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OMG JUST UNCOVERED: SHORT SEGMENT OF THE ANIMATION MEME I THOUGHT I HAD LOST FOREVER T O T!!!

The fandom took the whole darkness and sunshine, opposites attract thing too seriously and fucked up the characters, nico is the darkness and will's got to be sunshine.

In order for them to fit in this concept, the fandom just fucked up their entire personalities so badly, cut it to pieces and threw it in the sewer

so nico is this loner depressed helpless guy who hates everyone and will is the super bubbly sunshine and rainbows always happy-go-lucky soft bean who has no personality other than being an emotional support health nut bossy himbo boyfriend, who is soo helpless he can't even defend himself and is always forcing nico to stay in the infirmary and "taking care of him"( read it as always forbidding him from using his powers and getting mad when he does, eating anything other than green salads, and being borderline controlling and toxic)

like c'mon!! Will is a badass character who had to grow up quickly and had to take on soo many responsibilities at such a young age, watch his siblings die, risk life at battle and save others!! He's a traumatized child! and so is nico! Will didnt go through all that only for you guys to completely reduce him to a soft boi™️ and baby him like idk why the fandom has come to the conclusion that he can't fight!?

Ofcourse he's not the fighter type, but he's a combat medic!! If you are going to heal ppl in a fucking war you must know how to defend yourself and fight in a battle cuz this ain't a mortal battle between two countries!, the monsters ain't gonna follow the Geneva conventions!! He has also been seen with a knife/dagger and a bow and arrow in the books.

Also why do people think he doesn't know any other emotions other than happiness? (And if he isn't happy he is worried about every single thing 24/7 there's no inbetween)

Yeah he bottles up his emotions because as a leader he shouldn't show his flaws(this is canon) but my boy is quick to anger like most of the scenes he's been in so far, he's either mad or stressed, did yall forget the time when annabeth broke the chariot?? My man was so close to punching something

I still remember that time a year and a half ago when I read this fic where will was talking to nico and tried to roll his eyes since he was annoyed at nico but nico found It hilarious since will was having a had time doing that and looked wierd doing it since he's too nice and never gets mad at anything....yeah this was legit there in that fic idk the exact lines, just paraphrased it..

Anyway my point is the fandom fucked the entire canon personalities just to fit in this mold

there he is

Jin will act in a K-Drama.

Reblog to make Jin’s dreams come true. Ignore to break his heart.

Bruce: now being a Bat requires stealth, silence, patience- Damian: NANANANANANANA I’M ROBIN BITCHES

Batman: Black and White vol 2 #5

Battinson

Gordon: You've got a little *gestures toward his eye* little something there, man.

Bruce, lurking in the corner of Gordon's office:

Gordon: You know, I've got allergies too. I've been taking Algersil; it works pretty well

Bruce: *mumbles*

Gordon: My eyes water like crazy in the spring, is all I'm saying.

Bruce, leaning in uncomfortably close: What do you mean?

Gordon, taking a deep breath, aware that his Bat friend needs things worded in a certain way: I'm talking about your allergies. Your eyes are always watering.

Bruce:

Bruce: I don't have allergies.

Gordon: Oh? Okay. I was just...maybe the eye makeup makes them water? Or...?

Gordon: You're-

Gordon: I mean, you're not crying all the time, right? *chuckles*

Bruce:

Gordon:

Bruce:

Gordon:...right?

the humanity of the AIDS crisis: the ward by gideon mendel

colorized by me

I was so amazed by @deanpool ‘s Android AU fic (AO3) I had to doodle something. Go read it!

“Barry is an android of the latest model. Aimed to assist people in their daily life and act as a friendly companion towards them and their families. He has just been assigned to Hal Jordan.”

Tim and Damian don’t hate each other

They misunderstand each other. 

I’ve been delving into the comics, searching for the thread that is Tim and Damian’s relationship throughout canon and the overall theme I’ve been seeing is misunderstanding. 

The best place to start is the beginning.  

Tim came from a neglectful home.  Love and attention was never something just freely given to him.  The happiness he felt post-adoption, living with Bruce, was something he felt he earned, and in a way he had.  After all, Tim was not Bruce’s son when he first wormed his way into the Batman operation.  Bruce had no obligation to love Tim, but Tim proved himself to Bruce time and time again to get to where he was, and did eventually gain Bruce’s love.  

The issue where Damian was introduced starts out showing us the state of Tim and Bruce’s relationship at present time.  Bruce is immensely proud of Tim, and says as much.  He claims that Tim knows that, and it’s likely that he does.  Tim seems secure enough in his position in the family. 

[Batman (1940) #655]

Tim is an eager, excited, normal teenage boy. Despite all the loss he’s endured recently, he’s in a good spot.

[Batman (1940) #655]

And he’s one quite content in his place by Batman’s side.  

Enter: Damian Wayne.

Damian, on the other hand, was anything but neglected.  Not in the same sense Tim was, at least.  Canonically, Damian was abused both physically and emotionally.  

