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feathers-in-the-night · 1 year ago

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ive been reading Battle for the Cowl and the subsequent Batman and Robin titles - so the comics that deal with the aftermath of Bruce’s death and Dicks eventual acceptance of the mantle and i have to say

Given how Tim describes how Dick is acting post Bruce’s death, I don’t think BW was all that off, actually. Lmao.

Like yeah, this Dick did still work well with others. But in BW he’s not just dealing w the death of Bruce, but also the trauma of almost burning to death with Bruce the night it happened, it makes sense that he’s slightly more volatile and lashes out? And BW starts after some time has gone by where he’s had time to really marinate in that grief and trauma.

I think the tone of the comics has always been way darker than the YJ show -OBVIOUSLY - and maybe the reason I felt like BW was getting too dark, or Dick was getting too dark, was because I kept comparing this story to the TV show, when maybe i should’ve been comparing it to the comics instead?

#this doesnt exactly fix the fact that i dont like the way i was writing Morgan #like yeah maybe dick was fine the way i wrote him. he could crawl back from it #but morgan just wasnt being herself. like as if MORGAN would accept being treated like he was treating her #and thats why it didnt feel salvagable. because it was starting to feel abusive. Like eh got to lash out and she just took it?#how was i going to convince anyone - and especially myself - that this could become a healthy relationship again for the both of them?#i think i just like to write big emotions and i like to write characters fighting #but i managed to make the fights too believable and they became incompatible #i remember a comment from a reader that they'd stopped rooting for the two of them to get back together #because id been too convincing i giving them problems and making them incompatible

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