conversation/opinions on this!

Jessica - She’s not gonna die. There’s no way. Spiderverse is known for breaking boundaries but they aren’t going to kill a pregnant woman.

Miles - Again spiderverse is known for breaking boundaries so killing a protagonist is not outside of their range but I do not think they can kill Miles because of how integral he is to the trilogy and general synergy with comics and video games. Miles is too important of a character outside of this film in a monetary and societal way for them to kill him off in my opinion. He is the character that people associate with ‘Anyone can wear the mask’

Peter B. - The man has a baby. They aren’t gonna kill him. It just isn’t gonna happen. Nor will they kill said baby.

Hobie - They won’t do it. I love him but I don’t think his death would be enough of a catalyst or whatever. Like I just can’t see it. Not to say he isn’t important to the story but with the role he takes on, his death wouldn’t make sense.

Ben Reilly - I’m not even sure he’s currently alive lol. Gwen broke his watch and then tossed him into a random ass dimension. He’s probably fine… He’s fine.

Noir - unlikely. It wouldn’t have the emotional impact a death would need in the next movie. If, for whatever reason, multiple members of the team die then I could see it, but just him? No.(either way bro’s been resurrected multiple times in the comics, he’s fine.)

Ham - ok I could see it, but only in the comedy angel wings ‘death’ way. Like it wouldn’t be real, it’d be a gag.

Peni - ugh I can kinda see this ngl. She was the only member of team B we saw in the society and had a speaking role. Maybe I’m jaded but doesn’t bode well for a young female character… she will most likely be fine though.

Pavitr - People have said it and I do understand it. I don’t think they’ll do it but I could see it happening in a couple of different ways. His death would have be a perfect mid-late movie catalyst simply because of the parallels between him and Miles, ‘being spiderman is easy!’, and inspector Singh and Gayatri ‘escaping’ death. Will be crying in the theatre.

The Spot - I’m 50/50 on this. Like he could totally be too far gone where the only way out is him imploding but also he just wanted attention 😢

Gwen - God I can see this happening. I really hope it doesn’t but,,, Specifically, her saving Miles or one of his parents and that somehow being it for her. Her home storyline is tied up, her only remaining loose thread is with Miles, and once that’s done her ‘arc’ is over, and also the foreshadowing. Like if it happens that’s how it’s gonna happen and it’ll parallel when Miles was saving inspector Singh and that moment where we can’t see him god,,,,,,

Miguel - I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I don’t know what they are going to do with this man by the end of the next movie. Dude has put his whole being into his canon events theory, cause remember he genuinely believes or is in heavy denial about this. I don’t think being visually proven wrong will fix anything for him. I genuinely believe it’ll destroy him. I could definitely see him dying in the next movie by saving Miles/his dad in some desperate attempt to do the right thing, or taking down the spot with him type thing.

Jeff - Look, we all know it’s a possibility. It’s like algorithmically predestined, so it definitely could happen and I wouldn’t be surprised necessarily. But do I actually think it will happen? No. It’s too built up, especially with Miles going to 42 where his dad IS dead.

Rio - I’m gonna be so honest, she’s more likely to die than Jeff. SORRY! She’s the one that dies in the comics, she’s the one alive in 42, and she has that big speech about Miles not being with her any more and to look out for himself for her. I really hope they don’t do it, I really hope cause I will sob in the theatre but if one of Mile’s parents is going to die, it’ll be Rio.

[lisholoz]

How do you deal with people bringing up that Slade is a pedo in the comics. I'm sure SOMEONE has tried to bring it up to you before. I like Slade myself but I hear this a lot and it just makes me feel conflicted ya know? Cause I honestly don't care about what happens in fiction cause that's all it is but when someone constantly brings it up it makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong when I'm justnlikeing an old man character with white hair, tendency to kill, etc etc. I don't think I'm strong enough to deal with backlash if I drew him and getting those comments so I just wanna know how do you deal with them if you do

I just treat it the same as other comics . There's plenty of other comics or media where I'm like yikes I don't like what they did there so I just pick and choose the content I do like. You gotta remember that original comic is from 40 years ago. Some content retcons it, some content like Priest's Deathstroke acknowledges it as wrong. The best advice I can give you is to not take EVERY single comic into account when liking a character. Even for me I only got super into Deathstroke from Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight so my perspective of Slade is gonna be much different from someone who got into him from the teen titans OG comics . Heck my first introduction to Slade was through Teen Titans cartoon and I don't even think of that Slade and the Slade from something like Deathstroke Inc as the same person. If it makes you feel better I haven't gotten any hate about my Slade art (this does NOT apply to tiktok lmfao the comments on any Slade content are wild). I think it'd be a shame to write off a character for one thing in a comic when there's so many other comics you can choose to enjoy. Try not to get bogged down by what other people think! At the end of the day you can block them, and surround yourself with fellow villain enjoyers that understand comics aren't real life lol.

Edit: also I feel like I should mention he's not real. Liking any content/character =/= condoning the actions. There's lots of content out there that isn't to my tastes but I live and let live. At the end of the day fandom is meant to be fun and trying to police other people's experience is always a bad idea.

LEGO DC supervillains Deathstroke solos any other representation of him anyways 😝