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Can someone genuinely answer this ever lingering question as to why DC has such beef with Jason Todd?

They butcher his character and relationships, and for what? There’s so much fucking POTENTIAL not only with his character but with his story! There’s a way to actually write discourse in a relationship without making it so damn abusive. Maybe I’m missing something in the story or just in general, but it’s just so fucking irritating when it could be good.

You have a nice, good boy who only wants to help despite given the short hand in life who is then given a loving father who just so happens to be Batman. That boy is then murdered by Batman’s biggest enemy (don’t even get me started on the fucking Joker who essentially has become idolized in the worst ways by DC writers and directors) still trying to do the right thing despite being fucked over by the very person he so desperately wanted love from. Then, you have that same boy who’s just a little bit older, hurting and angry— acting out in every way he can against the man who loves him but couldn’t see past his own weaknesses. And what do DC writers do instead of making this complicated, intriguing and character growing relationship into something that’s not as fucking dumb and slightly out of character for Batman? They fuck him up.

It’s an extreme to say this, I know. And this isn’t against all DC writers, but you can’t deny a lie when it’s a pattern. It’s a cut and dry story that practically writes itself. You have a little boy who is so full of hope is growing along with the main character of the story (which, in my own personal opinion, Batman has Robin not as a soldiers—and omfg does that damn phrase make me violent—but as a potential, mutual factor of character growth) , who then gets a bit too cocky and distracted by his own hubris and need for love, to a hurt antagonist that goes against the man who he once called father. Like it’s too easy to not fuck this up, and yet DC seems to manages to do this every single time.

It’s almost like they want to portray Batman and Bruce Wayne as a man who is made “tougher” by his trauma (which has some patriarchal undertones if you catch my drift) instead of growing. Batman can grow. He can love. There’s one post that I’ve seen on Tumblr how Batman/Bruce does this whole vigilante thing out of love.

Which is why I don’t get why DC uses Bruce as a tool to hurt Jason when it isn’t really consistent. He loved Jason, and this is backed up by a lot of older and a few current issues. Don’t get me wrong, I get that their relationship post-UTRH is gonna be FUCKED. Yet, even the writing in that I can’t really agree with. KILLING (attempting to kill really) your son who had been dead for years, that you loved so much, and is acting out because YOU? Doesn’t make much sense, but, again, maybe I’m looking at this through a foggy lens.

This wasn’t meant to be a long post, but it’s just been on my mind and perhaps I could use another perspective. So, again, what’s DC’s deal with Jason and Bruce’s relationship, and Jason’s character as a whole?

i keep seeing misinformation about this, so: queerplatonic relationships do not have a set definition. the name comes from the idea that it's "queering" the platonic relationship, tailoring it to the individual relationships' own desires. it isn't necessarily romance lite, but it also isn't necessarily whatever definition you want to impose on it. the point of queering the platonic relationship is to break away from strict allonormative views on friendship, romance, and sex, not to make a new categorical box to fit in.

the answer to "what is a qpr?" is "whatever you want it to be." sometimes that is romance lite. sometimes it's a deeply committed friendship. sometimes it's friends who have a sexual relationship. sometimes it's based on an entirely different mode of attraction. sometimes it's fluid and impossible to put into words. it's whatever you want it to be. it's queer.

Batman #145 - "Dark Prisons" (2024)

written by Chip Zdarsky art by Jorge Jimenez & Tomeu Morey

Do you ever forget that people actually feel the way books describe romantic love? Like those aren't made up feelings? Because me too

Ships

Week Ending May 18th, 2020

Catradora +9 Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Entrapdak Entrapta & Hordak, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Supercorp −1 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Harlivy Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, the DC Universe

Glimbow Glimmer & Bow, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Geraskier −5 Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier, The Witcher

Buddie −4 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Percabeth Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson & the Olympians

JonMartin −4 Jonathan Sims & Martin Blackwood, The Magnus Archives

Seamista Sea Hawk & Mermista, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Reylo −7 Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

WangXian −5 Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Jikook −2 Park Jimin & Jeon Jungkook, BTS

Kiribaku −5 Kirishima Eijirou & Bakugou Katsuki, Boku No Hero Academia

Ineffable Husbands −9 Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Reddie −8 Richie Tozier & Eddie Kaspbrak, It

Drarry −4 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Stucky −4 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Villaneve −4 Villanelle & Eve Polastri, Killing Eve

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous week. The ones in bold weren’t on the list last week.

robin means hope

I cope using humor okay 😭😭😭

That moment when you're taking a personality quiz and the next question is: "What is your dream date?"

I'm aromantic.

What I think each batfamily member would get arrested for

Bruce Wayne: Public consumption of alcohol. It’s entirely deliberate, and he hasn’t actually swallowed a drop. He put just enough in his mouth to make his breath reek, then spat it out. He’s covering up the fact that Clark Kent was seen coming out of his window.

Dick Grayson: aggravated assault.

Jason Todd: a lot of people think he’d get arrested for murder, but there’s no way he’d let himself get caught like that, not as Jason. He’d get arrested for threatening a police officer.

Tim Drake: at first, i thought he’d get arrested for tax evasion, but then I realized he would literally never get caught committing tax evasion. He’s either manslaughter or loitering, no in between.

Damian Wayne: Younger: assault with a deadly weapon. Older: Vandalism.

Duke Thomas: Disturbing the peace. No I will not be elaborating on that.

Cassandra Cain: She wouldn’t. Not that she wouldn’t commit a crime, she just wouldn’t get arrested.

Stephanie Brown: Littering. She started throwing glitter at things because she thought it would be funny.

Alfred Pennyworth: First degree murder.