All 27 of my ongoing hyperfocus'

Mostly Tim Drake, Cass Cain, Duke Thomas and Stephanie Brown focused these days. Also a sprinkle of other fandoms, a dash of writing excerpts and a hint of character analysis'

[cakeractuallyarts]

(We are going to pretend it's still) day 1: Elaine & Duke

Thank you @dukethomas-week for organizing this event (that I did not mean to join in on so late...), go check out everyone else's submissions!

[creatingblackcharacters]

I looked into the finer details of why the DCBlackout was cancelled and was originally going to write you an ask ranting about it, but decided to post it to my blog I treat like a main instead because it got so long. I'm just so mad about it. But I figured you and your followers could use an article articulating the reasons anyway.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dcblackout-boycott-suspended-but-advocacy-continues/

I have dropped multiple series due to the behaviors and bigotries of the creators, some of them deeply formative, and to see people just refusing to do the same is so infuriating. I wish people would grow a spine. I need to just hit the ask button before I start ranting and raving again.

#DCBlackout boycott suspended but advocacy continues

Organizers are calling off a boycott of DC Comics but will continue to draw attention to the lack of ongoing comics starring Black DC charac

Yeah. I don't think a lot of people actually understand a boycott. Or a protest vs a demonstration, or really how any sort of public disruption is... Going to be disruptive. Somehow people think comfort and convenience are worth more than... Ya know. Respecting others and having solidarity. "I got mine, why should I help you get yours".

[buboplague]

weight

[zeldareference]

losers ever….. they probably think they look tuff or something

[bigsigma88]

Walking Duke-tionary 🧐

HAPPY DUKE WEEK I TOTALLY DIDNT FORGET ABOUT IT!!

Missed day 1 and 2 (and now 3😭) so I’m mixing together pre-Robin and badly injured, but tbh I just wanted to draw baby Duke, AND a little unfinished Elaine and Duke art that I made a while ago but never posted

I love the trope of characters explaining the meanings of words repeatedly (He took 40 cakes. That’s as many as four tens!) like mojo jojo or in a series of unfortunate events! I like the idea of Duke having that after studying to take on the Riddler, but it’s more worded like it’s straight from the dictionary. Like mainly the word, part of speech, the definition, and an example.

[inkpotsprite]

I stopped caring about IWTV the moment they killed Claudia, she was the only reason I tolerated that abusive white man and his equally horrible fandom.

[inkpotsprite]

Just reblogging to say I stand by this and for this whole month I believe we should collectively pretend the end of season 2 didn't happen and that Claudia and Madeleine are still alive, it's pride, we've earned this 😭

[tangelotea]

Existed for 30+ years.

The longest reoccurring modern day super without an ongoing.

Over 500 appearances but less than 10 center focused stories.

Nat has existed since 1994, why is it that I can finish her entire chronology in a week or less? Nat has an established origin, family, strong principals and reasons for being a hero, friendships and relationships; All waiting to be told to new and old audiences. It’s more of a world than even some popular characters get. So much to work with but none of it is ever largely expanded on. Natasha deserves a new story; one that highlights her as a black woman, an inventor, and an amazing form of queer representation. Not just now but for years to come.

She is so much more than the background character dc uses to fill in their superfamily spread.

[inkpotsprite]

Back when I read the comic where Elaine's eyes glowed I immediately assumed that she had powers too and that's why she had a past with Gnomon which is why Duke has powers too.

I just now realised that this has never ever been confirmed by DC, any comic writer or even any major Duke fan blog (that I've seen) meaning I just jumped to this conclusion, believed it was a canon fact and just went around acting like it was 😭😭😭

[vanta-bat]

[casscainmainly]

How it's feeling rn

[jay-rayart]

FLY is a story about a boy who gets a second chance. Help his story take flight June 9th 11am EST on Kickstarter. Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings I hope this story lifts the world to a brighter place.

Coming soon: FLY : A Magical Black Boy Series - Pilot Animatic

A coming of age story about Black kids who finally have power to fight back against systems designed against them.

[fabfiveunionrep]

god stephie I love you I really do

Green Arrow (2001) #5

[grakkie]

Duke appreciation, let him interact with his siblings more often dc 🙏

[zeldareference]

guys hes literally the sun ☀️

[sinhosstuff]

Duke Thomas week day 2!

Community- We Are Robin

Did some redesign on Duke's Robin days.

[angels-changeling]

I think Duke would make a sick ass aviator

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.