#ideological differences

[batfambyval]

Ok. I love Lonnie Machin aka Anarky and I am a firm believer that he is NOT biologically related to the Joker. That was never the plan the series just got cancelled before they revealed it was all a lie. This is confirmed by the author.

However.

I recently had an intrusive thought about it and what version of the Joker it would be if it were true. And now I really really really want Lonnie to have some connection to Jerome Valeska!

To be clear I don’t think they would get along and idk what the relationship is but it would be so interesting! They’re both anarchists in very different ways and they have have enough similarities that ignorant people would lump them together and it would be so fun to have them trapped in a situation where they have to work together!

They can both rant about how fucked up society is, thinking they’ve found a kindred spirit and just agree until they get to talking about solutions. And then they’re arguing and seething and deciding they are Mortal Enemies.

Because Jerome is a Nihilist. He doesn’t think anything matters and his only coping mechanism for all the shit he went through is not taking anything seriously and doing whatever the fuck he wants and convincing others to do the same.

Whereas Lonnie is an idealist who believes that the world can be fixed and humanity saved if people were just smarter! Which is so relatable honestly. People can be dumb and ignorant and that causes the majority of our problems as a species. Unfortunately for Lonnie making people smarter is not an easy thing to do. I doubt it’s even possible on the scale he wants. Not the point.

Point is these two would be so interesting together and I really want to see how that would play out!

[l0nely-edgel0rd-g0d]

One of the things that was done a disservice to our society is people thinking that distinctions do divide us. For example I love the anime gushing over magical girls. And I understand how there are certain people in this world who would tell me there's a straight man this wasn't for me this isn't for me and I like it for the wrong reasons. I would rather unite with those who understand you like it I like it too enough said, as opposed to allying with people who I have to take a defensive stance with

[i-w-p-chan]

Tsuna reincarnates as Izuku and. it’s. awesome.

[batfambyval]

So usually I just stick to writing fics but I’m not getting anywhere on this so imma just post some random Anarky thoughts here.

I think Lonnie is AFAB. Transitioned at a young age because they didn’t feel comfortable with feminine shit. Realized as the got older they weren’t totally masculine either and created Anarky, an identity with no gender who represents all the people. Men, women, non-binary folk, children. They decided to forgo figuring out their own identity and instead turned themself into a representation of everyone else. They decided that their goals and ideologies were more important than their gender identity and to forget all that bullshit. And accidentally discovered that if you stop worrying about gender you free yourself from it and become your truest self.

I think Lonnie still uses he/him pronouns and only uses they/them as Anarky because Anarky is supposed to be a representation of the people and therefore is plural and ungendered.

I think Lonnie would never have a sexual relationship with someone who he didn’t have an emotional or intellectual connection with but I don’t think he’s demi. He’s totally internally going “fuck, fuck, fuck, shit, fuck, why is he so hot?!?” When he’s interacting with Robin before they get closer.

Tim totally found Lonnie because he was completely confident that he cut that line. He did not miss. He doesn’t fucking miss! Anarky has to be alive because Tim does not miss. So he looks for Anarky and just shows up at his place. Idk what happened next.

I think Tim and the dog are the only beings Lonnie interacts with as Lonnie. With everyone else they are Anarky. Lonnie isn’t always representative of the people when he’s alone or just chilling so when he’s not Anarky he’s just Lonnie and he has his own interests and idiosyncrasies and just doesn’t care how anyone perceives him and therefore doesn’t care about pronouns or what he’s called. If he’s only representing himself then it doesn’t really matter. Especially since hardly anyone even knows Lonnie exists at all.

Tim and Lonnie grate on each other’s nerves for a while, before they get used to each other. They are just so different from an ideological standpoint but so similar in a lot of other ways that they can’t understand why the other doesn’t see things the same way. But they end up being good for each other because they are both geniuses and see each other as equals intellectually and can’t write one another off. They have to listen to each other and they learn to understand each other’s perspectives and soften their edges a bit. Tim teaches Lonnie how to look at money from the perspective of someone who has it and wants to do good with it and Lonnie teaches Tim how to look at the power structures that make up our society and see how incredibly unjust and broken they are.

Tim totally teaches Lonnie to skateboard and they’re both skater boys.

If anyone wants to use any of these ideas please link it in the comments or reblog because I would love to read it!

[kuiperoid]

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