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Batman's Rogues Gallery by Nicholas Winand
#batman animated#batman the animated series#batman#bruce timm#batman tas#bruce wayne#dc comics#gotham knights#joker#two face#gordon#catwoman#batgirl#robin#alfred#scarface#ventriloquist#ventriloquist and scarface#poison ivy#ra's al ghul#mr. freeze#bane#killer moth
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I love how most Batman villains have a genderbend version of them, specially bc as a trans woman I want to read into them being trans
Like, the Ventriloquist's design is of a mild mannered boring looking man who contrasts with his puppet Scarface who's much more rude and greedy, it feels like Scarface is a way for his ventriloquist to express his more rude side while distancing himself from them.
Now on my read where she's a trans woman there would be two layers of repression here, Ventriloquist personified her "masculine" side into the puppet who acts like a stereotypical tough guy, a rude bossy mafia leader, and she became a sexy trophy wife for him, this way she separates herself from the undesirable masculine traits, as well as becoming a love interest to a man who makes all the decisions for her, she only exists to support him, she finally made it to cisnormative and heteronormative ideals of femininity! It comes off as a tragic clinging to idealized femininity and male approval on a way I really relate to.
Clayface also has a really good portrayal of Dysphoria since in the versions I've seen they're an actor who hates their own face and got into a drug that would make their face easy to remold, then it went horribly wrong and now their entire body is moldable, Lady Clayface didn't have to change that general backstory for it to work at all, and the theme of beauty is common on female villains, but tbh I love this one specifically because of the trans read being more obvious, and this is the one case where a character didn't have to change backstories at all for the female version, she can still be a former actor with dysphoria that later gains shapeshifting powers, it's almost a happy ending for her now that she can change her shapes even if it's still tragic.
Calendar girl has a similar theme (Although she's both a version of Calendar man but also The Manikin) where she's a former celebrity who's horrified by her appearance under the mask and is "aging out" of her career, her attacking themed on holidays is both a mockery of her job as a model and needing to keep up with trends and also to show her resentment towards the passage of time, it's a really fun mix of characters and my trans read of her would be similar to Clayface. Also how youth and beauty is valued in society as a whole and older trans people in general are ignored on the mainstream.
And because the comic book world is really hostile towards genderbends (see Oswald from the newest Batman cartoon) a lot of them have instead characters who co-exist with their male counterparts, that was the case for the Ventriolquist since she just took the role from the previous one, but sometimes they do what they did here:
Madame Crow is part of the Victim Syndicate, a group of people who were victims of different villains and now resent Batman for not saving them, their powers are now ironic mirrors to the characters they were victimized by, and on Madame Crow's case, where she was a victim of the fear toxins from the Scarecrow, she made toxins that completely rid a person of any fear or self-preservation. And idk the fact that she wants to create something that gets rid of fears and repression just comes off as queer to me even though it was obviously not intentional, it's just that on a version where she IS the Scarecrow I would love how thematically fitting it all is.
I've seen pieces about how Batman is inherently queer bc super heroes and villains as a whole empower themselves through creating an alternative persona on an over the top camp way that's basically drag.
Some male villains have female sidekicks, Sugar and Spice, Query and Echo, and I guess those are harder to read as female personas of the same character like how I've been doing, but idk, you can rewrite the stories however you like to make these work, maybe twoface is bigender and flips a coin to decide which gender they're going with, that would be on theme. You can do anything ever with these characters.
Also I never understood why ppl were mad about Oswalda, every version of Batman changes backstories around, why is changing a character's gender or whatever completely out of line with that they've already been doing for decades? Anyways I'm trans and this is all.
#batman#the scarecrow#madame crow#batman the animated series#clayface#lady clayface#the ventriloquist#scarface#ventriloquist and scarface#my post#calendar girl#calendar man#manikin#rogues gallery#batman surgar and spice#the riddler#two face#sondra fuller#paige monroe#Arnold Wesker#Peyton Riley#Abigail O'Shay
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"Who you callin' dummy?"
