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aster-draws · 2 months ago

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gonna be real dudes sometimes writing batman stuff while having a working knowledge of high-acuity mental illness is So Fun and i can do so many cool things with it but sometimes its like.

there's no mental illness that makes people act like this or do these things, and if I assign a diagnosis to them (or conform to the canon 'diagnosis'), i will either have to alter fundamental aspects of their character to fit it, or it will only perpetuate harmful, reductive, and WRONG stereotypes about that illness

#like i've worked with violent offenders i have WORKED with people who are not guilty by reason of insanity #they are not like that bro!#and it's not gonna be realistic #you can't write realistic villains with mental illness and still have them do the things that batman villains do #but saying they do this because of some vague schizo-affective disorder is. well. hm #sorry i just have lots of THOUGHTS #i get so annoyed with the like. but they're insane and evil~~~~ ooooooo~~~~~~~#except for you borderline jason todd hc i hold you close to my chest and will defend you to the death #aster spreekt #anyways trying to figure out my pyg character decisions is gonna be the death of me #better halves (and other such falsehoods)#dp x dc

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