[Batman (1940) #665]

[The Shadow/Batman #3] / [Robin: Son of Batman #2]

I will point out, that #665 happened after Damian met Tim, but I think it still shows what life Damian has come from.  Talia is the one who blew Damian up, after all.  And that smack on the back of the head was nothing compared to the year of blood it preluded, but I digress.  

Perhaps it can be claimed that Damian was neglected in the sense that he was never shown the love children need.  He was never nurtured and allowed to thrive as himself.  Instead, he was forced to commit horrible acts, exposed to graphic violence from pretty much birth, and indoctrinated into one of the worst cults in the DC Universe.  (I would claim the worst, but I am, unfortunately, only familiar with the Batman side of the universe)

[Batman and Robin (2011) #0]

So when Damian is thrust upon his father, he has no idea how to function in ‘the real world.’  He is operating on the rules and values of the League of Assassins. There, if he felt ignored or brushed aside, the way he won attention was by acting out and proving his worth.  Proving his use.  

[Batman (1940) #658]

In fact, he had to continue to prove his worth in order to stay alive in the League. 

[The Shadow/Batman #3]

So why would it be different in Gotham?  Damian is about 9, maybe 10.  He is just a child.  How many children that young, that deeply indoctrinated, are going to flawlessly adapt to an entirely new culture and new set of ideals and morals, without being taught them first?  Or even being told it’s different where they now live?

Exactly none.

Bruce, for all his shortcomings as a parent, understands this.  He knows exactly where Damian is coming from, and resolves himself to give Damian what he needs: love and respect.

[Batman (1940) #657]

Tim, however, does not accept this revelation.  He argues that Damian should earn Bruce’s love and respect like ‘everyone else.’  Read: like he did.  Again, Tim has never once been freely given the love and respect of a parental figure.  Perhaps Jack, in his later years, but it’s difficult to take just a couple good years and ignore the years of prior neglect.  

[Batman (1940) #657]

Tim is operating from a damaged worldview, just as Damian is.  No child should ever have to earn his father’s love, and respect is not something anyone should earn.  It should be freely given, then lost if necessary.  Never the other way around.  And children should always be respected, especially by adults.  

Neither Tim nor Damian understand this.  

Regardless, Tim is a kind person.  So he tries.  And that’s how we end up with the infamous attempt on Tim’s life. 

Tim came home to find a new kid in the cave.  He was a little confused by Damian’s presence, and has a hard time keeping the scorn off his face while Damian throws his fit for them all to see.  

[Batman (1940) #657]

Despite all this, Tim tries.  Again and again.  

[Batman (1940) #657]

Damian, being himself, ignores Tim and fights him at every opportunity.  Even though Tim is highly annoyed with Damian, and seriously defending himself against a violent attack, he still attempts to calm Damian down, saves his life, and tries to talk some sense into him.  Damian, well, pushes Tim off the dinosaur.  

[Batman (1940) #657]

A lot goes down while Tim is out of commission.  Damian steals Jason’s robin suit and goes out to prove himself to Bruce.  Once Bruce makes sure Tim is okay and being taken care of, he willingly brings Damian with him on a mission.  And this is what ultimately drives another wedge between the boys.  

Damian already saw Tim as competition.  Another contender for Bruce’s attention, and by all outward appearances, the current favorite son.  Tim, however, now sees Damian as competition, because Damian just did the unspeakable.  He murdered someone.  In cold blood. He attacked Alfred and he tried to kill Tim.  And yet, Bruce is still showing him ‘love and respect’ in the form of attention.  

[Batman (1940) #657, #658]

It’s easy to blame all of Damian’s actions on himself, but in the end, he was just a child.  A naive child, at that.

[Batman (1940) #658]

But Tim is also just a child.  Likely around 15 or 16, although I’m not sure his age is specifically stated at this time.  I know he tells Jason at least once that he’s 16 quite a while later, but that’s straying off topic.  It’s easy for Tim to blame everything Damian did on Damian himself, because he doesn’t understand Damian or his background.

Bruce does understand, though.  That doesn’t mean he trusts Damian, doesn’t mean he welcomes him warmly in the future, but he understands that Damian’s actions were not his own.  They were the result of abuse and indoctrination.

[Batman (1940) #658]

Damian, however, does not see that he has been manipulated.  That he’s been horribly mistreated and his actions are wrong.  And it’s this lack of revelation that actually hurts his relationships in the future, but that’s straying again.  

Of course, Damian returns to his mother and we don’t see him for a while.  Tim recovers, and eventually calls Damian what he is: his brother.

[Batman (1940) #676]

Begrudgingly, at least. In a I’m-very-annoyed-why-is-this-happening-to-me sort of way.

But he’s recognizing it, and he’s coming to terms with the reality of the situation.  It causes Tim to become incredibly insecure in his place by Batman’s side, as Bruce’s son, despite Bruce’s reassurances.  

[Batman (1940) #657]

[Batman (1940) #665]

And thus begins the tumultuous relationship that is Tim and Damian.  

To be continued….

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