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They/Them/20/Lesbian/Artist/Student/INFP/Leftist/Nerd/Confusion/Autistic/dnd player
if you know me irl… no you don’t…
I mainly obsess and cry over fictional characters
If you find my fanfic blog… idk what you’re talking about

This is gonna be a stand in for a future pinned post

To the people who are here for dnd

Please god ask about Saoirse and Dorthea and I will tell you everything I can about them… I love my children so much 🄹

Batman #125 will forever haunt me, for multiple reasons, but mainly because these six panels have shown such a horrific and tragic side of Bruce Wayne's mission that is so often overlooked — and presents an important take on what this mission actually is.

Writers, and readers, have become increasingly desensitised to the concept of Bruce's children dying, simply because it (unfortunately) happens so often. Even I'll admit, simply having a passing thought about what Bruce had to have done to prepare his dead son's body for the police to find post-'Death In The Family' is not as horrible as having to see him do it.

It is such a... raw action. As if knowing you were just too late, your son's body still warm, the rigor mortis still not present, the fire and smoke of an explosion still around you wasn't bad enough — you now have no time to mourn, because to protect the very thing your son died for, you need to strip him of his uniform and set up a death you know isn't true.

Bruce realises the same with Tim, who tells him, blood pouring out of his wound, that Bruce has to change him out of his uniform before they reach the hospital. All to protect this damned mission that his children are willing to die for.

AO3 has been down all day due to a malicious (deliberate) DDoS attack. As a reminder, they are a volunteer team working on fixing this, so if you've been at all flustered, irritated, or upset today that you can't access AO3, consider this your cue to float them a donation.

Seriously. Mark a reminder in your phone, on your to-do, or however you remember future tasks. When the site is back up, send them a couple bucks.