#batrambles

[batshikns]

bro's emo....

So i wrote notes that i thought id share lol:

Dazai - Age 32 : Worked as a TV executive with Mori as the CEO until Dazai quit, Aspiring guitarist, Drinking buddies with other music artists at the "Armed Detective Agency"

Chuuya - Age 33 : Used to work with Dazai -> Workplace romance lmao -> broke up with Dazai once Dazai left the company, became host of Today Talk after Dazai left, has a really good relationship with the staff

the two hook up after Dazai releases a single that becomes really popular and is invited onto Chuuya's show w/o Chuuya's (personal) imput. (and they start dating again)

mid-life crisis skk fr

[tiredbabybat]

Carrie White cg headcanons! (Wanted to give it a go :3) •More of a big sister than a mom •Plays with you and uses her powers to move your toys •Lets you play with her makeup and experiment on her •Likes to dress you up in fun outfits •Reads you lots of stories about the supernatural •Candle Making together! But keeps on eye on you when you're around fire •Lets you sleep on her •Will keep you safe from any meanies

[petrorabbit]

Let's Watch Batman Movies #1: The 1943 Serial

The first thing that needs to be said about the Batman 1943 serial is that it was anti-Japanese propaganda created during WWII. The stated and overt purpose of these films is to rally white Americans against Japanese-Americans and citizens of Japan. For some reason, I went in like, oh, I’ve seen racist propaganda before, this won’t be so bad. I was quite wrong! Early on, the action moves to Little Tokyo and the narrator informs us that it is vacant ever since “a wise government rounded up the shifty eyed Japs.” Extremely bad! And it’s like that the whole way through!

The villain is an original character named Dr. Daka who uses advanced technology to turn people into zombies that he can control, which is textually linked to the stereotype of Japanese people being subservient and willing to die for their leader. There are multiple scenes where Daka is about to use his brainwashing machine on someone, and they announce that he will never break their spirit of American independence and capitalist ambition! Although bizarrely no one ever breaks out of the brainwashing on their own, so I guess the American spirit isn’t that strong?

Daka’s lair is in this… okay, wait, let me try and explain this. So no one lives in Little Tokyo anymore and the only thing still there is this dark ride that shows scenes of anti-Japanese propaganda. The way to get into the villains’ lair is to ride the ride for a while, then get out at a certain point and buzz in on a patch of wall that opens into the hideout. But it does seem that Daka is owning and operating this dark ride, which is already a baffling thing to do, I mean I guess it has “the last place they’d think to look” energy? But people are also, you know, riding this ride, all day every day. Seems like a pretty big security risk, I don’t know. I feel like this is a pretty good encapsulation of the mood of the whole thing - villain’s lair is in a dark ride feels like a normal fun Batman thing, and then also, abject racism.

The version of this that I watched was edited to be one single movie, so the cliffhangers and previously ons were edited out. Every twenty minutes or so, Batman would just get into a life-threatening scenario and then almost immediately Robin would save him. It was always Batman almost dying too - I guess maybe they thought that audiences would not be sufficiently worried about Robin? This doesn’t do much for Batman’s competence, though. He definitely comes off as less than able.

Part of this is also that this Bruce is real young. I’m used to thinking of Bruce as a long-suffering father, but here he and Dick are presented as basically peers. They are collectively referred to as the “American youth” defending their country. Bruce apparently just takes Dick along on dates with him? At one point, when Bruce misses a date because he’s on an undercover operation, his excuse is that he took Dick to the amusement park and they were having so much fun, they lost track of time. The Brucie act is out in full force, but it also doesn’t seem to be much of an act. Like, this Bruce just isn’t actually very pressed about anything. He kind of does seem like he’s dressing up like a bat and punching people because it’s fun and gives him a thrill. Plus, since he doesn’t really do anything as Batman that he couldn’t do as Bruce most of the time, it kinda just feels like he’s wasting time by leaving to get into costume. There’s one scene where his girlfriend, Linda Page, is being attacked in a room he just left, but instead of walking back in and punching the guys, he has to leave, dress as Batman, climb through the window, and then punch some guys. Really feels like he’s playing kind of fast and loose with Linda’s life.

The inciting incident is also very funny. Linda wants Bruce to come with her to pick up her uncle, who is getting out of prison, but Bruce is purposely late to, I guess, make him seem like not a masked vigilante. As a direct result of this, the villains are able to pick up Uncle Martin first and brainwash him. Classic stuff.

