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[biteable-pink-pixie]

I'm sick but so is this eevee dress

[ekat-fandom-blog]

Jack decides he needs a bit of time away from family to mourn the loss of his one sided friendship with Vlad and Vlad's death. So he takes a trip to Gotham. On this trip, he runs into Damian and Tim, who are convinced he's Captain Marvel in disguise.

Meanwhile, Jason's also run into Jack as he's coming into his ghost powers. Jason starts freaking out because someone just saw him when his new powers started glitching. Panicking only worsens the situation as now he can't figure out how to get his foot un-caught in the cement.

Jack, despite not knowing if this kid is a halfa or not, decides to give him advice based on how Danny told him his powers work. It works.

Now, Jason has a sort-of mentor that he didn't ask for but definitely needs, and Jack has something to do while he sorts out his feelings on the whole Vlad-was-never-his-friend thing.

Eventually, Damian and Tim catch them while Jack is trying to explain how Jason might have a second form. While Jack explains, Jason just transforms. His ghost form isn't what either expected. Jack was expecting something similar to Danny's or Vlad's. Not a winged little kid with a mask.

To be honest, this just solidifies that this guy is Captain Marvel for Damian and Tim. Obviously he decided to teach Jason magic.

[ehliena]

That wonderful moment when you see an outfit much like you had when you were a child and wonder if it was really that bad?

And someone confirms it

Dick the pixie boots were a Choice.

[panakina]

The smartest thing winnick did in UtRH is leave Tim and the question of robin out entirely, making jason’s feud specifically with bruce with vestigial joker. So it’s really bloody annoying that everyone and their dog is so excited to wedge Tim back in there.

[youngbounty]

I’ve heard some criticisms of when this could’ve taken place and Damian having forgotten his pets. Something to understand is that the comic itself isn’t entirely blaming Damian. The narration is clearly speaking about the Bat Family as a whole. In the line, “They mean well, but their lives are complex,” it is talking about the Bat Family. Damian just happens to be the only one taking responsibility when his dad and family should’ve taken equally responsibility for letting Damian down.

It’s also clear this is an apology to the fans. When a comic apologizes to its fans for anything, it recognizes where the story went wrong. It only fails when it never did. So, let’s first ask the question: did any of the recent comics neglect to mention all the pets seen here? Yes. Even with their appearances lately, it’s often been Goliath during two separate occasions by Joshua Williamson.

The second thing to recognize is how these pets get into this situation. According to the comic, they were taken to a farm on the outskirts of Gotham. It clarifies that “Our people in Gotham rarely had time for us.” Again, the Bat Family (not Damian specifically), didn’t have time for them.

Next, it says that those at the farm spoke about scientific value before sending these pets to a bio-tech company. The people at the farm were likely those The Bat Family thought could be trusted. If we go by past continuity, we can likely assume the Bat Family that put the pets on that farm was likely Bruce or Dick. This is because during the events of Gotham War and Zurr Failsafe, the Vandal Savage buys off the Bat Cave and nothing is ever said about the pets. Even Batman leaves Jason alone after lobotomizing him.

Claiming this story is placing full blame on Damian is completely unfair and ignores any subtlety. It also ignores the terrible storylines that would have placed Damian in this situation. Damian would not have been able to care for his pets properly. The Bat Cave wasn’t there, he was being thrown between his father and brothers, his father was being possessed by Zurr-En-Arrh, Failsafe was making a mess of things and Damian had to depend on his family to do what he couldn’t at the moment. Is it fair to call it negligence just because that’s from his pets’ perspective or because Damian is the only one taking responsibility.

This storyline is creating a parallel to what happened with the pets and what’s been going on in DC. The name of the Bio-Tech, Morrison Bio-Tech, gives us a much deeper meaning to this apology. Just as the Bat Family have complex lives, so do the writers and artists at DC. We don’t know what goes on in DC and it’s easy to place the blame of bad writing to one writer instead of recognizing the whole DC company. If Damian represents the writer/artist and the people at the farm that sold his pets as DC heads, then this demonstrates that negligence over the DC story and characters aren’t often on the writers/artists alone.

I enjoyed this storyline personally. The only criticisms I’ve heard are the ones I’ve explained. Thankfully, it’s from a small minority, but still nitpicky to me.

[catastrophicalcat]

Oh my gosh look at how tiny Dick is! He is like a baby!!! Can't believe Batman brought him in his little short shorts to solve a murder mystery!

World's Finest #30

[h3rania]

i can't keep living without owning a pair of cowboy boots

[thegothicalice]

Revisiting a style I felt clever for in my early 20s, pixie punk 🪦✨

[starspilli]

loved that era of comics before jason got brought back where he would just show up as a little creepy ghost kid i miss that

[arksicof]

[ayandagama]

i.nandos

[the-sweetest-g1rl-in-town]

[purebbyfawn]

⋆ 𐚁₊˚⊹♡

[yangscowlick]

We’ve had a decade+ of “Sad Dad-Type unwillingly adopts child and will wrestle the world to protect them” media that have been wildly successful, yet the live action Batman movies just have knee-jerk aversion to ever including Robin because…?

[haemosexuality]

hey. i love you [makes your shadowheart look sick as hell]

mods used:

makeup remover (removes the makeup of several female characters)

more prominent scars for shadowheart (self explanatory)

appearance edit enhanced (allows you to edit companion's appearances)

shadowheart's tattoos (gives shadowheart the tattoo she has in her concept art)

asymmetrical shadowheart concept outfit (gives shadowheart the outfit she has in her concept art)

anything else (cheeck scar, face tattoos) i just added with the appearance edit enhanced