when a woman designs an outfit for women VS when men are allowed to do it
"It's just a name"
Just a name?
For who?
Not for him
It wasn't just a name
It was part of him
Every time he took a breath he could feel it's lingering presence on his tongue
His lungs were full of the name
It wasn't just a name it was intertwined in his body
In his mind
His soul
In his whole being
Something not even death could truly stop
At least not without a fight
It wasn't just a name
Because it belonged to a person who he truly loved
Never was a name so etched into ones being
So much so that it was consuming
And what a wonderful feeling that was for him
After Gotham ended so recently, Batwoman should’ve positioned itself as the Ying to that show’s Yang by focusing on Batman’s allies instead of his enemies.
The ‘Bruce disappears hook is a brilliant way to do this
Kate is our audience entry point into this world
Barbra Gordon has already been paralysed via The Killing Joke, and hasn’t yet become Oracle - she’s still recovering
Comissioner Gordon took an early retirement after his daughter was paralysed, which is why Kate’s Dad’s private security force the Crows runs the streets
Batwoman and the series’ events inspire him to return and reclaim Gotham for the Law by the end of season 1
Robin disappeared with Batman, so we can introduce the We Are Robin gang. At the beginning of the season they’re just criminals, but after Kate defeats their ringleader she shows them a better outlet for their rage, and inspires them. Duke Thomas (future Signal) is among them
Once the we Are Robins are established Tim Drake returns to Gotham. Kate is surprised - few people outside of Gotham know there have been multiple Robins. This way we can explain the different versions to people not in the know
Just like after Bruce was sent back in time in the comics, Tim has gone travelling the world as Red Robin, searching for him. Tim heard about the Robins causing civil unrest and is concerned about them marring Robin’s good name.
Tim and Kate clash over the Robins’ chaotic, violent modus oprendi - Tim enforces a philosophy of Robin as the light to Batman’s dark - promoting positivity, not violence. A loose adaptation of the Robin War storyline follows where Duke Thomas emerges as the Robins’ leader and rallies them to be more controlled and less violent
Tim leaves after this mini-arc, satisfied Gotham is in good hands. He also teaches Kate more about the detective side of Batman - he isn’t just a blunt instrument. Tim will be our primary link to the 'Bruce’s location’ mystery throughout the series
Dick arrives in Gotham on a case from Bludhaven. Kate thinks he’s abandoned Gotham - he should’ve taken up the mantle while Bruce was gone.
Explore Dick’s troubled history with Bruce (not to F**k Batman levels), how Babs being Batgirl caused him to quit, and the one-two punch of Jason Todd’s death and Barbra’s paralysis only validated his getting out while he could
Tender scenes between Dick and Babs alluding to thier teenage crushes on each other.
As a cop, Dick hates the Crows being on Gotham’s streets and more actively conflicts with Kate’s father, driving up the tension between them and Batwoman
This arc would be like a finale-style thing
Jason Todd returns and starts assassinating criminals with the ambition of 'controlling’ crime. Kate is a soldier, more brutal than Bruce, so she has greater sympathy for Jay’s methods
Jay is after the Joker. Like in The Dark Knight Returns, the Joker has 'retired’ to Arkham since Batman left - he got bored pretty quickly. This arc introduces him properly after a few teases earlier in the series.
Jay learns of Barbra’s paralysis (which happened after he died) - even then Bruce wouldn’t kill him. A scene where Jason visits Babs (little brother/big sister dynamic).
Both Dick and Tim return for this arc, losing their shit over the Joker. Kate’s reaction to the Joker is much like Terry McGuiness’s in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. She doesn’t get why everyone is so scared of this stupid clown.
Tim is the one who figures out how Jason was resurrected; just like in the Red robin comic he’s been travelling through the world of assassins and knows about the Lazarus Pit.
I think doing the Red Hood arc without Bruce - the main target of Jason’s anger - is super interesting. Most people share his anger at Bruce for disappearing.
It also lets us dig deep into the inter-Robin dynamics - Jason hates Dick because he always had to live up to him (do that thing in the comics where Jay had to dye his red hair black to 'look like Robin’)
Jay hates Tim for replacing him, for being proof Bruce didn’t learn his lesson, for Bruce treating Tim better, the way he should’ve treated Jason
Kate is instrumental to this arc because, being outside all the drama, she has objectivity. She forces Dick and Tim to get their heads out of their asses and talk to Jason, forces them to confront the problem.
Instead of taking the Joker to Bruce as he does in the Under the Red Hood movie, Jason takes Joker to Babs, who has suffered the most because of him. Confronted with the man who 'ruined’ her life, Babs proves bigger and stronger than him. She refuses to kill him. Unlike Jason, she’s moving on and growing past her trauma, not looking for revenge.
