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“A kid should be able to draw it with crayons” and “I want to look like a friend” AUGH I am gnawing on the bars of my enclosure

I don’t think people should be allowed to make Superman movies until they prove to me personally that they do not feel a single iota of edgy, irony-poisoned embarrassment about the idea of a guy who is outwardly kind and earnest and, crucially, prioritizes kindness and helpfulness above being perceived as cool by other men. Prove to me personally that you understand the central point of Superman is that the most physically powerful guy in the world, the embodiment of the masculine ideal, has no interest in being perceived as badass—because unlike the average guy, he’s never needed to fantasize about it—and in fact really just wants to be kind and helpful and a protector of the people, which involves interacting with the people, who, on average, are probably easier to interact with if you appear immediately nonthreatening—if your costume is designed to be not scary, your persona literally and figuratively disarming, because the last thing you’ve ever needed to do is compensate for a lack of physical power beneath the suit!

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i'm so behind on everything but i saw another "bruce is the mask batman is the real person" take today so please everyone consult the graphic before i cause a national security emergency

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i’m a little stressed rn so i wanted to draw bruce putting on clark’s flannel when he thinks no one is looking…. and dick <3

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was any of it real? was i ever really robin?

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Despite what you may have heard Bruce Wayne is not, in fact, a furry.

He is, however, very opinionated.

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Based off this post. funny doodles i took too seriously.

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fun little thought: Clark actually does need his glasses bc he's pretty far sighted due to His Eyes Are Optimized for a Different Atmosphere. he gets them pretty young, about when his parents start noticing him squinting when he has to do his homework. the optometrist is a family friend and is not asking any questions about the absolutely bizarre internal structure of the Kent boy's eyes

he doesn't generally need glasses for Superman work bc he's generally not looking at much up close! but there are a couple times he has to hold a bomb at arm's length to try to focus on the innards and it looks so much like what Pa does when he forgets his reading glasses that Kon almost bursts out laughing when he sees it

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Guess who got hit with a de-aging beam 👍🏻

Page one text:

Dick: Let’s see, you’ve met ✨me✨, Duke, Dami, Al… who else is around…

Dick: Oh hey! It’s Jason!

Jason: Uh.

Timmy: Jason………. Todd?

Dick: That’s right!! (Wow, good memory!)

Jason: Hi.

Dick: T-TIM?!

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Bonus:

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Jason does reach out to people it’s just that the reaching out often involves dramatic theatrical violence. The final confrontation in under the red hood was Jason’s version of reaching out to Bruce. It’s not like Bruce was ever going to be the one to be like “hey let’s sit and talk about your death and why you’re mad at me”. Yes it did involve kidnapping and possible murder suicide plans but hey at least he started the dialogue agshshshs

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flipping through an evan dorkin comic book and laughing so hard i’m getting the hiccups

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Anyway...

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“I stand in a valley watching it / and you are not there at all” (A Burning Hill - Mitski)

Third redraw of this piece! Comparison under the cut

2022 vs 2023 vs 2024

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The thought that Brucie Wayne and Batman being two completely separate entities that Bruce can code switch between has consumed me especially with the idea that he mixes the two together on occasion to fuck with people

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*Batman and Superman searching a dressing room*

Superman: What about this thing, it looks suspicious?

Batman *full Batman voice*: That’s an eyelash curler darling

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*OG JLA revealing identities to newbies*

Green Arrow: Your turn Bats, who are you?

Batman having decided to fuck with him walking up to him cocking his hip putting one hand on his chest and in full Brucie Wayne mode: C’mon Ollie-Dollie you know who I am. We dated 💕

Green Arrow (internally): Modem noise

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Recently revealed identities with Clark and Brucie being at the same party

Brucie: oh howdy 🤠 cowboy, fancy meeting you at this shindig

Clark *flustered* (internally): he can’t be Batman he can’t be Batman he can’t be Batman…

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*Bruce getting a call during a JLA meeting*

Brucie: Oh! hello dear, yes of course I’m coming to your party I’ll see you later 😘

Batman: Our security measures need to be increased due to the number of criminals currently attempting to follow heroes to their base of operations

JLA *experiencing whiplash*: what.

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*undercover Brucie and members of the JLA at a party*

Bruce *pretending to be drunk wandering over to the flash*: excuse moi but can I get your attention for just a momento😊

Flash *completely disconnecting Bruce and bats*: yeah uh sure sir are you alright

Batman *quiet but deep Batman voice*: there’s an assassin in the rafters

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One very slow news day when they're all bored as hell at work Lois is like. Okay. Fuck marry kill The Big Three. And Clark replies "oh easy fuck batman marry wonder woman kill Superman" and the entire office gets so mad at him like you KILL Superman our collective BEST FRIEND Superman????!?!?!?

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for some reason middle aged comic fans coming on the internet to defend their decision as to why they thought a twelve year old should have died or lived is so funny 😭😭😭

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saw fanart of her in a mets shirt a while ago and it changed my life. she would be a mets fan. i love 2 see a bword from new jersey winning