#IT WAS SO HARD TO CONTROL IT SOMETIMES

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Maybe we never had a chance.

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[littlefankingdom]

I saw another post criticizing Bruce for having children fighting at his side, and I must say: tell me you don't know shit about the batkids' stories without telling me. Bruce fucking tried to stop those kids from being vigilantes, but they keep doing it behind his back, so he decided the best thing to do was to give them the proper training, an armor and to have them stick at his side so he can watch over them. You know, like a parent telling their underage children that they can drink alcohol but only at home where they can watch over them.

Dick became Robin because he wanted revenge over his parents' murder. He would run out in the street of Gotham as a 8 years old, all alone, to go fight Zucco. Bruce helping him make Robin was the compromise to keep Dick safe, because the child would not listen. (And yes, it wasn't the case in the very first canon, but it was like the 40s. Do you know how many kids fought against the Nazis in Europe at that time???)

Barbara Gordon is not his daughter and he has no authority on her being a vigilante. He cannot even ground her.

Jason became Robin after helping Bruce take down Ma Gunn's school. It is implied by Bruce, while talking to Dick, that he offered Robin to Jason as a way to gain a child because he missed having Dick around. He didn't need a Robin, he just missed having a kid. Bruce used the Robin mantle with Jason like people use churu to appease stray kitten. AND JASON'S DEATH, let's talk about it. Jason ran away, which leads to him being killed, after eavesdropping on Bruce and Alfred talking about Jason's mental health. Jason is benched as Robin, but not because Bruce thinks he killed someone like fandom says, but because Bruce knows it is not helping or healthy for Jason. They are talking about getting him help for his traumas and how violence is not helping Jason. And, when he is older and has healed, they can try again if he wants to. That's why Jason or people saying that Jason died because he was a soldier, or blaming Bruce for Robin's existence is false. When Jason died, Bruce was against Jason being Robin for his own health! And Jason knows that, he heard the discussion, he wasn't bench like how so many of his siblings are, with little to no honest explanation. Jason died in the Robin's costume because of his own stubbornness, not because of Bruce. (And that's not blaming Jason for his death. He is not to blame, but neither is Bruce. It's just about the Robin's colors. Jason would not have been wearing them at the time if he listened to Bruce.)

Tim Drake imposed himself as Robin. Bruce was against it, Tim literally went "Don't care, didn't ask". And Tim was already following them around before. Bruce already have Jason blaming him for making Tim Robin when he had no control over that.

Stephanie Brown became a vigilante before Batman knew her. He has tried SO MANY TIMES to make her stop, and so many fans hate that he did it. Make a choice, is it bad that he didn’t stop her more or that he didn’t let her more be a vigilante? He even got his kids to try to make her stop. AND SHE IS "KILLED" TO TEACH HIM THAT MAKING KIDS VIGILANTES IS BAD WHEN HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OF HER BECOMING ONE AND TRIED TO STOP HER! No shit the man blames himself for things that are not his fault, everyone does it.

Cassandra Cain was 17 when she becomes Batgirl, so I don't know if she counts. But when Bruce tries to make her stop for her own health, with the support of Barbara and Alfred, Cass is devastated and doesn't obey him. She puts on her costume and fights him physically.

Damian Wayne was trained as an assassin. In every version of him being introduced to Bruce, Bruce is against making him Robin and Damian keeps sneaking out. Damian wants to prove himself to his father so bad and refused to be kept away from the fight. In the comics, it's Dick, DICK, that makes him Robin when Bruce is gone, because Bruce was against letting Damian out at night.

Conclusion: Bruce is a tired father of a bunch of kids that cannot understand they should stay home at night and not be vigilantes.

