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ciboriaadastra · 1 year ago

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Eventually I'll get to reading all the comics Duke appears in solely to be more justifiably irritated at [nonblack] folks who keep calling him "insane" and "crazy" for choosing to be a vigilante hero in a world with entire networks of vigilante heroes that take in and train protégés who also choose the life of crimefighting. Maybe I'm just missing some context that I'm not getting from all these posts with snippets of "examples" from the comics of said "insane" and "crazy" behavior...but nothing I've seen so far of his behavior is particularly bizarre nor an unreasonable series of decisions.

Also it's Gotham; if you're expecting people in a literal cursed city that gets gassed with various toxins constantly and has one of the worst police departments in-universe to not have eventually developed programs to teach their youth survival and self-defense skilks to increase their likelihood of surviving frequent supervillain crime, producing kids like Duke who have ideas of what they need to do when they organize and take matters into their own hands just like the child vigilante hero(es) they modeled their movement after...what is the thought process?

#'he's so crazy for that' and he's not doing anything different from the 5 Robins who came before him #most of the robins became so by their own obstinance and choices #in that bruce knew a trained child vigilante is better than an untrained free roaming reckless child trying to beat up armed criminals #so if they're determined to hit the streets no matter what then they'll do it with guidance and on his terms #so no I don't find Duke's choice an anomaly but following an established pattern #and the snippets I've seen show maturity + compassion + quick reflexes + situational awareness + street smarts #things I'd expect a leader of a youth movement of this nature to have...and yes teenagers can be that intelligent #Black teenagers can be that intelligent and possess those skills and it would not be out of the ordinary for them #this is such a weird phenomenon that I don't see happen to the other robins independently of duke #and they do much wilder shit at his age than what I've seen him doing so far and specifically what's been pointed out as so 'crazy'#i see a Black boy in cape comics and immediately need to go to bat (haha) for them. leave miles and duke alone they are normal actually #y'all act like you've never interacted with Black people let alone Black children in your lives #also going to gag if I see another post calling duke a cinnamon roll. Be Normal challenge failed #just bc a lot of his predecessors are assholes you would be miserable interacting with on a regular basis doesn't make duke innocently sweet #'look he is Gentle and Cares A Lot' that is normal people behavior hate to break it to y'all #'he's not about vengeance and trying to figure out why the world is cruel' it's cause he's Black and thus already knows why #and vengeance is nowhere near as important as uplifting and protecting your community. sorry he lives life through a Black perspective #ciboria rambles

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