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[necrotic-nephilim]

this is not a ship post, but something that frustrates me a lot in fanon concerning Jason Todd that attempts to soften Jason's return to Gotham for the sake of found family domesticity or easy hurt/comfort or just sliding him into the Batfam sooner, is they all seem to fundamentally misunderstand Jason.

because there seem to be a lot of fandom popular concepts of Jason coming home much sooner and just not having his whole Under The Red Hood arc. which in theory is fine and i can see the want to simplify canon to make room for your lighthearted more fluff-leaning concepts. but in everyone without fail, the way they address the clown-shaped elephant in the room is by having some throwaway line that "oh Jason quietly kills the Joker and moves on".

when the Joker being dead or alive is not the *point*. if by some chance accident, the Joker had died prior to Jason's return, whether by ridiculous freak accident, getting whacked by a fellow villain, hell even someone actually doing so to avenge Jason, it *would not* satiate Jason's anger. because Jason's end goal in UtRH is not to simply kill the Joker: it is to make *Bruce* kill the Joker. Jason's anger is directed to the idea that to Jason, if Bruce truly loved Jason, he would've killed the Joker. that is love, for Jason. compromising your personal values for love and not letting someone go unavenged. when Jason was Robin, almost every angry or misguided thing he did was born of love. he wanted to kill/hurt Two-Face because he believed Dent killed his father. he was so angry at Felipe because an innocent woman was dead due to that man's actions. he wanted to save his mother in a situation he knew he shouldn't be in because he loved her. his anger, his violence, it is driven by love and feelings of righting wrongs. that is how he thinks wrongs *should* be righted. that is how you avenge and *love* someone.

because so long as Jason's return to Gotham doesn't end in Bruce killing the Joker (which, it never will bc Bruce is Bruce), Jason will never forgive Bruce. you cannot wave away the layers of hurt and complicated trauma by killing Joker offscreen. because Jason will still be angry that Bruce didn't avenge him. in his eyes, that means Bruce did not love him enough. he was not truly loved by Bruce the way he loved Bruce. bc Bruce was Jason's whole *world*. prior to being taken in, Dick and Tim, they had support systems. they had loved ones. they knew what stability and healthy family love looked like. Jason *didn't*. and that's not to say that Catherine Todd did not love him with her whole heart and thus he loved her, but it certainly wasn't a stable and safe support system for Jason to grow up in. Bruce was Jason's first real sense of a stable, healthy life. and so of course Jason poured everything into Bruce and loved Bruce so devoutly. Bruce was his world. like he says, if it had been Bruce, Jason would've stopped at nothing.

so his betrayal is rooted in that he was not avenged, not that Joker is alive. so long as the Joker does not die by Bruce's hands, it will never be enough for Jason. (in this era, at least.) notably, this is also why i don't think it would change a thing if Jason knew the whole "oh Bruce wanted to kill the Joker but Superman stopped him" tidbit that fanon has really latched onto as a way to pacify Jason's anger toward Bruce. Jason knowing that wouldn't change a thing, in my opinion. because Jason knows Bruce. and a tenant of Bruce's character is that he grapples with murder *every day*. the whole point is how *easy* it would be for him. he is a human weapon, trained by killers, trained to be deadly. he is the greatest strategist to exist. he knows he could kill someone and get away with it. *no* trace, no proof, nothing. and he knows he *wants* to. wants to kill the Joker, Joe Chill, anyone who's hurt him that viscerally.

but he *doesn't*. that's the point. Bruce wakes up every day with that question on his mind, and every day the answer is the same. Bruce's morality is not a decision he made in an alleyway when his parents died, it's a decision he continues to make every day and he *must* continue to make in order to remain who he is. Jason is quite familiar with the fact that Bruce grapples with this daily. i do not think it surprised nor fazed Jason to know that Bruce did *consider* killing the Joker. that he wanted to. maybe even planned to. but a consideration, a want, a plan, is just a thought. it's nothing substantial, and substance is everything to Jason. at the end of the day, Bruce didn't. he was talked down by *Clark* of all people with an excuse of diplomatic immunity, as if Jason and Bruce don't both know that Bruce could've *easily* found a way to make it look like an accident or some other loophole. because he's Batman. there's always a loophole. he always finds a way when he actually intends to. but he never actually intended to kill the Joker. so he didn't. and Jason would know that there was never an intent. it's an interesting piece of fodder to add to the nuance of Jason and Bruce, but honestly, i think it'd make Jason angrier to have that excuse thrown in his face. as if Bruce hasn't beaten Clark half a dozen times by now. it's a flimsy nonsense excuse that Jason would rip to shreds.

