#POOR HELENA...

[wykart]

Maybe it's just a building that's, like, so big…

That it became a continent.

[charmedcurse]

ok so this quote is literally her (or them, depending on how you see it)

[robattinsonn]

the supposedly hot takes theorizing that it was actually helena in the end is starting to piss me off. how people are using the "helly was never cruel" line in such a bland way, as if it explains it all and summarizes her whole character. it's such a minimization of who she, and the innies in general, are. the point at which she and mark realize they might be doomed is kind of the start of them allowing themselves to be a bit selfish, because, yes, they can do a good thing for the outside world and still come back to each other, they still have that choice. maybe that's also when they realize that this is, too, part of them being their own person and taking control of their lives. thinking only their outies can be selfish is just leaning into the statement that the innies are not real people, that they don't, and shouldn't, feel the same way as their outies. that they must reduce themselves and oblige to their outies willing in order to serve some kind of greater purpose. that prioritizing their desires over their outies is somehow cruel. sympathizing with them only when they're being exploited is just an abstract form of condescension, easily abandoned the minute they stop complying and their existence become an incovenience

[havendance]

Anyway, my proposal for a run on Detective Comics where I write a series of one-shot stories showcasing all of the various supporting cast Batman has accumulated with stories, including, but not limited to:

Batman invites Nightwing to Gotham to help him solve a murder. The murder is very straightforward and they dance around the real reason Bruce invited him, until at the end, he finally admits in a constipated Bruce way that it's the anniversary of him adopting Dick and he wanted to spend time with him.

Huntress and Robin (Tim Drake) team up to investigate Killer Croc. It turns out he's turning over a new leaf in the sewers near the Marina. Huntress is dubious, but Robin convinces her to give him a chance, though she says she'll be watching him. We re-canonize Joker: Last Laugh.

Damian and Duke team up to take on a street-racing operation--a mission that naturally requires them to do some high adrenaline racing together.

The Riddler gets on social media with a plot that involves lots of puzzles and clues all over Gotham. Oracle taps into old members of "We are Robin" to take it down.

Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) and Batman end up on the same missing persons case. With the pressure on to find the missing child, they snipe at each other as tensions rise. In the end, after saving the kid, Bruce sort of kind of apologizes in a Bruce way and expresses some measure of respect for her.

Jason teams up with Ghostmaker to take on, idk, one of the Clayfaces. Does Gotham still have one of those? I haven't read any comics ghostmaker's in yet, but from I've heard it sounds like they'd have an interesting dynamic. Jason gets flashbacks to digging his way out of his grave.

Luke Fox recruites Harper Row (She does engineering stuff right? I also need to read comics she has a significant role in.) They take some new tech for a joyride and go bother the Penguin.

Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) and Azrael team up to take down Mad Hatter. He probably has some elaborate Alice in Wonderland theming going on that neither of them get. (I think neither of them should have read it.)

Batwoman and Catwoman team up to steal back some Kane family heirlooms, possibly from Jacob Kane (What's his and Kate's relationship looking like anyway?), possibly from someone else.

Gotham Girl and somebody. Me advancing my Cass & Claire agenda Possibly Oracle trying to rehabilitate her in that controlling yet well-intentioned way she has sometimes? Someday, I will get to being more up to date on what Claire's status quo in current comics is.

A handful of representatives from Gotham's various crime families get together in the backroom of a bar somewhere. They play poker and exchange stories of being busted by the various bat-affiliated vigilantes in which they are very scary and almost inhuman. It ends with Batgirl (Cass) busting in and beating them up.

Helena Bertinelli takes a gig as a substitute teacher at Gotham Academy. She teams up with Maps & other supporting cast when Mr Freeze takes the school hostage while trying to escape the police.

[eagansinferno]

her slow blink as she faces that she’s got no body autonomy and no one cares and she just got nearly drowned to death and she’s just another pawn in the game and the one person who offered her genuine heartfelt love is gone

[greatvaluegirlfriend]

i fucking knew helly was gonna lie. as soon as they started talking about what they saw in their outies’ worlds, i felt it in my bones.

because how can she trust anyone else? let alone herself??? how can anyone trust her, when she knows her genes are the thing that got them into this in the first place????

i think that’s why she’s so insistent that her and her outie are different people. and why she’s so eager to abandon helena eagan to the wolves. she doesn’t want to be her. she knows she’s different.

[neonrebels]

me when i am the sacrificial goat. when i am livestock

[thebramblewood]

Y2K Requested by @bloomingkyras, @aheathen-conceivably, @dead-lights, @dreamlandiasims and @gooretrait Starring Helena Zhao as the pop princess, Caleb Vatore as the heartthrob, Morgyn Ember as the sensitive one and Lilith Vatore as the edgy one

Featuring @gunthermunch's stunning new Reshade preset, Artaud!

[ravenlilyrose]

Have seen a lot of “Helena needs to be freed from the bats!” And you’re all very right. Mostly.

Helena’s stories definitely need to be freed from the bats, but she also needs to come home at the end of her day (that has been filled with stories that are hers and develop her character and focus on her themes) to find that Tim has broken into her apartment, stolen her snacks, and fallen asleep on her couch. She rolls her eyes, puts a blanket on him, and either goes to bed or keeps researching her case (depending on if it’s the end or the middle of her story).

Free her narratively from the bats, but let her keep her annoying little brother!

[charmedcurse]

spreading my helena eagan x ethel cain agenda post by post

richard siken, war of the foxes │ ethel cain, punish

[crashnbrn]

severance the show that you are...

markhelly the *ship* you are..

my brain is still processing this all so i have no more words at this moment

[inthecarwithaboy]

Whatever happens with Eddie going to El Paso (or not) I desperately need it to be about Eddie (and Chris). We know Buck is going to have Big Feelings, as he always does (and I do want him to), but for the first time in many seasons, can Eddie's arc actually be about him? And not be taken over by Buck and his feelings and issues? It's not a lot to ask.

[inixplicable]

Have we considered that maybe Helena doesn't actually believe "I am a person. You are not."?

Maybe she didn't want to go back down after the murder/suicide attempt, but much like "We give him everything, including Helly R" and her scripted damage control youtube apology post-OTC, she was forced to put on the facade of perfect corporate heir to get her innie in line.

[thebramblewood]

AU in which the trio opens a fine dining restaurant. It's like The Bear but with vampires.

[bean-spring]

Helena I'm never forgiving you for stealing Mark's first time with Helly and using him this way. I have never been so angry at a character

[love-and-books320]

Episode 4 was such a fever dream