#and jim didnt want to trigger him in all of this so he asked me for help instead

[anxiously-going]

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[gothamdad]

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART ONE: CINEMATIC WRONGS AND ANALYSIS COMMENTARY

DO NOT REBLOG.

This is going to be a bullet point list of incidents that occur in the movie, and will either have my general commentary or an analysis of what makes the scene terrible (or in some rare cases, good). TRIGGERS FOR SUICIDE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND DYSMORPHIA 

-bruce trying to kill himself in the beginning of the movie. 

Hes reckless, and willing to risk his life, but not suicidal. But he just purposefully gets into a wreck at 2 minutes into the movie?? for no reason??? theres literally no reason for it other than it being angsty bc they COULDVE started the movie with the mutants doing crime, as the next scene cuts right into it and the following news reports 

-"This reporter hopes that wherever he is, hes enjoying a toast with good friends" said when its the anniversary of batman’s disappearance 

this is stupid I hate this movie. You're telling me Gotham forgives Batman for just disappearing on them? DID THAT NOT HAPPEN IN NML AND EVERYONE GOT PISSED??? Like everyone in this movie seems to have forgot he abandoned the city. Not to mention, and I'm gonna go off on a tangent here, bruce will be batman for as long as he lives. He calls himself batman in his mind even when hes retired. He believes that Bruce wayne is the mask. His whole identity is batman. Saying that hed quit because of jason is not only stupid because it implies Jason's death isnt just as important as his parents, but shows that any tragedy is enough to permanently knock him down. And as if the league, or the family, would have let him give up. Anyway the whole reason the retirement in batman beyond works is because it shows bruce was going to fight until he literally died on the spot, but instead he pointed a gun, didn't even use it, just pointed it, and he realized he wasnt fit to HONOR batman anymore. He broke the rule. And he doesnt deserve to wear the mantle. This is so good because 1) bruce still wants to be batman and 2) it doesnt imply that he gave up at all, and at this point with his decreasing wellness his family WOULD be telling him to stop

-Gordon toasts with Bruce on the anniversary

FBKSBSOANSISSB OH MY GOD IT JUST SHOWED HIM SHARING A TOAST WITH GORDON. this is the anniversary of the last time batman is sighted and gordon. JIM FUCKING GORDON. Is celebrating. When they were literally partners and hed shine the batsignal each night TELL ME WHERE THE LOGIC IS!!! I CANT FIND THE LOGIC!!!!! I'm literally 3 minutes into this movie..... and already this is how its going...

-Gordon and Bruce talk

"You're not worried about me, are you?" Asked when hes in clear danger of being attacked by mutants "noT MorE tHAn i aM tHe ReST oF tHis CItY" ah yes. I forgot that Bruce hated gotham and jim Gordon. My mistake. Common misconception.

-the mutants are introduced

Ugh and it's the worst kind of villains too, jim just described the mutants as "the worst kind of criminals. They are only after violence, with no humanity at all" GIVE! VILLAINS! REASONING! I hate these joker wannabes Joker was already enough we dont need a million more "lol I'm just evil deal with it" villains

"Talk to Dick lately?"asks Gordon "You know I havent" Bruce responds

THIS CONVERSATION IS GETTING W O R S E BC I KNOW HOW THIS MOVIE GOES AND HE JUST INSTANTLY HAS CARRIE BE THE NEW ROBIN- WHICH, IS N O T BRUCE'S TO GIVE. ITS ALWAYS BEEN DICK'S MANTLE TO PASS DOWN- WHEN HE HASNT BEEN SPEAKING TO DICK????

-tangent on how it’s overlooked that Dick Grayson was the one to make Robin, not Batman

This is a sin that not just the movie, but the batman franchise in general seems to always make. Robin was made as a tribute to the flying graysons, and is meant to be colorful and aerodynamic for acrobatic tricks. it should always be dick’s to pass down, or the next robin after. 

