#arrowfam week 2021

[catboyollie]

Good morrow. I am in search of guidance. When I started reading DC it was by haphazardly throwing myself into the deep end with 0 context and trying to figure it out as I went, which turned out "fine" but as one does I kind of ended up accidentally on purpose pigeonholing myself into the BatCorner. I've read plenty of other stuff, but I don't have nearly as comprehensive a grasp on any other corners of the universe, and I'd like to start amending that. So I was just wondering if you have or know of any reading recs/lists for Arrowfam stuff? Or just what a good starting point might be. If it's not a bother. Have a nice day :)

Hi!

Not a bother at all, I can link them! Most of the reading list posts have links that will take you to the readcomicsonline page. These are the ones I could find just now, but the original posters of these recs have more comics recs and you can also check out @/arrowfam-events or @/nonbatdcu for recs.

Who is Oliver Queen a green arrow reading list by thequiver

Who is Roy Harper a reading guide by thequiver

Dinah Lance reading list from arrowfam-events (I am not sure if the link works since the tumblr was first arrowfam-week-2021

Eddie fyers is a character from Green arrow by thequiver

Who is Connor Hawke a reading guide by thequiver

Who is Mia Dearden Speedy a reading guide by thequiver

Who is Emiko Queen a reading guide by thequiver

Cheshire recs by ungodlyroys

Cissie King-Jones/arrowette by Cissie-queen-jones

Have a good day!

[nightmareinfloral]

Do you have arrowfam fic recs?

i’ve been busy reading arrowfam comics rn so i haven’t read that much fic but these are some ones i have read and enjoyed:

anything by thequiver and vlrnlr

hum along til the feeling’s gone forever by roseworth

working 9-3 by pennysparrow

arrowfam week 2021 by cissie-queen-jones

[lesbianspeedy]

7 and 13 with mia for the comic ask game?

loving comics ask game

7. Who’s your favorite author (fanon or canon)?

OOOOOOOO okay okay. fuck okay. i think i have to say kevin smith. i mean i have to. i have to. he was fucking excellent at portraying mia's trauma responses and wasn't afraid to show the darkness of her past. obviously winick did so much for her character and no one working in the industry at that time could've done her H.I.V diagnosis arc better. but <kevin3

thats the canon, for fanon...okay i have a lot of mutuals that all write excellent fics (go read everyone's arrowfam week 2021 fics theyre all so fucking good i cant wait for this year's)...but i do........yeah i do have to say pennysparrow on ao3 (@thelittleredheadedmusician on here) Accelerando is literally fic of all time

13. Share a comic panel you like with [x] in it.

this is a current favourite of mine, he picks her up like a sack of potatoes

[arrowfam-events]

Setting up the reblog schedule, so here's the AO3 collection from last year to kick things off!

[arevolutionapproaches]

Day 6 for @arrowfam-week-2021 “I will always find you”

I just adore Roy and Dinah’s relationship

[thequiver]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Green Arrow (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Connor Hawke/Kyle Rayner Characters: Connor Hawke, Roy Harper, Mia Dearden, Wally West Additional Tags: background DickRoy, Mentioned Kyle Rayner, Mentioned Oliver Queen - Freeform, mentioned Dinah Lance - Freeform, mentioned Emiko Queen, no capes AU, Arrowfam Week 2021, Connor is a college student, Good Sibling Roy Harper, good sibling Mia Dearden, technically fake dating, but also blind dates, Connor's anxieties around his family, Connor's family loves him SO MUCH, mentioned Sin Lance Series: Part 4 of We're a family. We're a forest. We're a quiver., Part 1 of Arrowfam Week 2021 Summary:

"Think of you always." - Good Old Fashioned Loverboy by Queen ---- Wally laughs when he shows up at the coffee shop. “Roy didn’t.” Connor groans. “He did. Mia helped.” “....You’re joking.” “No, they’re desperately trying to set me up.”

[fletchingsandstars]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Green Arrow (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Roy Harper & Oliver Queen Characters: Roy Harper, Oliver Queen Additional Tags: Fluff, I'll stay right here ok, Roy's first night at Oliver's house Series: Part 1 of Arrowfam Week 2021 Summary:

It's Roy's first night at his new home with Oliver Queen and it's not going too well

[miadeardn]

know i'll stay right there with you

“You wanna head inside?” Connor asks quietly.

