#that's the wrong word

[ssaalexblake]

and i do think there should have been waaaaaaay more tension from Dawn aimed at Giles. Dawn gets abandoned by her father and realistically will have as many issues from that as Buffy did, except Buffy who is already supernaturally special and older and cooler than her actually gets another built in father figure actively Because of that specialness and Dawn is... Nobody again. And then Joyce dies. And then Buffy. And Dawn's not worth sticking around for when Buffy ain't there, anyway. Never mind that he Did actually look after her and know her just to up and leave like Hank did, except this time it's not a 'he abandoned us both' it's an 'i just don't mean anything and you did'. And yes it does bother me that he left Dawn in the care of four incompetents (in regards to childcare, they Suck, I am still angry at them all), a reprogrammed sexbot, and Spike. As another adult, i am judging the fuck out of this guy.

(I am aware he later leaves Buffy, but Dawn doesn't exactly know that's going to happen at that point.)

There is a Reason a vengeance demon ends up in that house and the roots of this problem reach far and wide and Giles never gets namechecked in this all and really Should be, because if the writer's had spent a second of thought on this, i'm pretty sure the logical conclusion would be him playing a hell of a role in the birth of Dawn's issues.

He did not Have to stick around, he didn't Have to have any kind of relationship with Dawn, but realistically that would have made her both hate him and desperately strive for his approval at the same time.

Basically I think that narratively Giles is kind of Dawn's deadbeat dad, and that they should have actually explored that.

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[prokopetz]

The best part about knowing Latin plurals is using them incorrectly on purpose and seeing if anyone who knows why you're full of shit is within earshot. Insist that the plural of of "waitress" is "waitrices". You know you want to.

[lgbtqtext]

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[auriidae]

what i'm getting out of the books so far

[catboy-dysphoria]

Posting this as its own post bc I'm so proud of myself for making this

[thebibliosphere]

I know I'm a broken record at this point about how functionally useless editing software has become since AI integration (read: corrections are now being suggested based on user input, not actual grammar rules), but there's nothing quite like a piece of writing software flagging something you've written as an error, and then when you click on it, it can't tell you what the error is.

Just that it thinks something is wrong.

It's like the writing equivalent of the "you better watch out!" meme.

Watch our for what? Nobody knows, but you better watch out!

[spect-era]

the Lego has harmed me once again

[astarfromsomewhere]

Hey guys, what if it was jane who forgo— *gets shot*

[morganbritton132]

Continuing on a bit from this post:

Tim, complaining about Bruce grounding him again: It doesn’t even make sense! It’s like everything I do is a problem now but I’m not doing anything different!

Kon, who thinks a grounding is when you get sent outside to do yard work: Have you tried digging a hole? Like a lot of holes.

Bart, whose punishments are typically doing chores without powers: Or raking leaves?

Cassie, who knows exactly why Tim keeps getting in trouble: … Does Bruce know you’re at Titan Tower?

Tim: No, why?

Cassie: No reason.

***Later that day***

Jason: Why is Tim digging a grave in the front yard?

Dick: He got grounded again.

Jason: So… is it for him or Bruce?

Dick: Not sure yet.

[vaugely10]

maybe an eternity isn't so bad with you

[wolfythewitch]

I know how people's interpretation of Odysseus and Athena's relationship is somewhat toxic but parental, but I like to think of him as her weird pet

[the-real-sneezus]

Your honor that's my emotional support character who if I met in real life would cause irreparable damage to my mind and body

[superbat-lmao]

Jason travels to an alternate universe where Bruce only cares about being Batman. He took in each of his kids to serve the mission, not be his children.

Now, faced with alternate versions of his family, Jason has to grapple with the fact that his Bruce does care, that he is his father. Because the man in front of him now, trying to send him home, isn’t even close.

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

I might have gone a bit over the top about this.

text from here. I used 1.11.8-11 as references. panel 1 here is kind of a redraw of panel 6 of 1.11.11.

@comicaurora