okay so this took off on tiktok so ive decided to put it here because it feels exactly up tumblr's alley. i guess um. do as you wish with this. brat trilogy erik and raven
Something strange I notice all the time in comics is how only a few characters actually have kids that they adopted or had through a surrogate and not having most of their kids transitionally
Here’s some examples of characters who more “non traditional” families in DC
Bruce Wayne has five older kids and they’re all adopted but Damian is his only biological son
Oliver has Roy, Connor and Mia but Connor is his only biological kid
Clark’s oldest son is his clone from him and Lex
In Marvel there are some other situations like this
Mystique and her wife, Irene adopted Rogue and they had Kurt together biologically through shapeshifting (it’s a much newer retcon)
Logan has Akihiro but his daughters are his clones
I just think this is interesting, especially when characters in comics want to have kids or had kids but they act like alternative stuff like adoption or fostering is not a thing (this is more an issue with media in general)
There are so many different types of families and relationships but we don’t see enough variation in media
A family doesn't need to be a husband a wife and two kids, sometimes it's a lesbian terrorist couple, a flying brick from Mississippi, a Catholic German and a Cajun thief. And I think that's beautiful
I really hate how everyone in the comics always acts like Loki is a monster and an asshole who doesn’t deserve a second chance even though so many other characters have done similar things or way worse but either gotten very little or no punishment
The Avengers have caused a lot of damage and destruction over the years
Wanda literally rewrote all of reality (that one is different because she was traumatized and Pietro manipulated her)
Mystique has killed a large amount of humans and mutants and committed lots of other crimes
Magneto is literally a mutant terrorist who has done a lot of insane stuff
The X-men have also killed people and caused a lot of innocent people harm
But at some point they have gotten a pass or been forgiven for their past actions and mistakes
But never Loki even he’s never really even though he rarely ever attacks someone for personal reasons or any other reasons 
I love all of these characters, I’m just tired of Loki still being seen as a villain to everyone else