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All the alt kids i knew in high school had this exact hairstyle

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@starcrossedconverse It's because this is a crossover storyline with Supergirl! So a different artist is drawing them. Personally I love Kon's enraged baby face, he reminds me of the mandrakes from Harry Potter. All screaming and wrinkly.

Well that explains peroxide princess at least

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This is also how you mark comic time. You can eek out a month if you're lucky, but the years only really come with anniversaries and birthdays. Even then it's unreliable.

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still stuck on this page from absolute martian manhunter #2

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Bart Allen: *doesn't like attention*

Also Bart Allen: *jumps on a stage and makes a whole ass show with his cousin, XS*

(Impulse #12)

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yuuup. my poor girl... also the way everyone is so aghast and Cassie is like: Kissing! What's so wrong with that?

Oh honey.

Greta getting asked a normal question:

Greta: Oh, yeah well (proceeds to trauma dump (she doesn't even realise this is messed up she's just tryna be honest😭))

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Man I accidentally reblog stuff here instead of my main blog waaay to often.

Anyways Star and S.T.R.I.P.E.S is low-key pretty similar to buffy. Like kick-ass blonde-girl moves to a small town with tons of trouble and befriends a nerdy red-head. Cindy and Cordelia also look kinda similar.

Just thoughts cause I started watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer. It's okay. I'm gonna watch a few more eps before I decide whether I like it or not. It's better than the X-Files but not as good as Sabrina.

I've been watching a few 90's shows+movies lately, they're very good.

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Just started Batman: Caped Crusader! Very interesting so far, I love how long his ears are🤭

Also Barbara is a lawyer? And seems to be in the same age bracket as Bruce and Harvey (who is a jerk) This is fun!

Omg. That's the Penguin? Mama Oswalda Cobblepot? This is great! Oh she's such a bitch omg

Oh my god Babs has a gun holy cow she's so cool in this!

STOP BATMAN JUST DROVE FULL SPEED INTO THREE GOONS IN HIS FUCKING LIMO OH MY GOD

Babs is gobsmacked. Same girl.

Is that a fucking umbrella shaped missile launcher? It is. Oh my lordie. What the fuck. I love this woman. Holy cow. Holy giant umbrella shaped missile launcher Batman!

literally us rn.

-timeskip~-

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Cheesehead count: 2

damn, evil Robin is really bitchy

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the issue ultimately posed in "The Diplomat's Son" is not whether Jason did or did not push Felipe Garzonas or whether it would have been justified if he had (or rather...it is a question, but it's not the most important issue). The issue deemed more important to highlight is that Bruce questioned whether Garzonas fell or was pushed and doubted Jason's word when Jason said he fell. Any discussion of Jason's "temperment" or "anger issues" and whether he feels justified in taking that anger out on the criminals he fights is secondary to that point.

The entire issue is very careful to paint Bruce as sympathetic to and understanding of Jason's anger and frustration over their inability to actually hold Felipe accountable for his repeated abhorrent behavior in the face of his diplomatic immunity. The fact that Jason is impulsive and angry over the situation isn't framed as "this is something inherent to Jason's personality" but a specific emotional response he's having to an incredibly fucked-up situation:

"You've apparently become too emotionally involved in this case, Jason." -Batman #424

There's also an element of "he's young, but he'll learn in time" implied in Bruce's thought boxes:

"Over the next three days, we have a dozen opportunities to bust Felippe Holding. But we hold off. I want to take out a part of the senior Garzonas' operation when Felipe takes his fall. Jason doesn't like this idea. He hasn't yet learned that ninety percent of crime-fighting is waiting." -Batman #424

Bruce's pointed question at the end ("did he fall...or was he pushed?") in response to Jason's initial refusal to explain what happened is framed as a double point: we as readers are asked to consider the implications of what Jason did or didn't do...but we're also asked to consider the implications of Bruce even thinking that Jason might have pushed him:

Bruce's immediate conclusion to Jason's refusal to answer a question is to ask if Jason killed him, and then look distrustfully at him as he grapples off? And that's the last panel? It's not just about what Jason did or didn't do here, but about Bruce's reaction.

