#like sofia

[the-gayest-show]

consumed by thoughts about cedric the sorcerer, forced to be a normal high schooler

[strawberryblondedoll]

[dangeroustaintedflawed]

[roseforviolet]

[sweetlikeophelia]

[very-cherrybomb]

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩?

[casscainmainly]

God this panel kinda drives me crazy. From Batman & the Outsiders #17, Shiva asks Duke about his suit, whether it was his choice. And how does Duke respond? He... doesn't. He parrots what is clearly something Bruce said to him, but never clarifies whether it was 'his choice' at all. Because both him and Shiva know it wasn't. And he acknowledges that his suit, with all the Batty-ness (ears, symbol), was specifically designed to make him like Batman.

Then Shiva suggests dark red, which is what Duke wore in We Are Robin and has connotations to Robin as a whole. Duke's reaction - can we let it go? - can be read in many ways, but to me it suggests Shiva's words hit home. He does miss the Robin colours. Becoming the Signal wasn't his choice, but becoming Robin was.

(And throughout this run, Shiva says both Cass and Duke are being held back by Bruce. With Cass this is a clear allusion to being Orphan over Batgirl, so it's not farfetched to read this conversation as being about how Duke was denied Robin to become Signal).

Duke-as-Signal is a symbol of 'people like Batman', but Duke-as-Robin was a symbol of youth, of community, of diversity and of choice. He was a Robin formed without Batman. I know there's no going back, but having Bruce choose the name, the suit, and the time of day that Duke goes out makes the Signal such a fraught identity. I love the yellow, the suit, and the daytime aspect, but I just wish they were Duke's choices, not Bruce's.

[rahabq]

[hystericalangel]

𓈒⟡₊⋆∘ 🕯️have fun in florida 🩰⊹ ࣪ ˖⟡

[deconstructthesoup]

*sighs* All right, just to recap, the Quangle gave us:

-Big Barry Syx and Sofia Lee

-Margaret Encino and Annabelle Cheddar (briefly)

-Lapin Cadbury and Arthur Aguefort

-Sundry Sidney and Prismy Coldbottle

-Sundry Sidney and the Identify Spell

-Amanda Maillard and Queen Carmelinda (which would have been canon if the unthinkable happened and Liam died in the original ACOC)

-Cody Walsh and Loose Duke/Baron

-Rosamund du Prix and Aelwyn Abernant (briefly)

-Rosamund du Prix and Princepts Zorch (which, by the way, is my new favorite thing)

-Baba Yaga and Arthur Aguefort

-And, of course, La Gran Gata and PIB (which now stands for Puss In Bed)

[dangeroustaintedflawed]

[roseforviolet]

[booasaur]

Renegade Nell (2024) - 1x06

[urdeadsweetheart]

I’m ready for spring

[harlotstarlet777]

i shot an angel with my father’s rifle ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

[222cunty]