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The backgrounds for the entire series were done on black paper, a first for any animated show. It's Batman, which means everything is at night and incredibly dark. So, the majority of the backgrounds were going to be black anyways and using black paper would cut down on the time it took to create all of the backgrounds. Adding color over the black paper instead of the traditional method gave it a much more stylized look that helped make it iconic.

It also forced some other creative choices, such as using an airbrush to do all of the background art. During the early testing, they found that using an airbrush was easier to apply paint with than a paintbrush and that it looked better. Airbrushing let them be more experimental with painting techniques, such as the spattery fades you can see in the "Bane" and "Deep Freeze" title cards above or the soft, deeply shadowed face on "the Last Laugh." The overall effect of airbrushing on a black background is a much darker, moodier vibe than could be achieved with a traditional approach.

When they are approaching teenage years it's appropriate to tell them "hey, I know teens have sex. This is how to be safe and also how to avoid the spread of misinformation"

I will never forget being 13 and having another girl confidentially telling me you couldn't get pregnant if you drank a coke and ate poprocks directly after. Because I was educated about sex ed I was able to correct her

That girl was already sexually active btw

Teens are horny and they need information to be safe

Heck part of the reason I didn't have a lot of ill advised sex as a teenager was because I was educated and I really didn't want to get pregnant or an STD.

I still did stuff but being educated on the risks, even with using condoms and being on birth control, made a massive difference in what I actually did

Add in the list of warning signs of abusive relationships and advice for how to communicate about sex/relationships and place boundaries that I found on BDSM websites and I promise you without that knowledge I would not be in the healthy and happy relationship I am in right now. I would have had a bad time and made a lot of bad decisions and choices

(ETA: Having a lot of sex isn't inherently ill-advised. However I know myself and my hometown and my issues. I personally would not have made good choices without the education I had. Particularly if I hadn't found the BDSM resources which taught me that sex was good and that I should only have sex I would enjoy rather then sex that made me feel bad as a person. As opposed to the teaching at school to value my virginity above all else)

That's actually why I said it's appropriate to tell small children that sex should happen between consenting adults.

With kiddo we explained (even before we explained what sex is) that no one should be touching you under your clothes without consent and even then it should only be a doctor when they are checking you for illness and even then you can say no and they shouldn't touch you in ways that make you feel bad or that they tell you should be a secret

Tell young children the proper names for genitalia and let them know that that is a private place that they have control over and no one else gets to see or touch it without consent and that that includes you

Let them know who they can report to

What to do if their friend tells them a "dangerous secret" and what a dangerous secret is

That if anyone touches them in private areas or tries to get them to touch their private areas what to do and who to tell. Even if it's family or someone close to them

Teach "no means no" and that their body is theirs and that their privacy is theirs from a young age

You cannot protect your child with ignorance