Trigger warning for r@pe and abus3
Can we talk about how dc treats Damian's character so poorly? Actually not just dc but some of the fans too,I'm not talking about all of them,I'm referring to the ones (mostly adult men) who keep trashing him all the time and even say shit like how they wish the could beat him up (which, wtf is wrong with you? It doesn't matter how much of a brat he is according to you,that's still a child, a fucking 10 - 13 year old and you're saying you want to hurt him?) I seriously hope you never have a child of your own and if you do God forbid them of ever throwing a tantrum.
Now let's review some of the things basically everyone knows about Damian alright? Great
He is the son of Bruce Wayne (batman) and Talia al Ghul (daughter of the demon head of the league of assassins) the way this happened varies,in some versions they were together at the time of his conception and in others Talia r@pped Bruce,he was raised by Talia with the league since birth,where he learned from a very young age how to be an assassin and a proper heir the the demon head,all of this while Bruce had no idea of his existence,once he became 10 he was sent to live and to continue his training with his father (who still didn't knew about him) after Talia introduces him and Bruce (who's still, justifiable so, in shock) they have disagreements,they are both in very uncomfortable and unknown positions, and what does Bruce (and everyone around him) does with this child that is on a completely new ambient, with people he doesn't trust? They tell him that the way he was raised to view the world and the way he behaves are actually wrong and that he needs to change,but they do this in a safe way right? Like they show him he can trust on them and built a safe net to him and help him change gradually (which is the only way anyone who needs to change their entire life and worldview can do it cause we're not fucking machines who can just be rebooted when something goes wrong) and they try to give assistance to him in regards to his mental health that we can only assume is pretty damaged after all the abuse he certainly went through with the league right? NO, they just throw it at him that the way he behaves is wrong and has to change and the whole killing is wrong bs batman is always saying and leave it at that,let him figure it out how to change, give him some pep talks but when things get hard and he lashes out cause that's the only way he knows how to express what he's feeling you beat him up and you immediately show distrust in him the moment a corpse shows up,trust goes both ways,if you say to your kid that you trust them and immediately gets against them when something goes wrong you really expect them to trust,to believe in you? To feel safe with you? No wonder Damian went to that fucking competition he is in,what the hell does he have in Gotham to make him want to stay?
Now before I end my rant let's talk about the difference in how the fandom treats Cass in comparation to him, why do people keep treating her like a little uwu soft girl? Again,I'm not saying everyone does this,but I've seem it happen many times, she is a victim of trauma and she deserves respect,every person who has trauma is a fucking individual, they're not a trope,they're not edgy or quirky or baby🥺🥺 and they shouldn't be judged by the way they express themselves and their emotions after the shit they went through.
And don't tell me people don't judge characters like that cause they do,that's literally what this fandom does, they take those two kids who have similar backgrounds and because one of them manifests their trauma in a "quiet" way they're a uwu baby who must be protected and is better than the other one who manifests the trauma through fits of rage (who then becomes hated and viewed as a brat and nothing more).
What this people are doing is disgusting, it's like oppression/trauma Olympics but somehow worse,cause instead of the people who actually went through it competing to see who had it worse it's a lot of judgmental assholes deciding that one victim of trauma is better than the other cause the their behavior fits some sick narrative of how a "good" victim of trauma should act.
Now repeat after me kids:
Trauma isn't pretty and trauma isn't there to make you feel better about yourself (unless you went through a similar situation and that character offers some type of comfort to you,which is completely valid) and trauma is not the same to everyone (doesn't matter how similar the background and experiences of two people are) and there's no right or wrong way of behaving as a victim of trauma.