so while yes, i understand the wish for easy lighthearted fanfic that doesn't have to deal with the nuances of canon, i think that Jason's character will always be so deeply robbed and altered if you try to fix his thirst for vengeance with an off-page killing of Joker at Jason's hands. it was never the point. the point was that -in his own eyes- he wasn't loved enough for Bruce to make an acception. he realized that not even his *death* would come before Bruce's Mission. Jason truly believed that Bruce loved him and held him as the most important thing in the world, and now he has proof that Bruce didn't. because the Mission mattered more.

i'm not saying i have a solution to this conundrum if you're attempting to solve it for fanfic/fanon, nor am i even saying it's a bad thing it exists. i just think it becoming overwhelmingly common has led to misunderstandings surrounding Jason's motivations and feelings about this arc and it's an unsatisfying solution that only seeks to pacify Jason's rage and his trauma responses for the sake of found family-ification.

[wickjump]

im gonna start posting fanfic recs btw whenever i find good ones. both here and my (awfully barren) 18+ account. because there are so many good fics out there with so few hits and fewer kudos and sometimes no comments period and it SUCKS because i REALLY LIKE THEM A LOT.. and i hope that by linking them here and yelling at everyone to COMMENT DAMMIT they might actually do it

seriously though any comment means a lot. most people who read a fic don’t even give a kudos. even if the fic wasn’t top tier, if you didn’t dislike it, hand over some kudos!! and if you liked it, comment!!!! even if the comment is one singular heart emoji it will be appreciated. if the comment just says “great fic!” the author will be happy. your comment doesn’t have to be this long winded gushing or analysis.

so many authors quit writing or lose motivation because the comments are few and far in between or just sometimes nonexistent. trust me when i say authors don’t care about how long or cool or smart sounding your comment is i promise!!!

i hope that mmmaybe recommending fics and telling people to comment might help fics i really like get more support maybe. and i, points at you reading this, hope that you will listen!!!at least a little….at least sum kudos….

[mblue-art]

hey guys

i think we should talk about killer + lust friendship more :)

[heckacentipede]

hey i just wanted to shout out my fellow endogenic multiples - whether it turns out you're traumagenic later or not, you're safe here.

i personally am not sure if there's forgotten trauma memories for myself, or if the trauma was too subtle for me to consciously acknowledge it, or if i just turned out plural all on my own, but at the end of the day the thing that matters most is that my system is real, respectful of others, and on the way to find mental stability

[joyfuladorable]

tagged by my cool awesome buddy @redstringraven in this post!

heads up, seven up!

rules: post the last seven lines you wrote, then tag seven people. reposting, as the reblog chains get long!

Interpreting seven lines as last seven paragraphs just so y'all can have a somewhat coherent snippet from the end of a scene I wrote for the Roadtrip AU. We got some gayyy boys over here /aff

Fingers intertwine with his, the matching rings clinking together softly. Usagi brings the hand up to his lips and kisses his knuckles lightly. Leo chuckles and mirrors him, feeling the warmth of his husband’s fingers against his mouth. “How was your day, Hamato-Miyamoto-san?” Usagi whispers into the darkness. Leo’s heart thumps, “It was Wonderful. How was yours, Hamato-Miyamoto Usagi?” “The same,” Leo can practically see Usagi’s smile. “And More.” Sleepily, he leans his head forward until their foreheads touch, “I’m glad.” “Me too,” Usagi breathes. Connected physically, mentally, and spiritually, knees knocking together and hands still linked, Leo and Usagi fall asleep with ease.

