my author has clearly lost the plot

Lena || she/her || 21 || resident bi disaster || help(?) || https://archiveofourown.org/users/Aleena_Pallaz/works

[ladyloveandjustice]

When I rebought some Robin issues a million years ago, I mentioned on here that there was a two page comic about Cass (and Tim's there too) that was part of an ad, and it was pretty cute but I imagine it isn't preserved digitally too much because of its ad nature. Someone asked to see it, I said I'd take a picture, and then I promptly forgot. For months. But I was reorganizing my comics and suddenly remembered. So here it is.

For the record, this is from an ad in Robin (1993) #109.

[catchymemes]

[aeliad]

HI LET’S SHARE NICOLE’S WORDS ON THE SUBJECT! 

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it. 

Interesting, innit? https://medium.com/@nickyknacks/working-while-female-59a5de3ad266

[wiseacrewhimsy]

Reading her account of how their boss treated her blows me away. Men are so emboldened that they will literally admit to illegal discrimination casually and face no consequences.

[the-geek-cornucopia]

In all the years of seeing this post I’ve never seen a link to her side. Didn’t even know she’d written one.

[pluts04]

Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

Also, she posted this is 2017! It’s fucking 2020 and I’ve seen his side of this for years, but it took 3 years for her side to make its way to my dash…

[thou-creature-of-the-deep]

I’ve reblogged his story at least twice; it’s time for Nicole’s.

[satan-is-hugs]

It’s 2023 and i just now learned that Nicole’s response was also out there

[soleminisanction]

NGL, I don't... really like this new thing of Elseworld Robins coming as a pack. Especially a pack that forms without Batman.

Like. Sure, the adorable trio of Dickensian/Baker's Street Irregular Robins was my favorite part of the Gotham by Gaslight movie. And the way the Robins are used and introduced in the main books of Dark Knights of Steel somewhat mitigates the issue by introducing them piecemeal as the plot requires -- that felt like more natural world building, hinting at a longer story and a more expansive history.

But then that short story collection came out, where it's revealed they actually formed their gang totally independent of Bruce instead of being a network of spies/apprentices that he built up gradually over time, and that really rubbed me the wrong way.

Ditto this whole thing with the Absolute universe. Is the general concept of those five characters acting as essentially Power-Suit Sentai Gotham Rangers fun? Sure, I guess. Does it feel like any of them are Robin? Fuck no. Not even by Absolute's standards.

Worse, it feels... pandering, especially in the Absolute universe with its thematic focus on isolation, deprivation and struggle. Why, out of all the characters who get shuffled and re-dealt and re-imagined, forming new connections that explore new dynamics, do these five characters appear as a set?

It feels like the answer is: because if they picked one Absolute Robin, even if they tried to make it clear that they'd just be the first Absolute Robin, they wouldn't be able to sell the book to fans of the other four. I can't entirely put my finger on what it is that makes me feel this way but the whole business just screams cynical corporate pandering.

As much as I mostly have no interest in the White Knight universe, I really prefer the way the Robins are handled there: switching Jason and Dick's order in the line-up, giving Duke some time in the spotlight, even adding a brand-new Robin of their own creation... it's more interesting and feels more like I'm being told a story, even if it's a story I don't like, as opposed to being lured in to buy a product where my blorbo gets a glorified cameo.

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Anyway, imho Absolute Robin should've been Carrie Kelley. Or fuck, give blue-collar Bruce a single unwise college fling with a mysterious rich girl he never sees again and skip straight to Damian.

[hagihino]

[pouletpourri]

so about that one "what now" poster by glitch-

[incorrectbatfam]

Bruce: It takes a whole lifetime to forget someone.

Damian: You forgot me in the parking lot yesterday.

[banquo-and-macbeth]

new evidence just dropped, add it to the list...

[sanchensky]

White lies 🐝 (please read more under the cut <3)

So happy I finished this thing before ep 8 oof

Anyway, the comic was born out of

my thoughts about Caine's model lacking many essential facial features (as if he was never intended to show any emotions) and yet him being literally the most expressive character in the circus despite everything.

me being low-key obsessed with the implications episode 7 left us with. Players questioning everything they've been told and Caine being in the center of it all.

Just to be clear, I do believe Caine is written as a sentient AI who is just struggling to understand humanity and everything that comes with it. And I think these thoughts about him faking his emotions are inherently wrong within a story. He's oblivious and desperate but not malicious. But couple it with the fact that he's been lying about many other things (so far I'm inclined to think it was for players' sake in his own eyes) and that humans have been suffering for a while dealing with a literal god that doesn't understand them... Well, I have a feeling that they will doubt his motives and literally everything they know, rightfully so.

The amount of attention this little comic received is a bit terrifying and overwhelming and seeing all the different interesting interpretations people come up with I just wanted to explain mine own a little better <3

I want them all to be healed and happy, little guy absolutely included, but man the situation is rough, and the odds are against us

(Also please ignore typos, I'm hyperaware of them and even messed up writing my on name, i was really, really tired :') )

Update after ep 8: oh boy :')

[crabcakes413]

JAX ISNT AFRAID OF CORN

HES AFRAID OF CLUSTERS OF HOLES/BUMPS.

HE HAS TRYPOPHOBIA

HE ISNT SCARED OF POPCORN BECAUSE 1. IT ISNT ACTUALLY CORN, 2. IT DOESNT HAVE HOLES AND 3. IT JUST ISNT A TRIGGER FOR HIM THE WAY CORN IS????

EDUCATE YOURSELVES

i personally believe corn is a trigger because it looks VERY similar to abstracted circus members' eyes

[stubbornpotato]

you're gonna miss your cue!

[bobbinalong]

being a jon kent fan is misery because every time a jon comic releases the same 5 takes get recycled:

it should've been [character] (usually kon or chris)

[author] finally made him interesting

"stop trying to make jon kent happen! it's not going to happen!"

Fake Aged Up Jon Kent is a horrible fraud and i hate him

baseless theorizing about him getting de-aged

and none of these people actually wanna talk about what happens in the comic

[reibub]

fuckass bowlcut

[teapotteakettle]

ok but what if FL Zuko adopted his wife's famous hair loopies >>

[thetaoofbetty]

very sexy indeed

[jonkentism]

My own personal headcanon is that Jon is a tmnt fan and was trying not to geek out about how Damian is a real life ninja when they met for the first time

[skylarts2]

My pookies ♡

[zapatism]

"oh, if you make out with friends, you could ruin the friendship" so who am i supposed to kiss? my enemies? get a grip

[zapatism]

i'd like to take this time to apologize for my prior lapse of judgement. listening and learning