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Defending Damian’s worst antics purely on the basis of “if you’re an experienced vigilante/combatant and you get murked by a child that’s a skill issue on your part”

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So I’ve been watching this anime (title is something along the lines of “I was reborn as the villainess and the prince fell in love with me”) and I have followed the bread crumb trail the writers have left for me and I’m screaming. (That or there is no bread crumb trail and I’ve been eating dust bunnies this entire time DO NOT EAT THE BREAD TRAIL CHILDREN)

**SPOILERS IF ANYONE CARES**

Bro I think Grandpa Will is evil af. This kindly old dude locked up in the prison town of a fantasy world reveals that he’s the exiled older brother of the king complete with a backstory of how he was just trying to help his brother and he was wrongfully accused of attempting to assassinate the king….but I think he did try to overthrow the king.

I think he spent the last couple decades being the only kind hand to a people who are bitter about their position in this prison colony. I think that no one considered him a threat bc he was blind. I think he has ingratiated himself to a group of people (some of whom are very violent criminals) that resent the current king and the class inequalities between the magical nobles and the magicless commoners. And who better to put on the throne once it’s overthrown than good ol Grandpa Will who lost his magic and then the throne to his younger brother and gosh don’t you just feel so sympathetic for him?

There’s been recurring messages regarding class inequality and the unrest of the commoners and

I THINK THE COMMONER SAINT CHARACTER IS A PLANT FROM THE ENEMY NATION

Like “oh she got attacked by a wolf that’s only found in the enemy nation? Oh yeah the enemy nation that the three friends (accomplices) of grandpa Will fled to? Huh I’m sure that’s just a coincidence” BUT WHAT IF ITS NOT. I mean it’s known at this point that she is somehow manipulating the people around her for her own gain (regardless of whether it’s conscious or not). Also the whole “the saint is recognized by the gold rose that blooms when she’s born” thing is so easily forged??? Or, even if it’s the real deal, it’d be so easy to snatch up a saint as a baby when you’re looking for them and then turn them to your benefit??? Also like I’m sorry but the idea that she was born and her dad was just like “weird that this glowing gold floating magical rose bloomed when my daughter was born I’m just going to keep a hold of it and tell no one about it until my daughter comes of ages where she should go to the magic school for the magic she has that never occurs in commoners”. Like let’s be real, in a true fantasy world, that kid would have been snatched up by the ruling religious class and raised in a church lmao. So yeah this girl could’ve easily been picked up by those co-conspirators and convinced that only she could help the commoners and *jinglejangle* hey look a prince *jinglejangle* (Like she has surrounded herself with all the eligible noble men but she’s only interested in the prince 🙄)

ALSO. Also, Grandpa Will has been helping the self proclaimed villainess Alicia this entire time, getting her to trust him, being the only person who “understands her”. And once he has her eye, he has a whole new lease on life. He’s no longer dependent on others to accomplish his goals. He goes from a soft face and modest clothing to a calculating eye and significantly nicer clothing than anyone else in that town is ever seen wearing. Almost like he doesn’t have to downplay himself anymore. And now he wants to meet with the king?

AND THEN, we just find out that the prince has been in contact with Grandpa Will and is likely to facilitate their reunion and you know what I think?

I think that Grandpa Will intends on killing his brother the king for the crown and then the prince to remove line of succession issues and I think it’s going to be presented like he’s the commoner’s king. He’s been one of them! He doesn’t have magic! There’s only so many ruling noble families and didn’t Grandpa Will try and remove the monarchy as soon as he couldn’t be king.

Idk. Kinda…. Suspicious. If you ask me.

Anyway, rant over. I’m literally chewing the bars to my enclosure while waiting for the next couple episodes.

