[maxverstockexchange]

Max that was so funnnnyyyyyyyyy i love it when he bites lewis's dick off for literally no reason

[maxverstockexchange]

Just now registering that lewis probably took nine million years to retake the position on purpose. He said you bite my dick off? Well now no one is catching the mercs, i hope you're happy max verstappen, you are coming down with me hand in unloveable hand. Because you bit my dick off.

[swagmonster63]

"brocedes 2.0!" you must not understand the gravity of the situation that was lewis hamilton and nico rosberg. you must not have heard the tales.

[rmbunnie]

The idea that the world is made up of two groups, good people and bad people, is super reductive imo, and the idea that it's ontological is more-so, but without elaboration: Jason being a good person by nature who is actively trying to be a bad person is more interesting to me than him being an evil person by nature who is actively trying to make himself good.

[galaxymagitech]

I read Batman #422 last night and said I’m shocked that I’ve only seen a couple panels from it, because this is absolutely essential context for the Garzonas incident. I promised a long explanation so…here it is.

TL;DR: Shortly before the Garzonas incident, Jason takes part in another case involving a rapist escaping justice because of legal technicalities. The only way that rapist is stopped is through murder. Jason is also shown acting uncharacteristically in response to this case.

There are these two men, Branneck and Vito, who are kidnapping women, raping and mutilating them, and then throwing their corpses in dumpsters. By the time Batman figures them out and loops Jason in on the case, they have killed eleven women. Branneck kills Vito and attempts to flee, but Batman catches him and procures evidence.

But Batman procured this evidence illegally, and Branneck has a good lawyer. The judge throws the evidence out, and Branneck walks away.

Immediately afterwards, Jason finds an abusive pimp and beats him to the point where Bruce questions if Jason was trying to kill him. Jason expresses that it wouldn’t have actually been that bad if he did. You’ve probably seen these panels floating around before:

In context, though, this is not normal for Jason. This is his direct reaction to their previous case, where a murderer and rapist is allowed to go free.

This is establishing not just Jason’s reaction to cases involving sexual violence, but Jason’s reaction to justice unserved. This is the first case that I’ve seen Jaybin take involving rape or a villain who the law can’t touch. Maybe he’s reacting to the sexual violence. Maybe he’s reacting to the injustice. Maybe he’s reacting to both. But whatever the reason, this specific combination of circumstances really gets to him. Now, if I had a nickel for every time Jaybin watched a rapist escape the law despite everyone knowing he’s guilty, I’d have two nickels—and it’s important that it happened twice.

Later, Branneck chooses his next victim. She’s actually the sister of his second victim, and she tracked him down. When he tries to kidnap her, she kills him. This killing is part vengeance, part self-defense, and part necessity.

Bruce doesn’t think it was right. Jason does. But Bruce does admit that part of him wishes he didn’t have to operate within the legal system.

Jason and Bruce have discussed the morality of killing multiple times in post-crisis so far, and this isn’t the first time they’ve had this discussion. Jason has, from the beginning (of post-crisis), expressed an acceptance towards killing. Bruce has expressed…conflicting thoughts. He doesn’t kill, except he has killed in self defense. But then he locks KGBeast underground to die. Even when telling Jason they don’t kill, he states that he still wants some people dead, or that it wouldn’t be a loss if they died. So, this discussion isn’t unusual.

But the circumstances take this debate very close to the Garzonas situation.

So, a few things happened here:

This case in particular ignites an uncharacteristically violent reaction in Jason. He seeks out another perpetrator of sexual violence and takes his anger out on them.

Jason watches a murderer and rapist walk free and then attempt to commit his crimes again. This man is only stopped through death, and if Judy hadn’t sought him out and killed him, another woman would be dead.

Batman and Robin could not have saved that victim. If Judy hadn’t existed, someone else would have died and Branneck would’ve left the city. They were truly powerless.

Jason reiterates that he thinks killing can be right, including in the specific scenario of stopping a rapist who the law can’t touch. Bruce states his disagreement, but is conflicted.