[poppyseed-cookie]

Me normally: here’s all the reasons I think that, despite the issues, Shadow Milk and Pure Vanilla could work out

Me when I’m thinking about a different ship involving either one of them: here’s all the reasons I think that, despite the potential, Shadow Milk and Pure Vanilla could NOT work out-

[cupidsncheerios]

arcane should've been longer because if you replaced every montage to (admittedly very good) pop music with like, ten minute scenes actually going through the characters development and decisions, season 2 would go from a 4/10 to a solid 6/10.

for example, this fucking travesty of a scene

this scene hurts me so so much, not just because i love my darling jayce and this is an entirely unexplained decision that seems to just happen because it needs to happen for other characters' arcs, but because it's the easiest writing fix i could've possibly imagined.

it's literally so simple. here's the fix: write one single scene of caitlyn comforting jayce after the terrorist attack and convincing him to make hextech weapons.

this hypothetical scene could do SO MUCH for the show.

if this happened, it would reiterate how much jayce is willing to do for the people he loves and would act as dramatic irony for his relationship with viktor, because it's that exact dogged determination that constantly tears him away from viktor (when this trait is in service of mel, for example) and brings them together in the end of it all. if we were shown how jayce betrayed viktor specifically because his beloved, well intentioned, suffering sister asked him to, it would also make his "I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS" moment resonate a lot more.

additionally, it would feed into caitlyn's arc incredibly well, since it would act as foreshadowing/a precursor to her becoming a wolf under ambessa's guidance, and would show how she's both becoming more of a politician and would mirror her to mel (manipulating jayce despite genuine love for him and good intentions in what she's doing) in a way that could add an interesting mother-daughter tinge to her relationship with ambessa (and this could be mirrored to the silco-jinx relationship, since i know fortice lovessss its visual parallels). and on top of that, for an extra fun touch they could make note of how she'd be asking this of jayce despite his clear injury, and try and use that (non-typical for cait) lack of care/empathy to make her sudden shift to hurting vi make more sense.

do you see why the lost potential here hurts so much?

literally, the rest of the show doesn't need to be changed to support this proposal, the entire season could play out in all its centrist character assassinating glory and changing this scene from a cool marvel movie style 'whoa-these-characters-have-joined-a-team-and-gotten-cool-weapons' scene into an actual interaction between characters with arcs & would do nothing but help it. and yet we get a fucking montage.

[lordgeneralsix]

2025 really is the year of the most unlikely shit to happen to me and I do blame kcd btw

[mayomkun]

Rewatching dead boy detectives and I love the music box that starts playing when Charles started hitting the night nurse. Like, the haunting melody went so well with the shock of what we learned about Charles' past and his sudden outburst (spiralling out of control, the feeling of the world beating down on you over and over and even when you try your best, be your best self, it isn't enough and there isn't anything you can do). And then morphed to something more upbeat/thrilling when she fell into the sea, followed by complete silence with Charles' breakdown. Oughhhhhhhhh

[vaguely-concerned]

there's a self-help/mental health adjacent post that's going around and it seems to be really helpful for a lot of people which is very good. I also personally hate it with all my fucking heart

[mecha--maniac]

Giving the scrungles chao saga

Mephiles's? Sweet babyangel service chao; if they did races Meph would definitely be dancemom manipulative of the other chao handlers just to make them fight, with the chao being none the wiser.

Metal's starts off as a feral little shit that loves to bite; but biting is not very effective on Metal, so oops bro, looks like you have been government assigned a chao (Who eventually warms up to him with the correct combination of ignoring their shenanigans and manhandling them into being socialized. No, we are having a nice day at the beach, you may not go and bite small children)

The third one is for an unpictured different Metal. This one was a rescue and is very shy, but their mommy is very scary with a resting murder face which gives them some more confidence as they grow up. Anyone who messes with this chao would wind up mysteriously missing.

If these were in the game...

Meph's chao would operate like a chaos chao, except it needs higher stats in power and flight.

Metal chao 1 would be neutral/speed/flight with a disproportionate amount of kangaroos and/or bug animals givin to it.

Metal chao 2 would be dark/power/flying, raised primarily on drives and dragons.

