Nightwing- 1996-2009: (#1-70) Chuck Dixon Run, & (#71-100 & #107-117 I think) Devin Grayson run. 2016 (rebirth): (#1-34) Tim Seelyās run, & (#119- current) Dan Watters run. Loving this run so far. The art and story are peak.
Batgirl (2000-2006)- literally peak
Robin: Tim Drake compendium (too much effort to figure out which issues are in it, but I love anything Tim as Robin. His classic era as Robin is peak.)
The Boy Wonder
Honorary Fav Comics:
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
All Star Superman
Tom Taylor Nightwing Run
Batman/Superman World's Finest by Mark Waid (Ongoing)
Absolute Wonder Woman (Ongoing)
Robin: Son of Batman
Currently Reading:
Deathstroke (1991)
Dan Watters Nightwing Run (Ongoing)
Batman/Superman: World's Finest Mark Waids Run (ongoing)
Young Justice (1998)
All of the Absolute Runs. (Ongoing)
Comics I Plan On Reading:
Birds of Prey (1998)
Nightwing (2011)
Teen Titans (2003)- after I fin YJ
Wonder Woman (1987)- George Perez run, Iāve been told itās the best.
+ I really love Titans/Teen titans dynamic (primarily Fab Five & NTT)
+ I like Batfam, too. Favourite dynamics:
Bruce & Dick
Bruce & Tim
Dick & Tim
Tim & Steph
Cass & Steph!
Comics/Charcters I Want To Get Into:
Arrowfam (Green Arrow, Roy Harper & Connor Hawke!)
Wonder Woman (I adore her absolute run)
BOB (Iāve read & have the physical copies of vol 1, 2, & 3 rebirth)
more justice league comics
green lantern
flashfam (especially Wally & Bart)
yj98
Heres a photo of all my chunky (Compendiums/Omnibus) or special edition comics :3š¦ą¼ā§āĖ.
And hereās a photo of my favourite jumper (ć^.Ė¬Ė¬.^ć)~ā”
Remember to be kindā¤ļø/\^._.^/\
+ No Fandom Discourse- donāt like? Donāt read/interact, etc. Iām very anti-harassment + anti-censorship and will block.
+ All ships welcome
+ All it takes is pretty fanart and you can make me like any ship lmao.
+ Will like & post suggestive things! You have been warned.
alright long ass meta about dickory incoming, the way Kory leaves the Titans this week vs her appearance in Nightwing #138 last month has me climbing the walls. Because genuinely, I was thinking this during Nightwing, dick is really negging her for some reason. and it hadn't clicked for me until she yells at him:
because it directly parallels what she tells him here:
dick is looking for someone to need him in a tangible way, and that's the titans, but it's also kory. and the way he's going about it here is going to end badly for both of them (which i love reading but yk. storytelling).
Like calling her up to be like hey, your longtime captors are just hanging out in my neighborhood, and he immediately tries to hit on what she's told him in their past, like hey, do you remember when we were younger and i helped you with this. do you want help with that now. do you want to do that again so i can feel like i'm doing something right???
and the fact that he spends the entire issue like, oh so you're not healed. does this bother you? are you traumatized? you're not healed. you're not actually healed. nobody is actually healed. you're not more rational and more emotionally developed than me. you're still like i am. we're still on the same level of emotional maturity. you're not healed. you still need me. look at me and tell me this hurts you and that you need my help to get through it right now RIGHT NOW!
it's the specific use of him saying "this is you having moved on" where's he's so obviously needling her for a revisiting of their connection, even if that looks like a fight ā he feels cut off right now, lost, but he can't use those words to explain it, because he doesn't view what he's doing here as being vulnerable. but kory knows.
dick never walks away and he is incapable of not picking his scabs, and kory can clearly see his nail digging under the one with her name on it. why would she let him do that again? why would she do that to him again?
he is immediately, specifically like, is this because we're not together? i still need you. i mean i need my friends. i mean i need to be needed. him saying i'm alone at the heart of it after their adventure in nightwing is so telling! he wanted her to be the person she's always been for him! and that's so dangerous for her. because this is not him wanting to get back together with her, so to speak, this is him going "i haven't changed, please give me what i need."
why would she do that? the best thing she can do for him right now, as a friend, as an ex, as someone who loves him and is loved by him, is lead by example. she's genuinely tried everything else.
