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Jane Austen Charted #15

How Wealthy are the Jane Austen Heroines?

(This turned into a long post)

Women in Jane Austen’s novels have two kinds of wealth, fortunes which seem to be guaranteed to already accompany them into marriage, like Emma’s 30k or Elinor & Marianne Dashwoods’ 1k which they have already received from their uncle, and then eventual inheritance, like Elizabeth’s 1k that she will receive after the death of both of her parents. Here are the sums:

And the explanation of each amount:

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Villains Are Destined to Die magazine - merchandise from VADD collaboration cafe

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S1E06, The Princess and the Queen

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It’s time to make crack theories (ch127)

If this hooded guy who stabbed Agni isn’t a random new character but someone we already know, then my primary suspect is definitely

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Yana’s comment on Vincent and Frances (+ clarification of the family tree in ch103)

2017/09/18

Kuroshitsuji chapter 132. It was fun to draw the conversation of the Phantomhive siblings. -Toboso

Come to speak of it, I was asked whether Frances isn’t blood-related (to Ciel) since she wasn’t mentioned in Ciel’s family tree that appeared (in the manga) a while ago, however, it was a family tree that featured “Ciel’s [direct] roots”, that’s why Frances, his aunt, wasn’t mentioned. [Vincent and Frances] are real siblings. -Toboso

There seem to be different versions of family trees, the big ones that show the [whole] lineage of the family, and the ones that only show one’s [direct] roots. But I think even if it were supposed to be a family tree with the whole lineage, Frances probably wouldn’t be shown in the family tree of the Phantomhives since she married out of the family. There’s not much detailed material on this though, so it’s just my guess. -Toboso

The Phantomhive siblings, Vincent and Frances, share the same concept as the Midfords siblings, Edward and Lizzie, i.e. I draw them with the typical image of “girls take after their father, boys after their mother” in mind. So maybe Ciel’s grandfather looks like Edward :) -Toboso

Here’s the family tree Yana is talking about (ch103)

Breaking NEWS: Guys, Cedric *maybe* looks like Edward!!!

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So a little prediction for possibly who attacked Tanaka in that one panel way back when...

With the recent hints of Chapter 132 for Kuroshitsuji, one thing is becoming painfully clear, Real Ciel is far far far more of a Yandare then what one might suppose.

Early indications come from the fact that when we first meet him he’s very much indicating to Our Ciel that he’s worried about him but using the most possessive language. Noting that he doesn’t want our Ciel to get sick.

Not long after in 130 we get more indications, Real Ciel is very much particular about various behaviors to his brother. In 131 this comes out heavily in the reaction to Our Ciel suggesting them leaving on the boat trip or even going outside to play with Lizzy.

While him coming back with flowers is a nice gesture, the amount is insane, and, even the thought of him not coming on the boat trip at all is clearly showing that this boy is upset that he doesn’t like the idea of Our Ciel not being around him.

Each moment is playing up more and more that this boy only sees his brother as something worthy of his love and adoration. It’s shown in the fact that he indicates that people are more like Sheep, something he mentioned before to Vincent in the cooking episode, and the implication that he gets really hurt that Our Ciel would want to leave his side. He’s insisting that he stay around.

While this simply could be a case of “I don’t want to let my brother leave me alone.” There’s a weird under current in that moment. Real Ciel thinks that his brother will not be with him, like at all. “Why do you want to leave me all alone?”

Which harkens very much back to the game Fatal Frame II where sisters Mayu and Miyo (who are also twins) seem to go through the same sort of pains.

In that story Mayu purposely broke her own leg to keep Miyo from ever leaving her side. In this case we see that Real Ciel is planted with the idea that at some point Our Ciel would want to leave to live in London and be his own person. Something that some twins do struggle with in some cases as they are very close to one another.

The reason that that moment caught me was the fact that TWICE we see Real Ciel’s eyes go wide at the suggestion that he be apart from his brother. It’s like he was just shot in the gut with something horrible. Why would she purposely6 do that, and set him up as being afraid of being alone with out Our Ciel? Why is he so sure that he’s the only one that can take care of him?

We see that Our Ciel clearly has some interest in Lizzy, as his reaction to when Real Ciel loses to his Aunt and we can see him looking a bit sad that she seems more worried about Real Ciel at the moment. However we also know what comes of that.

