Hi, here’s where I analyze comic books (+ other media) and post my art while I prepare to create my individual project that focuses on Jason Todd’s Robin years!
I’m slowly transitioning over from twitter so posts are still trial and error/cross posted among platforms
Both of the comics I was looking forward to most winded up being disappointments…
Batman #416 (1988) by Jim Aparo & Jim Starlin
Me waiting for y'all to stop this shipping and age nonsense so we can start talking about Hobies very real trauma and how it effects him as a black man living under a police state
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
I was talking to a friend about the differences in the way Hobie and Noir are affected by their direct confrontation methods against fascism.
Noir is pretty melodramatic, he says he enjoys punching nazis but he also demonstrates guilt around the "moral ambiguity of his violent actions", on top of seeming generally depressed when you look too closely at him, what with the whole Burning Matches Down To His Fingertips Just To Feel Something.
Contrasted with Hobie who seems very playful about his politics, implying that his activism is performance art, literally took Spiderpunk to the runway, etc. If we take a step back and think about the larger implications of his universe, yes, he should be deeply traumatized and you'd think it would manifest in easily identifyable ways, but it doesn't.
I personally think Hobie's truama is manifesting in my favorite type of black resistance, which is literally just "existing and being happy in a world that wants you dead is a form of defiance." You're not gonna catch Hobie looking bogged down by the weight of fascism because he's dedicating his energy into living his best life out of SPITE. His anger goes into taking care of himself and his own because the number 1 thing fascists want from ppl like him is to roll over and die
Tidying up my page a bit, I think I’m finally starting to get into the groove of tumblr and what I want to do up here! (Only took forever lol)
Still figuring out the posting language here when it comes to whether pictures go above or below text in posts or when it’s best to post or whether to include memes in speech/replies
More than 6 people liked that one Jason analysis I did so I’ve become disillusioned with power cause that was barely scratching the surface and sadly I do like having a responsive audience so I’m bringing my autistic talents over here from twitter
This Year by The Mountain Goats // Dishes in the Sink by David Showalter
Saint is literally so cute tagging me in these type of things LOL
C Computer Love Zapp
H Hotseat CuteBad // Heated Beyoncé
E Empire Ants Gorillaz
R Replay Shinee
I Immaterial Sophie
T Take Me Home PinkPantheress
O Out of Touch Daryl Hall & John Oates
U Used To SZA
If anybody wants to do this next, tag me! Would love to see what you guys are listening to
Thinking about how Jason Todd and Zagreus have the exact same story in that they go on a seemingly impossible journey and beat all odds to desperately find a mother they never knew about just to immediately die upon meeting her…
I wonder if Jason would have turned out more like Zagreus had the meeting with Sheila turned out differently…
MY TAGS ON THIS ARE CRAZY WOAH??:$/! I love causing pain to myself
Jason is such a perfect contradicting character to Bruce as a general concept sometimes it’s CRAZY… WHAT WERE YALL COOKING IN THERE??????
Waking up post-Jason haze and it’s 4am and I was supposed to be doing work that’s definitely due tomorrow/today
Their last acts being spent saving a maternal figure
Being “reborn”
kindness being repaid in blood
(For context the cop had recently killed the man to prevent him from turning other dirty cops in)
I’ll be fine for weeks then one day I get struck with the need to obsess over Jason again so strong it drops me to my knees, this is actually a SICKNESS
Clark Kent’s birthday canonically being February 29th is hysterical to me. Not because it’s meant to jokingly explain away how Superman is a timeless character, but because it implies Martha and Jonathan Kent found an alien baby in a cornfield, and when pressed to choose a birthday for their new baby, they gave him the most difficult birthday possible.
clark is clearly not a newborn and they're just going "well he is a leap day baby we don't really know how old he is! you know how newborns are, we lost track of time, the kitchen calendar got ruined by water when the upstairs shower leaked! he could be 1, he could be 2!"
Sat outside to watch a storm accumulate today and why did I get emotional over Jason having the luxury of finally being able to relax long enough to do tht while living at the manor
Having to always live on high alert in the city…and no one talks about how the nicest parks are always on the richer white side of town so how much nature did he get to even really appreciate growing up…those 3 years at the manor being the happiest in life. Hm.
