Thorns Mist And Wings

[thornsmistandwings]

Dan and Phil knowledge

So in my dramatic lit class we are reading the history boys by Alan Bennett(which is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend, just look but the triggers before, it deals with some dark stuff), and basically it’s about a group of British school boys trying to get into Oxford and Cambridge. So my professor was like does any one know what A levels are? And I was like yah they are like exams for specific subjects, and you get a month or something to “revise” which is like studying.

And everyone was like the fuck how do you know this? And I was like umm idk?

But it’s all from Dan and Phil videos.

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Me: I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this but I really lov-

Literally anyone I’ve talked to: yes we know! You love Jason Todd. We get it.

Me: but did I tell you about-

Them: Yes. Repeatedly.

Me: well I’m gonna tell you again

[anonymousarson]

Batman: Jason was already on this path, if I hadn't taken him in, he would've become something much worse.

Jason, in an AU where B never took him in: *is literally a priest*

Jason, in a another AU where B didn't take him in: *is literally a tire salesman*

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The fucking admin bullshit labyrinth of blaming and ignoring and interrogations that you have to go through to fucking report sexual harassment. Like god damn I got the fucking message you want me to shut up I don’t care I’m fucking reporting his ass and you better fucking do something.

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Like everything got dropped last year because I “refused to have a meeting” because they never sent me an email or told me. They only sent an indirect email to the other person reporting though someone else suggesting we talk with HR

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The fucking admin bullshit labyrinth of blaming and ignoring and interrogations that you have to go through to fucking report sexual harassment. Like god damn I got the fucking message you want me to shut up I don’t care I’m fucking reporting his ass and you better fucking do something.

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Quick digital sketch of the red hood symbol I did 

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I love the whole ao3 trend of “no beta we die like [insert name of character who does in fandom]”

I just think it's so fun and nice how it's just a little internet thing

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I have blisters on my hand from painting. I did not know this was a thing. 

I guess that is what happens when you are painting and making 5 sets in 3 weeks. 

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Ok so I've been doing this theater program(doing theater tech, not acting) over the summer and one of the mentor people was super nerdy and just amazing , and we would talk about the robins and comics and it was amazing! BUT his favorite robin was Tim and mine is Jason Todd and he was like: Jason? why? and i was like cuz he is the best and he is amazing and i relate to him! and anyway the program ended and we were doing like compliment circles (hippy theater program) and he was like (to me) i think that i might have to reevaluate my opinion on Jason Todd, because someone who i really respect opinion’s on Jason todd ... 

and i cried. 

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Jason Todd TITANS

spoilers for Titans season 3 up to episode 2

What is up with Jason??????? Like what???

How much time passed? He died so quickly?? Like he was hit by joker like twice and it wasn’t even a fight he didn’t even get a punch in? Like ok just skip over the whole thing of joker literally torturing a child. And its not like its because its too brutal, its TV MA, and they do more graphic stuff? And the whole premise of it was that he was cocky and thought he could take the joker and it removed all of his motivations and his mother?? 

And how the titans were mad at Jason for dying? And not learning? He is a KID? and they left him. the last time dick talked to Jason was 3 months before he died when he left the titans, and he knew he was troubled. And don't get me started of Bruce. 

And for some reason there is a whole thing with Jason and creating drugs and chemicals?? Like Jason would ever do drugs, come on. They already established his mom was a addict, and DIED of a overdose?? so what's up with that? 

Also dick saying Jason's not a reader? I guess it could be because dick doesn't really know Jason, but like that’s not Jason. He’s a nerd. Even in the titans show, he tells rose about the theater and QUOTES westside story. 

Also his mask?? it just falls off? i get that its broken but its kinda a thing that Jason wears a domino mask underneath his helmet!! he takes it off to talk to kids so their not scared!! and its amazing!  Another thing!!! the KIDS??!!? yah because JASON is going to be the one who gets kids involved?? Jason?? He’s going to kidnap kids?? Umm ok sure... Jason is GOOD with kids, he is so protective of kids, and the kids love him for it, even more than batman: remember that panel where a kid jumps in-between batman and Jason and then Jason comforts and hugs the kid while batman is staring menacingly down?? 

AND THEn he kills the little girls mom??? Jason?? Whos father may or may not have been killed by two face?? So he’s just going to get kids and parents involved and then just kill them?? That kid is presumably and orphan now, her mother was a widow? Jason Todd who has a crisis over killing an terrible father who gave drugs to his kid, and calls Barbara with HIS VOICE BREAKING?? But sure he is just going to kidnap and use kids as leverage to get people to kill people. sure.  

GOd wHY??

[amillionandonefandoms]

Spoliera for titans S3,

But why is Jason angry?

Like I get it in the comics- that makes sense

But here… he was dead for maybe 2 days

Revenge was enacted less than a week after his death

What???