The line about Scary Brides, takes on a whole new meaning if the person that he really wants with him at all times is his twin. Someone who’s gentle and he can pamper, which is mostly what Lizzy becomes for Our Ciel.

What has me worried is that there’s a likelihood that real Ciel may have attacked Tanaka that night hoping to keep Our Ciel from leaving his side. I don’t think he killed his parents, however it’s not hard to see that the person holding the knife isn’t that tall either. It would fit into the issues that he’s displaying and reminds me very much of some other Yandere siblings that have been around, including twin siblings Angels Alexiel and Rosiel.

Reason being that Rosiel does his damnedest to be with his sister whom he loves and want’s to be with.

Also kind of reminds me of Sae Kuroswa from Fatal frame and her obsession with her sister Yae.

One of the bigger issues that has been brought up is the fact that both boys were sold. But what if that wasn’t part of the plan? We’re assuming that everything that happened was part of the deal, and if whoever set this up didn’t make sure that the men they hired did a good job, then there’s that factor to consider as well.

On top of that, I get the feeling that there’s more to that cult aspect then we think. If this was a case of someone (be it the Queen, John Brown, or other persons not named yet) behind this then they clearly didn’t think the boys were worth the trouble killing. Or, more likely, were informed of their deaths and then that was changed into them selling them off for for the cult group.

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Kuroshitsuji Theory: The Kaiser and Undertaker’s Scars

Okay so as we’ve seen Yana seems to love to hide things in plain sight, as per the twins. So that got me thinking about this picture from Chapter 105.

Now we know for sure this is Kaiser William or his father, mostly because we’ve already seen the puppet of Albert and he’s dead. It’s clear that the implications here is that they are building a house of Cards, and if you know anything about the idea of a House of Cards it’s that if you pull the wrong one down it will come crashing onto the table and you’ll have a mess. Balance is the key here and it’s clear by the decks on the table that both sides seem to have a equal number stacked as it is. We see a panel later that they come tumbling down and there’s implications of fighting between the English and the Germans, as per history.

The one thing that I want to stress here is that I don’t think Victoria is the end baddie. Honestly the more the series goes on I think, while she’s involved in a lot of shady deals, I don’t think she was the one that ordered the hit on Vincent. I do think though that her existence and connection to the Phantomhives is what cost Claudia her life, but I don’t think it she was the one that ordered that hit on either of them.

Frankly my suspicious are focused upon the family of Victoria, namely from Germany, and because of this photo here.

For historical purposes…this is Fredrick the third, Victoria’s son-in-law, and father of the future Kaiser William.

As you can see there are similar things on the outfit to what this figure is wearing, including that one star like decorative pin (which name I can’t think of at the moment).

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So I’m starting to think that the Snow Queen story in Chapter 101.5 might show how Ciel is going to save Lizzy and Lizzy is going to save Ciel.

So I’ve been thinking about this for a while now since the series has gotten so far with its story, and more recently I came across an interview with Yana talking about how she has been doing the scenarios for the Twisted Wonderland game; and one thing that popped up in my mind was how, when she was talking about the films she got to watch that she really enjoyed the fairy tale aspect of them, excited she seemed about the idea of crafting her own fairy tale. And the more I thought of this the more I thought of Chapter 101.5, the bonus chapter with all the fairy tales, and looking it over there’s been some interesting developments that has me thinking that maybe the chapter is more a roadmap for what’s to come.

Take for example the characters in the chapter as presented.

The Double Charles as hunters there to take down wolves in the forests, and Ciel as their rival with his team of wolves out to solve cases. We’ve already seen that Ciel and Charles Gray certainly have the makings of a deeper rivalry if she keeps going with it. Oddly though the hunter is the one in most cases that saves Red from the wolf in the end, so I have to wonder if this is a clue that the double Charles will be playing a role later on in the story and may actually play a part in the whole Saving of Ciel.

Then you have Soma and Agni as the genie and Aladdin. Given what’s happened in recent chapters, Soma asking the Genie (who is a spirit) for guidance and help, fits in with the death of his friend and the fact that he’s gaining powers to protect those he’s closes to. Also adding that I think the clue of Soma being Aladdin might tie into the Snow Queen as well.

