#the duke of doubt

[atomic-chronoscaph]

1970s Burger King mascots t-shirt iron ons

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

Yes, yes, we all know Dick would do it, so out of these four…

[rubydubydoo122]

Lukewarm take, because there's already technically a comic run about it:

Thomas and Martha Wayne would've hated Bruce becoming Batman. Not just because they would hate him putting himself in danger every night, but because they were strong advocates of reform, and helping the people of Gotham in non-violent ways. They used their money for reform-- they were trying to fix up Park Row before they died-- and Thomas helped anyone and everyone he could, despite their backgrounds.

They would've hated that Bruce runs around punching people and then causing some of the worst villains to appear, and then doing the bare minimum to stop them.

They would hate it even more that He did it in their name.

and they would absolutely be horrified that he brought children into his war, and that he needs children to stop him from going too far.

TLDR: When Bruce meets Thomas and Martha in the afterlife, Martha slaps Bruce in the face, and Thomas just sighs and goes, "You remembered all of us wrong after we died."

[himejoshiangels]

duke and fear gas..NOBODY LOOK AT MME!! fuck a basic ass "He's afraid that his parents might never recover" u wnna know what has more canon evidence? he's fucking terrified that when they do recover they won't recognize him. What happens when they see their son who cut his cornrows, who has 3 new piercings and towers over them with all sorts of scars litering his body that he can't even begin to explain. Even worse what if they're disappointed in him, what if he isn't what they expected or wanted from their son at all? what if his mannerisms are unrecognizable, his speech patterns, his interests and so on. what if they'd rather cling to a version of him that no longer exists

being forced to watch them live happy fulfilling lives from behind a glass screen because he cant envision fitting between them after he's changed so much

[mikakuna]

batfam fans who aren't also jason fans must be having the best time

[graham-cracker-guillotine]

i’d never win against any of them but yknow

[wwrenwrites]

In this month’s feature of guess Jason Todd’s age !!

He’s a cutie here tho HUHUH (eat more bb)

AHHHHH Damian in this art style is so cute tho !

Look at them three being domestic !! Big brother Duke slay !!!!!

And then here is our babies burning in front of Bruce and traumatizing him more

[glitterandhelium]

also...are we supposed to be rooting for guy who was gonna marry her just for money???

[mediocredoots]

Cut him some slack he's lived underground all his life

[cartoonqtpie]

Some more Digit/Maya art

And here I am trying to slightly redesign The California Raisin-

[sussex-sweetheart]

[machineheraldandy]

Cyberspace designs: spiderman 2099/doom 2099

Drawing up my headcanons for cyberspace designs for Duke stratosphere, Cydney Marquez, and Gabriel o’hara!

I decided to make the firelight design more Mexican based similar to how Miguel’s spiderman suit is Mexican based, as I believe Gabriel would be very accepting of his culture and want to express it and he can easily express it in cyberspace as it’s all VR avatars,

Duke stratosphere is from the doom 2099 comics, and Cydney is his canon girlfriend! Love them dearly,,,

Drew these on buses+on the plane so not the quality I wanted lol!

[princessanneftw]

Princess Anne chatting to Prince William after watching the Platinum Jubilee flypast on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour parade on 2 June 2022

[bidokja]

the Story in duke pendragon is genuinely good, with a really solid trio of main characters and enough emotional investment and intrigue to keep me reading for sure. plus the art style for the manhwa is really interesting to see out of a redice team given how most of their other stuff looks the same and rather generic (which isn't BAD per-se it's understandable from a Studio with teams made to make quickly serialized manhwa. it's just. uninteresting).

...now, if only they wrote women seriously. sighs. like. they each have their own distinct personalities and mannerisms so there's that at least (oh how low the bar hath fallen) but the creator largely fails to develop them as individuals with their own goals. aside from sol (who i suspect is written as "hm, not bad" as she is because she's written as a dragon first and woman second) they all get completely sidelined when it comes to plot for the entire first season of the manhwa, and 90% of any girl's or woman's screentime is spent thinking about, fawning over, or swooning due to our main guy eren as a tool to...boost his perceived impact and importance to the reader i guess. and stroke the ego of men or something. idk. i think i'm low-balling 90% actually. even girls that are supposedly near the center of major plot points (like ingrid, for example) are never shown...actually getting involved with said major plot point.

this only really starts changing to a small degree in season 2, and while they do at least manage to make it feel like natural character development for like, luna, her motivation still ultimately revolves around eren. i realize that to some extent Everything revolves around the main character and the decisions he makes, but there are more subtle--and, crucially, less misogynistic--ways to do this when writing.

it's genuinely such a shame because--well firstly because misogyny just sucks ass like come on now. but also because the surface level personalities we get from the girls and women in the series are a solid and varied base! they're just not really doing anything else with them!! there could be a lot more going on here very naturally but it's just not being done. sighs.

[fideidefenswhore]

"[Capello] said the King is already tired to satiety of this new Queen (che il Re era stufo et satio hormai de questa nova regina.)" 'Venice: June 1535', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 23-28. British History Online

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The Lady has lately feasted him at one of her residences, where she prepared beforehand an entertainment [...] to which many people were invited, though she entirely forgot to ask the French ambassador, who has not been at all pleased at her neglect. She has, however, so well managed to banquet and amuse her guests that [...] the King loves his concubine now more than ever he did. 'Spain: June 1535, 16-30', in Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 5 Part 1, 1534-1535, (London, 1886) pp. 492-506. British History Online 

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

As always, our resident expert @mondengel ...

I have one doubt. And I know this whole Amagai/Kasumioji Arc is not Canon, but still...

If the Kasumioji Clan are second to the Four Great Noble Houses, why is she a princess? Is it mistranslated or does it imply that — logically — Byakuya should also be a prince? Or is it just bad writing... again...?