Mia takes a deep breath, then shakes her head. “No. You can go, though. I’ll be okay.”

“It’s okay,” Connor replies. “I’ll wait until you’re ready.”

Mia’s chest shudders on her next breath, and Connor’s eyebrows draw together worriedly. He gently lays his head on top of hers.

“I’ll stay right here, okay?” Connor murmurs. “I’m not going anywhere.”

mia's having a bad day, and connor makes sure she knows she's not alone.

arrowfam week 2021 day one: nicknames + "i'll stay right here, okay?"

[bannedbookreader]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Green Arrow (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Roy Harper, Oliver Queen Additional Tags: Black Mercy (DCU), Roy Harper is Speedy, Family Feels, unreality, Arrowfam Week 2021 Series: Part 1 of Arrowfam Week 2021 Summary:

Roy is in pain. He wants his Dad. His Dad is...?

[marybatson]

I won’t tag this or anything so it’s just u and me tonight my loves but I’ve been reflecting a bit abt why the fanonization of billy batson + cap marvel w the aid of iterations like yj, the animated movies, the dceu movies and also just. n52 in general really is such a sore spot for me and feels so odd and strange. and it’s truly just because the family part of the marvel family is now purely an.. objectification. the family are props to aid the plot or billys own personal growth. like besides mary and freddy being literal shadows of who they used to be (the weird antisemitist new take on freddy included) but darla, pedro and eugene being cast have never felt like a genuine push towards the heroism they’re supposed to represent.

genuinely try to think abt it. you think of wonderfam, aquafam, batfam for gods sake, and every individual member of the family has a real title, real arc, real backstory that fleshes them out, builds their goals and desires and mistakes. makes them slip into the hero mantle that fulfills their “family”. I think of even jaime reyes’ family, who aren’t heroes at all, but have genuine quirks and rhymes and reasons to their relationship with jaime, and feel full and real. eugene is an asian boy who is good at games. in the ten or so years eugene has been a member of this family, in the few instances we see him, has he ever gotten a genuine moment alone with billy or anyone outside this family to develop his goals and reasons for wanting to not only actively use the Power, but stay as a hero? besides the power making him and his siblings cool and badass? using this logic, how can we fully ever accept him or darla or pedro as the Power-wielding heroes of color they are versus the one notable white boy most recognizable as the leader of this family? it’s just so distasteful and racist. I can tell u the backstory of at least one member each from the wonderfam and arrowfam without even reading their comics but with an outsider looking in, n52 shazamfam has like. nothing to tell except everything comically reduced to “billy loves his family”

why this ties to n52 billy characterization is huge because without being equals with his family, he’s the sole dependent champion- every huge event or big bad fight relies solely in his hands, every interaction w any other dc character is representative of not just himself, but his entire family which is kind of odd (meaning the others have no thoughts or feelings of their own??). in shazam 2021 where he’s in tta and goes on the journey to save freddy and recover their powers, there’s no excuse whatsoever for why darla and pedro and eugene and mary can’t go against his will to go it alone and join him because they too are holders of the power so why aren’t they feeling any sense of responsibility either? I mean there are arguments to be made there w the three youngest, but n52 mary is college-aged. she should be feeling the responsibility more than anyone, but ofc she was just a messenger to this system. let alone freddy. my god we can talk about the murder of freddy freeman when n52 arrived. but essay for another day lmfao just know that relegating one of the most iconic disabled heroes in history with the most interesting goals and ambitions of the marvelfam to a literal damsel in distress in 2022? y’all r going to hellll lol.

and the same for mary bc not her being another thing billy has to protect when she’s saved his hide a billion times before. and also has been inexplicably rid her fascinating and compelling backstory. their personalities used to be so encompassing and vast but now it’s just “supporting billy in sidelines”. that’s why the simplicity of “billy loves his family, they love him too” is so out of tune. just bc they love each other doesn’t mean they need to get along all the time. the amount of times freddy n billy fought, or billy and mary or whatever billy was angsting abt tht week made them actually real and made them. you know. EQUALS.