When it comes to Garzonas, Jason has all the pieces in Batman #422. He has the anger. He has the philosophy. He has the drive. And he has the template—all that’s left is him taking Judy’s place and stopping the rapist before he hurts anyone else.

And this is important whether you think Jason killed Garzonas or not.

Because if Jason killed Garzonas, well, this comic is pretty much an explanation, a justification, and foreshadowing—all rolled into one. And if Jason didn’t, this at least explains why Bruce was so quick to believe he did—and why Jason may have considered it.

Now, I personally think Jason killed Garzonas, and that this comic offers further evidence for it. Because after watching this case, it’s a pretty reasonable conclusion that Garzonas needs to be dead. Jason could easily apply what he learned from the Branneck case—the only way to stop a monster who can't be legally prosecuted is death—to the Garzonas case. This also establishes Jason's strong reaction—because of the timing (maybe Bruce is right and he's finally processing his parents' deaths), because of the sexual violence (to my knowledge this is the first time Jason has encountered an extended case involving sexual violence), or because of the injustice of it all (because before, it was simple, and Jason could trust that when Batman and Robin caught the bad guy, they'd go to jail, even if it took some effort).

But regardless of your belief about that scene, this comic two comics before the Garzonas incident is absolutely essential background information. Because after Branneck, it's a pretty reasonable conclusion that there was nothing Jason could do to save Garzonas's future victims other than kill him. This case is a wakeup call, a proposed solution, and a nudge towards the edge, all rolled into one.

[airplanecrashingtowardstheground]

the only jason resurrection story i accept is superboy prime punching a hole in the universe wherein jason is forced to wake up and then dig himself out of his own grave because its both funny (universe punch) and tragic (grave crawl) and I think thats the kind of life jason should be living

[heretolurkbutalasitstaken]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

but also Superboy Prime should do it because he's a fan and likes that Robin (because it would be interesting too as a commentary on the whole thing)

[moranamorena]

Real. I'm suprised no one is doing anything with that premise. I mean DC hate Jason so I get them but what about fandom? Where are fics focused on Jason and Superboy Prime? (gen and ships alike) It's a dry desert out there. Very suprising for characters linked together literaly through life and death

[airplanecrashingtowardstheground]

same here. there's so much you can do with jasons resurrection and so much to explore. it could open up a ton of other storylines and character growth for him.

[airplanecrashingtowardstheground]

i think if you're going to argue that its better for red hood to control crime don't just focus on drugs and weapons, because theres way more than that that red hood would be either directly involved with, or at least overseeing.

you have to also bring up that jason is likely dealing with sex work and sex workers and prostitution. whether hes enforcing new rules on pimps, adding extra protection for sex workers, deciding when and where people can do business, and making sure children aren't involved with that either. he will have a hand in it. I rarely see people bring up the fact that jason would be involved in prostitution. and I think its because acknowledging this would kill the "ultra feminist jason todd woman protector" label fandom has placed on him.

if you want him to be a crime lord who controls crime, you can't ignore certain things

[iliveforangstpjo]

ngl, i actually forgot prostitution was a thing--

[ecto-phool]

I love thinking about the way Jason interacts with sex workers!

He knows everyone by name and knows exactly where their strolls and tracks are and when they typically work.

He’s set up a way for all of them to talk to each other, warning about Johns to avoid or locations that are sketchy/judgmental (because they are often going somewhere else and not every motel/hotel/apartment building is the same) (but also health stuff too, which becomes one of the easiest way to get black listed (and Red Hood paying you a visit) if thy aren’t disclosing communicable disease or refusing to use/allow protection).

He doesn’t step in with unruly or rude Johns until it seems like the worker can’t handle it themselves, but he always approaches or reaches out after the John is gone to make sure they are ok (and occasionally he learns they do want him to step in and then he remembers that) and he ALWAYS compliments/snarks about how (well) they handled themselves or reaffirm they are allowed to protect themselves (including from judgement and rudeness).

