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Bald Lex Luthor Truther

As a child, I grew up watching The Justice League animated series and the animated Superman show along with it. While I was never too into Superman, I saw the character designs in the show as canon.

This guy. This guy right here. This is Lex Luthor to me. Canonical Lex Luthor. Whenever I mention Lex Luthor in any other post on this blog, this is the one I envision in my head. Look at that beautiful bald head. He is forever bald. And also muscular, but most men in the show had that same build.

Lex doesn't have to be muscular, but I think it helps differentiate him from other bald white men in suits. In my favorite DC media, there has been a trend that Lex is at least a little buffed. He hits his private billionaire gym every week. Good for him. All he needs to be is smart, rich, and bald. Dramatic eyebrows are also great. Defined cheekbones are also pretty common in his designs, so they're also great.

Young Justice: Solid. Matches the criteria listed. No comment.

DC Animated Movie Universe: Again. Another solid Lex Luthor. No problems.

Lego: Yeah. Lex Luthor. Lego Luthor. Bald. Love him. Eyebrows aren't too dramatic, but he's great anyway.

DC Superhero Girls: Not my favorite. No cheekbones, but he's alright. I accept him as part of the pack.

Then we get to My Adventures With Superman.

Um.

Who's this twink?

I genuinely don't have any problems with what I've seen with the show. It looks entertaining and fun and heartwarming, but I haven't sat down to watch a full episode. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.

This guy doesn't meet any visible criteria. Sure, I bet he's smart and rich, but where's the defined cheekbones? The dramatic eyebrows? And why the hell is there a full head of hair right here?

I know the show has another season coming. Maybe he'll go bald by then. I know they're all like young adult/ teen ages in the show, so that explains the lack of cheekbones. But you could've at least given him some dramatic eyebrows!

If I saw him with only the knowledge that he's from a Superman show, I would guess he's like... evil Jimmy Olsen. To me, he's not recognizable as Lex Luthor.

The same goes for the live action Batman v Superman movie. When I was younger and watched the trailer, I was so confused why some redhead was being framed as the big bad. Turns out that it was Lex Luthor before he lost his hair.

In the end, I don't really care why or how he loses his hair. Cancer, explosion, self choice, whatever. He just needs to be bald. That's all I have to say. A bald Lex Luthor is a canon Lex Luthor in my mind.

Thanks for reading

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Personal Canonical Batman/Fam Timline (Part One)

Bruce Wayne has a lot of kids and a lot of character development. This post is gonna be my personal ideas about the timeline of him, his kids, and his villains. It'll start from when his parents get killed to the time Damien becomes Robin. This timeline is the first I am making on here and is therefore incredibly subject to change.

Pre- Dick Grayson Era

Bruce Wayne's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, are murdered in Crime Alley. Something about Martha's pearl necklace.

Bruce is unofficially adopted by Alfred, the Wayne family butler, who used to be a British spy. I think Alfred is a pretty good dad, but Bruce is Bruce and will still end up messed up.

He is also 10 years old at this time. This will be a reoccurring theme. Keep it in mind.

As he grows up, he starts studying to fight crime. All the lessons. Maybe he meets Ted Grant, known as Wildcat, to learn fighting.

During all this, I think Lucius Fox is running Wayne Enterprises while Bruce is off doing sad orphan stuff.

Bruce falls into a cave beneath Wayne Manor. It's filled with bats. It scares him, but then he figures out "Hey I can maybe capitalize off of this".

So he becomes Batman. I don't have anything too specific to say. He's just Batman for a bit. Pretty flawed, but he gets the hang of it.

Bruce also has already come up with his morals at this point. No guns and no killing. Specifically no killing.

Alfred gets to keep his guns, though. It's Alfred. This isn't really important, but I'd still like to emphasize it.

Bruce also takes over Wayne Enterprises as the hot orphan bachelor billionaire playboy of Gotham.

Era Villain Roster

Joker: he's there from the beginning. I kinda like the idea that he was the first Red Hood, but he got shoved into chemicals by Batman and became the Joker.

Catwoman: I think she fits in this era. No other opinions about it. Maybe start her and Batman's romance in the earlier years.

Bane: I think he'd show up a bit before Dick enters the picture. You'll see why in a second.