-Bruce begins having trouble with holding back his urge to be Batman

His whole wanting to be batman again thing started because of a newspaper with a family's death and pearls being sold. On the same front cover. I'm. THATS WHEN HE REMEMBERS HIS PARENTS? NOT EVERY FUCKING TIME HE HEARS A GUNSHOT? OR CLOSES HIS EYES? OR SEES BLOOD? HE READS A NEWSPAPER THATS FLOATING IN THE WIND??????NOT EVERY TIME HE LOOKS AT JASONS COSTUME? OR THE OTHER CRIMES COMMITTED??????LOGIC!!!!!!!!!! I NEED !!!! TO KNOW!!!!! WHERE IT IS!!!!!!!! ARE U KIDDING ME NOW THE MARK OF ZORRO, WHICH IS WHO THE FUCK KNOWS HOW OLD NOW, IS ON TV??????????? AND HE JUST HAPPENS TO FLIP TO THE CHANNEL.. Batman telling bruce "you've tried to hold me back. But you're weak. Ypu know it in your soul. You're nothing but a hollow shell." Is so STUPID!! WHY HAS HE BEEN FIGHTING BEING BATMAN!!!!!!!!!! BRUCE SHOULD WANT TO BE BATMAN!!!! AND HATE HAVING TO NOT BE!!!! AND A BAT FLYING INTO HIS WINDOW AGAIN???? STOP THE FUCKING CLICHES IM SICK OF THIS . UR NOT BEING NEXT LEVEL, MOVIE. ITS JUST DUMB. ITS DUMB!!!

-Carrie Kelly

her first ??? Appearance??? Is her going into KNOWN MUTANT GANG TERRITORY instead of going through the rain. And scolding her friend for not having backbone WHEN THEY COULD LITERALLY DIE and saying, and I quote, "its better than out there." then when interviewed about the incident her friend says  "It was a flying monster! With wings and fangs!" and she replies with "Reality check, Michelle, it was definitely a man, but he had to be like 12 feet tall" OH YEAH THATS VERY REALISTIC CARRIE. Shes an asshole to her friend and we're supposed to like her.  Oh and Carrie's reason for wanting to be robin? She saw the bat signal while her parents were talking about public marches. That's it. That's her reason. Not because she was attacked by mutants and almost died.

-Giving the movie credit

Okay but if theres another thing I'll give credit for, and I'm sure its unintentional, is that Harvey is the first criminal he wants to take down. Because Harvey is always going to be Bruce's priority. He didnt go after the mutants, but Two-Face. And the way that confrontation goes when it’s revealed harvey thinks both sides of his face are scarred. the Arkham staff fixed his scars before he was ready for treatment, and his mental health wasn’t priority. he was going to have dysmorphia either way, but not treating mental illness worsened it.  kinda? good writing? But I think it was unintentional to have the idea that Arkham didnt know what they were doing and the belief that scars are important before trauma, and how trauma has to be helped first. I dont believe for an instant that's what's meant. 

-Carrie Kelly part two

She gets a Robin costume and goes out onto the roof and is like.... almost dies. THEN THE NEXT SCENE WE SEE HER SHES LIKE COMPLETELY ACROBATIC? WHY IS SHE SO ACROBATIC NOW!!! THIS TAKES PRACTICE!!!

-Batman confronting the man who supplied the mutant gang with guns

Oh, this scene...He hands a guy a gun, knowing full well that he was depressed because his wife was dying and he had to make more money to save her by supplying the mutants with weapons, and just walks away as he kills himself. (input from a friend which i like:  think about everything bruce did to help mr freeze and his wife now think about this scene )

Batman vs Mutants 

oh, and the "batmobile". Aka his tank. Rubber bullets. Ok fine, whatever, but RUNNING THEM OVER AND SHOOTING MISSCLES ISNT LETHAL? AND HOW IS CARRIE KELLY GOOD AT FIGHTING ALL OF THEM WHEN SHE COULDNT HANDLE HERSELF WITH ONE LIKE A WEEK AGO.  hate that the mutant leader is just a ripoff of bane with long pointed nipples I hate this. I hate that batman cant take him down, but carrie kelly can. AND THE MUTANT LEADRER TOTALLY DIED WHEN BRUCE THREW ADHESIVE ON HIS FACE AND HE WAS SUFFOCATED BUT LATER ON IT SHOWS HE LIVES ??

Bruce talks to Carrie 

"What is this thing?" -carrie "Dick called it the batmobile" -bruce "SIR!!" -alfred over the radio There are no words. Then she pops his arm into place and creates a makeshift cast And he says "where'd you learn to do that?” and because she’s a mary sue she says nothing, because miller doesnt know why she should, so he cuts to "what's your name?" and she says "Carrie. Carrie Kelly. robin" and HE FUCKING GOES "MINES BRUCE." and then immediately tells Alfred hes bringing "robin" to the cave. I hate it here I hate that he forgets what happened to Jason aFTER ITS HIS LITERAL REASON FOR QUITTING. WHAT IS THE POINT IF HE’S GOING TO ACCEPT THIS GIRL HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW AS ROBIN?

