DC fangirl

a place to put my bad comic book opinions

[freddyloyd]

Scott Snyder did an ama on reddit, some of his responses:

^comforting

This sound great so hopefully it ends up happening!

Teen Titans dont have any comics coming out right now to my knowledge, but this kinda implies something is gonna happen with them so maybeeee new series... could be anything though.

[freddyloyd]

omg Shondra!

Run while you still can girl 😭

[freddyloyd]

Joining the war of bad parent Jack & Janet Drake on the side of bad parent Jack & Janet Drake

(I know the compressed quality is gonna make the cursive hard to read so I transcribed it 👌)

"Dear Dad, I wish we could go back and start over again! When I was a kid, I used to dream - to pray - that you and mom would stop travelling, forget business and just settle down. We'd be together, the way a family ought to be..."

"Now I have my wish. I'm going to be with you all the time. And it's tearing me apart."

"Funny, how once you never seemed to care - at least you never showed me that you did. And now you want to run my life."

"Do you really think we can start over...?"

"I've no idea who you think I am, Dad - but I'm not that boy. I had to fend for myself of a long time. I changed, Dad. I have a lot of... secrets."

"You couldn't be more wrong about Bruce Wayne. Despite what he seems he is the only truly great man I have ever known. He... helps people. And he never asks for anything in return."

"Sometimes I wish we could start over... but I know we can't. We have to take things from exactly where we are."

"to the Father I never knew"

Batman #480

I've seen people make the argument that ditching your kids for long periods of time was normalized back then, therefore they Jack & Janet weren't abusive, I disagree for a couple of reasons.

First of all just because something was normalized doesn't make it okay. There are a lot of things that used to be common place that I think most people can agree are morally wrong now and were morally wrong then.

Secondly, the narrative itself repeatedly insists that Tim felt neglected and abandoned by his parents, so even if it was normalized it still obviously negatively affected him.

This is kind of why I don't like the idea that some fans like to run with that Bruce was super cold & distant to Tim because of what happened to Jason.

Obviously you can write/hc whatever you want, but I feel like Bruce & Alfred being the some of the first people to actually make Tim feel cared for is a important part of their dynamic as well as Tim's story. Bruce was somewhat hesitant to take Tim on at the start, but after that he was extremely supportive of him.

I've always gotten the feeling that the reason Tim latched so hard onto being Robin is because Robin was the first time he felt supported & like he was a part of something even if it also brought him quite a bit of misery.

(Which is also why I think Tim realizing he can have that without being Robin makes a better story than him just being Robin forever)

[batmanhistorian]

Actually, no, I don't think putting Barbara Gordon down by using sexist/misogynistic language (eg. "Nightwing's lapdog", "gets passed around any man in the general vicinity", ... ) to defend Dickkory is the serve you think it is, and frankly, i think Kory would put you through the ground for that. But that's just me.

[freddyloyd]

They're being such haters right now, so what if she has no "morals" or "compassion"

I mean they're letting Deathstroke help after all.

Plus, if shes so evil...

Then why is she so gorgeous 🤔

[freddyloyd]

Okay well I do love his look here. I think this is controversial on tumblr, but I'm not the biggest fan of discowing, but the jacket with the collar sticking out is PEAK. And his hair actually looks nice for once.

I'm still mad at him for being mean to Pantha but this is winning him back some points.

[freddyloyd]

omfg can Kory have a single page to herself and not have it be made all about Dick???

noooo honey dont have some space to yourself to grieve, I need you to do my emotional regulation for me 🥺

[freddyloyd]

lmao

[freddyloyd]

I'm not even really sad about this, he's probably better off dying and being free from Wolfman's clutches.

[freddyloyd]

when you thought it was a new plot point but its actually just more Trigon slop 😔

[freddyloyd]

😭

[freddyloyd]

The only reason hed be considered your "greatest threat" is because you're refusing to actually kill him despite your numerous opportunities.

[needlesknick-knacks]

being a nightwing fan is like a humiliation ritual atp wdymmmmm he is winning in the 'most sexualised character' poll. every day i open this website i seriously consider whether i should stop liking him at all i cannot be associated with those people

[freddyloyd]

Dudes doing this in front of his girlfriend 💀

[basixlena]

Starfire redesign based on 1980s and 2003 Starfire💜

[freddyloyd]

Badass send-off for a character I did not care about at all until this exact moment.

[freddyloyd]

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