#the trickster

[lenniebtw]

@sunshinecatie I lied, I couldn't draw this tomorrow, I had to do it TODAY

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Bad James Jesse comic: I am not smart and did not invent my air walkers and stole the design from someone else but am still able to reverse engineer tech from 5 centuries in the future somehow. I am straight and not closeted and faked my death for no reason. I suddenly am fine with being a mean man despite literally saying I did not want to be mean under John Broome, so this could not be something Roscoe made me say. I enjoy blowing up the kitty and puppy orphanage with the bombs which are the only things I'm allowed to use despite being the Trickster. The Rogues hate me. Somehow despite being straight I am also a homophobic caricature.

Good James Jesse comic: Blue Devil threatened to double fist me but hasn't done it yet :( maybe I should reform about it >:3 also I am not smart but in a different way.

[hunterqwer]

Song: Boys Beware! - EAT BABIES

art credit: @fishieguyy @huddybuggy @orpheexist @chirpfinch and some other that i lost (i will add them later)

[cuprumbao]

a kooza rewatch has occurred

[sunshinecatie]

Just woke up to a commenter asking where this panel is from so of course y'all are getting my (unfiltered, Catie just woke up) thoughts about Axel having stuffed animals on his bed in Iron Heights.

When I read this the first time, I remember feeling so upset over the concept of Axel sleeping with stuffed animals. It's a painful reminder of his youth. I'll be completely honest I don't exactly remember how old they make Axel post-Flashpoint, but I know he's younger than the other old heads that are the Rogues lol.

The stuffed animals represent his youth, his childish tendencies, and in my opinion his position as a Trickster. He's not sitting on the bed. He has his animal friends arranged in a group in front of him like an audience. He's on the floor in front of them like a stage performer. He could be playing pretend before the Flash shows up to interrogate him.

From a continuity standpoint, this shouldn't even be happening. Warden Wolfe is not friendly to any Rogues, but especially Axel. Wolfe couldn't have been the person who allowed for Axel to have stuffed animals. I know I'm probably reading way too much into it (at least from a continuity standpoint), but I can't help it. It's how my brain operates. I need to know the "why" behind "why was this done this way?"

Man, I've been on such a Trickster kick lately. Maybe this'll be my discussion tiktok of the day. Sleepy thoughts with Catie would be a silly series to do.

[brainwavejrsoldermankink]

19 for the salty ask game

Rant about a change they made to a character of your choice.

Honestly I do in general like most of the stuff with Hank and think it makes a cohesive story so you're gonna get another James rant which I think everyone wants.

I think Post-Crisis/Pre-Flashpoint James Jesse has such a good storyline, I think it's amazing, I love the reformed villain who genuinely becomes better and while a lot of people are like "he only fully reformed because he screwed over Neron" I am generally a bit more supportive because like... he chose to screw over Neron to protect other people, he chose to save the world, and the average Trickster crime is like...

Robbing a bank by supergluing people to a ceiling fan by their trousers anyway. Trying to kill Barry Allen is bad but he does genuinely seem to not want to hurt anyone who isn't Barry Allen as long as his friends aren't hurt or he isn't actively at risk at dying. Did Barry Allen consider not shutting off his anti-gravity shoes when he is 100ft up in the air? Maybe Barry is the problem /j

I also like how he is very readable as a closeted gay man and cares about Hartley so much, I love the fact that he dies while protecting him.

And when they bring him back... god it's an excuse to try and make him a Joker ripoff, he gets tortured in prison for 2 years but absolutely no one acknowledges just how horrific what he went through is, Joshua Williamson said he "faked his death" at some nebulous time that is obviously supposed to be Countdown, even though that makes no fucking sense at all in the context of Countdown like he just casually decomposed for three days and kept his annoying mouth shut when Hartley cut his fucking hand off then?

Williamson in general has a lot of bad stuff to say about Countdown (while also being the one writer who is notably worse no offense to Countdown) and it's like... what was so bad about Countdown? The fact that he was gay? Literally what do you hate so much about Countdown when tumblr users don't like it it's the homophobia but I HIGHLY doubt that that's why he doesn't like it...

Everything interesting about his character from pre-Flashpoint? Gone. Being a super genius, loving Hartley, he's much more willing to kill when I cannot stress this enough when I say James is the ONLY founding Rogue to never kill pre-Flashpoint, his parents are randomly con artists too? And like... they've always been abusive but it's so weird he implies he hates them for being lying cheats even though he is a proud lying cheat and also claimed that being a lying cheat is what he likes about Catwoman. Being a con artist is clearly a thing he likes so I genuinely do not think it makes sense for his parents to cause it.

He refuses to acknowledge that James is kind of a softie and generally the guy that is actually keeping the Rogues in line and sometimes convincing them to be more heroic but I guess we can't expect this when he clearly wants to be writing the Joker instead.

ALSO Williamson acted like the Rogues hated James even though it is overtly obvious that they LOVED him even in the aftermath of Countdown. Len kills Roscoe because he HURT James (and Mick and Hartley) and then when they rejoin the Rogues says they are family.

ALSO they only have him use bombs in some issues like this is the TRICKSTER. No one is asking for you to use him at least give him some actual interesting tricks.

Basically give me HIM back:

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[peepingmodesty]

I haven't figured out how to draw body hair in a way that doesn't look too bad yet……… Very frustrating 💔 I will draw JJ sucking cock until I get better