#idk how to feel about it tbh

[eddyneedssleep]

Hi I made this like close to a month ago as an experimental thing. I've been scared to post it anywhere so I decided to dump it here since it feels less scary for some reason.

Enjoy, or don't. You can hate it too.

CW: Kinda creepy/unsettling imagery. Less effort is put into the art as it goes on

[likeafairytale]

I'll be there when your tears are falling. I'll be there, can't you hear me calling? I'll be there when your heart is breaking.

[sherbetlemonss]

Idk what this is uhhh weird experimentation thing 👍

[ghostlybeeswarm]

Friendly reminder Gillion JUST got his armour. That means that he was canonically dying for the last 3 episodes in his pajamas.

He was about to be fed to a Leviathan in fish-patterned PAJAMAS

[mortuaryboys]

is...this..ugly...?

[rewh0re]

I got 18/20 on one of my papers and handed it to my mum with the hope of her being happy and content instead she just folded it and kept it on the dressing table :(

Cw: rant in the tags

[loofahjournal]

I've spend 90% of today either rewatching brave police episodes and crying or fucking stuffies

[queenrizzardnthelizardscissored]

i don't think anyone has ever actually complimented me IRL for at least 10 years like you dont really notice it until someone talks about them getting compliments and you're like wait that never happens to me and it turns out the last time you can remember it is like 10 years ago by some schoolteacher about ur hair

[ynsvnte]

Writing rn and umm..

[me-beef]

@strangeravatar made a great point

i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make

but dont you think its interesting how many guards of the exact same color/body type she's managed to accrue?? i do

ooohh you want to go look at our stickers so bad

[karamamazov]

Was supposed to volunteer today but the girl that is my supervisor didn’t show up so now I’m unexpectedly going home way earlier

[dollcest]

the more suicidal i get the more horny i get

[skullaton]

i think i'm finally back on social media. I had to take a break due to some mental health issues. (a death in the family)

[sainz100]

2024 Brazilian GP | x

[red-cicada]

uh saw and Hannibal crossover...

plus some extra sketches.. I had a lot more stuff sketched but these are the only ones I liked unfortunately.

plus the first one without the text , cause it covers most of the background and I liked how it came out

[casscainmainly]

The Batkids' deaths vary in severity/importance, but they all serve to shake some core part of their superhero identity. Sometimes it affirms their existing identity (Cass' first death), or it spurs them to discover more about what their current identity means (Damian, Tim); sometimes, however, it severs them from who they were. Dick's transition into Agent 37 and Cass' turn to evil both stem from very temporary deaths, where the death is not as important as what happens after. It's not the pill or Cass' dip into the Pit that actually changes them, but the boundary these events create between their old and new selves.

Which is why Jason's death is different from all of the above. Beyond being (at one point) permanent, his loss of self is irreversible. Dick and Cass claw their way back to their identities pre-death, Nightwing and Batgirl respectively; Jason does not. He cannot, because he doesn't fit Robin anymore, and Robin doesn't fit him. It's not only that his sense of self is shaped by his death, but that it was, in many ways, destroyed by it.

But it's ultimately Stephanie's death that links death so closely to the loss of a superhero identity. Her death, unlike the others, is instigated by loss - Batman fires her from Robin, which leads to the events of War Games. On her deathbed, Steph asks "was I ever really Robin?", and Bruce replies "of course you were." It's a sweet moment, but it's retroactive. He can only affirm her legacy as Robin in the past tense (it's over; it can't impact anyone anymore). Her non-existent memorial can be read not only as a lack of care for Stephanie Brown the person, but for Stephanie Brown the Robin - Jason's Robin is immortalised, Stephanie's Robin is erased. She dies because she was made Robin, and she was made Robin to die.

I guess my point is that everyone's deaths are linked to how much they are valued within their mantle, not just in a metatextual sense (as in, how much DC editorial liked them) but also in the text itself - deaths either instigate further ownership of their name, or dismantle their sense of self. This is why it's important to recognise Steph's tenure as Robin (both in comics and fandom). Recognising Steph-as-Robin is a direct refutation of her death, a long-delayed memorial.