There are NO pimps though, only Madams (which is pretty gender neutral in the alley but occasionally they prefer Monsieur). Who Red hood discusses fair management fees, issues the Den/House has been having, and if anyone has been looking for a different job outside the industry (because they don’t like it but also sometimes just to retire).

That’s another thing Jason knows exactly who doesn’t enjoy having the job they do (sex work) and will direct them to other opportunities but he will NEVER suggest or even imply a different job to anyone he isn’t CERTAIN (and he’s a bat so his ability to read situations is expert) that’s what they want/are looking for.

He will also direct independents/renegades/new to the scene workers to Madame/house/den that they would be a good fit for, protect AND CARE for them, as well as what the management fees look like and the benefits of paying those fees. (Because when the managers are actually looking out for the workers and not using/manipulating/extorting them it’s actually a lot more dangerous to be independent).

He has lists of clinics and docs to go to, sets up house visits (so the workers are more comfortable to get checked and treated), he arranges for prescriptions to be easily available and for reasonable prices. (Unrelated I think this is actual what the center of Red Hood’s drug empire is, safe prescription for access and cheep…in addition to the more archetypical drugs)

I also like the idea that no bat (except MAYBE Cass) can actually sneak up on sex workers (or at least the ones who have been doing it for a while) so bats (who are always careful anyway to not startle without meaning to) don’t have to worry about scaring them in the same way they do other civvies on the street. Red Hood though they have gained a sixth sense for. They know when he’s watching over them, just around the corner, or occupied/distracted and thus there but not to the same degree.

Jason has to actually change how he moves and where/how he acts as a vigilante if he wants to ever observe them without them knowing. The workers have a special name for him then Shadow Hood (or just Shadow), because sometimes someone (even sex workers under his protection) are abusive/abusing the fucked up system and actions call for equal and established consequences.

Red Hoods help is so effective that he is the sole authority over sex work in GOTHAM. Other territories either understand the sex workers their are Red Hood’s people, don’t have sex workers (aren’t cool with Red Hood’s people being in their territory), or aren’t sex workers (because they are being exploited and thus is sex trafficking).

Bats on patrol who don’t recognize a worker (or at least that worker in that spot) will send basically a text to Red Hood to double check the worker is good. More often they flag Red Hood because the worker is clearly (or at least not CLEARLY NOT) being coerced/controlled by someone else. In those cases Red Hood already knows and is in the process of dealing with it, or reaches out to them to discuss how he can safely move them to his protection (free them from the trafficking regardless of what they want to do in terms of sex work after that). Red Hood even has gang members whose only job is to pretend to be unrelated to the gang so they can pose as Johns (or other undercover aspects) and report back to RH.

(Unrelated these members are as closely a guarded secret as undercover cops/feds are so even other members don’t know who they are and then report directly to RH or to the Lieutenant of Undercover (who to the wider gang is known as a lieutenant of something else probably informants so it’s never suspicious to see them talking to people unrelated to the gang). There is a whole complex and highly individualized system this lieutenant (and red hood) oversee directly.)

Tl;dr: Red Hood has revolutionized Sex Work into a safe and consensual (and respected/dignified) industry in Gotham to the point that Sex Work is synonymous with/implies Red Hood and the competition either comes from inside his scope of control/oversight or isn’t sex work (red hoods competition eg Black Mask isn’t sex work it’s sex trafficking).

Gotham still isn’t well educated on sex work industry and is still very unkind to workers but within the industry workers are people who are just doing a job and are even allowed to enjoy that being their job!

Disclaimer/Keep In Mind:

I am not a sex worker nor have any connection to the industry so I am not informed directly but rather through googling, online discussion, and basic human empathy (combined with a more unique ability to world build or systemize that empathy).

For those less educated that I am: Any info here should be regarded with a teaspoon or more of salt.