Lastly you have Undertaker as the witch in the Little Mermaid. Now on a side note, I have to wonder if this is a nod to the idea that Grell might do something dumb and make a deal with Undertaker for the chance to be with Will, but that is a long shot given that for all of Grell’s actions, they are the type of person that does get their job done. So that leaves us with Undertaker, and what’s interesting here is that the Sea witch in the original wasn’t a pure evil being, but rather more of a neutral type party similar to a lot of fae folk were used in a number of tales. However the sea witch did take the voice of the mermaid but she also warned her of the dangers of taking the potion, so she wasn’t acting as Ursala did in the movie. There was no malice in the transaction. Which makes the choice for Undertaker as the sea witch an interesting one, given what we know about him and his way of making deals.

So that brings me to the main point here. I feel like the Snow Queen section and the actual fairy tale is a key to knowing where Yana might be going with the story of Ciel and Lizzy, and that the bonus chapter is a clue to who might be playing what part in the story and how it will effect things.

So from the chapter we already know that Ciel is representing Kai, the boy who had his eye and heart pierced by a shard of “Devil mirror”, which we can easily connect to the seal on Ciel’s eye and that he hardened his heart. And Lizzy is Gerda, his childhood friend who went off in search for him as she didn’t buy that he was drowned in the river. We already see the same sort of spunk in Lizzy that Gerda has in the story along with the smarts too.

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It’s also important to note that Ciel mentions the story of the flowers, that he watched Lizzy sit by the roses. We know that the Phantomhive estate has those flowers, and in Lizzy’s chapter in the Boat arc, it’s shown that roses are equated with the girls of England and they have connections to Madam Red who inspired some of how Lizzy holds herself. So this line that also comes from the Snow Queen story has more meanings in it than what it first appears as. The Roses are an important part of Ciel and Lizzy’s outfits and typically associated with love as well as friendship and loyalty. So the roses will more than likely come up at some point in how things sort out. So what about the other important characters in the story then?

To start with we already have a “Grandmother” figure for both characters in the forms of Aunt Francis, and the missing Claudia. Both characters are there to guide Ciel and Lizzy. It’s important to note that in variations of the story the Grandmother is the one that sets out Gerda, the lead, off to find the missing Kai. If Ciel, or rather O!Ciel ends up being taken by Sebastian some place, no doubt that

Aunt Francis would help Lizzy on her way to find him, and, while she probably can’t make the moves on her own, her cunning nature will probably give a lot to Lizzy to help her push forward to find a way to Ciel. Meanwhile we have the funeral Chain that Ciel still has from Undertaker that has his grandmother’s hair in it. We know there was a connection between the two, and this might be part of the key in saving Lizzy from R!Ciel by getting Undertaker to help him out through using the memories of his grandmother.

The Snow Queen is obviously Sebastian, a creature of now questionable morals. However, as with the original story there’s more to him then just “I want to eat your soul”. Our Demonic butler had a chance to fully eat Ciel long ago but hasn’t, rather, as with the Snow queen, he’s waiting things out to see if Ciel can save himself or be saved. It’s interesting to note that the Queen herself in the tale give Kai two kisses, one to numb the cold and the other to forget about Gerda and his family.

This can be seen with Sebastian as not a direct one to one reference, but rather a case where he “Kissed” him once by the seal when they first made the deal, and then later again when he got O!Ciel to Confirm his desire to continue the mission that they started on. Now here comes the part where things get funny in a way that has me thinking theoretically. In the story of the Snow Queen, the Queen gives Kai a task to complete which is spelling a word out for her with the ice pieces, if he can complete it he gets to be free, if not then he will have to stay with her forever.

What I’m thinking here is that there’s a chance where Sebastian probably will give Ciel a chance to get out of the deal, as he’s changing himself since the start of the story. We know Agni and the other characters have affected him a lot, though he hasn’t vocalized it, we see it in his looks and the way he presents himself compared to the start of their journey. Ciel has to complete something, and Lizzy is trying to find him at this time because of her own realization of her feelings for O!Ciel and wants to save him from what’s going to happen to him.