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i've been thinking about Bruce and how he designed his suit. ive never read a DC comic ever but i saw someone post a panel from an issue where bruce melts the gun that killed his parents into a chest plate to protect his heart and thats justice or something On That Note im not sure if this is canon but i know i've read about how when Martha and Thomas got shot Thomas' jaw was shot off and the thought of Bruce using the gun that killed his parents to protect him while he avenges their memory while also leaving his jaw to be the most vulnerable part of his batsuit makes me feel things i cant articulate

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important family group chat discussions

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the audacity of the official dc account to even post this 😭

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NOBODY FUCKING MOVE.

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One trope that i find weird is that during batfam reconciliation fics, the batfam members use alfred as like the big red button to bring jason back, but i feel like that wouldn't actually work. at all.

Jason would HATE alfred after everything he did after he died. Canonically, it was alfred that made the "a good soldier" memorial case, bruce wanted it down but alfred insisted he keep it up, he was the one that gave tim the Robin suit THAT JASON DIED IN, and drove him to save batman and nightwing with NO training at all. He also helped keep up all the "jason was always doomed for a life of crime, and he was an angry child that got himself killed" narrative that was spun after DitF. Alfred pennyworth is batman's biggest enabler, and has stood by while bruce did all his bullshit, such as the whole UtRH arc, and RHatO #25, where he said that it was inevitable that jason would go back on the whole no killing agreement.

Alfred may care for all of Bruce's children, but his only grandchild is damian, as shown when he made him robin behind tim's back( the whole "dick made damian robin" thing is just to add to tim angst. Dick was infact against that whole shitshow). If it doesn't benefit bruce, his pseudo son/employer and landlord, he wouldn't give a fuck.

It's basically impossible to write a reconciliation fic at all without completely rewriting characters, especially jason and alfred. Jason believes that batman's mission is flawed and useless since he doesn't permanently stop crime, so he'd never fully give up killing, the whole reason there's a rift between him and bruce, and alfred isn't this doting grandfather that always sides with his grandchildren and bakes cookies and makes tea.

Also, one major thing the fandom forgets is that alfred is canonically a shitty father to julia, his bio daughter. He abandoned his own daughter for the waynes, he'd never prioritise bruce's children over him.

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Reading this post made me think that not only does Alfred come up with some of the stuff that's most hurtful to Jason, not only is he an enabler to Bruce, but most importantly Jason doesn't know. Sure, Jason knows that Alfred at the very least allows Bruce to do the things he does, but he doesn't have any way of knowing to which degree he agrees with them.

Alfred came up with the Good Soldier memorial but Jason doesn't know that. Alfred is a big proponent of the "Jason did this to himself" side but Jason doesn't know that. Like the post says, Alfred isn't there when Jason deals with these things.

I think it could be interesting if there's that separation not only in the readers minds but also the kids. Tim might be the only one that suspects and that's only because Alfred enthusiastically participates in the 16 birthday trauma fest. And I wouldn't put it past him to just ignore it, he doesn't seem very keen in recognizing Bruce hurting him either.

Alfred is polite and he takes the role of caretaker. He patches them up, he makes them food, he makes sassy remarks and reminds them to stay safe. You don't want to reconcile that person with the one that says you kinda brought your own death onto yourself. Especially if you don't know he said that.

The potential angst of Jason being extremely fond of Alfred, his vision of his dad tainted by the trauma while his grandpa's remains clean, only to learn he is behind some of the worst things that happened to your memory since your death.

So he goes back to the mansion, he expects Alfred to sneer at him, to show his new disgust plain and simple. But he is just as pleasant as he ever was, offering you some refreshments and admonishing you for wearing your dirty boots on the carpet. He's always been like this.

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This is so relatable, I’m dying.

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okay but like robin!kon is literally so funny conceptually. your good old buddy pal tim gets killed so you hunt down the batman and become robin in his stead. are you gay. what is wrong with you. do you think your homosexuality is a disease. where was superman. why are you gay

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Me: -having gone through sensory therapies as a kid, being in a special ed class that I was routinely told I was too smart to be in, having all sorts of sensory related issues resulting in meltdowns, having an “unspecified/unnamed” learning disability, struggling in social environments, having multiple close friends in the autistic spectrum giving me aggressive side eye - hey mom what learning disability did I get diagnosed with as a kid?