-Bruce talks about Jason

OH BRUCE'S FUCKING LINE. HIS LINE. IM FURIOUS Alfred asks "have you forgotten what happened to Jason?" And he says "I'll never forget. he was a good soldier. He honored me" I AM !!!! SHAKING!!!! WITH HOW MAD !!!! I AM!!! Bruce would NOT say that shit. Implying that jason wasnt his son, or that jason was only a casualty in a war, or that HE FUCKING HONORED HIM AND NOT THE CITY, OR THE TITLE OF ROBIN "He honored me" shut the fuck up I hate this and dont even get me started on the misconceptions of Robin in the first place. i dont want to go into the debate on whether or not they’re soldiers, which I personally don’t believe. but its just stupid because Jason considered being Robin the best thing that’s ever happened to him, and he was THE BEST. it wasnt his fault he was killed, either. 

-The ending

So the mutant escapes his cell by going through a VENT. A . V E N T. AND ENDS UP IN THE SEWER. I hate that these mutants are just an army of evil people and have no motivation and the leader is just a brute I fucking hate Bruce calling him "son" And the mutants become the sons of batman who fight crime......??? because their leader is gone?? werent they supposed to be evil criminals with no humanity in them?

-Joker

Okay but Joker being absent the entire first part , only to show up in the end hearing news reports about batman, and then smiling as he stands up and just fucking creepily says "darling" holy shit that gave me goosebumps. another credit i have to give. 

[angelicmichael]

Jim Mason x reader, blurb

Summary: Reader who is terrified of water and swimming decides to go swimming with Jim.

Warnings: reader straight up almost drowns so anyone has any triggers related to drowning you should probably skip this fic!

A/N: I meant to finish this last night so I'm sorry if this is a little late haha. I've been swimming a lot lately so I just felt inspired to write a lil swimming fic 🤷‍♀️ I feel like I rarely write fluff so this is my attempt at trying to do so haha. Let me know if you guys liked this! Let me know if you wanna be on my tag list as well :) reblogs and likes mean the world to me ❤

You stood at the end of the dock, barefooted and in very minimal clothing. You felt the rough wood of the dock against your feet as you stretched and paced in place nervously.. it was really going to happen, wasnt it?

Even though you could feel the nervousness start to consume you, you still felt happy. Happy because you were here with the love of your life... who was none other than Jim Mason.

The man himself was right in front you, well kind of. He was a couple feet in front you yes but he was also about a foot or so below you.

As you stood on the end of the dock your boyfriend waited, not so patiently, in the water below you. And it had been like this for the past fifteen minutes

He wanted you to swim.

The concept seemed simple enough; go to the lake with your boyfriend and go swimming. It seemed like you and Jim never had time to go on dates anymore; so it was your idea actually to get away and spend alone time at the lake. But that idea wasnt so simple after all because you were now fucking terrified.

You had never gone swimming before, and you weren't expecting to be so scared of it honestly..

You knew your fear was purely irrational. There was no boats on the lake so it wasnt like you would be run over, and the conditions were perfect for swimming. The sun shined brightly onto you, it seemed to coerce you to go swimming as well because you knew when you got into the water you would be able to escape this damn heat.

The sun still acted as a warm blanket that seemed to comfort you from the horrors that lied a couple feet below you.

You trusted Jim with your whole life though. You knew he wouldn't let you drown, or allow anything else bad to happen to you. After all; he was a damn surfer. He was in the water almost more than he was on the fucking land; or atleast, it was like that before you two started dating. After he learned that you hated the water, he stopped living in the water and went back to his old ways of learning how to function and live his life on land.

However, you promised Jim you would go swimming today. So here you were.. about to go fucking swimming. You could hear Jim yelling various things at you from below, all along the same lines of trying to get you in the water along with the random sprinkling of 'babe' that he randomly inserted in his sentences.

You a took a couple of steps back suddenly; yelling out a spontaneous,

"Watch out, Jim"!

