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they’re so little…

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that one young justice 98 panel you know the one

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So I sometimes sketch Young Justice characters as I watch the series for the first time. 😂

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dc will create the most compelling story about alienation, love, and patience, and then pretend it never happened

i miss max and bart

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To the Jayroy shippers who need to hear this, your ship is valid.

Just because the New 52 greatly regressed Roy’s character doesn’t mean that the entire concept of the ship is terrible. The New 52 took a shit on every character, we’re all in the same boat there. NO ONE likes the direction they took Roys character. We’re all here eating the scraps of what we liked from each continuity.

The parallels of their characters are very interesting. They’re both the “failed” protoges, whether that’s them failing their mentor or BEING failed by their mentor (an argument that is pointless to have because it’s been resolved and unresolved too many times in canon). And the concept of them bonding over that and healing together is a nice concept.

Roy and Jason are two characters where whatever version you have in their head is understandable. For example I like to pretend that Lian never died and Jason was willing to step up as a co-parent.

Anyway, I’m sorry yalls tag has been tainted by antis with a superiority complex. I’ve been a DC comics fan since I was 7 (12 years), and a superhero fan since I was 3. And people who have only read one comic in their life are just as much of a fan as I am. (And to those fans who’ve only read one comic, lemme know and I’ll hook you up with some websites)

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Does anyone know these guys

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tim in outfits i vaguely remember preppy boys in my high school wearing

(edit: drew more headband tim)

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at a certain point in fics, sexism based off negligence (aka, “it’s been 40K and not a single female character has mattered at best or has even been mentioned at worst”) is just straight up ooc to the guy characters you’ve included. bc unless you intend your protagonist to be sexist, he would have cared about a woman within the last 40K and 3 months.

because tim wouldn’t just forget about cass. he loves her. kon wouldn’t disrespect ma by ignoring her. he loves her. dick would have called donna to ask her how she’s doing by now. because, yep, he loves her. damian would have thought about his mother by now. because yes it’s complicated but he loves her. clark would have recalled lois’s pragmatism by now and thought about how her thoughts might be valuable. because. he. loves. her. (and her opinion is indeed valuable). and even outside the realm of love, bruce would have asked barbara for her expertise. bruce would also ask diana for advice over clark on most matters. and dick would defer to kory or donna on emotional matters. and stephanie was good at making damian feel safe to be a kid. and so on. and so on.

like it or not, these women matter to these men. if you think these guys don’t seek out the women in their lives’ expertise, assistance, comradarie, friendship — you’re missing out.

and, if we’re keeping score, on a purely pragmatic level, they’re capable. and if you want to write capable men, you need to write them taking advice and cues from capable women. and sometimes, having their asses kicked by capable women is also what makes the story realistic.

so ma would have better parenting advice than alfred. and barbara would have solved tech issues faster than tim. and diana would have more wisdom than clark. and talia would have won that fight. and kory would also have won that fight. and cass DEFINITELY would have won that fight. do you get it?

like it or not, these women matter, and are skilled. not including them and not allowing the men in dc to see utilize their value makes it seem, ultimately, like you’re intentionally writing sexist guy characters for overlooking them.

because… seriously. do you really want someone reading your fic to be wondering, in the back of their mind, if this version of tim is just sexist and that’s why he doesn’t think about his girl friends at all? because at this point that’s what i wonder when i hit 40K and he hasn’t even briefly wondered how cass or stephanie or cassie are doing, let alone his civilian girl friends and female mentors.

the men in this fiction know the women around them have rich inner lives, and amazing skills. you could at least try to acknowledge them too, fandom.

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thinking about early impulse comics..

like. no one understands you, you're so lost. max is so mean to you, but hes trying his best? your cousin hates you, he's right isnt he. you're supposed to be growing up faster than you can handle. max says you immature, but his version of mature is something you would rather die than be. you don't want to turn into max. but you don't want to disappoint your family. are you disappointing your family ? you are, aren't you. you have friends but you never really know if they like you. are they laughing with you or at you? the feeling that no one understands you never goes away. even when you get to young justice, you'll always be just a little too weird for everyone to handle. a little too different. you're so far from everyone you love. but you love max, don't you ? it's still not the same, you would kill to be back home but that would mean giving up so much. for a second you think it would be worth it. but that's selfish, isn't it. max is spending so much time on you, there are obviously a million other things he would rather do than deal with you. robin is never like this. neither is superboy. why can't you be good like them? how hard would it be to just stop being a fuck up for once? but also silly cartoons so it's all fine and he's totally just a comic relief character and not a very well written chaacter or anything... that would be crazy

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bart doodle page :)) silly little guy

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had to draw the sillies

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Some of the many expressions of Stephanie’s Spoiler/Batgirl costume

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The rooftops of Gotham are dangerous on their own. Good thing Steph has Cass to help her out.

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it's only the end if you want it to be ;-;

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snippet from a WIP I am masterfully attempting to power through

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I think Leslie, Alfred, Lucius, and Jim are on a bowling team