Mom: IT WASNT LIKE THAT YOU JUST NEEDED TO LEARN COPING MECHANISMS

Me: ….feels really autistic, ma.

Mom: IT WASNT REALLY A LEARNING DISABILITY YOU JUST NEEDED A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN YOU WERE FINE

Me: guess I’m just a disaster person, this definitely won’t come back to haunt me

Not telling your kid they have a learning disability, chronic illness, mental illness etc. so they can “feel normal” actually does the opposite. They will not feel normal if they do not have the context to understand that their normal will be different from that of their peers.

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A list of theories as to why Martha Wayne’s Pearls scattered Like That, despite the fact that real pearls are knotted individually on the strand to prevent Precisely That Sort Of Thing from happening [incomplete]:

One: Martha chose not to wear her real pearls to the theatre that night, as it was a night where there was no one to impress. The string snapped because the pearls were not real, and Martha died for a $100 set you could pick up at Macy’s.

Two: The Pearls, upon understanding this was a symbolic moment in at least one Wayne’s future [and two Wayne’s end], chose to disregard their quality for the sake of a Dramatic Tableau.

Three: no more then three pearls ever snapped off the strand, but to a boy watching his mother choke on her own blood, gasping his name into the suddenly silent night, three pearls was enough.

Four: an opportunistic officer slipped the pearls off Marthas neck as she was loaded into the morgue van, figuring Bruce would not have the wherewithal to miss them. The pearls were subsequently reported as lost, having probably rolled down the drain in the following chaos. Only three were ever recovered, having become stuck in the puddle of blood that was under Martha Wayne’s head.

Five: the pearls, a set Thomas Wayne picked up as an engagement gift and a promise when Wayne industries was collapsing and his fortune nonexistent, were fake, and Martha adored them far more then any of the expensive jewels he was eventually able to afford. She made a habit of wearing them on family outings. Martha died for the sentimental value of a $100 set you could pick up at Macy’s.

Six: the pearls where not real. Martha was wearing diamonds that night. Bone, when exposed to moonlight and the horrified tears of an eight year old, shines like pearls. 

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Here’s how I want robin in the next battinson movie:

The very first scene is Bruce and tiny Dick Grayson sitting across from each other at the dining table, staring each other down in silence, both clearly grumpy about it. Alfred is in the background watching them with concern. The silence lasts about 20 seconds before Dick speaks.

“Let me fight crime.” (said with all the petulance of a pouty 10 year old)

Bruce replies immediately. “No.” (this is clearly an ongoing argument)

Immediately cut to the next scene where Dick, wearing the iconic Robin suit, is having the time of his life swinging across the city while Bruce frantically tries to keep up with him while yelling at him to be careful like an anxious mother

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Robins during training:

Dick:

Jason:

Tim:

Stephanie:

Damian:

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thinking about harvey stardew valley and being a rural country doctor with a caseload like:

guy who won’t accept any diagnosis except “you have consumption and need to go to the seaside for your health”

woman who asks what gemstone he would prescribe for her UTI

guy who spends half the day trying to give himself a concussion and the other half trying to blow out his hearing on his guitar

two people who have struggled with alcoholism for years but reject all of his resources for it UNTIL someone gifts them alcohol biweekly for a year straight and suddenly their lives turn around

guy who will not stop mailing people bombs but in a friendly way and like this just isn’t on the PTSD screener??

guy who won’t stop asking him vague but increasingly bizarre questions about the safety of truffle oil

woman who EATS ROCKS

and also there’s a fucking wizard. what’s up with that. how often do you think the man goes “why did i get an MD why didn’t i just train to be a wizard i didn’t even know that was an option” while performing emergency surgery on this one farmer who won’t stop picking fights with ACTUAL MONSTERS