You ran forward with the sudden burst of courage you felt. You knew that if you just didn't force yourself to jump that you simply wouldn't, and you were many things but you were not a liar.

When you leapt off the dock you felt a rush of adrenaline course through your veins, you even screamed and then.. you hit the water.

You felt yourself slowly going lower and lower into the water, the water seemed to get gradually more cold and foreign feeling the deeper you sank.

You could feel yourself start to panic, your stomach dropped and your hands moved awkwardly and rapidly through the water - trying to move upward or stay afloat but to no avail. You kept your eyes closed, the water was murky and black, you knew opening your eyes would only add to your suffering, rather than help you.

However you felt a pair of hands on your sides, almost under your armpit as you could feel yourself moving upward.. right? It was hard to tell anymore what direction you were moving, you swear even though you've been underwater for only one minute it was starting to make you delirious.

You felt yourself continued to be moved upward until you felt the water break; the sunny but albeit cold air started to sting your skin as you surfaced. You wiped the water off your face so that you could open your eyes and confirm who you suspected rescued you.

Big surprise; it was Jim.

"Are you okay"?

Jim asked you. His voice was in a higher pitch than normal and you couldn't help but smile, it was cute how concerned he looked.

He held onto your arms and your faces were only a couple inches apart. Every second you stayed in the water the more confident and comfterable you felt in it, but it could also just be because you were with Jim. He always made you feel safe.

"Yeah, I think so. Thank you for being my hero".

You said and kissed the side of his mouth. The kiss was quick but you could still taste the salty water that lingered on his skin. Jim laughed at you; probably because you called him your hero.

Your feet continued to paddle and keep you afloat so that Jim didn't have to hold onto you so tight anymore. However that didnt matter because he grabbed onto you, putting his hands around your neck and shoulders.

"I'll always be your hero, princess".

He said and fully kissed you. You kissed him back, and in this moment you dont think you've ever been more content and happy in your life. It was so foolish for you to be scared and anxious ealier, you knew Jim would always keep you safe.

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[montee-gridlockrp]

Slower Burn

Izzah/Ithan:

I watch with keen surprise as something is sent though the main computer system. In a flash out comes a girl. I freeze up sensing something about her.....??

(Calama): "Grandfather!? Ooo I know by genetic memory ALLLL about you!"

I look at her a bit disgusted at that title and turn away from her with heavy embarrassment over the Izzah situation.

"What is happening..."

I ask carefully, Hydra just left after all. The report from the girls after all sounded promising. Did they loose their land already?

She was looking back at the machine - looking for JIM confused why he did not come though -

A moment later EVERYTHING processes not only to me but everyone. A virus brought back an uncontrollably strong jolt of energy and we all feel it as he breaches the GRID.

I felt him - Hydro - though the mainframe and see and understand all that happened outside in a blurred rather static way. A rip in the grid??

This was not good for us at all. Maybe the others holding on to Droplet's DNA had some bodily weight outside but slowly the smart particles would not have a stable ground outside. Thats all I was now truly..

(Indivar): "I must find the source of such a strong soul.."

He licked his lips not feeling hungry for the first time from just the process. They drain souls and eat so much flesh of these life forms yet its never enough..now one of these gods would fuel us quite well longer. There seemed to be enough of them to go around...

(Thinking to Hydro): ((Come here..)) I take control of him though my dommoinet virus status

I wanted to see this. A few more also manage to slip back in the grid bringing back power as well.

"Lets not go near the crack for now..."

I look at Indivar.

"If you stay outside to long you will end up like the others, remember only a few returned with a god soul."

(Indivar): "We must not be cracked as well!"

"Yes...I need to make more shields.."

I turned away frustrated yet somewhat fascinated with a brief 'glance' at what remained or at least something more..

I look as Hydro pixeliated dangerously still damaged by being outside, the worms or smart particles and fibers would grow and multiple inside him giving him stable form. I grab a trandimensional infuser and hover it over him as it chargers the smart particles to multiply more rapidly. I treat the others who returned before fading out but not for any personal reason, seeing Hydra's children as mere unexpected further experiments to this little game I started. After that was settled and we were all put on guard far more now that we know the grid was breached. I sense black magic outside on the beach. I was distracted by that TRIGGERED by many Golden Tower priestess flashbacks I didnt yet sense that Jezebel 's portal shot out some people into the underwater base. Included Elon and ???