She doesn't deny that she cares about him, she doesn't deny that her time with the psions was awful, she doesn't deny that she means something to him. she doesn't even deny that she might end up back here anyway, and that she would be okay with that! but she still cares about dick so much that if she stays, she will get pulled back into the spin cycle. and that would break her heart.
and there's this touch of distance she puts in here, where she calls him richard in nightwing and dick here, when she's leaving, where richard has always the more intimate name she uses for him. when she met up with him in nightwing, she was still assessing the situation. now, in titans, she sees what's happening for what it is and puts the wall up.
we also have to do a little legwork as readers, here, because we don't know where in the timeline nightwing happens compared to the titans, though we can assume based on him talking to her about bludhaven and that she's leaving earth now that this is probably after. i'm also so struck by dick really having kory as the rising and setting of the sun in his life, something that he literally goes without all the time (he lives in the city of night) but that he is always turning back to for comfort. but who's comforting her? dick isn't reliable for that. not right now, especially!
and the idea that these two are now going to be separated or that this has all been strictly platonic when they're literally acting out ariana's "we can't be friends" is such a purposeful misunderstanding of the story and the characters, and i'm really glad that watters and bromball were willing to let these two be messy and hurt each other for a bit. i'm glad someone is willing to give teeth back to relationships!
Finally able to post my page for the @sladickzine . It was so great to be a part of this project and seeing everyoneās works has been so delightful!!!
For the zine Scar-Crossed Lovers!
Check out more work in the collection or @sladickzine
The only issues I do have with it is the lack of progression with Cassās character development-
but her characterisation is on point to how she should act- when considering the Batgirl 2000 series and how sheās been portrayed in recent years-
The series is definitely more story based and trying to add more history to Cassās ancestry, family (specifically with Shiva) and itās fun to learn! Especially cus I love how Bromballs new backstory to Shiva- idc what anyone says- itās so much better lmao)
But it does end up making Cass more of a background thing to learning the full history of her past. I also wasnāt a fan of the new issue introducing Victoria-
I do wish we saw more of the batfam- primarily Babs and Steph- some Bruce and maybe even Tim or Duke would be nice. But definitely Steph and Babs. Please give me Babs.
But Iām hopeful and I love all the references to Batgirl 2000 and of course the beautiful art. I also donāt mind Tenji Turner! I actually find him so intriguing and cute! -
But he has the same issues other new characters introduced by new writers in current dc- they tend to lack development, try to replace or act better then previous characters, and if we ever get another author on Batgirl, they end up being forgotten by other writers. Which sucks.
But I do like him, and his dynamic with Cass. The brother thing is meh, not a fan of the whole āsecret siblingā trend with the batfam- AHEM
Dick, Damian and Cass now all have secret siblingsā¦
But I like Tenji the most out of all the secret siblings lol.
I also adore how Bromballs written Cass and Shivas relationship, makes me wanna cry. Maybe thatās my mummy issues tho lmaoo.
Love this series and canāt wait for more issues.
Happy reading guys!! I fucking love Comics and Batgirl and this series so much.
Despite my complaints Iām honestly having the best time reading š„ŗā¤ļø
the last text dick ever sends slade (or to a number slade used to use that he probably already forgot about) is both the inevitable conclusion of their relationship and also the most unlikely one.
i love you:
dick is bleeding out on the floor of some warehouse in bludhaven, and he knows itās really over this time because thereās just so much blood. so so much blood and he canāt feel his face and his hands are shaking so much he keeps missing the send button.
he thinks about cursing slade one last time just for the sake of it but his heart is beating so slowly and thereās honey in his head and it would be so much easier to let go of his phone and just lay there.
dick is terrible at just laying still, always has been, but this time it feels like the only thing that makes sense, heās so weirdly calm he canāt even make his legs twitch
Diana āThe Amazonā Prince, top Apokolips contender on the Womenās Featherweight category. She might come from a long dynasty of women fighters, but does she have what it takes to defeat āBigā Barda Free, the current undefeated champion?