#ventriloquist#scarface#ventriloquist and scarface#batman#batman comics#dc#dcu#dc comics#dc universe#my art#illustration
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Rating Every TNBA Redesign Cos Why Not
The New Batman Adventures was the last season of the infamous Batman the Animated Series, although it moved to another less strict network. Because the producers wanted to do crossovers with the Superman animated series, they gave the series and its characters a more streamlined style to it. Now I dont wanna blame Bruce Timm entirely since there were many artists on staff back then who did the redesigns but because I hate this coomer, Im going to anyway. In BTAS, you can tell each character apart and they have their own unique outfits and looks to them. But here, these are some of the most unimaginative superhero/villain designs Ive ever seen. Although some did surprise me and were not that bad. So, for a bit of fun, here's my look at each Batman character's redesign in the final (and worst) season of the show.
(Not counting Robin cos he's a different character to Dick Grayson or characters that had very little changes like Clayface or Harley Quinn)
Batman
The big emo rodent himself. For his redesign, I like the more sleek look to Batman's cape...thats it. His original design is really hard to perfect. Its got everything. Why tamper with perfection?
Batgirl
I actually kinda like Batgirl's redesign. The yellow gloves and boots really help her stand out and its the one of the few times the darker toned outfits actually accentuate a design rather than ruin it. Too bad Bruce Timm couldn't stop salivating over her and the rest of the women in this show. So next time you see someone consider Bruce Timm this legendary storyteller of Batman, give them a healthy reminder that he shipped this college girl character with her mentor/surrogate uncle figure FOR YEARS.
Alfred
Its like they sucked away all of Alfred's snark and replaced it with a cardboard cutout. Literally, he looks so sterile and empty. Who had the idea of making Alfred look more bored and done with everything? Also whats wrong with his chin??
Commissioner Gordon
Good ole Commissioner Pringle got off pretty much unscathed but I think they made him a touch too old considering they gave him a more lanky body, which makes him look more feeble and weak. Dude looks old enough to be Babs' grandad
Joker
Ohhhhh boy. So Joker's redesign is infamously considered by fans as one of the show's worst redesigns, to a point even the showrunners were like yeahh. And thats not unwarranted. He looks like an inverted Dr Draken and im so glad they redesigned him again for Batman Beyond and onward.
Seriously he's A CLOWN WHERES THE MAKE UP?!!
Two-Face
I know Two Face is just a redrawn version of the original design with the TNBA streamlined art style but I want to draw special attention to the monster side of Dent's face. Notice in the original it looks more manic and feral? Heavily contrasted with the conflicted, guilty look on Dent's normal side? But here, in the redesign the monster side is less scary and Dent looks way too bored and angry. The overuse of black lines doesnt help.
Catwoman
She looks like Harley Quinn or Barbara wearing a catsuit. Starting to see a pattern here?
Baby Doll
Its a tough call cos they both look very good but Im gonna lean towards the redesign cos shes got that creepy doll look down to a T (Annabelle would be proud) whereas her original design looked more like a Tiny Toons character.
Scarface and the Ventriloquist
I like the redesign cos of the exaggerated style of the rest of the show perfectly captures Scarface since he's, yknow, a puppet and having the Ventriloquist be shown to be scared and submissive really does show how the puppet is ironically the puppetmaster.
Penguin
Actually I like both of them. They both give off that sophisticated element Penguin is known for and after so many reiterations of him being this crass Scouse-talking crime boss, its nice to see versions of him going back to his rich asshole roots.
Bane
In the original, he has a luchador-style mask and wrestling suit fitting his Spanish roots. Here, he straight up looks like a gimp. Its really bad. Embrace your heritage, Bane!
Riddler
They went from Frank Gorshin to Jim Carrey for Riddler (fitting cos Batman Forever came during TNBA's development) and I love that. So I love both of them. Nice to see a villain with some fucking colour in TNBA cos im tired of seeing all this black outfits. Also his cane being an extended question mark instead of a question mark on top of a regular cane is genius.
Mad Hatter
Both of them fit Hatter's deranged stalker vibes perfectly, but I wish they kept the colour scheme for the redesign cos Hatter's new colour scheme looks too rounded and doesnt stand out.
Poison Ivy
Killer Croc
Finally, now he looks like an actual crocodile instead of whatever the hell he was supposed to be!
Scarecrow
Okay, who the fuck decided to make Scarecrow look like the Babadook? Cos I want to give them a raise. Holy mother of piss, that is terrifying. That shit belongs in the Arkham games. I still prefer the old design cos it has that perfect blend of goofy and gothic. He looks like a Cacturne now that I think about it.
