#please learn to understand him

[shewolf-sinclair]

I HATE when people dumb down Jason Todd “he’s impulsive/irrational/erratic/brash/dumb/the angry robin!”

WRONG

let me break it down for you fools because he’s actually like one of the most nuanced and complex characters to ever bless my presence (and he’s the best ((my fav)) robin argue with the wall) (tldr at the end but please read the post)

Starting out as robin they are ALL orphans. because that’s like bruce’s thing. BUT dick and tim had families before bruce adopted them. Jason did not. HE GREW UP ON THE STREETS. (+10 points for truama✨) which led him to grow up to be independent and resourceful. Bruce literally met him because he was trying to steal the bat mobiles tires with the intent of reverse engineering them to sell to the people of gotham because bullet proof tires in that kinda city would save lives source

As for being brash. Yeah. he is. he lacks people skills because HE GREW UP ON THE STREETS. yet he still knows how to sympathize with people and not be an ass ALL the time. he’s cocky sure but it’s a defensive mechanism after years of being treated like he doesn’t have value/having to prove himself. and damien is worse lets bsffr.

He’s impulsive. (likely adhd) Teenager. next question.

He’s the angriest robin! he only ever wants vengeance! WRONG. dick is angrier! he was so petty he left gotham and got a new identity just as a fuck you to bruce. any anger Jason has is not unmatched or outdone by other robins and he is rightfully angry he’s been dealt a crappy hand in life. he’s jealous of dick because bruce was ALWAYS comparing him and telling heroic stories of dicks feats. it’s hard not to push yourself to be as good as or better than the og and not to crack under said pressure.

He’s dumb! NOPE. he is as smart if not smarter than tim. He is BRILLIANT when he wants to be. (see above: resourceful) if you take titans (cw) as canon (why wouldn’t u its as canon as any other tv show??) he is a GENIUS. he taught himself chemistry so he could invent and mass produce drugs. he had a genius strategy to fuck with the titans; the puzzle of clues for which dick needed scarecrow, kory, gar, and conner to solve. Not to mention him finding doctor light earlier in the season. He leads the outlaws bc he is a natural leader and good at handling the details!!

He’s a villain! OKAY AND? SO WAS HARLEY BUT WE LUV HER !! DAMIEN WAS A TRAINED ASSASAIN! he puts so much effort into helping people (see above: resourceful) HE RISKED/LOST HIS LIFE FOR IT. HE IS FIERCELY LOYAL. even as red hood he obtains a strict moral code; no drugs to kids or by schools, don’t kill innocent uninvolved people(depends on which media you’re looking at). serve karma on a gold platter. unlawful but USUALLY NOT unethical. he also becomes a vigilante (and the JL for a bit) and does so much good! none of them are perfect ALL of the time. and considering the other DC villains, he’s not that evil.

strength?? no problem! he almost beat dick and bruce several times in the comics!! source

not to mention his proficiency for new things (see above: chemistry) his whole time as robin he uses bat tech. but redhood uses guns and knives. he just picked that up and was a skilled marksman immediately. (also truama response after nearly dying to death stroke)

so what hes kinda fucked in the head. aren’t they all? isn’t that… the point? it’s justified after everything he’s been through AND it makes hims a better character, more 3D more realistic and relatable.

also for the sake of this thesis partially disregard the wonderful work of art that is WFA it’s a fixit. for a reason. because the it was broken and needed fixing.

TLDR; you don’t have to like Jason Todd, or think he’s the best Robin, but you have to admit, he is a complex, layered, well written character. And stop mischaracterizing him and dumbing him down to this impulsive, angry, weak kid.

bonus: my Jason playlist

[penn-dragon]

I have a headcanon that Sanji struggles with wanting/asking for non-sexual intimacy from Zoro. So if he's having a rough day or just wants to be held by the man he loves he'll initiate sex in order to feel that connection, regardless of whether he's actually in the mood. But Zoro's gotten unnervingly good at telling when he's doing this and redirecting to give him what he actually needs in that moment.