I know a lot of this is bc we’ve never had a long running shazam based title in so so long so there’s no time to fit any of this but we wouldn’t need 50 issues to establish that all these kids are supposed to be just as faceted as each other. they don’t even have to be a team, or be good at fighting with each other (BECAUSE THEY WOULDNT NEED TO.. they’re literally like superfam when they all fight together at once - too overpowered so almost useless). at least that’s the point anyway, though writers choose to nerf them bc again. they’re props to them. what is this about each member of the family getting only one power/letter from the acronym ? ordway dividing the power was messy enough but now these kids have a 1/6th of the power? (I don’t think this is confirmed, but the implication was there in the movie as well which was a bad sign djjwjdjdje) tokenizing these kids to make them seem like a mob rather than individuals will be the death of me

[starcitycitizens]

Hey all!

Just a heads up that this blog won’t be active for at least this coming week, as everyone who makes these memes behind the scenes is involved in Arrowfam Week 2021!

If you’re at all interested in seeing the content produced for Arrowfam week or in making content for Arrowfam week (seeing as we DO accept works after the week is technically “over”)- we invite you to check out @arrowfam-week-2021!

[fanfictiongreenirises]

even more reflection and review

thank you @blas-ph-emy for tagging me <3<3<3

what fandoms did you create for?

DC (Batfam, Arrowfam, Teen Titans), White Collar, Marvel (Fantastic Four, Spider-man)

how many works did you make this year? fics (ao3, tumblr, wherever), edits, gifsets, moodboards, playlists, fanart, vids, meta?

31 fics on Ao3

what are you most proud of?

I think my DickKory fic? I'd been wanting to write it for a while now and the amazing Gem did awesome art for it and the cute lil page breakers give me the biggest mood boost whenever I open up the fic

any stats you wanna tell us about?

I ended up posting ~196k words in 2021, and even tho I'd wanted to beat my words in 2020, I got a lot more writing done than I expected ^~^

what inspired you this year? any specific works or creators?

The Batfam server 😂 I don't think I would've done very much at all last year if it hadn't been for so many of the people on there. If I've gifted a fic to someone or mentioned them in the A/N, then chances are they inspired it ^~^ specifically tho I'll mention @sassydefendorflower and @geminibabyhere <3<3<3 Aurora highkey inspired me into trying out Dark Week, which was super fun and I'm so glad I did <3<3; and Gem's the reason for a whole bunch of fics I wrote last yr <3<3

what’s a piece you didn’t expect to make? why?

My two PWPs 😂 first time writing smut and turns out it's actually kinda fun lmao. But also my White Collar fics ^~^

what are you excited to work on next year?

Right now I have another White Collar fic that I'm pretty excited about (it's a sequel to Grounding), and I really want to get more Fantastic Four fics written :D I also got my BTH bingo card sometime last year and then never got round to filling any of the prompts, so I want to dip into that as well this year

it's a bit late in the year but tagging @geminibabyhere @sassydefendorflower @penguinwithitsarseonfire @ckbookish @jinmukangwrites (no pressure <3)

[mouthlessmaiden]

what do u recommend comic wise to get into the arrowfam? i think that’s what they’re called anyways….. thank you!!

ok so the first comic that really established the arrowfam was green arrow vol. 3 (2001). issues 1-10 were when ollie was brought back to life and established mia dearden as a character, setting the groundwork for the arrowfam. that volume really brought the arrowfam in as a concept, with connor hawke and mia becoming more involved instead of just ollie, roy, and dinah like it had been previously.

if you wanna get into green arrow in general, green arrow: year one is a good place to start! the mods of @arrowfam-week-2021 have some excellent reading lists, like here for dinah, here for ollie, here for connor, here for roy, and here for mia. these are all far more complete than any i could hope to cobble together. good luck getting into the arrowfam, and enjoy!