Poison Ivy: Same with Catwoman, I think. But also, I like the idea of Bane and Poison Ivy teaming up, due to watching that Batman and Robin movie when I was younger. It stuck with me.

Two-Face: Oooorugghh Bruce's old lawyer buddy is like half insane and angry. Good for him. He'll go here for now.

Riddler: Same reasons for Catwoman. He's just here.

Scarecrow: I'd like it if he got progressively spookier as the story grew. Like- he's giving people panic attacks and spooky hallucinations NOW, but some years later, he's giving people psychological breakdowns.

Penguin: Same reasons for Catwoman and Riddler.

Dick Grayson Era

Carnival comes to town in Gotham. The Flying Graysons are a hoot, but the Mafia (???) doesn't think so.

The trapeze equipment is sabotaged, and Dick's parents fall to their deaths. Dick is 10 years old at this time.

Bruce happened to be watching this whole ordeal and sees himself in this newly made orphan. So he adopts him, naturally.

Dick finds out Bruce is Batman somehow, and Batman brings someone from the Mafia (??) who killed his parents to the Bat Cave. Dick has a choice: kill this guy or choose mercy.

Dick chooses mercy, and Bruce tells him, "Cool, you can be my sidekick now"

I like this one story of how Dick got the Robin name. He makes the classic Robin suit, but with a hood. He wants to call himself Robin Hood.

Bruce pulls the hood over Dicks face, because that is gonna be the easiest way to take him down. "Lose the hood, you're Robin."

So it's Batman and Robin for a good bit. Until Barbara Gordon is going around as her own vigilante, known as Batgirl.

Bruce is like, "Sure, why not?" and it's a team of three now.

At some point, during a big fight, Bane breaks Batman's back. Super humbling experience overall. Robin and Batgirl take care of Gotham while he recuperates.

I think this would also be the era when Bruce meets Superman and Wonderwoman. The inkling of the idea of the Justice League appears.

I don't really know why Dick stops being Robin and becomes Nightwing. Either he decides he's outgrown the title or Batman, or he's sick of Bruce giving criminals brain trauma.

But Dick becomes Nightwing at around 17 years. I think during this time, he makes and runs the first iteration of the Teen Titans. He moves into Blüdhaven and is the main vigilante there.

I like the idea that he got the name Nightwing from hanging out with Superman. Nightwing was apparently a super cool vigilante back in Krypton, and Dick got inspired.

Barbara stays back in Gotham to keep being Batgirl.

Era Villain Roster (adding onto previous)

Killer Croc: I don't really know where to put this guy. He doesn't have a lot of extreme plot relevance. He can go here.

Harley Quinn: I'm putting her here before Jason shows up. I'll explain why-ish in the Jason Todd Era.

Clay Face: Same thing as Killer Croc. He can go here.

Thanks for reading, if you've read this far! I've been wanting to write this down for a good while, and it feels good to have it all down.

Sorry if I sidelined your favorite Batman villain. I swear, most of these characters are going to get at least one post about them, especially if I receive more info on them. I have thoughts about all of them, I promise you.

This is all my opinion, a mix of what I have read or watched or heard about the characters so far. I am extremely open to new ideas, opinions, and thoughts. Everything I write in this blog is subject to change.

The next batch of Batman Eras will come out soon. Thanks for reading!

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HELP ME MAKE A COHESIVE DC TIMELINE IN MY BRAIN

After spending most of my life consuming DC content, I grew frustrated with the multiverse stuff. I'm not a fan of multiverse stuff. Just not for me.

So I thought, "Hey, I want to make a cohesive canon that makes sense for me, based off of stuff I know." But I also know my knowledge is fairly limited. So I ask you, Tumblr User, to help me figure stuff out. Help me keep track of my personal canon.

I already have plenty of ideas. I want to write down my thoughts and see other people's thoughts and opinions. But. The base of my canon will be mostly based on two DC shows in particular.

Justice League and Justice League Unlimited (the animated series)

They are what I grew up with. They were my favorite shows. They still kinda are. They are the base. The foundation. When I think of DC, the characters from these two shows are the ones I immediately think of.

But it is also subject to me changing some things. Everything will be subject to change and rebooting. Anything that is added to this canon is based on at least one of two things:

If it makes sense to me.

If it's silly enough to add.

Again, I want help with this. New ideas past my own little box of thinking. But I also want to have some fun with this.

Thank you for reading this far!