Mermaid Harlequin

Cassandra Cain’s retconning in the one year later (OYL) storyline, they characterized her as a villain by simply stating Deathstroke gave her EVILLLL drug. AND THEN THEY FULLY REMOVED FROM THE CONTINUITY. And then they brought her back to New 52 but I could go into a whole rant abt New 52 tbh stupidest reboot imo.

Post flashpoint was a bit more graceful but we cannot deny she is still severely underutilized and is a wonderfully complex character that could parallel Bruce so well.

TALIA AL GHUL WAS TURNED INTO A FULL ON R*PIST. SHE WAS PORTRAYED AS A TERRORIST. Both of which are extremely racist stereotypes and I get it there needs to be a conversation made about women who are in positions of power such as that storyline but not like this. They assassinated her character purely on racist stereotypes and stripped her of her complexity. She was originally to be written as a woman torn between love (Bruce) and loyalty (Ra’s) and that gave her so much depth.

And this applies to so many characters, specifically female or female presenting characters who get the short end of the stick, such as: Stephanie Brown, Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy), Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Barbara Gordon, Koriandr (Starfire), Lady Shiva, Mera, Black Canary, Big Barda was basically written to be humiliated, Kara Zor-El, Imra Ardeen (Saturn Girl), Raven, Donna Troy even applies cus they never give her a proper story and reboot her to an insane degree, EVEN WONDER WOMAN DIANA PRINCE HERSELF HAS BEEN WRONGED. And there’s so so so many more characters.

Thinking about Roy’s heroin (in some comics alcohol) addiction at the moment, how it took such a toll on him, canonically speaking this man has gone through all the stages and pain of being an addict and more so the pain of withdrawal which is absolutely no easy feat, having to deal with his everyday life, his life as a hero, whilst still being on drugs, being eventually forced off the field and having to deal with just truly awful things that are associated with withdrawal. Only allowed back once he’s fully affirmed that he’s fully recovered.

Now think of Jason<3 yes I love Jayroy this is a Jayroy post. Either way, Jason’s mom, Catherine*, also an addict, never got the help she desperately needed, leading him to resent Roy for recovering, whilst also being grateful it’s happened for once, leading to complex emotions beyond understanding for a man as emotionally repressed as Jason. Eventually projecting his fears onto Roy, treating Roy’s sobriety as temporary and ultimately minimizing the work he’s done unintentionally. Only giving his partner his flowers when he unlearns the trauma his mother’s addiction gave him.

My angst is evil i apologize in advance

*edited due to a rushed mistake my apologies

Damian Wayne, trained his entire life to be an assassin as well, but still being proficient in reading, writing, speaking seven different languages, and eventually becoming a whole doctor.

I’m sure this brewed a lot of resentment in the Wayne household, both raised as weapons but one of them privileged enough to be treated as an educated human being, the other unable to read a singular word on paper.

But at least they know the struggles they’ve both gone through, respect and resentment coexisting in the same space.

Oh how I love Dami and Talia’s Arab roots💔