[arrowfam-events]

Dinah Lance Reading List

Reference here

New Earth

Justice League of America (1960) #75

Green Lantern (1960) #78, 79, 81-84, 86,87

Adventure Comics (1938) #418, 419

Justice League International #1-9, 11-13

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3

Green Arrow (1988) #1-3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13-17, 19-21, 25, 28, 29, 31-39, 44, 45, 49-53, 59-64, 67-71, 73-77, 79, Annual #1-5

Secret Origins (1986) #50

Black Canary (1991) #1-4

Black Canary (1993) #1-12

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1

Showcase '96 #3

Birds of Prey: Manhunt #1-4

JLA: Year One #1-12

Birds of Prey: Revolution #1

Birds of Prey: Wolves #1

Birds of Prey: Batgirl #1

Arsenal (1998) #1-4

JSA (1999) #1-4, 6-22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 49-51, 54, Annual #1

Birds of Prey (1999) #1-26, 28-41, 43-100, 108, 109, 112, 119, 120, 124-127

Nightwing (1996) #45, 46, 56-58,

Green Arrow (2001) #1, 4-6, 8, 9, 12-17, 21, 25, 29, 34, 40, 73-75

Batgirl: Year One #6, 7

Identity Crisis #1-4, 6, 7

Justice League of America (2006) #0-19, 22-32

JLA Wedding Special #1

Black Canary (2007) #1-4

Black Canary Wedding Planner #1

Green Arrow and Black Canary: Wedding Special #1

Green Arrow and Black Canary #1-32

Wonder Woman (2006) #34, 35

Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #1-3

Birds of Prey (2010) #1-15

Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle #2

Prime Earth

The New 52

Birds of Prey (2011) #0-34, Futures End #1

Batgirl (2011) #7, 8, 32-40, 45, 48-52, Annual #2

Team 7 (2012) #0-8

Black Canary (2015) #1-12

Rebirth

DC Universe: Rebirth #1

Green Arrow: Rebirth #1

Green Arrow (2016) #1-5, 8-17, 19, 20, 22-31, 33-38, 43-50, Annual #1-2

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1-22

Justice League of America: Rebirth #1

Justice League of America (2017) #1-13, 17-29, Annual #1

Alternative Versions

JLA: The Nail #1-3

Kingdom Come #2-4

All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #3, 6, 7, 10

Justice #1, 4, 5, 7-12

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One #6, 8-12, Annual #1

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #1-3, 5-8, 11, 12, Annual #1

Injustice 2 #1-3, 5, 7-11, 14, 18, 22-26, 34, 36

Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell #1

Convergence: Green Arrow #1-2

Bombshells: United #6, 13-19

DC Holiday Special 2017 #1 (in "You Better Think Twice")

Gotham City Garage #9-12

Catwoman/Tweety and Sylvestor #1

DC Nuclear Winter Special #1 (in "The Birds of Christmas Past, Present, and Future")

DCeased #1-6

DC's Crimes of Passion #1 (in Green Arrow/Black Canary "The Crimson Bomber")

DCeased: Dead Planet #1

DC Zoom

Black Canary: Ignite

DC Black Label

Birds of Prey (2020) #1

Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #2

DC Icons Series

Black Canary: Breaking Silence

[arevolutionapproaches]

And for the final day of @arrowfam-week-2021 have some angsty siblings!

[thequiver]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Green Arrow (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oliver Queen & Eddie Fyers, Mia Dearden & Roy Harper & Connor Hawke & Oliver Queen, Mia Dearden & Roy Harper & Connor Hawke & Dinah Lance, Lian Harper & Roy Harper, Sin Lance & Roy Harper, Dinah Lance/Oliver Queen Characters: Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance, Roy Harper, Connor Hawke, Mia Dearden, Emiko Queen, Lian Harper, Sin Lance, Eddie Fyers Additional Tags: Arrowfam Week 2021, Fantasy AU, the fam plays Dungeons and Dragons, references to Wally West being a magnet for cults, implied one sided Eddie Fyers/Oliver Queen, the oddie agenda, is alive and well folks, Warning:, unfriendly reminder that Ollie took Dinah to see the touring production of Cats Series: Part 4 of Arrowfam Week 2021, Part 7 of We're a family. We're a forest. We're a quiver. Summary:

“Rather Go Out in a Blaze of Glory” - Could Have Been Me, The Struts The Arrowfam play Dungeons and Dragons..... with..... shall we say varying success rates......