Mr Freeze
HONEY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?!! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE A FUCKING FUTURAMA HEAD?!! WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?! YOU HURT MY HUSBAND, TIMM, NOW ITS PERSONAL
#batman#batman animated series#btas#the new batman adventures#tnba#batgirl#commissioner gordon#catwoman#joker#riddler#two face#penguin#the scarecrow#mad hatter#ventriloquist and scarface#baby doll#poison ivy#bane#killer croc#redesigns#mr freeze#also freeze's suit looks so robotic and lifeless which I know that was the intention but it still looks boring as fuck
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My Comfort Characters As GIFS (Part 2)
Part 1
Oggy (Oggy and The Cockroaches)
SpongeBob SquarePants
Blitz酶 (Helluva Boss)
Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)
Matt (Eddsworld)
Tails (Sonic)
Chococat (Sanrio)
Ventriloquist and Scarface (BTAS)
Doc Ock (Spectacular Spider Man)
Perrito (Puss In Boots)
#comfort characters#gifs#oggy and the cockroaches#spongebob squarepants#helluva boss#blitzo#crash bandicoot#neo cortex#eddsworld#sonic#tails the fox#chococat#btas#ventriloquist and scarface#tssm doc ock#puss in boots#puss in boots perrito#eddsworld matt#my comfort characters as gifs#馃挄flicky's comfort characters馃挏
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#hattafan2593#batman#rogues gallery#arnold wesker#scarface#ventriloquist and scarface#the ventriloquist#Scarface is an evil sob#but he鈥檚 also a person with his own wants and desires separate from Wesker鈥檚#and it鈥檚 gotta suck to constantly have his very existence denied by literally everyone#and having credit for his ideas be given to his weaker personality
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my favorite rogues, and two face is there also cuz why not
#fanart#batman#btas#batman the animated series#dc#mr freeze#victor fries#two face#harvey dent#the ventriloquist#scarface#arnold wesker#the mad hatter#jervis tetch
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little critters ..
#batman#batman au#jervis tetch#dc mad hatter#edward nygma#oswald cobblepot#the penguin#the riddler#pamela isley#poison ivy#dc joker#harley quinn#harleen quinzel#scarface dc#arnold wesker#the ventriloquist
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they could never make me hate you, arnold wesker.
#dc#batman#batman arkham shadow#arnold wesker#the ventriloquist#scarface#scarface batman#harvey dent#twoface#art#fanart#ed art
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Rudest guy on earth
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Ventriloquist and scarface concept , I'll make a better one ,,,,later
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Bat fight by Dan Hipp
#dan hipp#batman#the joker#harley quinn#poison ivy#bane#killer croc#two-face#man-bat#clayface#catwoman#mister freeze#scarecrow#baby doll#the ventriloquist and scarface#batman villains#batman rogues#batman the animated series#btas#the new batman adventures#tnba#dcau#dc#violence tw#tw violence#violence cw#cw violence
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Little doodle of The Ventriloquist and Scarface as kids bc I have like a whole backstory for my version of him in the works
#batman#ventriloquist and scarface#scarface#ventriloquist#Arnold Wesker#Peyton Riley#on my version those two are the same#my sketch#batman rogues#batman rogues gallery#ventriloquist x scarface#this is their meet cute#dc comics
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Some more BTAS Villains since you guys enjoyed my previous post! 馃グ
#Batman the animated series#btas#the penguin#oswald cobblepot#the riddler#riddler#edward nygma#the scarecrow#scarecrow#jonathan crane#The Mad Hatter#Mad Hatter#Jervis tetch#Mister Freeze#Mr. Freeze#Victor Fries#the ventriloquist#arnold wesker#scarface#drawing#art
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"Nightwing... You just told me you've almost died tonight. Go home. I've got this. Dick... wait... Nothing. Just... just tell Alfred I'll be home late."
Batman: City of Madness (2023-) #2
#dc comics#batman#bruce wayne#nightwing#dick grayson#alfred pennyworth#city of madness#batfamily#batfam#the ventriloquist#scarface#arnold wesker
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#batman#nightwing#batgirl#bruce wayne#dick grayson#barbara gordon#joker#two face#the penguin#the riddler#scarecrow#mr freeze#scarface and the ventriloquist#clayface#killer croc#harley quinn#poison ivy#bane#the mad hatter#the phantasm#catwoman#ras al ghul#talia al ghul#talon#solomon grundy#batman villains#dc villains#dc comics#dc universe#the bat family
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