#thinker thinks

[toddthinkeritis]

not incredibly well-worded but what makes the current way bruce is portrayed so not compelling to me is the way that he's always (in the words of my friend) rewarded for being wrong. it's not that bruce isn't allowed to be self-destructive post-jaybin death, or bruce isn't allowed to have control issues or inherent biases, it's not that bruce isn't allowed to be self-righteous or victim blame jaybin. it's that the narrative (formed by dc editorial team and writers) agrees with bruce and praises him, rewards him for it.

saying this mostly in the light of.. whatever the fuck that 'when robins come pre-broken' is. i don't know what they're thinking, honestly, about that one. it makes bruce look even worse than he already is, especially the panels with alfred where alfred tells him he's just telling bruce 'the truth' and 'the truth' is that 'bruce is an optimist, while jason doesn't want and can't be shown light.' (paraphrased and summarized)

the narrative, through alfred, coddles bruce and tells him it's okay sweetie, you made a mistake, it's not you, you're not a mistake, it's the mistake, separate from you and your actions. because robins come pre-broken, sometimes... right? even the way the words are said 'richard was exceptional, jason is DEEPLY troubled' sound like pre-fed lines being parroted. very intentional. i don't even know if the writer chose that or the editorial told the writer to script it that way.

nevermind the fact that that's not what happens at all. i don't like starlin's run, but even in starlin's run, bruce is shown to 'make a mistake' in the form of 'picking up another child soldier.' it's recognized and then punished, the punishment being jason's death. and when starlin out of all people had better writing than whatever this story is... that's when i know the story isn't even worth reading or contemplating about. despite the very banger very cute art. it's a shame tbh.

i've been thinking for a while that even with the... odd and very questionable actions modern bruce has committed, from not allowing his kids to have a life outside vigilantism to like, motherfucking lobotomy, maybe he would be more compelling to me, more interesting and even more beloved if these actions and flaws were presented by the narrative in a way that's more.. neutral? and less biased towards making bruce seem the most correct and right and kind and morally just and strong and smart and tragic and victimized? like, i don't need to be told that it's negative. the narrative just needs to be more neutral.

he would be far more compelling, because maybe then bruce would come across as a guy who's constantly trying, trying so fucking hard whether with the kids he picks up or his mission in vigilantism... and is also wrong, often failing and so on. maybe then his successes would resonate stronger and despite his many privileges that i don't have, maybe i'd relate to him more. maybe it'll be a lesson in how love and care don't always show up sweet, but that it'll have its own values anyway. maybe it'll be a message about compromising and reaching an understanding and letting past ghosts rest despite current hurts.

but then i also realize that maybe someone in the dc team realizes that bruce would be perceived negatively even if the narrative stayed neutral. like, if the narrative doesn't side with him and actively excuses his actions, rewards his behaviors, coddles him, then someone would maybe notice that hitting your kids is bad actually. or taking in a kid while being under-prepared for it, as a replacement for your other kid that you drove away, is bad actually. which he did more than once, btw.

so yeah. i guess for doylist reasons, the dc team knows bruce has to be beloved by the narrative.

just that maybe not all of the audience will eat up that narrative blindly.

[feeelslikespace]

the sky is falling like a comet, pretend it’s not the end of the world

[chimifuckinchanga]

why is deadpool just straight up the most shippable character of all time. this man can be with anyone and it’s adorable. logan?? goes without saying. spidey?? for sure. vanessa?? totally. cable?? why not.

it’s becoming baffling at this point like. is he drinking magical ship juice. how did this man harness such lovable magnetism

[batsyheere]

The unreliable narrator that is Shang Qinghua haunts my thoughts almost daily because he quite literally wrote ten thousand words a day? He survived this long in a world he half remembers, managed to make it as a spy and peak lord, had plans and ideas that were somewhat coherent and worked out in the long run even if not fully in tact, and he still had the audacity to think himself on the lesser end of characters in the world.

??? Buddy. This is poor self-esteem and a life of survival mindset that has you comparing your competency to others. You are, in fact, one of the more dangerous beings on the mountain.

[mokadevs]

kiss me

[wasongo]

Hauled ass to get this done on time. Happy Birthday to the best character of all time. 💖 Up a little early for my late friend Eden, the #1 Komui fan, who lived 12 hours ahead.

[chewingbatmanlikeasqueakytoy]

Danny should absolutely rip on the Flashes

Realistically, Danny meeting the flashes and having any of them deny the existence of magic/saying "magic is just science we don't understand yet" should be met with ENDLESS mockery. Like come on The flashfam WORKS with gods, magic users, some of the JL/JLD are literally demons and ghosts. Diana/WW was MADE FROM CLAY in some canons!

Scepticism on that level should ABSOLUTELY be met with "I didn't know the Justice League worked with flat earthers" Type scorn. The burns should be third degree. The fatalities wide spread. No one who lives in a world with that much evidence of magic should be allowed to carry "magic isn't real" as an opinion and not be derided for having their head in the sand. As I understand it the scepticism comes out of the flash comics from like, the 60-80's which fair but the other heroes stories had to accommodate for each other when the crossovers started happening so I feel it's only fair to have men of logic like the flashes (so many of them are scientists of some type right?) deduce that yeah magic has to be real ESPECIALLY - When any of the magic users, ANY OF THEM - Could respond with a very simple: "Magic is science you don't understand." "What?" "I understand exactly what I'm doing. I understand exactly what I need to do to get repeat results, and I understand what not to mix not to get undesirable results. What about that implies a lack of understanding? Magic isn't something WE don't understand, magic is something you don't understand."

I enjoy the idea of the flashes being sceptics, I actually enjoy it a lot. Sceptics are very necessary to any narrative, but honestly the magic users deserve a chance to call them out because really having someone call your life's work and very real craft 'not real' 'hoaxes' and essentially parade it around as something they could come to understand better than you if they just looked into it but have made no effort to would be enough to make anyone break their teeth from clenching their jaw so hard.

Essentially early days flashes as sceptics makes total sense. The flashes continuing to have "magic isn't real" as an opinion for too long into the story gives them Flat Earther Level Intellect.

[patrothestupid]

death by thinking

[polyshodivorce]

Random Rui trait I like is how he looks alittle angry when he’s thinking really hard

[toddthinkeritis]

everyday i oscillate between ^__^ bruce! jay's dad! theyre so cute. yaaaayy. fathersonism! and then not even 10 secs later, fuck bruce. fuck. fuck him. he should suffer. i'll stomp on his foot. fuck him. fuck. no one should ever fuck his ass. i will shake this mf like a rag doll

[dailyhmsw]

loop 116

[nyxi-pixie]

the authors barely concealed desire to see someone dress their rival/partner/mutual hater in a maid outfit

[palatinewolfsblog]

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth.

Be critical and evaluate what you believe in."

- Aristotle

[kiwibongos]

Thinker, Sensitive, Physical

the boys over disco elysium archetypes <3

[reality-detective]

Critical Thinkers vs Uncritical Thinkers 🤔

[shion-no1-fan]

yesterday i was js thinking and i came up with a brand new never though of before toxic yuri crossover rarepair