5. five positive things-- arcs, deaths, events, issues-- that stuck with you.
harley's little speech to ulysses highwater in hq #21 (i think?) about how you don’t go to hell for being queer and then like within the next issue or two etrigan showed up and basically kicked her out of hell for... technically not because she was secure in her queerness but kind of also yes because she was secure in her queerness, like, the implication was there and the sentiment was there and the validation that those pages brought was just. wowza holy fuck. like bro i’m an atheist but that doesn’t make the pervasive “queers go to hell” idea any less painful so @everyone who worked on that comic: thank you
harley’s little mini-story in suicide squad (rebirth) where waller (? i think it was waller but it might have been joker idr) sets up a joker toxin trap that forces her to hero up or desert the squad and there’s a little joker in her head that tells her to leave flag and she’s like “dude i don’t wanna do that” and he’s like “that sounds like hero talk” and she just goes “EW” and like the whole thing at the end of it is that no, she’s not a hero, she’s not a good person, she’s not a role model you should look up to, but that doesn’t mean she won’t take the opportunity to save a life and it was just. really Not Dark Not Edgy Not Nihilistic and that was very refreshing
jessica jones being mad at scott lang for ghosting on her and cussing him out in jessica jones: alias #21 but then he goes “i’ll take you on a date” and she’s like “GOD! JESUS! HOW COULD YOU! FUCK! ... is it a fancy date” like that was just? so human and funny and sweet in the wake of a bunch of really depressing shit
spider-man: blue really resonates with me and i’m putting it here because while it is obviously very sad because it’s basically, y’know, peter talking to gwen’s grave, it’s a very like... constructive? look at the grieving process and it kind of takes a step back from the drama of comics and says “yeah you’re always going to miss the people you’ve lost but guess what? so does literally every other person on the planet, so don’t ever feel like you’re alone in that mourning process and don’t ever feel like you can’t find support with those still living”
the multiple times cassandra cain’s batgirl run where she just. hugs or kisses people or otherwise expresses her concern for them with pda, even if they’re complete strangers, because it’s so sweet and caring and honestly that’s a vibe i want to see more of all the time everywhere
harley quinn becoming a star sapphire
10. a character who deserved better from the text
other than “all of them” or “a tie between gwen stacy and jason todd”? tommy elliot, the boy billionaire who is definitely some kind of neurodivergent and deserves to have a decent retelling/analysis of his background and how his abusive parents + lack of actual help and support even from his literal psychiatrist ultimately led to him becoming hush instead of just getting his ass beat by bruce and having everyone respond to his neurodivergence with derision instead of, idk, concern or understanding