Also, they made his fighting skills increase, as they do in the comics, but the difference is he didn’t spend over a year training here.

He was just… what? Realived with extra skills?

Also- and keep in mind I haven’t watched past episode 2, so there might be something I don’t know

What’s going on with Tim????

Because he needs to have the ridiculous amount of spare time? And immediate access to computers?

But instead he,,,, doesn’t?

Also how are they intending on introducing him to the batfam?

Because I don’t thing Dick will be convinced to take on Robin 3.0, as we have seen.

So what’s going on there??

Are they just going to make him a titan?

I don’t understand.

My main question is wtf are Jason’s motives tho.

[thornsmistandwings]

I know same!! I was sooooo excited because it’s Jason and I love Jason but then I was like what?????? I don’t understand why and like no spoilers but some of the characterization is weird :(

[fantastic-nonsense]

okay so I had a better idea than most people that the Tim Drake news was going to hit big, both because I'm more aware of Tim's importance and prominence in DCU history than most people and because I'm aware of how the journalism industry works. But I didn't think it would be THIS big. legitimately not comprehending that Men's Health Mag put out an article about this. It was in my NPR roundup email this morning. The Guardian's got an article up. People Magazine wrote about it. The enormity of this is....big, lmao

because okay, the second those panels hit my screen, I knew this was going to be big! Tim singlehandedly revitalized the Batman franchise when he came on the scene! He was the first Robin to have his own solo series! He's one of the main reasons the Batfamily is the Batfamily instead of just 'Batman and Robin.' He's kinda a major blueprint for all modern media adaptations of Robin, no matter who's wearing the colors! He was also Robin for two entire generations of comic book readers (those growing up in the late 80s/early 90s and those growing up in the late 90s/early 2000s). That kind of impact doesn't just go away, even after nearly a full decade of shitty narrative treatment!

Likewise, both the entertainment & news industries will seize on whatever they think might get them clicks. And this is a Robin being confirmed queer, which is a guaranteed click generator. Because the general public doesn't know shit about comics, their only association with Robin is largely with Dick and the general pop culture knowledge of 'Batman and Robin,' but Robin all by himself is huge, both because of Batman and specifically because he was the first child hero and sidekick. People may not know there's more than one Robin, but if you say 'the superhero Robin is bisexual," people KNOW who you're talking about; they may not know the character, but they know the name. He's a pop culture figure in a way that precious few other superheroes are. Also, journalists are notorious gossips about things that aren't their lane, so there was no way they weren't going to write about it. So again: I knew this was going to be big.

But still....this is........a much larger response and far-reaching discussion than I expected to happen. Again: Men's Health Mag. Wild.

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Its so weird! like its really news!! I was telling my dad about it over a very awkward dinner and i was like some magazines were even talking about it and he was like really? and i named a few that were and he was like never heard of them. So later i was like hey remember what i was saying about Tim? and the magazines? and then was naming the same stuff as you were and he was like oh. 

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Current obsession: 8/14/21

JASON TODD!!!! JASON TODD!!! JASON TODD!!!

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I’m going to be really busy this summer with a theater summer program(that I’m really excited about!) but unfortunately I’m going to be off tumblr for a while. But I’ll be back and there might be a few random things, just wanted to tell.

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Hi i’m back now!!! I have technically been for a little bit but i was really exhausted, but shhhh

[thornsmistandwings]

I’m going to be really busy this summer with a theater summer program(that I’m really excited about!) but unfortunately I’m going to be off tumblr for a while. But I’ll be back and there might be a few random things, just wanted to tell.

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Current obsession: June 25 2021

Spencer Reid. Spencer Reid! History videos! Especially overly sarcastic productions! Forcing my friends to watch lord of the rings!!

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A few days ago In English class we were reading hamlet, and we were at act 5 and reading the part about the pirates out loud, and our teacher(who is amazing and is my fake adopted mother, but who also has a concussion) was like “yay pirates! But I guess it wouldn’t have been that fun to be a pirate” so no keep in mind we are doing hybrid school, so it was half the class, and it was my 3 nerdy friends and then people who just sit there, and I was like “you know pirates actually did theater on there ships.” And my English teacher was like “oh ok that’s cool” (English teacher, also really into theater) and my friend goes “yah and there are records of Blackbeard laying siege to a town and only demanding medication help because his crew was sick.” “And also they didn’t really kill people that often” “also they were really open to all different kinds of people, like oh no you don’t have a leg? Have a peg leg, or you don’t have an eye? Have an eye patch” “also they had their own dialect” “and they were pretty democratic, so it was pretty good to be a pirate.”

And the teacher just goes “I did not expect so many of you to know all this about pirates and defend them. I guess pirates are cool though” to which I replied: “yah WE are definitely the coolest.”

And anyway we read the pirate hamlet part in horrible pirate accents.