[scamguy]

im trying to read post canon yoohankim fics and i can't be bothered to look for them on ao3 like...... im not going to lie a lot of it is really boring.... its fluff in a way that really doesnt appeal to my taste. uh oops I just wrote a bunch of shit in the tags

[nordidia]

having a very rough night so raph doodles needed to be made

when in need, mash two interests together

[darkwood-sleddog]

i'm sorry but what exactly is the point of martingales/limited slips with QUICK RELEASE BUCKLES? The martingale style collar is a tool and should never be left on the dog when they're playing with others (soooo easy for other dogs legs and mouths to get caught in the martingale loop regardless if the collar has a buckle or not...) or in a situation where you might need to pop a quick release buckle. the purpose of the martingale is to prevent escape (great for dogs with tiny heads, strong dogs that could forcefully pull out of other collars, dogs with a lot of hair) when walking/working/on tie out (although i much prefer a limited slip if you MUST have a tightening collar on an escape artist dog on tie out vs looped martingale, again bc its easier for things to get caught in a martingale, otherwise a non-buckle circle collar should be used...) whereas the purpose of a quick release buckle is to make sure the dog CAN escape if needed. I understand the inclusion of buckles on martingales is for ease of access for people to put them on and take them off, but just like...adjust the collar big enough to fit over the dog's head and then readjust it for proper tightness afterwards? it takes a little bit longer, but you're not creating a weakness in an anti-escape tool where it doesn't need to be.

so ending notes: quick release buckle collars and non-buckle martingales are different tools meant for different purposes. You can't have it both ways for both these types of tools without voiding some aspect of why they are different in the first place. Sometimes it's okay if your dog wears multiple collars (Sigurd wears two collars! on walks. All my dogs have limited slips/martingales, quick release buckle collars, and non-buckle circle (non-martingale) collars that are used depending on the situation. If they are released to play with each other the non-buckle equipment comes OFF first, literally that easy). One collar with aspects of all kinds of collars is not going to do a specific task as well as the collar made for that task. Buckles on ANY TYPE of dog equipment present a weak spot (as do points of adjustment, but not as much). Buckles can break, be crushed, pop out of place and decrease in strength over periods of time (especially if you have very hot or very cold weather) but crucially allow for a piece of equipment to be released from the dog very quickly which can be an important safety feature. It does not mean it is necessary on every single tool.

thank you for coming to my ted talk? I just saw a dog trainer online tell people to never use non-buckle martingales and it was driving me insane.

[frosting-surfeit]

Any fic where the focus is dib growing some understanding towards zims paranoia or dib comforting zim whenever hes being paranoid?? :DDD IM GOING INSANE PLS :DDDDD

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

i think that if my blorbo boyfriend came home to me sweaty and pulled me in for a hug i would transform into slime and flee the scene immediately but if it was sugu maybe i would enjoy it a little bit

[princsstwilightsparkl]

the yellowjackets fandom is so far detached from reality and chronically online that im genuinely being called a horrible person for being a shauna fan LMAOOOOO????

[moeblob]

What he says: I get an army of children. What he means: I am adopting the entire demon army as my children to love and protect.

[wackywatchdotcom]

evil confession is that i adore reaction videos and similar stuff. and like im really picky about them i dont watch too many bc like you can tell early on and often by thumbnail alone when its gonna suck or be just the person staring at the screen or just making the most uninteresting observations about things that dont matter

that SAID theres a therapist on youtube who ive watched play games and hes sooooo insightful and apparently he used to do reaction videos and like. every day i dream of the possibility that hed watch the show because i feel like w the way he stops to talk abt Why characters in things act the way they do in a really insightful way, i think this show would be a gold mine and that hed have such interesting things to say about it

[miniagula]

okay listen sonadow fighting the eggbots in space together is already brain damaging enough but i think i would've actually died if they included the "It might be you!" line from SA2

[fluffydeoxys]

raghghh i fucking finished it YIPPE!!!! okay well finished is generous this thing will always be changing. but it was funny to see ripping out half of the gdoc content/word count and replacing it with entirely new stuff when I thought "surely I can't write that much again." anyway!

zero's new and improved google doc! hurrah!

i'll add it to my pinned later once I make a masterpost document that catalogues all my characters. I'll write something up for Rory too, albeit it'd probably just be a personality summary and some trivia bits. maybe a loose history outline as well

i wanna write a bit about jeb and sheriff in there cus I think she has something pretty interesting with them too. i need to draw em little icons and probably redo the rest anyway. still need to think of smth for bossman and q-bert and probably expand a little more on her thoughts on the arena cast. I'm not as good with headcanoning those little guys besides skinner, dave and pava (for some reason. all because of a funny accidental thing I did in game)

anyway! if ya have any questions, i'd love to answer asks! I'm gonna be chipping away and refining it periodically, and I'm a lot happier with this revision!

