em-dad ⋆.˚ @empressdad - Tumblr Blog

so, uh.

hello, you can call me em, empress, dad, emdad, or empressdad, because apparently back in the 'good ol' days' when i was just starting highschool, smashing two random feminine and masculine terms together was a gateway to nonbinary satisfaction, so here we are now, years later, and at this point i’m too used to the username to change it.

sometimes i post on my ao3 (@/empressingdad) - if you have any questions regarding my fics, please don’t hesitate to ask! i’m incredibly happy every time i get to share something i made.

i post primarily about dc comics, specifically jason todd, though theres still a lot of steph and damian here, as well as other characters i’m currently hyperfixated on. back in the day, i used to post a TON of ‘the owl house’ content, so if you stumble across this because of a poorly photoshopped hunter in a grocery store in front of a bunch of bananas, then - first of all, hi! - and second, i’m sorry, but those days are already behind me, no new toh creations here. aside from that, i might reblog some political stuff, some stuff that amuse me, some stuff that i find useful.. this blog generally is a dumpster for anything and everything i come across and enjoy and/or agree with.

occasionally i might post a thing or two, but most of the time, it’s just reblogging.

it’s also worth noting that i’m slavic, and thus, not a native english speaker, so there’s a chance i might make some mistakes in my writing. i generally don’t post in languages other then english on here, but there can be some small exceptions.

this blog is not a safe space for racists, ableists, misogynists, queerphobes, imperialism supporters, and everyone of the likes.

arcade-confetti

Beice waywn in fhe 80s: im worried about jasons suicidal tendencies

Bruce wyane in the now: for our next plan jason will kill himself

#jason todd #dc comics

sora-no

Oh let's check this random batman issue surely nothing annoying can happen–

iliveforangstpjo

started reading Batman and Robin: Jason Todd. Three panels in I had to just--close it. I couldn't. I GENIUNELY COULDN'T.

#jason todd #dc comics

warrior-of-storms

The comedy potential of Huntress's mob boss era, Nightwing's mob member era, and Red Hood's crime lord introduction all overlapping is underrated and we should really do more with it

#dick gets sent to a crime meet and his ex and his baby brother are there #and of course it's all right after war games #< prev #helena bertinelli #dick grayson #jason todd #dc comics

three-semicolons

This is such a minor sticking point, but I feel a lot about it.

We are presented with this panel. Our conundrum is that Bruce, on account of civilian and Batman responsibilities, is only getting about four hours of sleep a night, and is suffering from it.

Lord help me, but this is so refreshing.

In the modern day, every character hasn’t slept in three days and won’t for another two. Every character forgets to eat for two days at a time. Every character lives on coffee and spite because it’s so quirky and so cool to live in unlivable conditions, yet basic self care is also presented as optional because these characters do not experience any consequences from that lifestyle.

Somehow these characters never eat but never lose muscle mass or experience energy deficits. Somehow these characters never sleep but never experience significant detriments to their reasoning or awareness unless it’s directly plot relevant. They just get the aesthetic eyeshadow-looking eye bags and the assignment of “sleep-deprived” as a fun personality trait.

By contrast, four hours a night seems almost luxurious by modern Batman standards. It’s almost human levels of sleep. And, because we acknowledge Bruce is human with human limitations, this still isn’t enough to maintain his highly active lifestyle. A normal human needs 7-9 hours of rest a night. You cannot Main Character yourself out of nightly rest, especially with such an intense lifestyle, without consequences.

Honestly, I didn’t realize how much I was driven up the wall by how modern comics treat self care (or lack thereof) until I read a more realistic expectation for human limits. It’s not even that the plot is about exhaustion from Batman-related obligations. We’ve gotten those since. It’s that the limitations presented are themselves grounded.

This isn’t Bruce fainting after staying awake for two weeks straight. This is Bruce experiencing natural exhaustion from a lack of sleep that isn’t overdramatic but is nonetheless insufficient for real people.

