just wanna thank you for defending the demonfire ship against those haters! i think its the new dc animated universe that turns people off of that ship, and only want to accept mar'i as damian's niece. but the uncle/niece thing is NOT canon and only exists in their minds. and i don't think most of them have even read a comicbook with mar'i in it. i wish they would realize this and respect other fans' interpretations of mar'i and damian's potential relationship. (mar'i's not canon anyway, sadly)
To be totally honest I think it’s the tumblr culture: Be the Most Morally Correct, don’t think critically about character interpretations that don’t line up with fanon, infantalize and cheapen female relationships until they fit into the nuclear family. Maybe the DC animated universe where the whole Batfam age gap is getting smaller and smaller has something to do with it, because as Dick and Damian’s ages get closer together it’s weirder and weirder to think about Dick’s daughter dating Damian, but then it’s not really relevant anyway.
I don’t want to pretend it’s not a complicated issue, because there are a lot of layers to both Damian’s and Mar’i’s and even Bruce’s and Dick’s characters that would go into making it work. The only thing is that I like how complicated it is whereas other people seem to hate that.