The fact that the immediate follow-up to the story (Garzonas's father attempting to get revenge on Bruce and specifically Jason for his son's death) retells this story fairly sympathetically, highlighting Jason's inability to "deal with the injustice of the situation," just hammers this point home, especially considering that Bruce thinks there's a solid possibility his 15-year-old son just killed a man:

"Knowing Felipe was going to take another crack at her, Gloria Stanson opted for a foolish and very permanent way out. This set Jason off. He just couldn't deal with the injustice of the situation." -Batman #425

But Bruce's doubt of Jason's word permeates #425 (in fact, the panel directly after this highlights Bruce's distrust of Jason as his partner and his decision to unofficially bench him), and his "teaching moment" at the end is the punctuation mark:

"His name was Jose Garzonas. He was Felipe's father, Robin. For every action in this universe, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Consequences, Robin. There's no escaping them." -Batman #425

#424 and #425 are often pointed to as Starlin's attempt to provide some sort of narrative justification for Jason's death. But the issues' treatment of Jason doesn't seem to really support that. Bruce is generally sympathetic to how Jason feels about the Felipe situation, Jason's anger is specifically noted to be at the "injustice of the situation" and his frustration over his helplessness and inability to save Gloria, and Jason seems to learn whatever lesson Bruce is trying to impart on him about "the consequences of his actions" in the closing pages of #425. Bruce's issues with Jason's hypothetical actions and the fact that he continues to doubt Jason's word is more important for the narrative to deal with than any actual issues Jason might be having.

Of course, this gets turned around in Death in the Family to focus on "how oddly" Jason's been acting as of late and Bruce+Alfred ultimately connecting this to Jason's unresolved grief over the death of his parents, but it is notable that even here, they note that this anger and recklessness is odd for Jason. In other words, it's not how he normally acts:

"Robin-Jason Todd-had been acting oddly of late. Very moody. Resentful. Reckless......I toss him to Robin. Let the boy finish him off. He obviously has a dangerously high level of aggressive energy to work off." -Batman #426

And Bruce and Alfred specifically trace this uncharacteristic anger and recklessness to Jason's unresolved grief and issues over his parents' deaths. It's why Bruce takes Jason off active duty in the first place; not because he's worried that Jason is a danger to other people, but because he's worried Jason is a danger to himself:

"The kid's losing it. He dived into those thugs like someone looking to die." -Batman #426 (Death in the Family: Part 1)

Later attempts in the 90s and early 2000s to victim-blame Jason for his own death and call him a "bad Robin" with anger and impulsivity issues largely contradict both the issues leading up to his death and the actual story in which he dies. Ultimately, "The Diplomat's Son" and its follow-up are more concerned with Bruce's doubt over Jason's place at his side as his partner than whether Jason himself is suited for heroing, and "A Death in the Family" is more concerned with Jason's unresolved familial trauma and how those resurfaced issues specifically cause him to act so oddly that Bruce benches him for his own safety.

tl;dr: Jason wasn't a bad Robin and he didn't have anger issues. He was a 15-year-old kid who was a) immensely frustrated and angry after watching a traumatized woman hang herself while her abuser walked free and then b) upset over his unresolved issues regarding his parents' deaths (especially after realizing that Catherine Todd wasn't his bio mom and that he still might have a living mother). Bruce doubting Jason's word and yet still seeing the outcome as a teachable moment is the more important point of Jason's final story, not painting Jason as being angry and impulsive in an effort to narratively justify his upcoming death.

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(robin 69)

love love love this conversation between Steph and Crystal when Crystal finds Steph's costume in the closet btw.

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...ngl I actually thought it caught on fire because... like, holy reasons...😭

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Bruce: Pulling himself up over the side of a boat.

Barbara:

Bruce: Guess it's not a yacht party till someone falls over board!

Barbara: Uh-huh. Excuse me.

Barbara: Walking away as a group of women approach.

Bruce: Guess it's not a yacht party till someone falls over board!

Barbara: ? Is he a robot or something? What is up with this loser?

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Barbara: Oh, that Batman guy is real by the way.

Barbara: I met him tonight. Sort of.

Barbara: He has a really nice car.

Gordon:

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His life just flashed before his eyes

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This guy is the menace of all menaces

oh I think it might be time for little Timmy to get the rat plague... this is so exciting for me a person who made a powerpoint two years ago enumerating all of his travails

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Bart ran into a tree. He might be concussed. This happens quite often. But yk, at least he doesn't think he's Batman this time round.

Cutie patootie

He's way less insufferable than in the cartoon I love this guy

Also this was actually my first time reading this special!