There is a pretty cool effect during the car chase that follows, where the kidnappers release a gas that changes the color of the car and hit a button that turns the license plate around. A lot of the effects, sets, etc, actually look pretty good, which might just be me coming in with low expectations. The Batcave - called the Bat’s Cave here, which implies to me that Bruce is just renting it from the bats - looks decent but is very empty, and the shadows of bats flying around are pretty comical. 

They access the Bat’s Cave through a grandfather clock, which I think might be the first time that idea showed up? It’s also, if not the first appearance of Alfred, a very early appearance, and rather than the highly competent backbone of the family, he is a comical boob who’s afraid of everything. He’s also directly involved in their operation - like, he fully goes undercover more than once. He also gets to kill Daka at the end, by hitting the button that opens the trap door to Daka’s alligators that he has for some reason. And then Commissioner Not-Gordon, who didn’t see that happen, yells, “And let that be a lesson - The Batman never needs any help from the likes of you!” Whomp whomp.

I quite liked Douglas Croft as Robin, he had a Jack Dylan Grazer vibe that I really enjoyed. Batman and Robin are also explicitly working for the American government here, which is strange. What else? Oh yeah, there are TONS of costume changes, I guess they wanted to have Bruce and Dick & Batman and Robin in each segment? So they’re always running off to change clothes. They also go undercover a lot, Bruce constructs a criminal alter ego named Chuck White who “accidentally” lets the location of the Bat’s Cave slip. His description of it, btw, is “a big cave full of bats… and there, in the center, sitting at a desk… one giant bat, the size of a man.” Incredible.

A few last details: when Batman and Robin leave criminals tied up for the police, they put little bat stickers on their heads, which is cute and whimsical. Also, there’s this x-ray device? I guess? That identifies the criminals before they are let into the lair, and somehow this device positively identifies Batman. Like he puts his hand on it and the Batman logo shows up on the x-ray, as if it was printed on his bones. Anyway, at my count Batman and Robin broke 5 windows by leaping through them, including one skylight.

There is another serial but I’m not gonna watch it bc these are like 4-5 hours long and I just can’t. Tune in next time for Batman: The Movie (1966)!

[batlychee]

me, age 15: i want to be like an elegant vampire anime boy

me, age 19: i am going to look like a freak on purpose

[thatrandombatgurl]

Add me on Animal Crossing dudes

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[unpretty]

We could listen to you naming Thor's abs forever, so why not Batrambling?

I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE ALOYSIUS

[bignaturalsbatman]

I ended up reading this article on men's issues and I was completely baffled by the comments section. It went from "Yeah men's rights activists are so ignored these days" to discussing a very one-sided view of feminism and decrying female activists, to everyone choosing not to admit that the article tried to pass of a list of things that happen to affect men more often than women as things that are social injustices and therefore on the same scale or more important than the goals feminism fights for. All of the things on that list are awful, yes, but are in no way the result of misandry or denial of men's rights. I just don't understand how people can live in today's society and still fail to see the positivity in a movement that strives to help them just because it's called feminism.

[sunariesmoonvirgo]

my bass and piano results are in omg

8.9 on piano

8.8 on bass 

and both my teachers sent fantastic reviews

this is a nice little something and helps cheer me up

im kinda proud those grades are difficult to achieve

[batshikns]

everyone is a bug to me, idk why 😭

[batshikns]

I feel like people need to make more subjectively chibbier characters. like 1) it may not be healthy in some cases, but it can also be genetic(like w guts n stuff)((and show a family gene in more ways)). 2) I, as a person with a semi-noticable gut and a mom who is sub/objectively chubbier, I like knowing it's not a crime to not fit the basic beauty standard. n 3) chubby people are just nice to draw and differentiate your drawings and 4) characters and can tell something about the world you're making(bad sugary sweets n stuff). AND NOT TO MENTION SOME GUTS ARENT EVEN FROM GENES OR WHATEVER: THEY COULD JUST BE REALLY STRONG‼️‼️‼️

[batshikns]

Who wants to rate my skk playlist

[batshikns]

petition to rename farcille(falin and marcille) to Marlin(marcille and falin)

[batshikns]

woah!!! I just realized how close I am to 50 followers!!!

I'm wondering what I should do to celebrate... If you have any ideas, I'd be happy to know! I'm super grateful to every follower of mine, and I wanna know what you want!

[batshikns]

anything can be a baby if you make it

Kitten?

a baby.

This guy?

a baby.

A rock?

a baby.

An atom?

an OG baby.

Case in point:

🫵 are baby

[batshikns]

cmon... you can make it through the night... cmon... your eyes may hurt, but you'll be fine... cmon...

[batshikns]

okay it's offical im no longer paying attention to the manga. bsd will remain in my happy little fantasy and no one will force me to face reality.