For those more educated that I am: Please let me know if there is anything here that is harmful or perpetuates incorrect and harmful information. (But also keep in mind that this is a fictionalized system where Red Hood is successful in preventing coercion and exploitation)

I hope that if you didn’t know how to think about Red Hood and Sex Work that now you have a base to build your own thoughts from or a reference to use to fill the gap in Red Hood Controls Crime thoughts/writing!

[airplanecrashingtowardstheground]

this is such a great response it feels unfair that its only a comment on a post.

[themoonofblueside]

i think the reason jason todd despite years of bad stories, inconsistent writing and a lakcing path for the character is still popular is because his robinhood(heh), his adoption, his death and his resurrection are all different ways of exploring whether systems can save people, and whether poor people can be "rescued from their fate". jason and bruce's conflict in their belief in in the justice and the system, and their reactions to that, and how healign works for them clash this greatly because of their class difference first and foremost. bruce had a direct suffering caused by bad people in bad systems, but his situation is deeply unique and he never had to go through a similar danger if he chose to. jason on the other hand suffered from the system on a daily basis, for him the risk of getting mobbed, raped, beaten was not a chance encounter but an active risk he had to endure. him developing a much more personal anger against the system and the people makes sense because as a child, he had no protection against them to protect himself and his loved ones so his solution to bad people are a lot more direct and brutal(and wrong, in most cases). bruce believes he can depend on the system to at least contain the ones who cause the most harm, but jason is a witness to the system failing him, his family, and people like him on a much more personal and frequent level.

this is also why bruce's way of giving power to robin(and subconsciously his child self) does not work with jason. as a rich, highly protected(especially after his parents death) child, he was never given the tools to protect and to choose, which led to him becoming batman and also partnering with robin since dick also felt a similar powerlessness and a lack of choice as a young orphan. jason on the other hand was forced into both a caretaker and a survivor role in a very young age, and was introduced to violence, and self-defense for survival early on. giving robin to jason just furthered jason's involvement with violence and the dark side of gotham, when what he lacked was proper support and care from his family, and a stable future without violence. when you think about it bruce did not change jason's future, he was always going to die young from either living in the streets/living in crime alley, and becoming involved in mobs/crime.

it's all to say jason representing the poorer parts of gotham and acting nearly as a demon of vengeance for what joker(and other criminals) had done to the poorest of the community will always be one of the most interesting concepts introduced to batman, and bruce failing jason is less about joker and more about him(and the writers tbf) failing to understand how class difference affects the idea of justice for the weak. the "no-kill" rule is understandable for everyone, but the rule itself can only be sustained by someone with an inherent belief that you or your loved ones are not the next in-line when the criminal you are putting in jail escapes(and you know they will).

[arisveah]

another day, another bruce grew up in a world where under normal circumstances he wouldnt experience death firsthand until alfred dies of old age and the murder of his parents shaped his world into one where a life ending is always an unexpected tragedy that should be prevented where jason grew up in a world where everyone was always going to die young and there was no choice but to embrace that in everything including their careers and medicines. all contrasted to cass's growing up in a world where there is no "good" or "evil", just scared and angry, and everyone is scared or angry all the time. the way bruce has such a rigid moral compass that it condemns good angry people and jasons moral code is so present-focused that it disallows for redemption and cass just doesnt have one, which makes it look like bruces but their reasons are soo different. there is no right answer because they all come from seperate worlds and theyll never be able to reconcile it. i want to put them in a novelty snowglobe and shake them around.