Wow, these two corny ass romantics. Anyways, tagging more buddies! No pressure, though!! @deadpool1763492 @forestwhisper3 @ccomilk @sibillascribbles08 @punctuated-equilibrium @halogalopaghost @brytehowlite (Also, actively inviting you to share whatever writing you wish, even if it isn't TMNT-related)

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

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[piers-official]

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[plusultraetc]

oh how the poor sleeping habits tables have turned

[pjsk-headcanons]

takes:

can everyone stop begging for shit and then being mad with what they get. “ewww the emunene queen cover is bad” “ugh mesmerizer doesn’t have a hard chart” mfer have you heard the phrase beggars can’t be choosers.

if you haven’t read all this games story I am deadass just not listening to your takes on characters. sorry but if you haven’t read the stories you can’t make fully formed opinions. like im not asking for someone to read all 100 events but idc if it’s positive or negative I just won’t listen to it if you’ve basically only completed main story. it’s fine if you can’t play the story! but I will, personally, not be taking any of your opinions seriously. this is just me though. there’s a lot of addendums to this one bc it feels kinda mean

everyone without media literacy should get the electric chair

I don’t really like tsukasa but how hard is it to characterize him. like he’s not edgelord 10000 but he’s also not immune to everything that’s happened to him. like. how. how hard is it to get some middle ground

if all of your favorites are guys that’s a red flag. not that like I’ll swat your house red flag but. also if your like #1 favorite is a guy that’s fine but if your top 4 favorites are akiruitoyakasa in any order like. 🤨

how does it feel becoming project sekai takes and having to endure people losing it in your inbox. anyways here are my take that hopefully won’t get me under tooo much fire?

- sincerely, anon that is full of hate

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[bbeeohazardd]

i hate tumblr, bc i'll go to reblog a really good post about something important, and then one of the reblogs on the post between the original and someone reblogging an important link is always fuckin "if you don't rb you're evil!!!!" reblog bait and i'm so unbelievably tired man

like, JUST AUGH

[SHAKING YOU] IF YOUR ACTIVISM RELIES ON SHAMING PEOPLE AND CAUSING FEAR IT ISN'T GOOD ACTIVISM

ALSO, BEFORE I GET IDIOTS YELLING AT ME, THIS ISN'T ME SAYING ACTIVISM IS BAD, LEARN TO FUCKING READ

[setokunslullaby]

Hear me out Emojis/Emotes Makers.

An emoji of this

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Welcome to my market stall, tucked between the baker and the florist, under a canopy woven from dappled light. Tell me your trouble, want, or wish in an ask, and I will sell you what you need...

[bugeyedfreaks]

Was lurking around the internet and stumbled across something someone said about how the RRB could be redeemed, as several characters in the series that have exhibited bad boy behavior (i.e. Harry Pitt with his smooching, Mitch with his hamster abuse) were redeemed in the end of their respective episodes. So, by that logic, the RRB could be redeemed as well.

...guys... need I remind you that the RRB were literally designed to be evil and they never exhibited the potential for redemption in any of their episodes. If they could, it would have happened. Ice cold toilet water flows through their veins. They are built different.

[sak-supernatural]

AO3 should have an anonymous comments feature!!!!!

I know you can go in as a guest to leave a comment, but that doesn't really work a lot of the time when so many works are archive locked and only accessible when you're signed in to ao3. It would be cool if at the menu where you can choose from your pseuds there was also the option of 'anonymous' like in the tumblr ask box, where it removes your user and makes it unclickable (it would only work for account holders). It would be an optional feature that creators could turn on for specific works 'allow anonymous comments'. @ao3org

I understand if people wouldn't want this (why it would be a completely optional feature) the potential for it to turn into something used for harassments is quite high. But I definitely feel like it could really boost engagement for some types of fics (spicy/dark/e.c.t...) where people are scared to comment or just don't want their account to be tied to. With more and more works being archive locked and guest comments being off by default, people can't log out and leave an anonymous comment like they used to. I have really felt the hit in engagement of not having guest access to my fics (fuck ai scraping) and I understand the wish not tie your username to something (I have used the 'anonymous' collection for my works before). If this would be a feasible thing, I just thing it would be a neat feature on ao3!

[faunandfloraas]

the funniest thing is i didnt even call out whoever it was that reposted my gifs like i just got sent an ask about it and said it made me feel shitty, like ???? i went about it in the nicest way possible but god forbid people who actually take the time to make things for others to enjoy like.... say Oh bit of a bummer when people steal shit instead of just reblogging?