#somebody come and save me

[lesbiannieism]

i need 7+ seasons of dead boy detectives specifically to see the long-term payoff of charles putting a jar of bees in his bag

[thecruellestmonth]

Does the mass-murdering criminal Jason "Red Hood" Todd canonically support the death penalty?

No, I can't find evidence that Red Hood supports the death penalty.

There is a difference between murder (illegal) and state-sanctioned killing (legal). Red Hood commits unlawful homicide. The death penalty is lawful homicide. Jason is a murderer. The death penalty is not legally considered murder. Commissioner Jim Gordon is a decorated military veteran, not a murderer.

Committing violence ≠ wanting the government to have the right to commit that violence. Batman and his allies brutalize criminals; they don't necessarily support the state brutalizing criminals. Red Hood kills some criminals; Red Hood doesn't necessarily support the state killing criminals. Catwoman doesn't necessarily support the state committing burglary. Et cetera.

The death penalty is administered by the criminal legal system. Jason does not like the criminal legal system (see some of his run-ins with the police). He grew up as an impoverished child who didn't believe in the system, he was raised by Batman to believe that vigilantes can make a difference that the system can't, and he became an adult criminal who still doesn't believe in the system. He's not interested in using the criminal legal system. He isn't interested in giving more powers and privileges to an abusive system that has wronged him and the people he cares about.

When Jason started up his villain business, the death penalty was legal in Gotham City. (See Detective Comics #644, The Joker: Devil's Advocate, Batgirl 2000 #19, Punchline #1.) The death penalty was also in place during his Robin run. Jason didn't argue in favor of the state having the right to kill prisoners, and the death penalty never addressed his complaints about the status quo.

Jason has rescued people from wrongful* imprisonment and the death penalty. Again, based on his own firsthand experiences, he has many reasons to believe that the system is broken. *Some of us would argue that locking any people in prisons tends to be wrongful and inhumane by default, but we could choose to accept and critique the standard premises of crime fiction as entertainment without endorsing it as moral instruction.

Jason Todd is a criminal: a mass murderer, a terrorist, a villain. He does evil. He doesn't represent or support the legal system. He probably has the least political capital out of all the Batfamily-associated characters. He doesn't promote the death penalty. He commits murder—illegally, as a criminal, state-unapproved.

Some recent comics related to the topic:

Gotham Nights (2020) #11 "One Minute After Midnight", written by Marc Guggenheim

Red Hood and Nightwing team up to investigate the case of a man wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed. Both of them disapprove of how the broken criminal legal system botched this case.

Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #8 (2023), written by Matthew Rosenberg

"You familiar with Hannah Arendt's concept of Schreibtischtäter? Desk murderers? It's people who use the state to kill for them, so they don't have to get their hands dirty."

[brainrotcharacters]

the next thing they'll be involved with, Logan will be drinking and gets told by a non-Wade "I'm here to save you from Deadpool" or some funny shit like that. Toss in a mention about incursions or Wade's 'higher purpose' having no place for Logan. Watch Logan laugh.

[kate-inhaler-1975]

Thinking about the way George looked at me on this gloomy Saturday evening 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

[knowlesian]

not to project like a motherfucker on natalie berzatto but ohhhh boy the impact of a narrative that says “hey, is your desire to make sure everybody around you is okay also about you? and could that perhaps be partially a maladaptive trauma response you should look into and maybe mitigate? because if it’s a genuine question that’s fine, but if the only answer you will respond well to hearing is yes that’s a You Issue Too, Babe”

[busymatches]

im losing it over this fake boyband

[othystt]

“I trust you.”

[etrevil]

love languages

[skyward-floored]

When dealing with bugs in the house I usually go by the rule of thumb. which is: if the bug is bigger than my thumb, we are going to have problems

[ceyskywalker]

thinking about what's their mom doing at home that they fall into places like this 😭😭 remember when kobeni said im glad i have a excuse to get away with them when makima was literally on their necks. i wouldn't be surprised if nobana says same thing either bc my sweet summer child go do your homework or something

[amedetoiles]

shangque really is just a soft sunshine dragon who loves friendship and loyalty and wants his bb demon lord to be the happiest

[uncanny-tranny]

It's still fucked up to go "why can't people accept trans men as men when they act JUST LIKE cis men," and it (at best) is putting trans men in a shitty position wherein we have to prove ourselves suffieciently enough and at worst is actively just transphobia reliant on gender essentialism, which affects all trans people and then some.

[maespri]

hi i just beat kaneshiro’s palace in persona 5 royal (first playthrough woohoo!) and. oh my god.

honestly im desperate at this point— can somebody Please explain to me how the velvet room works.

literally any tips help. i am Still so fucking lost. what the hell do i fuse. how do i fuse it. what does any of this mean. what do the different skills mean. what skills should i or should i not inherit. what does ANY of this mean. PLEASE

[helianthologies]

ok some thoughts: i have to say obviously that im very bored and frustrated by the way the rat grinders were handled ESPECIALLY LUCY AND KIPPERLILLY bc that was some stupid ass bullshit. but more importantly and what i havent seen anybody else mention is that whole "kalina WAS evil and working against cassandra!!" thing was so fucking stupid

what i think happened is kalina sacrificed herself to a ragestar to protect her goddess, went out of her way to give tbk a hint for the mystery right b4 she got corrupted, CLARIFIED THE HINT LATER WHEN NONE OF THEM KNEW WHAT SHE MEANT ( AND SHE WAS STILL RAGESTARRED AND MINDCONTROLLED!) and SNAPPED HER OWN! FUCKING NECK!!!!!!! so that she wouldnt be a danger to them or their quest. but the intrepid heroes misinterpreted one fucking clue and decided she was evil actually so brennan was just like yeah ok thats correct. which doesnt make any fucking sense but im not surprised anymore

[ayoarticulate]

me and this song last summer cause of one sydcarmy edit on twt that i cant find anymore

[devilsskettle]

dinner in america is such a “take what you want from it and leave the rest” movie for me because i do think it’s very cute and i can buy into some of the wish fulfillment nature of the story but admittedly there are some parts that really don’t work for me, there are some parts that fall a little flat either in terms of the characters or humor, and the pacing is a bit of a challenge tbh. but it’s unbelievable what the human brain can overcome by virtue of simply Just Liking That Guy