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hii, I'm going to be taking a break from tumblr for a few days <3

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One thing that always bothered me as a kid, and still bothers me, is it honestly makes so little sense Steph didn't rank super high on the scale of Martial Artists after receiving the Robin training, if it's so amazing. Considering what she could do while untrained, the experience she had, it's baffling that no one ever considered her a prodigy, or that she wasn't at least notably more skilled than say, Tim was, when she started out as Robin.

Like, Steph was in the field and knocking out grown men twice her size with zero training. It was not even mentioned that she took martial arts classes or anything to explain how she can do this, just gymnastics and softball. And both were high school gymnastics, high school softball, not fancy expensive classes??? Even Babs, in Batgirl Y1 had the advantage of having taken martial arts classes and presumably a lot more since her goal was to be in the FBI.

Meanwhile Steph like. She's jumping off rooftops and surfing trains and taking down bad guys with nothing. Tim's gone through extensive Batman training and trained with Lady Shiva and all this stuff, and obviously she's not as good as him and needs him to watch her back at times, but she can keep up with him, and even saves him or get the jump on him quite a few times, and that's incredible when you think about it. Tim gave her gadgets and instructions in the field, but it's never shown that he taught her any moves.

There's even a panel where Batman notes Stephanie almost snuck up on him and "not many people can do that" when again, no training, no martial arts classes, this is way before he agreed to give her any help at all-- and then for some reason, after noting this girl with no training is more talented than most people he knows, just keeps telling her she's not good enough and should go home.

That's a ridiculous level of raw talent, and it's honestly so bizarre nobody in the Batfamily ever noted that and kept telling her to go home. When she does get training, it's very sporadic, it is not clear how much Batman or Black Canary trained her the first time, he disappeared on her and then fired her as soon as he came back, and we never saw her get trained on screen by Dinah (the only person who ever acknowledged she had talent). She sparred with Cass, but Cass never taught her anything. Despite all this, she was noticeably getting way better during the era.

But when she received the six month Robin training that's supposed to make them so strong or whatever...how did that not result in her being a prodigy? She's the only Robin who was an experienced superhero before she took on the mantle?

Bruce literally tells her "Tim did this better" when he was training her about something, which makes no sense considering she came into being Robin with way more skills and experience and martial arts prowess??? When she was surviving on her own and fighting villains before that? When she could nearly sneak up on Bruce even before that?

You could claim she's a "bad student" or whatever, but she was a clearly very good at taking her gymnastic coach's instructions, enough to become a genius at it, so that doesn't really hold water.

The only explanation that would make any sense would be that Bruce taught her badly on purpose. which. unfortunately wouldn't be too far out of character from how he treated her in that era. (And that she apparently improved a lot under Babs tutelage as Batgirl but not his. So. Not a good look for him)

I mean the real answer for why all this makes no sense is DCs misogyny ofc. But it’s pretty wild how there’s no justification for this in universe.

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"Why didnt the avengers help with *x-men event*?" because no one wants to read an x-men comic where the avengers come in and solve everything

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If your still taking requests, maybe you could draw dust in your style ? It would be interesting to see how you'd draw her

Totally! The writing for Sooraya is definitely hit or miss in the comics but I like her, I thought it’d be fun if she had a ton of freckles as a reference to her power. Also I’m sick right now so sorry that they ain’t the best.

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ZATANNA ISSUE 5 BEST COMIC OUT THERE I SCREAMED IN REAL TIME READING IT. ANYWAYS READ ZATANNA 2025

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the most infuriating thing about personal growth is that even if someone else did have the answer you needed and conveyed it to you in a precise and effective matter, it won't make sense until you're ready for it. you could hear it every day of your life and it wouldn't matter a fucking bit until it finally clicks. there's very little you can do to influence when that happens, either

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F1 Driver Johnny magma doodle

Pt 2

Ft: @p0pkatz's Peter

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It's time: the prompts for Helena Bertinelli Week are here! Thanks again to everyone who submitted prompts—we've compiled your ideas into seven exciting days!

Day 1: Origins | Omerta Day 2: Cowboy AU | Mafia Day 3: Friends | Allies | Lovers Day 4: No Man's Land | Knight AU Day 5: Faith | Fear Day 6: Teacher | Family Day 7: Free Day!

Remember, Helena Bertinelli Week will be running from Monday July 14th - Sunday, July 20th. Tag your creations with the tag #HelenaBertinelliWeek2025 to participate! You can check out the guidelines for this event here.

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mia dearden/speedy for marsbeans6 via @dcforgaza ! tysm, requests close on the 21st!

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yuri jott

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Cass’s never dying devotion to love life, her loyalty to her own promise of never taking a life again..whatever

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Everybody who knows Barbara Gordon knows just how important her dad is to her, his overall safety is one of her top priorities, even if he’s the GCPD commissioner, but also her dedication to the “cause” (which is essentially saving people’s lives no matter what) is more than strong, as its one of the many factors that drive barbara, in batman #553, which is set right during the earthquake that hit Gotham, barbara doesn’t even try to find jim, not out of not caring (be fr) or lack of interest, but because her number one priority right now is to save as many people as she can, and that means having to let the uncertainty of what happened to her dad float above her head, hoping for the best.

You can tell that Barbara’s worry for her dad was eating her alive, but she couldn’t, wouldn’t leave her post because that meant letting people die, regular civilians, letting chaos reign over. She couldn’t make time to go look for her dad, no matter how much she wanted to, so when Bullock says he “will make time” to find her dad, even with all of the stuff going on you can bet that Barbara couldn’t be more grateful, that someone abandoned their post, just to look for her dad, because she couldn’t do. Because she had a job to do, and the cause always comes first.

both panels are from Batman #553 or Batman: Cataclysm #4

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hello!! here is my art request if you want, no pressure: your take on helena bertinelli but in her civillian form as a teacher? <3

!!!!! This was under construction for. A month or so

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saw a post that made me angry because it didnt understand stephanie brown the way i understand her (better than everyone else because i know her personally)