In the story of the Snow Queen, Gerda starts out her journey seeking Kai by offering her shoes to the river. The river in turn tells her the right path to take and she heads down it via boat to find Kai. In this case we already have had Ciel covering this part of the story by heading down by water to find the blood and connecting with Lau who is helping him free Lizzy and stop his twin brother. In the case of Lizzy I don’t think she’s going to need to have the river moment, or if she does it will be through someone who can give her a lift to where she needs to go to get to Ciel.

Later on Gerda ends up in an enchanted garden run by a witch. This witch hides the roses as they will remind Gerda of Kai and she wants to keep the girl in the summer garden forever. In the Snow Queen Story, Gerda eventually notices a rose on the hat of the Witch and it makes her cry as she remembers Kai. Her tears cause the roses to come from the ground who tell her that Kai is not dead, and she ends up fleeing the Witch and summer garden in order to continue her journey. With Lizzy I think it might be a bit more complicated. We can point to both Undertaker and R!Ciel as the witch here. Undertaker seems to want to recreate a reality where both boys are alive and well, among other dubious things we don’t know about. Meanwhile it seems R!Ciel simply wants to have some form of control over his younger brother and to keep him by his side always. To do this both seem to have imprisoned Lizzy, first in a real sort of prison as with the whole situation with her discovering the truth of the twins, and second in her mind as she feels guilt over not seeing the truth of O!Ciel and possibly is being lead along much like Gerda. This is where the whole Ciel saves Lizzy aspect comes in. I’m suspecting that in some way Undertaker, who seems to be not to thrilled on the actions of the newly come back to life R!Ciel, may be swayed to join O!Ciel’s side once more, at least for the present. This brings up the situation with the roses, as I’m guessing at some point in time during this Undertaker will get Lizzy to see the truth of the matter in his own weird way, though the use of the flowers as a metaphor for her connections to O!Ciel, and maybe clue her in that R!Ciel may not be as devoted to her as she is to him. Thus allowing Lizzy, to escape from R!Ciel and flee to find O!Ciel. So O!Ciel has saved her from her situation and she’s realized what she has to do going forward.

Gerda eventually makes it to crow who tells her where a princess and a prince are staying. When she goes there she sees the Prince looks like Kai but isn’t him. The couple then give her gifts of clothing and a carriage to get her to where she’s going after she tells them her story. Now I’m not sure how this will play out. The Princess and the prince could be a number of characters, but my best guess is that it’s probably going to be Lau and Sieglinde. The reason why is because of who they are and their roles in the chapter. Lau is the prince and Sieglinde is Cinderella. One can easily see both providing Lizzy the means of doing some amazing items to help Lizzy. Sullivan’s chemicals and Lau’s cunning would make one hell of a team to work with her. Additionally it could be also the double Charles as possible helpers here too for various reasons.

Additionally I feel like the Robber girl is going to be Soma who takes on the role of the Reindeer as well in the story. The Robber girl’s band of men capture Gerda, and she helps Gerda escape and gives her the deer which Gerda travels onto Lapland with. I suspect that Soma is going to be playing that robber girl in the form of protecting Lizzy since it would fit in with how his role is right now and where he’s at seeking revenge, and by the point Lizzy goes to save Ciel, he’ll be more in the Agni stages of his issues and wanting to sever Ciel in some way.

Edward and probably Dee with the other Evil Lords, are going to play the parts of the women of Lapland and Finland. These two women assist Gerda on the last leg of the journey to finding Kai and the Finn woman notes that Gerda has the power to free Kai, due to her heart and innocence. Not sure how this would play out exactly but I feel like various characters will be coming in to help Lizzy get to Ciel at this point and push her forward.

The angels that come in to fight with Gerda to get her in the castle will be the servants who want to help Ciel. This will probably be a case where we have several things going on at once everyone trying to do their best for the young Earl after their fight with whomever killed his family and the cult that took him and his brother. I honestly feel like the Servants here will be playing a role as saviors to Lizzy to help her get to Ciel whom they want to reach too. Again, he saved them, so they will save him.

