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i feel like loving roy harper is the best thing that could happen to anyone btw
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This is a very shallow analysis BUT most of my followers are Batman fans and not Green Arrow fans so it's still worth pointing it out:
YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT OLIVER QUEEN.
Oliver is NOT ABUSIVE !! Here's why!
We as a fandom talk a lot about core beliefs of the characters (because DC writers can't do their job right) but here's the thing about Oliver: changing constantly is his core trait. Oliver isn't like Superman, who is inherently a good person since the beginning of forever. He's not like Batman, who figured out how to turn his pain into something that can help people. Green Arrow's story is about evolving as a person. It's about learning from your mistakes and doing better.
Oliver starts his story as a complete douche. Seriously. Just read Green Arrow: Year One and you'll get what I mean. He doesn't care about people, or politics, or even his own life, really. But being stuck in that island changes him to his core. He feels first hand what happens when you don't have people around to give a shit about you. He understands the need for community only after he loses his'. He understands the need for growth and kindness with time. And he keeps re-learning it.
In Snowbirds Don't Fly, which is essentially the only thing that makes non-GA fans think Oliver is abusive, there's three main horrible things Ollie does: He leaves Roy alone for months to travel with Hal, he slaps Roy, and he kicks Roy out. Those are, obviously, bad.
But here's the thing: Oliver learns. After Roy gets sober, especially after Lian comes around, Oliver earns Roy's forgiveness by being better. He starts vocalizing his lofe for Roy, he makes an effort to be involved in Roy's life. He's supportive and helpful when Roy needs him. Oliver learns to be there for Roy. He regrets kicking Roy out and hitting him, and is very explicitly grateful that Roy is a stronger man than he is, that he was able to pull himself together without Ollie.
Most Batman fans (and I myself am guilty of this) expect characters to never change, ever, because we're used to the Batman mythos, which can only exist if Bruce stays the same forever. But that’s not Ollie, and it will never be, because Ollie needs to grow in order to be written well. If he stays stuck in his ways and doesn't learn from being called the fuck out (even if he gets offended) then that's just not a well-written Oliver Queen.
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The arrow family being happy and safe in the comics is the best and it should continue
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loving, leaving, and losing through the lens of roy harper and jade nguyen.
quotes + panels: new teen titans (1984) #20-21 / clementine von radics, in a dream you saw a way to survive / richard siken, war of the foxes / sue zhao / rebecca ross, divine rivals
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I’m literally so fucking happy rn crying tears of joy as we speak
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This would be the cutest damn page in the world if koch could draw babies
(Secret Origins 38)
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Don't ever tell me roy wasn't emotionally mature or that he was selfish.
He managed to say their goodbyes and keep it "cool" (joking even to the girls about missing him) until he was gone far enough to shed a tear.
Sure their separation hurted him lots; but at the same time they needed to go on with their lives too, they would still be friends, but learn to go by themselves.
(This hurts me a considering Roy have them as their only family at that moment.)
||Teen titans (1966) #53||
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Grandpa ollie >>>> uncle ollie
I rejected modernity, embrace tradition!!
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WHO IS DAMAGE?
damage, aka grant emerson, was created by bill kaplan, tom joyner, and bill marimon and first appeared in his self-titled 1994 series. he has been part of two incarnations of the titans, as well as the justice society of america. he is related to al pratt, the first atom; due to his unique heritage and genetics, grant possesses metahuman abilities that allow him to absorb and build up energy which he can use in various ways - most famously exploding like a bomb (hence the name).
WHAT IS THIS?
this is a catalogue of every single one of grant's comic appearances, organised chronologically and categorised by what i would consider 'essential' damage reading. grant is one of my favourite characters in dc, so hopefully this can help anyone who's interested in getting to know him!
CHECK IT OUT
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Lesbian Flag colour-picked from Mia Dearden’s casual outfits
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INDRODUCING: ROY HARPER “ the P U N K” 🤘🤘
Finally finished I actually had such a hard time with him Ngl but I love him
He is backup guitar sometimes lead
Him and Jason had a make out arch while guitar barreling ….. how you ask ? No idea but they did lol
He is super fun with the crowd
Matches Jason with subtle green stiches and jewelry
Flips while solos
Climbs on shit
Upside down I’ve the crowd playing
Smashed guitar at end of show
Neon green strings that light up under black light
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Never gonna be over Roy's first team-up with the Titans almost ending with him burning them alive
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