[arisveah]

this also extends to the way they handle conflict btw. higher classes can afford to have arguments on the backburner their whole life. they see eachother every christmas and new years, but they take vacations and arent generally around each other all the time. i genuinely believe that, if it were up to bruce and his avoident conflict resolution, he and Jason would be chill if a little strained. but jasons world doesnt work like that, to such a point where its nearly impossible to talk about jason without also talking about bruce- you cant just talk around an issue forever when theres nowhere for you to go. family is important when you live in poverty, but shit happens and you cant afford to drag around explosive deadweight, especially when drugs (catherine) are involved. in bruces world, nannies and vacations keep out interpersonal conflicts (for the most part). in jasons, nobody is going anywhere so you have to work it out or give up on the relationship. but jason had a taste of bruces world, and he cant let it go- he wants unconditional, polite tight lipped smile love- and he wouldnt even if he could, because he owes bruce for taking him off the street. he has to keep trying to solve the relationship in the only way he knows how, which happens to be the exact opposite of the way bruce knows.

cass, however, lived her whole life being told what to do. her defining moment as a character (imo) was defying that order and now she cant go back. she doesnt know whats "normal", but she knows exactly what other people are feeling. she doesnt know what to do with that, but she knows how other people do it and she notices whether or not it works. i dont hear a lot about interpersonal conflict with her, and i think thats because she typically notices strain on a relationship before the other person has even begun to be mad and backed off. thats not to say she folds- again, her whole thing was finally saying no- but shes used to just accepting whatever is being asked of her. shes not an entirely different person from the one who is all. i wouldnt call her a "people pleaser", and she certainly has things she doesnt and wont back down on, but most things arent worth the trouble of fighting with her family and support system over, especially if she doesnt even understand why theyre upset. i think she asks for clarification from unrelated parties (usually barbara) when she finds herself in conflict, and im pretty sure thats canon? otherwise, she just waits for them to cool down, and because she actually makes an effort to maintain her relationships she is forgiven. i think most of her support system understands that shes out of her depth when it comes to verbal communication too, so theyre willing to explain to her if she said or did something wrong.

i could also make this about their differing abilites to feel and express emotion, using my own headcanons for them as neurodivergent, but thats a different post.

[arisveah]

another day, another bruce grew up in a world where under normal circumstances he wouldnt experience death firsthand until alfred dies of old age and the murder of his parents shaped his world into one where a life ending is always an unexpected tragedy that should be prevented where jason grew up in a world where everyone was always going to die young and there was no choice but to embrace that in everything including their careers and medicines. all contrasted to cass's growing up in a world where there is no "good" or "evil", just scared and angry, and everyone is scared or angry all the time. the way bruce has such a rigid moral compass that it condemns good angry people and jasons moral code is so present-focused that it disallows for redemption and cass just doesnt have one, which makes it look like bruces but their reasons are soo different. there is no right answer because they all come from seperate worlds and theyll never be able to reconcile it. i want to put them in a novelty snowglobe and shake them around.

[kacieblogsstuff]

Coming back to tumble briefly to say, because it’s been plaguing me, The thing that really get me about Bruce and his moral code is not the fact he is so staunchly against killing or that even he saves bad guys like the joker or stops people from killing in his presence those are all fine he is well within his rights to do those things. but god he’s so goddam evangelical about the whole thing.

It’s not enough for you to just respect his rules you have to believe and you have to believe with your being. It’s not just enough that you don’t kill you have to feel bad if literally anybody dies in your presence you have to carry that guilt no matter how terrible the person was how much evil they’d done. It’s the whole basis for the fight he had Jason had over Felipe it didn’t matter whether Bruce believed Jason pushed or didn’t push him Jason’s biggest crime that day was that he didn’t particularly care that Felipe died, he wasn’t torn up about a soul being lost and Bruce couldn’t fathom it couldn’t fathom why his 15 year old didn’t seem to care that a rapist who got of completely unpunished by Justice fell to his death.

That has always been Jason’s biggest crime in the eyes of Bruce. Not that he kills people but that he doesn’t feel particularly torn up that they are dead. And given the type of people Jason wants to kill why should he?

