#tbh overall i far prefer the lewis run to the willingham run BUT the last arc is definitely the low point of it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ectonurites · 2 years ago

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Coming off Tim's Sixteenth birthday arc is so funny to me like- Robin 120: Batman is a terrible, abusive person and the only reason Tim doesn't cut him off right now is because he knows he'd loose all of the friends and family he'd made as robin in the process. Robin 121: And then he makes him go to bed on time- and then the next day he has him do his homework- and the worst thing Tim can imagine from him is his disappointed dad face <3 Like yea I do heavily prefer the latter and will accept the jarring as hell transition if it gets me out of the former faster but gosh golly is that some narrative whiplash

LMAO YEAH. YEAH. what a switch over of writers does to the General Vibe And Narrative of a book is so fucking funny sometimes

#tbh overall i far prefer the lewis run to the willingham run BUT the last arc is definitely the low point of it #because the. i guess the complicated problem for me is that i think at core Bruce should not be portrayed as a bad person like that #HOWEVER. it's not like that story was the first time. and if it had had a different ending where it became a more... teachable moment #for Bruce about how he can't prioritize the mission and training above like These Individuals Who Are His Family #then it would have been sooo much better. but considering everything was a) gearing up for War Games where Bruce was going to #continue to do assholish things and b) it was the end of a run so the arc needed to be tied up quickly #it just wasn't in the cards.#but the earlier arcs of lewis' run i just. so near and dear to me. just like a lot of Fun and some utterly heartbreaking steph stuff #that is like getting punched in the face (positive) for me personally. so im willing to forgive the birthday mess #vs willingham's run overall is just a far less enjoyable read to me outside of like the batgirl crossover/the early blüd days

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