Kingdom of The Mad.

he/they/bat | INTJ | queer | english is not my first lenguage !! | minor

[nakira786]

I translated with my poor english :）◆I changed resolution and repost this,sorry.

[incoherentbabblings]

Robin and Batman #1 being perfect and heartbreaking as expected!

[boyplushie]

"isn't he so cute?" *picture of the wettest most pathetic looking guy you've ever seen*

[meara-eldestofthemall]

Supposedly in regarding the Killing Joke, Alan Moore himself actually expressed regret working on that one, in particular for what it did to Barbara. Thoughts on this?

I agree that everyone should be uncomfortable with how Barbara Gordon was used. She was objectified, pure and simple. After being Batgirl for a lot of years, she was stripped of any sense of strength and used solely as a victim.

There was almost nothing of Barbara Gordon here, just a female body being used as a tool.

It gets worse from there as Barbara is posed nude. Why? Because Jim Gordon needed to further traumatized? No, not really. Showing pictures of a bleeding, shot but clothed Barbara would have worked just as well.

Part of it was the time period in which the book was done (1988). This kind of semi-erotic pandering was still considered more or less acceptable then, particularly in an age when DC was trying to establish itself in the adult (as in grown ups with money to spend in their hobby) graphic novel market. That said, the sexual subtext was completely unnecessary to the storyline then and the passage of time has made it more inappropriate when looked at today.

It's ironic that this twisted rape fantasy gave rise to one of DC's strongest female characters - Oracle.

To be honest, I will always prefer Oracle to Batgirl but that doesn't make what happened right.

So yes, Alan Moore should feel bad about what he did to Barbara Gordon in The Killing Joke. DC took a capable female superhero and objectified her. It was wrong then and it's still wrong now.

[batjokesinlove]

Selina: Bruce, I am begging you to have one single heterosexual thought about me

Bruce: Sorry what was that? I didn't hear you, I was too busy thinking about Joker

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reblog if ur kinda cold and pretty tired

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[bellandeano]

i care them SO much

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[lehouxnap7]

Vent time!!

When I see the stupid takes about 'lEgO Batjokes or TeLLtaLe btJoKes are the only valid batjokes' I have to bite my fist.

Why I have to read dumb stuff like that. Do people forget telltale Joker killed??? In both endings?? Whether he's good or bad? (specially the one when he's trying to be good, he stabs like crazy) And in Lego. Even though it was family friendly the whole point of the movie is a parody of the characters in comics. Joker always wanted Batman's attention. So why I have to read takes that make no sense?? And have the nerve to tag 'batjokes'

"I figured some batjokes shippers would agree with me"

No. We don't.

And those who started shipping them for these, are gonna end up liking the comics version too. I bet my house on that.

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[mechanicalemotions]

There's a difference between ships that are set up to be toxic from both sides (e.g batjokes, hannigram, regan) and ships that are plain abusive (e.g D*STIEL, jarley.) which is what makes the latter of those ships so repulsive.

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By Tom Fowler