Joker (being the Joker) turns the tables on Jay and has him at his mercy. Kate swoops in and, like Terry in Return of the Joker, messes with the Joker’s head by refusing to take him seriously. The Joker is distracted, screaming about Kate not being Batman, and Babs gets to knock him the fuck out.
Jason escapes, but not before dropping a clue connecting Bruce’s disappearance to the League of Assassins
I know the showrunners admitted they have no clue where Bruce is yet, so in my version he’s off on some quest with Ras Al Guhl. In the time since he’s been gone he’s married Talia and had a kid. no-one in Gotham knows this yet.
We can explore how Batman’s absence has had a strange effect on Gotham’s villains - many have gone into states of hibernation similar to the Joker.
Two Face gets his dark Knight Returns plotline where the attempt to repair his face,
Mr Freeze has a similar ‘cure’ story a la Batman Beyond
Clayface (as in the Rebirth run of Detective Comics) is trying to go straight - using his shape-shifting gift to make a name for himself in the movie business. He thinks he’s finally been accepted, but people are just sucking up to him because of his talent - the reality of their disgust threatens to push him back over the edge
Without Batman there to fight her, Poison Ivy has pretty much taken over Gotham’s main park space, but a kind of stalemate has been reached - she won’t attack the city as long as the city doesn’t move against her plants.
Kate’s central dilemma is navigating these unusual waters - she toys with the idea of putting Ivy behind bars and we get an episode of her exploring the micro-climate of the transformed Park. Kate’s disturbance makes Ivy threaten the city, and she has to stretch her underused negotiation muscles to talk her down.
I like the idea of Ivy as an ambivalent character, not good or evil. She’ll do whatever she wants. Also she and Kate would have killer sexual chemistry.
Harley. Exploring Harley in such a strongly feminist show would be fascinating. Joker has closed off, given himself up. Harley is forced to fend without him, and finds an antihero niche with the Gotham City Sirens (hi, Ivy!)
With Bruce’s disappearance, Wayne enterprises is designing revolutionary new weapons for the Crows. It’s revealed that they’re using the Riddler to design these. After Batman disappeared it was presumed Nygma went through therapy and was moved away from Gotham - in fact he’s here.
This plot point is inspired by the New 52’s Zero Year arc. Kate discovers the foul play when the Crow’s systems go haywire because of a virus Nygma planted, sending Gotham into a blackout and giving the Riddler control of its municipal systems
Kate finds Nygma and exposes Wayne Enterprises’ corruption, but in the process Riddler escapes.
Similar to Ivy, Kate’s appearance excites the Riddler and he reactivates his Saw-like trap rooms across the city. Kate has a different, much blunter way of solving puzzles that frustrates him, used to Bruce’s genius-level intellect.
This raises the question - is Batwoman a liability to the city?
With Riddler’s re-emergence triggers the appearance of Spoiler. In the comics Stephanie Brown is Cluemaster’s daughter, but no-one really gives a shit about him. The benefit of a decade-plus old Batman means his rogues gallery can easily have kids - Stephanie had her name changed in witness protection.
Steph helps Kate beat the Riddler in collaboration with Bab’s hacking skills. Kate sees potential in Spoiler and sends her to Babs to be trained.
As Batwoman’s appearance reawakens super-crime in Gotham, the Crows get desperate. They hire world- renowned assassin David Cain to start taking out targets
Intro Cassandra Cain.
Cass + Steph + Babs are this series’ version of the Birds of Prey
Babs teaches Cass sign-language to communicate. Steal her friendship with Clayface from the Rebirth Detective Comics - Clayface leaves the movie business again because it was unhealthy, and is trying to do good
Everyone is very protective of Cass and determined she won’t fight
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So I was just looking at and consuming a bit of little women media and something hit me. And this is just my own feelings you don't have to agree with me. But I think Amy's will almost always be able to understand Jo's better than Jo's will be able to understand Amy's. Btw I am not claiming one is better than the other. My thing is Amy's look at Jo's a lot, they observe and try to understand them. That is kind of how they show their love for them. Amy's love Jo's so much. That is why Amy's fall in love with Laurie. In this one clip I saw someone was saying something about how jo and Laurie's are each other's halves and because of Amy's love for Jo and Laurie basically being so similar to Jo that's why Amy loved him. And to a good extent I think that is true. So it's this all encompassing love that Amy's have for Jo's that make it so they understand Jo better than Jo can understand Amy.
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Woah
I have found Jason Todd!!!
I don’t know what it is
But he
Is how
I always pictured
Jason!!!
Someone send an ambulance because I think I just died!
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With how much I’m stressed about money I really need to find some🙏🏾
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