[residentwordsofaffirmationdealer]

"the man who couldn't handle the responsibility of having a 19-year old partner suddenly decides it's all right to take on a sidekick. i think i have the right to know why." batman (1940) #416

it's interesting to me that here, dick refers to jason as bruce's sidekick and himself as bruce's partner because (past it being about their ages -- when bruce fires him in batman (1940) #408, he says being a vigilante is "no place for a child") but i think there's something deeper here because dick as robin was almost always bruce's outright partner (for example, them being explicitly called "the partners-in-peril" several times in the golden age) + you could argue robin stopped really being batman's partner when bruce took robin away from dick (whether it is bruce telling him "[dick] wasn't to play robin no more" or the outright "you're fired, dick. get out of my cave" in the later retelling) because that introduced a power imbalance that wasn't really there before.... so now i'm wondering if dick's decision to call jason bruce's "sidekick" is influenced by 1. jason's age & lack of experience 2. jason's role in bruce's life where is he more of a son/protegee instead of dick's brother/son/equal to bruce 4. dick's refusal to see jason as a full replacement for his role (partner) or something else entirely

[residentwordsofaffirmationdealer]

confessions of a birdwatcher + batman & robin

with a heart that rejects its reasons in favor of keeping what it wants: the sight of you, the sight of you. confessions of a birdwatcher, by chard deniord // batman and robin (2009) #5 // batman and robin (2009) #6 // batman (1940) #416 // trinity (2016) #13 // nightwing (2016) 2021 annual

[usuallydeepcoffee]

honestly i'm a Steve stan above anything else, so i've tried a few st*ny fics which were okayish, but. i'm just sp put off by all the steve hate i can't even look for actual content. do you have any recs of fics where steve is actually liked by the author?

Are you asking me to re-live my trauma, anon?? Lol

Anyway, most of what I remember is from the pre-catws days. After that,I think people started turning bitter(er) towards Steve and I stopped actively looking for stuff.

Also, consider that I haven't read these in a long time, so the characterization might not be up to today's standards, lol.

You should try Devildoll's other popular fic, Semaphore. Don't remember much about it, but I remember liking it - iirc, it went against the usual "somehow they all live at the tower and Steve's only purpose is bringing t0ny food" trope.

I'd recommend most of elise_509's stuff -her longer s/t fics are all pre-catws and yet she incorporates both bucky AND sam. Idk, I really love her style. She can be evocative yet not overly wordly, I would literally read Steve/Chair if she wrote it.

As Sharp as any Thorn is very Steve!whump heavy and each member of the OGs ANGSTS over Steve almost dying, which. yes please.

Most recent one I can rec you is Down came the rain, which, beware, is post-cacw. It’s the only post-cacw stovetuna I’ve ever read and it’s actually nice? The Steve&Nat content/feels are excellent and it’s got a nice plot too. (and yes, T0ny does say shitty things, beware)

ALSO, @bulkyphrase ’s coming in clutch with the recs like she’s Wong and I’m Jen at an hearing. So if you want more, or want to change verse (mine are all MCU), do check these out. And check out her fic recs tag, while you’re at it. There might be something you like!

Enjoy.... I guess?

[the-quasar-hero]

More game devs need to understand the following concepts:

There is a finite amount of memory on any given device.

No matter how good your game is, players will want memory for other things on their devices.

Not everyone has a stable internet connection so making single player games needing an internet connection is not good.

[soft-butch-cassidy]

everyone yelling "hide the yaoi" about fictional character shipping as if mark hasn't been put through the youtuber rpf trenches for years. he didn't survive septiplier only to be shocked by bloodymary

[kominfyrirkattarnef]

Have you guys noticed how much the internet/technology just does not listen to you anymore? I click “don’t show this artist” on Spotify and I get recommended a music video by them on the front page. I click “skip this update” on a pop up every time I open a file organization app and it’s right back there every time. O click unsubscribe on a newsletter and it keeps showing up in my inbox!! I click “delete my account” and the next time I open the website they suggest I “reactivate”.

[lady-raziel]

anyone surprised that markiplier knows about the bloodymary ship doesn't remember this is a man who has seen himself ass blasted by springtrap you must assume that whatever the most obscure, insane content you've involved him in he not only knows about it but already knows more than you'll ever fathom. it's too late. he knew before you even knew you knew he knew you knew