professional whiner

i wanted to live my life to the fullest, and so i made a tumblr account | 18, she/her

[cobalt-knave]

the crazy thing about "being Robin gives me magic" is that that is not the most iconic line Jason has in that conversation

It's this obviously.

(Bat 385 by Doug Moench with art by Rick Hoberg)

[notyournoma]

[casscainmainly]

There are a few Duke reading lists on League of Comic Geeks already buttttt here's my personal take on it, focused on stories that I think advance Duke's character and narrative!!! So not completionist but aiming to be comprehensive + get more people to join Duke nation. Very indebted to @duketectivecomics' reading list as always :)))

Duke Thomas Reading List (Characterisation Focused!) by cassandracain12

This is my personal list of Duke reading recs, including all the stories I think meaningfully impact his character, story, or relationships!

[residentwordsofaffirmationdealer]

"how can one truly be "free" when outside forces place constraints on the choices we have at our disposal? do we have any choice at all?" // "guess i was destined to be a superhero." secret origins 80-page giant (1998) #1 // batman (1940) #634 // batgirl (2000) #53 // batman (2025) #10 // batgirl (2009) #1 // secret origins 80-page giant (1998) #1

[somewherefornow]

BRUCE WAYNE/BATMAN + REMEMBERING THOMAS WAYNE & HIS YOUNGER SELF in THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF BATMAN (1980)

[spinbim]

Father-daughterisms.... how cute!!!

Theyre dancing ballet together :)

[spinbim]

There are so many times I want to be mean to people online but I have to control myself and remind myself that arguing with dumbasses wont be productive at all..... and then i'll go back to scrolling on tiktok for the next four hours

[spinbim]

Like father like son

My friend helped me get Tomodachi Life and I've been having loads of fun with it so far!!

I accidentally made damian a bit more mini than I intended, but the resulting outcome was so cute I had to keep it

[superbatfanbook]

🦇 STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! ☀️

We've already met the second stretch goal, the pvc holder! Drawn by the wonderful @teddytheartist! Next is the acrylic shelf standee at 150 physical orders! 

Preorders are open NOW until July 8th!

🛒 superbatfanbook.bigcartel.com

[spinbim]

I fucking hate stromfront

[ormundwife]

bruce haters will present you with a thirty-year-old panel of bruce beating up a drug addict and say here i have undeniable proof that batman is a bad guy actually and if you say don't you think this was politically motivated and says more about the writer than batman himself they will respond with well my favorite character never beat up any drug addicts as part of a misguided attempt by dc to discourage teenagers from abusing methamphetamines in the mid-nineties (not their exact words) and then you have to find a nice way to tell them that their favorite character is culturally insignificant 😔

[playfulpanthress]

I hated Bruce ever since he cut his son's neck. Go ahead and explain how that's politically motivated or whatever. I'll wait...

[ormundwife]

jason should have ducked that's on him

[theglidingbat]

Batman: faces

Gay people can never get divorced normally it's always shit like this

[uwakroh]

Batman #618 - Hush chapter eleven by Jeph Loeb

Characters: Red Hood (Clayface in disguise), Batman, Robin

[frownyalfred]

There’s actually something so sickening about Clark crashing out when Dick takes over as Batman and wears the suit. Dude flipped out and lost it on his favorite Robin, the kid he and Bruce helped raise together. He screams in his face and fucking crashes out because he’s grieving Bruce and here is Batman standing right in front of him but it’s not him. And it should be easier to bear that transition because it’s Dick, but it isn’t.

also this reddit comment I found when looking for additional panels took me out at the knees:

[sunshine-tattoo]

Diana must always be TALL and JACKED

Bruce must always be SHARP and ANGULAR

Clark must always be BIG and SOFT

[silencespring]

Question: Is Batman Triggered by Guns?

Answer: Sometimes.

From my vague memory of the hundreds of Batman comics I've read, Bruce (depending on the writer; some never write him as being triggered while others do) is consistently triggered by the context, not necessarily just the gun.

(He spends the rest of the comic spiraling wheeee)

Certain writers will have him responding differently, but it seems that he is triggered pretty consistently involving any combination of at least two factors mirroring the event: gun + person he knows + child + alleyway + civilian mode.

Interestingly enough, he doesn't really care about being shot himself. He's afraid of not saving someone, whether he intimately cares about them or not.

Comics referenced are:

Brian Azzarello's Broken City, Legends of the Dark Knight #79, Batman Adventures Vol. 4, Detective Comics #439, Batman #380, and Batman: Kings of Fear.

[papayajuan2019]

cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it

[derelicthousefootage]

[chilewithcarnage]

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

[wizardnuke]

"Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It’s easy to understand why people do bad things. It’s like “yeah, ok, you’re selfish and scared and cruel, I get it”. Being good is complex and beautiful and hard." - Brennan Lee Mulligan

[oldshrewsburyian]

"How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints." --C.S. Lewis