#feral white boy

[yennao]

In case y’all were starting think I was doing something with my life, nope! I’ve made these Tens for nobody but me! Have a nice day!

[bitterrobin]

I see a lot of confusion on why calling Damian Wayne "feral" is racist/problematic, so here's a rundown.

There's a difference between calling your child or your younger sibling "feral" and calling a character like Damian "feral." You know your child/sibling/niece/nephew etc. They're real people, and unless they have a problem with it personally, then there's nothing wrong with calling them feral as a joke. It doesn't (shouldn't) affect their perceptions by other people. It doesn't become a label that follows them.

Damian al Ghul-Wayne is a fictional character. A canonically mixed Arab/Chinese/Jewish White character with a history connected to some of the most prominent Arab comic book characters, who themselves also get insanely mischaracterized.

He's constantly whitewashed. He's been written with racist undertones (the suicide bomber vest). He's had his character development and progress backtracked time and time again by DC. DC treats him weirdly most days and completely shitty in the worst stories.

A good majority of fanon hasn't done any better than DC. You cannot pat yourselves on the back for being more inclusive or mental health aware than DC when you call a mixed Arab/Chinese boy "feral". It's constant. You can come up with various titles and nuances for every Bat-character, for every Robin.

Tim can be smart, a skater, a genius, the one holding everyone together, the little brother, the one who needs love. Jason can be cool, morally "right" or "wrong", unstable, PTSD-stricken, the one who was betrayed, the one with Shakespearean tragedies. Dick can be fun, happy, the first one, the prodigal son, the one with complicated history and the big brother.

You give them room for exploration. Love and care and attention and research. Many headcanons. You either comply with canon or you don't, but there's substance to their character.

What does Damian get? He's feral. He's rabid. He's a gremlin. He can't be reasoned with. He has no self-control, he's impulsive. He's hurt others, and you can't forgive it. Sometimes he's homophobic. Or classist. Or plain mean and rude to your favorite boy. He's always carrying a sword. A psychopath with no regard for another's well-being (usually Tim in a lot of fics). He can't be taught what's right.

I've seen people cry that Damian needs to punished or kicked out or treated the same way he's treated others. He needs to be brutalized or talked down to. He can never grow as a person, because he's mean to Tim or Jason, and you need him to exist as the abuser. His first move is always violent.

Fanon compares him to an animal often; he bites, claws, hisses, growls. Bruce or Dick or Jason or Tim have to wrangle him, tame him, civilize him the white man's way in lieu of his brown mother and grandfather who "clearly" raised him wrong. You don't see the issue with that? The issue with always labeling one of the few major brown characters in Batman comics as the unreasonable animal? That the child of color is always the abuser, the instigator, to older characters?

And even if you don't see him this way, you don't write him this way - then are you giving him the care and attention you give for other Bat characters?

Do you know anything else about him other than his "anger"? Because he isn't always angry. In fact, he's typically well-mannered. Quiet even, when he's not being provoked. DC's writing will always vary but whenever Damian lashes out, he's usually written with a reason to act the way he does.

Are you making him intelligent like he should be? A hard believer in redemption? A neglected and abused child who isn't meek or crying or closes himself within? Are you willing to explore that he's always exhibited the "wrong" kind of trauma responses - lashing out, being snippy, ruining relationships, refusing to admit weakness?

Do you write anything about him without making his mother and grandfather comically abusive and violent? Will you give him the supporting cast/friends he actually has? Can you write his dad/siblings interacting with him without making them white saviors or therapy pets? Can you write him without a ship or his love for animals or being vegetarian overshadowing everything?

Is he a character to you at all other than a glorified plot device with a sharp tongue and the convenience of being violent?

[muffinlance]

FINAL CHAPTER FINAL CHAPTER FINAL CHAPTER--

This is for the second Fox's Tongue book. It is always such a high, sitting down and staring at the very last of my outline notes. Like, that's it, folks. Hoping to actually finish writing this weekend. Then I can treat myself to some Blind!Zuko outlining, or maybe finish up Little Zuko. As a treat. <3

[dixi3feral]

Have a Good Nite 💤✨💤✨💋

[inklore]

dan stevens hoes wake up somethings coming 🤭

[mafufuu-2-with-cheese]

nyao uu nyao shashasha shashasha or something {animal deco27 redraw}

random doodle i don’t know what the fuck to do with below cut

[starlooove]

So bruce is the best detective tim is super hot and Damian…has rabies. Do y’all get tired of being racist or?

[goldbeard-ceadeus]

are u normal or do u queue up every single one of the front bottoms' albums anytime you feel a measly emotion

[beachyma]

he's so beautiful every time he lets out a muffled cry into the crook of your neck, his hands gripping the sides of your hips as he desperately fucks you into the seat of his car :(

[optimal-breakfast-49]

JP in a white shirt does lots of things for me

[peptozimbo]

Lola caught on the cams acting suspicious 💀 boy knows how to get comfortable

Lola-pig, the male Portuguese tumbler

[ourtubahero-blog]

There are two sides to Michael Sheen. Wholesome Sheen and Feral Sheen

[teagrammy]

Season one of Blue Eye Samurai is going to be living in my head rent free until a second season is announced

[dixi3feral]

When in doubt, Stab about 🗡️💀🌸

[leoleolovesdc]

im not above disliking a character for being so obviously the author's self insert perfect boy, im not above disliking a character for being the author's way to bring my fave down and im surely not above disliking tim drake

[mothymayhem]

Guys. Between Violet and Jinx

And Lunar and Eclipse. I'm rotting in sibling angst and I stg I'm gonna be so unhinged about everything forever.

WHEN IS IT THE SIBLINGS TURNS TO BE HAPPY