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floralovebot · 4 days

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i know there are only like five of us but i feel like garth stans really don't talk enough about how left out he feels with the titans. dick and wally are Best Friends. donna and roy are on and off again. dick and donna are too much to explain. on average, roy is close with at least one of dick's siblings. dick donna and wally all go on to be in the new teen titans. garth isn't Close with any other titans but the originals

and it's this thing where,,, it's not his Fault yknow? he's not mean or spiteful or creepy or anything that would warrant them not liking him as much. he joins in on their jokes, he risks his life, he shares his feelings, he does everything that he knows friends do. but just the virtue of him being atlantean and them being land dwellers ruins everything. he Can't spend more time with them, he doesn't understand their culture, he will always choose atlantis.

they'll always be his friends but he can never truly be with them or form deeper bonds. he'll always be the last one to know what's going on, the last one they call, a complete shadow and afterthought.

and sure there's a part of him that knows this, that feels bitter and lonely. but he can't even be that mad at them because he does the same thing. the titans are never his first thought, he never calls them first, he doesn't reach out and ask if they're okay, they're always the last ones to know what happened to him. the titans are such a huge part of his life but they're barely in it.

there's just something so inherently lonely about garth that i feel most dc writers don't understand. they just don't get it. they don't get what it's like for this boy who was all alone, never had parents or a family, suddenly being taken in and having to act like he knows how to be a son, a friend, a partner. meeting kids his own age and wanting to bond with them so bad, having to watch as they all get closer to each other and leave him behind, not being able to do anything about it. never being taken seriously, always the last choice... garth man.....

#usually i love garth thinking but sometimes he makes me too sad #i can't think about him too much or i get genuinely upset like please treat my boy better #i just.... AUGHHHHHH psychic damage from garth thinking #like i just... all of the titans have someone... Someone who is just theirs... theirs alone... someone who would choose them first #and garth doesnt... he doesnt have that with anyone #sure you could argue tula or dolphin but tula died young and he was dolphin's second choice aljhgd #and i know he doesn't hold that against her but you cant convince me that didnt sting at all #theyre also not titans!!#arthur always chooses mera or jr the titans all have their designated best friend and love interest like #he's got no one !!!!!!!!#honestly i think one of the biggest reasons for this (besides garth being Doomed) is that he never really got past the sidekick thing #like all of the titans got past that in their own right #i dont even need to explain that cause everyone knows what im talking about #but garth... i mean phil jimenez tried and i commend him for that but it just didnt happen the way it couldve or shouldve #and it happened too late #be honest do you guys think garth will ever become his own full character or will he always be in the shadow of aquaman and the titans #garth of shayeris

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