By the end of the story Gerda finds Kai and kisses him to save him with the power of her love for him. This action, and the crying of Gerda on Kai, allows his heart to be melted and his memories to come back to him, leading him to cry and the shard to come from the eye. The two dance and the splinters that Kai had been working to solve dance with them, leading them to solve the riddle when they stop as it spells the word "eternity,". The two end up leaving the castle of the Queen with the two women, the reindeer, and the robber girl. The story ends with the two young kids realizing that they have been away so long they’ve grown up and, depending on the version, they either renew their friendship or marry.

Now this can easily fit into what we see in the bonus chapter and show how things play out in a more upbeat ending. Rather than Just Lizzy alone going to save Ciel, it would be those closest to him. This would be Soma, the servants, Sullivan, Edward, and maybe undertaker, or some other person at this point. The point being that Lizzy not being alone to convince him would mean Ciel would have a harder time choosing his path. Given the way Yana draws, and what she’s done within her other work, I can easily see her choosing to have Lizzy cry for Ciel and get him to realize her feelings for him. The fact that he has so much to live for, that there are those who love and cherish him, etc. (I wouldn’t mind a kiss but I’m not sure if that would work here). It would also connect to the whole “Sun child” thing Sebastian had going for her in the bonus chapter, and her causing him to break the seal could lead to an interesting moment between her and Sebastian. Namely, if he is testing Ciel, it might be a cool nod to the story if Sabastian pledges loyalty to the Phantomhive family for “eternity” as their loyal butler. After all a demon can do as he wants, and I honestly think Lizzy would be the only one that would be able to take Sebastian on directly due to her feelings for Ciel and wanting to protect him. We saw what she did to protect R!Ciel, now think of that only way stronger and more willing to fight to the last breath for O!Ciel. This is why, I honestly think, Sebastian probably regards her as one of the few that is strong enough to match him and why he respects her as he knows that she would do anything for Ciel, down to outright dying for him.

Certainly it would make sense that the two kids we started off with have grown into adults in a way, and would make a nice wrap up to how the story started. You would go from the December season where they are children at the start of Black Butler, unsure of themselves, who they are and their roles in the world, and then growing up into mature teens or young adults who are ready to make their way into the harsh world of the new coming century, whatever that is, together as family and connected in a deeper way then they would have thought.

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MASTERPOST Gender in Kuroshitsuji

Dear everyone,

At last I have composed a masterpost about Grell’s gender, and gender in general in ‘Kuroshitsuji’.

I am not sure whether I caught all of my posts on this topic, so if you find anything that I missed, please do nudge me ( •_•) σ (ÓwÒ)

The following is categorised into sections. I do realise the categorising is not perfect, but many posts really do overlap in categories… so my apologies here.

Canon Content

Yana’s personal claim, and Grell’s self identification

Gender pronouns for Grell used by other characters

Grell’s confessional and Akuma 6 Bonus chapter Explained

Grells “outbursts of masculine speech” and scale of gendered language use by Kuroshitsuji characters

“How would you have translated the pronouns?

Grell is a transgender binary woman. (Underneath the post in ‘appendix’)

Sascha’s first person pronoun: Boku

Sascha’s gender pronoun in the manga?

Chibimyumi’s Analyses

Yana and Grell - Owning up to Mistakes

Kuromyu2: Transphobia and Grell’s self defense

Most gender ambiguous character? Not Grell

O!Ciel ‘misgendering’ Grell?

Kuromyu2: Crossdressing as laughing stock (2 follow up posts)

1. → Kuromyu2: Sebas’ transphobia cannot be justified

2. → Kuromyu2: Grell portrayed as ‘a walking humiliation’

Answer to: “Grell’s sex is male, but gender is female?”

People’s Reactions

Confusion caused by the English dub

“Why would a Victorian woman self-identify as a Japanese stereotype??”

“Respect each other”, “the power of translation”, and “Is bad rep!”

Sweet sweet words from @grelleswife and @thotleviathan

“Are you from the lgbt community too?”

“I was sure Ciel would be played by a girl in Kuromyu”

“Grell as a reference to real life transwomen Ikko and Kaba-Chan?”

Meaning of Okama explained: “I want to contribute: Grell the okama”

“’Unique-ly Japanese’ really not that ‘unique-ly Japanese’ indeed”

“Do you think the use of male pronouns in English had been added for time period accuracy?”