Going multiple days without food and rest and other basic necessities constantly, is not sustainable. Even four hours of sleep a night is still a deficit. You cannot maintain yourself on willpower alone.

#bruce wayne #dc comics

melina-mellow

Every time someone calls Red Hood "DC's version of the Punisher" an angel loses its wings.

Nor do I trust the fans of Jason who say "Red Hood has the potential of being a saner version of the Punisher"

Jason Todd is not—and should not— ever comparable to Frank Castle.

Doing so is just you telegraphing a deep misunderstanding of both characters other than the surface level "anti-hero who uses guns"

#jason todd #frank castle #dc comics #marvel comics

my eyes have just been opened to the possibility of a jess mariano/jason todd ship. will i be the first person in history to bless ao3 with it?

#jason todd #jess mariano #I’m in possession of a wonderful mind #my genius knows no limits

garlic-sauc3

@frogmerthur i needed to make it a reality

Dude, your glasses

Wah

#jason todd #dc comics

glitter-stained

Damian could in fact quit robin or vigilantism all together and stay an important character and have solo stories and even long ongoings on himself in the hero world. The reason this isn't going to happen is because DC is getting rid of all their civilian cast because they're centering vigilantism so much and fighting specifically so much. The DC universe would be so much richer if we could have stories with a hero/vigilante who was focused solely on on healing people, search and rescue groups, investigation journalism, certain kinds of private detectives, jury duty...

I'm not even getting into militant activisim and mutual aid despite the treasure trove about stories on heroism and wanting to help and commity with this stuff but even without those, DC just doesn't care about the massive amount of everyday actors who are actually essential to any kind of matter of justice. Obviously, DC always had a problem with that, but it feels like it has gotten so much worse recently with the erasure of civilan casts.

And before you tell me "it's not the genre!" John Constantine. John doesn't fight his battles. John is some kind of manipulative PI from hell. Oracle!Barbara doesn't fight her own battles. What the fuck is stopping us from having an investigation journalism mystery Lois Lane where she, with all her contact network and her own actual damn skill, navigates a work of action and mystery and takes down supervillains and fights can happen but victory isn't ensured by who punches the hardest but by the legal consequences of the revelations she publishes?

Wonder Woman was an actual ambassador for ages. I made a post about how I wanted to hear about the paperwork and actually just see her do diplomatic work and I thought I was just being a nerd but people reacted to that and actually you know what we do really much want to see stories about Wonder Woman as an Amazonian diplomat!

Damian having a solo run where he is a medical first respondant who uses the skills he learnt as fighter/vigilante to get into dangerous places and combat zones etc. to rescue and heal peoples caught in the crosshairs of whatever fight or catastrophe is going on. It would rock. It would be awesome.

Don't get me wrong I love cool badass fights, there are some genres and contexts in which I would actually want there to be more cool badass fights. But DC's universe is currently running on practically only that, in such a varied great universe and that's why they're running on steam and keep making dumb changes to try to keep the stakes high because they worry they're boring now. They're constructing a world where no matter what they claim, the only efficient force at play in any conflict is violence. They have no other angle and they're panicking because they're aware that it's turning them boring and they're flying forward because all their solutions to try and keep things entertaining keep erasing the richness of their universe in order to try and make things more thrilling because they do not understand the gold they are working with. Don't get me wrong, DC is big and we do still have writers pulling cool shit, but DC editorial is having an identity crisis. They're not even writing detective stories anymore!! Their name is Detective Comics. Why should we care whether or not Batman is the greatest detective in the world if Batman's number one hobby right is physically fighting aliens...

There is no cool power or crazy evil villain you can invent that can change the fact that there's a repetitiveness of turning a beautiful rich universe full of civilians with untapped potential into a plain giant Colliseum in which nuclear families come to compete in solo and group fights with random villains and eachother in a number of configurations. And of course, because it's implied in about any critical post I make about dc but just to be crystal clear: this is political.

#dc comics