[rozzywell]

Shout out to early 2021 when I was freshly in my Knight Rider fixation era and was in deep enough to make an AU bc of it. I don't think I EVER posted about it here. It was confined to my brain only. But ohhh "Knight Industries also gave Michael weird techno-organic phoenix wing implants during KotP for some reason (he was their guinea pig / Wilton's pet project and I love the phoenix motif)" AU I do miss you sometimes.....

[diivineray]

not speaking for everyone but for me its annoying when people come on here and complain about every English word ever. the word slow now is considered offensive? I am slow. I have a learning disability, and it legit takes me more time to figure shit out. i will reread things three or four times, sometimes i dont get it the firth time and I need it to be explained to me. I excel in other things, and I have major weaknesses in others. I know I am slow. I describe myself as that when talking to someone who tells me a joke and I dont get it right away i be like IM SLOW OKAY EXPLAIN IT lmao CUZ ITS TRUE? its not even these ppl being called slow, its literally complaining about said ppl calling themselves slow. what else am I gonna say ??

[chettyspagetti]

CONFETII 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I’m needing more ideas to draw them …. Any middle school or highschool headcannons you have for them are 100% appreciated

[farawaywiththefairies]

i should really just delete all social media and get rid of my phone entirely because i can be having a perfectly nice day and then i see one thing online that just ruins everything

[strawburrychainsaw]

It's been weeks & I wouldn't want to clutter up the replies with my two cents anyway but that post about "some of us arent living in outfits world" made me sad. yes, not everyone has the budget to buy fancy clothes (or go on clothes trips at all) or the energy to get dressed in the morning with any more intention than just basic operation. But the thing is, the clothes you wear have am impact on how you feel about yourself, however silly that may be. It isn't about dressing like a model, it's about dressing in a way that makes you smile at yourself in the mirror.

Coming from someone who never lived in outfits world for many years as a teenager and through college (& conatantly hated myself and my body), now that I have slowly accumulated pieces of clothing I genuinely like seeing myself in & try my best to push through the exhaustion and take the time to come up with outfits, (even though ADHD thinks it's stupid some days) I feel so much healthier mentally. The thing about depression is it saps your energy and makes you feel like nothing is worth the effort, it doesn't matter. If you manage to - in my case, with the help of friends who encouraged me, - push through or even just start with small things to accessorize, it genuinely helps you break out of that slump. You have to take action to slowly develop habits that force you to think of yourself in a better way instead of doing the bedrot thing. I even started an outfit journal soon after i started my 9-5 so i would be aware of how i dressed since i always did the same ill-fitting jeans + t-shirt + hoodie combo & seeing other folks with cool styles around me every day inspired me to try to have a little variety & now I barely have to think about it anymore because it's just a habit.

ADHD makes keeping laundry clean & on a schedule difficult. Not having money for clothes makes it hard to get new things. (I'm in a better situation than a lot of other folks on tumblr are, and i still dont have the cash for a monthly shopping spree like it feels like you need.) Depression and exhaustion and dysphoria make you feel like your body isn't even worth dressing up or that you are thinking too highly of yourself by even trying. I am not trying to downgrade these things, but I do feel strongly that we, as adults, have to rise to the challenge and figure out how to develop habits that work for us & improve our mental health because there is a nonzero percentage of that bad feeling that is a result of our own actions or inaction. Yes, there are and always will be elements of our lives that are out of our control, but we have to work with them. if we don't take the reigns of whatever we can, our lives will continue to feel like they're spinning out of control.

Outfits world is fun, please please give it a shot.

[cerbreus]

surgery leave finally okayed!!!!

[itadooori]

sang-woo n gi-hun are invading my brain rn which i normally welcome with open arms but the issue is that im currently trying to work on something for another character that doesnt involve either of them

[simon-writes-occasionally]

I think most people looked at Mike and thought "Man I want him to destroy me."

Which. Valid, 100%. He's hot and I can admit that.

(I partially started this blog bc of him, after all)

But man, I want him to be a whining mess under me. I want him to just lay back and relax and not have to worry about doing the work for a bit.

Minors DNI