→ Same Anon’s reaction to ‘period accuracy post’

Grell’s pronoun in eastern European language translation

Transphobia in Japanese society, and “Yana using ‘he’ for Grell”

“The anime made everyone think Grell’s a man!”

Grell’s gendered speech and pronoun in Serbo-Croatian

“That post about Grell being binary trans was not cool.”

“Can we stop fighting about Grell online? You’re just wasting your time”

Other

Grell’s popularity as a powerful reaper who transcends traditional gender

My explanation and apology: why ‘they’ as a pronoun better be avoided for Grell

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talia,

otherwise known as the daughter of the demon, is the daughter of batman’s long-time immortal foe, ra’s al ghul. she was introduced in detective comics #411 by dennis o’neil, where she candidly unmasked batman to tend to his wounds after they were captured by doctor darrk. the relationship that developed between them in the following decades was complicated, with talia caught between her love for bruce and her loyalty to ra’s. over time, she forged an identity for herself that rendered her one of the most nuanced members of the batman mythos until her character re-vamp by grant morrison in batman & son.

this list covers a comprehensive, chronological, in-continuity timeline of her character prior to its assassination. elseworld’s titles have been ignored, as have other media such as shows, films, video games, etc. the goal of this list is to give a cohesive account of talia’s pre-morrison character arc. not every single appearance is included here due to instances of mischaracterization (see the end of this post), but this nonetheless covers almost all of the bases.

also, thank you so much to @harunosakuras for making the above banner! you can check out her account for more stellar comic edits 😊

introduction (1971-1980) 🗡️

most of these issues have been compiled into tales of the demon, with the exception of batman #257, black lightning: year one #3-4, and the brave and the bold #159.

detective comics #411

batman 232, 235, 240, 243-44, 257

black lightning: year one #3-4 — i think these issues are a better re-interpretation of black lightning’s origins in terms of their talia characterization than black lightning (1977) #2.

dc special series #15

detective comics #485

the brave and the bold #159

detective comics #490

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Young Justice: Talia’s Hopes & Fears

Can’t I just say that I really do love every time we see Damian he’s being held by Talia. Like I saw a joke on how it is Jon is already talking and walking while Damian is still being held all the time. How so far we’ve never seen Damian touch the ground. And while yeah is a funny observation I just find it both sweet, sad and a scared of those simple actions.

Sweet because Talia since the beginning she has said she just wants the best for her son. And that is being by her side is the best for him which I kind of don’t blame her for thinking that.

It really can’t be forgotten that the ‘nuclear option’ exists. And that the Al-Ghuls probably know of it and probably why they left the Light (already made a long post about that). It’s sad but I don’t think Talia feels like she can’t trust anyone with Damian safety but herself. Hell in this episode Talia doesn’t appear all to thrilled about new people coming to the island. To have more allies, to have more join the ‘family,’ wasn’t something she thrilled about. Some even theorized that Talia might leave Ra’s due to her father is bringing in more people in.

And as for her beloved well there might be two reason for her no having confidence in him. One is she doesn’t trust Bruce to keep their son safe. Jason is with them for a reason. He died and since the Joker is still alive to it might appear that Bruce isn’t willing to go to the extreme to protect his children.

Second being she might have the fear that Bruce would take Damian away from her. Talia would want Damian to be trained to prepare him for the dangers to come in his life. But Bruce might not want that for their son and instead try to shelter Damian more since he did lose Jason. They will have different parenting views that lets be honest if they’re would be a custody fight over him the one to win might not let him meet his other side of the family.

I know that in the future there will be issues about how Damian is raised by her but right now to me she appears to be a mother who deeply loves her child and wants the best for him. Leading me to be scared of how they might portray her in the future. I really want get to see a good mom Talia. I don’t want her to be portrayed as the stereotype racial evil tiger mom. (You know like how they kind of did to Lady Shiva just this episode 04x08.) We haven’t seen much of her as a person in Young Justice only in the Young Justice tie in comic. However she appears to be like she was in earlier comics, a complicated grey person. Let’s hope she stays that way. I don’t know those were my thoughts every time I saw Talia carrying baby Damian. I’ve probably thought to much about this. What can I say I’m hoping for the best for a character I like. Should I give my hopes up? What are you guys thoughts?