vanishing angels & sudden death.

the way some of you feel about “nuclear family-ization” of characters is the way i feel when you say that two characters should be married. both are heteronormative institutions of control actually. characters can fuck nasty and love each other without the state being involved

like i know no one’s going to believe me when i say this because everyone knows who my number one bias is but i really do love selina and i love her relationship with bruce and i do think they love each other to pieces but every time someone says they should get married i shrivel up inside. the state guys. the STATE. the commitment the permanency but above all the need for validation in legal terms to make it into this narrow box like i dont actually think these two bisexuals who constantly actively flout the law and have endless means and a thousand hangups between them would give a shit about legally defining their relationship. and that goes for all of bruce’s relationships TBH i dont care what a writer says i feel this in my stomach

in hindsight i shouldn't even be surprised. you people can't even boycott tom king.

the fact that the creator of the dcblackout was essentially bullied out of the boycott just because other people are getting books is disgusting. people said “i don’t care that black characters/writers aren’t getting books because there are gay people getting books” and we’re supposed to act like that’s not insanely racist

people will call them discrimination comics as the punchline to a joke and then when a boycott comes around in an attempt to rectify said discrimination they’ll shut them down in 3 days for not being specific enough instead of using their own initiative and then go back to calling them discrimination comics and not reading for any black characters/characters of colour ever

black comic readers will say "buying black lead comics or black characters comics from dc doesn't stop them from getting axed and it's been literally 1200 days since dc has had a black ongoing so we're calling for a boycott to put pressure on dc by not buying comics and instead directly supporting black creatives" and here come the dumbest white people on the earth going "but dc is releasing pride month comics, do you hate queer people? but dc has female creators releasing comics, do you hate women? this boycott is so disorganised. i can't believe you hate queer people"

[ID: Text that reads, "The fact remains that it has been more than 1200 days since a Black character has headlined a solo title in DC Comics' mainline continuity. We continue to believe this is an issue worth discussing and addressing. However, we also recognize that many fans and creators we care about felt the boycott unintentionally minimized books, characters, and creators whose work provides meaningful representation for women, LGBTQIA+ readers, people of color, and other marginalized communities. That was never out intention, and we apologize for that impact. We heard those concerns, and they played a major role in our decision to reevaluate the boycott." /End ID.]

when you're at a point where you're publishing comics with worse, less substantial representation of black characters than you were in the 90s or 2000s, i feel like, and now maybe this is crazy, but i feel like maybe you should at least acknowledge that you have an issue

black comic readers will say "buying black lead comics or black characters comics from dc doesn't stop them from getting axed and it's been literally 1200 days since dc has had a black ongoing so we're calling for a boycott to put pressure on dc by not buying comics and instead directly supporting black creatives" and here come the dumbest white people on the earth going "but dc is releasing pride month comics, do you hate queer people? but dc has female creators releasing comics, do you hate women? this boycott is so disorganised. i can't believe you hate queer people"