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folding is what i do. folding is what i exceed at

gonna hide the art from 2022 here i was so so so so very proud of it

15 yo me wouldve DIED watching the new miraculous episodes i fear. spontaneously combusted

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why because im but a folder

15 yo me wouldve DIED watching the new miraculous episodes i fear. spontaneously combusted

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Gay people are fucking real and I love it

And they also suck at secret identities

Look how happy Nath is

Season 6 is a fucking win

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Seeing that Marcaniel’s passion for comic books obviously acted as a metaphor for being queer this episode, I’d just like to point out that it wasn’t just Nathaniel’s mother being depicted as the homophobic parent, but his dad also depicted a different flavour of non-acceptance this episode.

I think he’s meant to represent the kind of parent that says that they accept queer people but continue to enforce their own agenda onto their queer child regardless. Him saying that the relationship between the two knights lacked real sentiment and instead suggesting it would be better for them to fall for the villain lady instead because that’s what people wanted to see is just another form of disregarding your child’s queer interests and suggesting that they put on a heteronormative mask instead to appease others.

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15 yo me wouldve DIED watching the new miraculous episodes i fear. spontaneously combusted

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Son, your mother and I are unfollowing each other on Tumblr

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already so sick of the song chat but at least im getting somewhere

next time i hear the lyrics and go like “hey this is so character im gonna draw that character to this” i need someone to punch me. get the idea out of my head. this fine initiative will only seed sleep deprivation and misery

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next time i hear the lyrics and go like “hey this is so character im gonna draw that character to this” i need someone to punch me. get the idea out of my head. this fine initiative will only seed sleep deprivation and misery

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Cowboy Buddie AU!!🐎🌵☀️

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panel redraw because this scene haunts me

baby jaybin who trusted bruce enough to fall asleep on his shoulder 💔💔💔

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💕 last day of Mister April's month 💕

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strange ask please feel free to ignore me but i think of you as the Cass Expert so it seemed appropriate to ask you. I’ve seen in a lot of fan works Cass being mad/disliking the use of Cain as her last name in any scenario. Is this something that comes from canon? Because it seems like DC still refers to her with Cain a lot, but that could just be because it makes her more easily recognizable.

First of all I'm flattered you see me as a Cass expert <3333, there are people who know so much more than me on here so it means a lot! Secondly I LOVE THIS ASK!!! It's actually something I've been contemplating a lot, especially since Cass nation is divided over it.

Does Cass hate using the name Cain in canon? Well, the short answer is no. Cass refers to herself using 'Cain':

Batgirl (2008) #1 // Batgirl (2024) #1

People mostly refer to her as Cassandra by itself, but when people have called her Cassandra Cain, she doesn't react negatively to it. I don't think there's canon evidence (as far as I know) that she dislikes using or being called 'Cain'.

Does she like the name Cain, though? Well, there are some indicators that she doesn't. Firstly, she associates Cain with her dad. She's much more likely to call him 'Cain' than 'David':

Batgirl (2000) #33

At the end of Batgirl (2000) #73, when the narration implies she's going to forsake the Bat symbol, it says this:

When Cass is at her low point, she reverts to the name 'Cain', implying she does have negative associations with it. The tricky thing is this section leads into evil!Cass, and takes place after a fight with her mom; there are other factors as to why Cass would use only 'Cain' here. But nevertheless this demonstrates she does have some ambivalence towards the name, and positions it as opposite to her 'real' identity, Batgirl.

Her disliking Cain doesn't even mean she has to dislike it forever - Cass didn't even like Cassandra at one point. But it's not a fanon-only thing that Cass may have troubles with 'Cain', even if there's no direct evidence she'd be mad about it.

However, and here's where my personal interpretation comes in, I think it's significant she doesn't change her name. Obviously you're correct that it's for marketing purposes, and also the alliteration slaps, but I think in-universe it makes sense to keep the Cain name.

Firstly, although Cain was David Cain's name, he did not give it to her. He kept her nameless as a sign she wasn't human, that she was only a weapon to him. (Ignoring the retcon that he gave her Cassandra, because the NML novel version is 1000x better). What this means is that Cain is not a gift, but rather something Cass took from him - I'm thinking of this scene in Batgirl (2000) #16:

This is just my opinion but I love the idea that Cass keeps the Cain name to sort of redeem it - David Cain is bad, but Cassandra Cain is not. It's almost the ultimate insult to him, to take his name and change its meaning. Given that Cass' story is about taking something horrible you've been given and turning it into something beautiful, I like this as a reason for her keeping the Cain name.

BUT that was a long rambley way to say it's not canon she hates the name Cain. It's not against canon because it can be extrapolated easily and I love seeing the other names people choose, such as Gordon, Wayne, Cain-Wayne, etc. But if we're strictly talking what's on the page, Cass uses the name Cain herself and wouldn't mind others calling her that (as far as I know).

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happy april 30th!

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Not to worry anyone but I’m pretty sure the apocalypse is imminent

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weird freak mutual to weird freak mutual connection