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Whatever catches my interest at the moment. I'm a mess.

My firm and very sincere belief that Tim Drake and Damian Wayne are the brothers that completely affirm each others paranoia fuelled contingencies for really inane situations. Its the most irritating thing ever. Like Damian will say “what if this girl scout is really just a means for someone to poison us” and Tim will instantly say “you’re so right, we need to do a homeland security level background check on the entire girl scouts chapter in gotham immediately”. The definition of bring out the worst in each other.

They’re not allowed to be in any living situation together without supervision because the last time they were left alone in the manor together, they literally created such stringent security measures that not even Alfred and Bruce could get into the house.

anakin: oh, i see what's happening. you've got an obi-wan. ahsoka: what? an obi-wan? anakin, nodding: that little voice in your head that tells you that you can't do stuff. anakin: "anakin, don't do that. anakin, that's illegal. anakin, genocide is not the jedi way."

You know that younger sibling / older siblings thing where the older ones simply refuse to acknowledge that the younger one is aging up?

So that- but with Damian and his whole family.

Boy could turn 15 and Jason’s still like “Oh, my baby brother Damian? Yeah he’s 11.”

He could go out and legally get his license at 16, and on instinct, Tim still never lets him drive. “wait until you’re 16-“ “I AM SIXTEEN”

He turns 18 and Dick is scandalized when he suggests that they watch an R rated movie. Who cares about all the blood and gore he’s already witnessed- “Damian you’re too young for R rated movies!!”

He finally turns 21 and Bruce still makes sure to tell the servers at the galas to not serve any drinks to Damian because “he’s too young.” Meanwhile Damian is just seething in the background, clenching his glass of apple juice so hard that it shatters.

honestly good on sarah janet maas for writing a character (Aelin) who is fated to die to save the entire world and spends most of her life working for or enslaved to other people (Arobynn, the King of Adarlan, Maeve) or in service of that fate, never once having her own life or goals or destiny and pairing her off with another character (Rowan) who loves her completely, and solely exists in the narrative to support her and think that she is wonderful and worthy regardless of her fate, and who refuses to accept that fate for her and who loves her enough that he plays a role in ultimately keeping her alive and allowing her to have a life for the first time.

Sarah paired a character who existed to die to save the world with a character who would refuse to let her sacrifice herself without trying to survive. Rowan doesn't give up on Aelin ever, not even at the very end, and it's exactly what someone who exists to save others deserves and needs.