[harlowes-home]

A canon couldn't possibly be more head but man the idea of Clint realizing he might be on the aro/ace spectrum and him sort of putting women on an unreachable romantic pedestal is the result of him masking SO hard and being wrapped in a heterosexual ideal he unknowingly feels he has to follow so he's just assumed any endearment he felt towards a woman HAD to be romantic.

The idea of him coming to terms with the fact he doesn't need a romantic relationship to be happy or worthy and platonic friendships are just as meaningful, and it's the first step towards him definitely not being rid of all his anxieties but being more open to people and building a healthier social life.

Also like. I 100% believe if he got over the hump of assuming any relationship he has to have with the opposite sex just HAS to be romantic thus taking the pressure away he and Emily would make good friends. They got that shared love of gems, she's outgoing and spiritual but still responsible while he's more reserved and grounded so they kind of balance each other out. They would have SUCH a good dynamic if they were friends man.

[lokh]

and listen. old men yaoi aside. wouldnt de-ageing snake like. defeat the point

[itskaist]

What is Josiah’s relationship towards his regene tattoos?

Thank you once again for asking! <333 Getting any asks about Josiah always makes my day! Took me a moment to reply because uhhh- [wilhelm scream], but I hope it also gave me the time to ponder some more on this topic.

Under cut as always, though not as long as before. Instead, got… weirder? Question mark?

(tw self-harm, and other Sidestep-typical dissociative issues)

Oh God. He hates them. Burns on his skin, bondage, fish suffocated in plastic. Of course, the most basic reason being that they make it hard to hide, the paranoia seeping in any time there was a rupture in his Sidestep suit. Wearing layers in the Los Diablos heat, too, unbearable. But most of all, the personal - the inhumanity marking him, staining him, can't wash it off, can't cut it out, just like he can't excise his own past. His own nature. The tattoos are a symbol of that, the final leash, a reminder that no matter how far he might run, how thouroughly he might try to remake himself, he will always be a sad little tool in the toolbox. Still cowering in the corner of his cell.

He just can't look at himself. Can't. He will brave it when he needs to, when he needs to sew himself up, but otherwise? Showering in the dark, though to him the tattoos might as well be bioluminescent. An anglerfish. Get close, get bit. Mirrors smashed on a bad day, then covered up in curtains or tape. Can't be bothered to replace them. Shaving in fractured reflections, a thousand funhouse faces. Can't look at his own face, no, no. Having a body at all, a body they made, they groomed, being touched, prodded, examined, evaluated, a racing horse. Gets lame, gets shot. …Proud of every single scar, though, marring their prize pet. Self-harm. Them-harm. A disconnect between the body and mind, body was theirs, I am my thought, I think therefore I am, therefore, therefore, by cutting the body, I am harming them, not myself. Blood down the drain.

The tattoos are an easy scapegoat, too. A convenient excuse. Couldn't get closer to Ortega, no, never, because you could never show skin, and this is what he would want, right? What normal people want. What People want. Not-People don't show skin and he'll either get bored with you and drop you, or get suspicious and drop you. Down, down, down the drain. A solid self-hate spiral, if you dare say so yourself.

Hates seeing his own face in the mirror. Wrong. Boney. Bones… wrong. Set and reset. Can't reset a face. Only, hah, you can. A prettier one. More familiar than this. No need to shave, no scratch, no itch, itch right under your skin that you can never reach. No, no burn; soft, pliant, yielding. Clay in your hands. More... malleable. A remaking, a rebirth. A breath. A step. Steadier legs, standing steady on the ground, no bones set and reset, too long, too tall, standing out. Being seen at last and not hating it. What a novelty. Could you ever do it? …No. Of course not. Only way for you to have is to pretend at pretending at pretending.

Replica of a replica of a replica.

You're Hollow Ground's younger sibling, he says.

Why couldn't it have been you? Why never YOU?

Show him. Show him the truth. Make him curl up in disgust the same way you do, every morning, every evening, every forsaken fucking minute of your sorry life. A burden shared is burden lessened, isn't it, Dr. Finch?

. .. …

…Being seen at last and not hating it. What a novelty indeed.

[arsonstatistic]

something something screwtio something something the woes and wonders of a human-robot relationship something something learning from each other as equals something something affection displayed by mental connection sometjing something time passing and the memory of one living on in the other eternally idk idk