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i loooove reading meta. there is some banger meta out there. but there’s also meta that makes my eye twitch bc it feels like the equivalent of “look at this square peg. it fits in the square hole. and now look at this triangle peg. it also fits in the square hole.” and i’m sitting here screaming NO THAT’S A TRIANGLE PEG IT GOES IN THE TRIANGLE HOLE HOW CAN’T YOU SEE THAT YOU CAN SEE IT’S A TRIANGLE WHY AREN’T YOU PUTTING IT IN THE TRIANGLE HOLE!!!!!!!

anyways.

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so idk about you, but i say all the time "this panel has been living in my mind rent free" and the other night i got the idea to make a compilation of all the panels that have been doing that this month and see what picture that paints, but then also to do that for the next few months and see which panels stick around/what changes.

anyways, nobody asked for this and it may only be interesting to me but when i realized i had more than 30 images and that i'd have to stitch them together if i wanted it all in one post i def noticed some themes and that was super neat!!

might reblog later with commentary but for now i'm just going to share the panels/compilations and a brief summary. all source issues are listed left to right ;)

batman: urban legends # 5, legends of the dark knight #100

robin 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular #1, batman and robin (2011) #14

batman: gotham knights #26, batgirl (2000) #34

batman: urban legends #18, batman: gotham knights #2

detective comics #572, from the dc vault: death in the family: robin lives! #1, justice league (2011) #19

nightwing (1996) #106, batman: urban legends #10, young justice (1998) #7

robin (1993) #10, nightwing (1996) #69, nightwing (1996) #25, azrael: agent of the bat #56, robin (1993) #133, detective comics #723, nightwing (1996) #96, teen titans (2003) #24

batman #455 (twice), robin (1993) #102, red robin #7, robin (1993) #132, adventure comics (2009) #3

titans/young justice: graduation day #2, robin (1993) #46, knight terrors: robin #2, batman (2016) #147 (yes i meant to put it three times), the boy wonder #4, batman (2016) #130

some stats:

34 total panels (timmy hands only counted once), 65% (22) post crisis, 6% (2) n52, 29% (10) rebirth onward.

22 separate titles (might be off by one or two but i think that's right), with robin (1993) getting the most rep, 5 panels. nightwing (1996) came in second with 4 panels, and then, batman: urban legends in third with 3.

i've also only read/re-read i think 6 of these recently? obvs robin lives and boy wonder, and then robin #132-133, adventure comics #3, and batman #455.

at a glance observations- shocker, there is so much tim lmao. i think about jason more than i think i do, kind of? like obviously ik i'm thinking about him a lot but it feels like more all laid out lol. lot of focus on grief/loss, not at all surprising. i think that damn "i fell from the moon" panel is never going to leave, bc ik for a fact that bad boy has been squatting since november of last year lmao. lil sprinkle of timkon. damian feels underrepresented *squints*, but this is also strictly panels i'm thinking of and not just like character thoughts. no dick and damian panels, that is interesting to me, bc i do think about them. the dick & tim, dick & jason, jason & tim focus, in that order too, makes a lot of sense.

seeing all of these put together feels like i reached into the junk drawer of my brain and organized it, very wild lmao

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i sit down. i write fic. !!!! fic is written!!! huzzah!!!

BUT NO

THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. BETRAYAL. THE GRIPPING TALE OF MY DAYDREAMS CANNOT BE BROUGHT INTO FULL AND COMPLETE EXISTENCE IN A MERE FIFTEEN MINUTES

WHAT THE HELL

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novel idea but you can be a Real Comics Fan™️ and not be angry about smth 24/7

like dgmw we all have our gripes lmao, but i think focusing on what you hate vs what you enjoy produces two very different experiences. and one is a lot more toxic, both to yourself and fandom

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don’t read batman comics they do things to your brain, exhibits A-G

anyways. i’m very normal about bruce wayne now

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me, naive and lacking any knowledge of bat fandom, having drowned myself in comics: okay. okay. i’ll just have tim as my favorite robin. that feels nice and neutral.

gets tumblr

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if you ever see me being normal about a robin- no you didn’t, that was not me, that was an imposter, file a missing report, send for help

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dickbin that, timbin this- you will- jaybin? i'll be jaybin you in the throat bc you will pry the identifier!character combo out of my cold, dead hands