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what happened to fandom spaces in the past few years. like genuinely i can’t imagine thor loves pop tarts happening now, people would get tomatoes thrown at them for even bringing it up. especially the twt mfs, they’re sooooo miserable.

That being said, I can see /why/ people haven’t been the most supportive of it. ( I personally really enjoyed it, because again the writing of Kal-El is so so beautifully tragic. )

The writing outside of Kal-El in comparison with Absolute WonderWoman and Batman, leaves a bit to be desired world building wise. ( I was really thinking Ra’s would also be a Batman villain not a Superman one )

I think my biggest quip with the story is that it constantly feels like it’s starting. Does that make sense? Like Absolute WonderWoman and Absolute Batman feel like they’ve progressed world and character wise a lot more than Absolute Superman has.

No he wasn't. Nobody does that. He was written to be likeable and people still didn't like him. Sucks but it happens sometimes. Cope.

JTodds stans never beating the victim complex allegations.

I wasn't saying this as a Jason Todd stan. I just think there are a lot of nuances with Jason Todd that the following robins don't really have. ( and it's very interesting to me, the difference in characters when an author likes writing the character vs when they don't )

Jason being seen as the replacement Robin had a lot to do with things, nobody likes to see their favorite character replaced, especially Dick Grayson who had been Robin for over 40 years at that point. Dick had many stories outside of Batman as Robin, a chance Jason didn't get but other Robins following him do get. Wolfman also stated that Jason Todd was literally created so Dick Grayson could be his own person.

Collins made Jason a street kid because and I quote, "I believe the street kid thing was my idea, the notion being that Batman/Bruce Wayne did not want responsibility for putting Dick Grayson in harm’s way anymore, but this new street kid was already in harm’s way and heading toward the wrong road. So taking him on (and it was a gradual decision) made sense."

Collins ends up quitting, In came Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo, Alan Grant, and John Wagner, it is stated that none of them were enthusiastic about writing for Jason's Robin.

Jim Starlin specifically, was a writer for Batman in the 80s, and with him came his hate of child sidekick. He stated multiple times that he avoided using Robin (Jason Todd) in his stories as much as he could. His one story with Robin was issue #424. Where about this he states that, "In the one Batman issue I wrote with Robin featured, I had him do something underhanded, as I recall. Denny had told me that the character was very unpopular with fans, so I decided to play on that dislike." ( Aka he was written to be disliked and this wasn't the only time either ) They actively played into the dislike for his Robin instead of trying to write stories that might make fans like him more. Which is very different than how it went with Tim, in the interview with his writer he states how much he worked on making Tim likable.

( I don't mention other Robins because after Tim the idea of Bruce taking in another Robin wasn't ground breaking anymore. )

O'neil then did say that he should've been more hands on, because suddenly they had this character who was a "disagreeable little snot" and knew they either needed to give him character development or write him out. At the same time, Dc was having an idea of doing an AIDS education book, so they put a box out and had everybody put in the name of a character they think should die via AIDS. About this Jim Starlin says, " they put a box out and wanted everybody to put in suggestions of who should contract AIDS and perish in the comics. I stuffed it with Robin. They realized it was all my handwriting so they ended up throwing all my things out" which is such an insane thing to say about a child character you're writing for. Then after this came the vote to kill off Jason.

Jason, coughing: Did ya know I died of smoke inhalation

Dick nearly choking on the smoke

Dick: Jas-

Jason: Y’know Sheila was standin’ there smoking while Joker beat me

Dick slowly putting out the cigarette

Jason: I can never look at cigarettes the same

Dick looking at his pack of cigarettes, horrified

Dick: Shit little wing.. I’m sorry-

They wouldn't leave right away of course not, the Wen remnants don't have a reason to stay but they understand that Wei Wuxian does. He has his family still, he has Lan Wangji, he might have turned his back on the cultivation world but he hasn't turned his back to the people he loves. He knows somewhere in his mind that it could never be the same, he can never go back to the way of the sword and he wont be accepted back until he does. ( And until he gives up or destroys the Stygian Tiger Amulet )

They are living on borrowed time and that wouldn't be clearer than when he is attacked at Qionqi path. Wei Wuxian knows that despite him being the one who is attacked, anyone's death but his own will only be taken as a sign of aggression on his part. There is no way out of Qionqi path without him and Wen Ning having to take lives to defend themselves. So when Jin Zixuan arrives, Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning flee. They know, once word gets back to the clan leaders their borrowed time will run out.

He is not foolish enough to think they will spare anyone, not Granny Wen and certainly not little A-Yuan. The decision to leave is made the second the realization dawns on him. His sister is married now, his brother has rebuilt his clan. They will be alright, perhaps even better without connections to him. He protected them just like he promised and now he will protect the Wen remnants like he promised to himself when he said he would always protect the weak and live with no regrets. And he would regret nothing more than leaving little A-Yuan to a fate of paying for crimes of a clan he would never even know.

His kids ( except Cass ) however? 100% think it's him just playing it up for the press. Yeah they know he loves them. Because c'mon, they watch Bruce on live TV talking about his "firsts" with his kids like he didn't get all of them when they were above the age of 8.

He talks about Dick's "first steps" ( his first steps after his first broken leg in the manor )

He talks about how Jason's first cold had him panicking because his baby Dick had never gotten that sick. ( Jason was 15 and the press 100% thought it was about baby Jason )

He talks about Tim losing his baby teeth. ( He lost his last baby tooth at 14 and it did give Bruce a scare )

He talks about his first time seeing Damian and how unlike his other kids his looks lean more towards his mother. ( The press starts to wonder if the kids share a mom )

He talks about Cassandra and her first words and how unlike his other kids she had a hard talk when she started to talk. ( The interviewer starts asking if he remembers each kid's first word )