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Welcome to my little corner of the internet where I fly-tip every one of my thoughts
Hi, my name is Em, and this is my blog 👋
My pronouns are she/her
I’m in my mid 20s
I’m from London 🇬🇧
I speak English, Angloromani, Ancient Greek (in theory, though I am incredibly rusty), and I’m very slowly learning Italian (which, at the moment, is basically just holiday-level, plus some weirdly specific archaeological terms 🤷♀️).
As you may be able to tell from the name of this blog, I am a gypsy. More specifically, I am a Showman, which is a British subgroup of gypsy/traveller wherein we’re from the fairground/circus. The closest US term would be Carney. It’s a lot to explain so if you want to know more, I’ve explained it previously here.
I don’t really have any ‘anti-characters’, but I’m definitely more of a fan of the Bats. 🦇 If we’re being totally honest, most of my posts will be about Dick Grayson/Nightwing and Jason Todd/Red Hood, since they’re the characters I’ve read the most for!
I’m currently trying to read more Donna Troy — if you have any favourites, please recommend them!⭐️
Your ship is not my ship and that’s ok, but that being said, I personally really do not enjoy any Batcest (by which I specifically mean shipping of any of the Waynes. Dickbabs/Timsteph/Stephcass doesn’t count.), so you won’t find that here. 🖤
I also don’t enjoy any NSFW content, so again, that’s something you won’t find on my blog. However, I do sometimes discuss more adult themes from canon (e.g. SA), but these will always be tagged.
Personally, I prefer canon to fanon, but honestly, have fun, and I don’t mind the occasional bit of fanon stuff.
Outside of DC, my main loves are horses, archaeology (I specialise in second century AD Roman sculpture and its curation in eighteenth and nineteenth century country houses, but I’ve also worked on Achaemenid archaeology and stuff to do with horses before, and I have an interest in Roman Egypt), history (my favourite period is the Regency era) and reading. I’m always happy to take asks about these, too!
My favourite books are Pride and Prejudice, and The Count of Monte Cristo.
I am a Christian, and that’s important to my world view personally, but in the sense that my beliefs are that we should love everyone, and always choose faith and love over fear. I’m very much a socialist. This is a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, POC, immigrants, people of all religions and none, etc 💙 if there is anything you feel I can do to support you, drop an ask or a message
My asks are always open, and I absolutely love getting them! Sometimes, it will take me a while to reply to them because I am a yapper and want to do them justice, but I promise I’ve not forgotten about them! I also currently have anon turned off because I’ve been called a dirty gypo enough times irl, so I can’t be bothered with dealing with that here. If you have any questions about anything I’ve missed out here, drop an ask!
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I love Jason Todd. I think he’s a very nuanced character, and I love when we see his own moral code in action, because it does have a lot of merit, and even when he was a “villain”, he was still trying to do good.
BUT. I do think there is a really poetic sense of irony in going from Jason Todd, Red Hood, scourge of the Gotham Underworld, crime lord, pimp, drug and weapons dealer, who will shoot a goon and feel no remorse, who will beg Batman to abandon his moral code and kill…
… to Red Hood, hero, Outlaw, Titan, mentor to Generation Outlaw and the Teen Titans, one of the Robins, Bat. Someone who is unashamedly good, and for all his methods, on the side of the angels.
Because even if Jason disagrees with Batman’s no-kill rule, the hero that he is today could be argued to be a product of it. Had Bruce decided to start killing after Jason’s death, who is to say that he wouldn’t have just shot Jason before the identity reveal? Batman’s entire identity is born out of his genuine goodness, his belief that everyone deserves another chance to do good… and even if I don’t think that Jason was a particularly bad person to begin with, a lot of his “redemption” (which I will argue is very self-motivated, as opposed to being due to Bruce’s actions necessarily) and Jason’s growth is the proof that Batman’s no-kill rule can work.
Disclaimer: I feel like this is a lot more nuanced than I can fully explain. No, I do not think that Jason was ever comparable to the Joker or any of those he wanted Bruce to kill. No I don’t think that Bruce can be credited with causing Jason’s growth and development (something I think is explicitly plot relevant to RHATO, especially N52 when everyone telling Jason he’s a bad person). No, I don’t think that Bruce was always a great parent to Jason, even after he started to “reform”. Yes, I do think things like the Batarang incident complicate this point. BUT… I do think that, even if Jason doesn’t realise it, the mercy which Bruce often shows to his rogues did allow him the opportunity to grow into the hero that he is today, which he would not have achieved if Bruce had just shot him the second he turned up in Hush.
Brutalia except they never got divorced because it’s until death do us part, and they have both died, so there’s no need since they adhered to the terms.
As much as I like it when Red Hood kills, because it gives him something unique which separates him from the rest of the Batfamily, I am actually quite open to Jason’s current development (July 2026).
At the end of Batman (2016-2025), it did seem like Jason was going back to using guns and killing, which the ill-fated Red Hood solo also seemed to support, and sure, I would absolutely love to see a book wherein Jason can define his own moral compass and deliver his own form of vigilante justice without Bruce popping up every few issues to remind him of the no-kill rule.
BUT! I can also appreciate the new direction that DC is choosing to take his character in. I absolutely adored Jason’s issue of DC KO; I feel like it really allowed Jason to take a breath, step back, and assess certain truths in his life, whilst also being quite positive for his future. It’s not necessarily stated what his views are on killing, given the nature of DC KO (though I would argue he did seem quite positive about the prospect), but it did feel like taking that first really important step forward. If we now consider that he’s about to appear in Teen Titans, this doesn’t feel like the Jason we were going to see in the Red Hood solo: Jason isn’t moving to his own city and defining his own rules, but he is (presumably) going to take on a nurturing mentor relationship with a group of child-sidekicks again.
He may use guns, he may kill. But I do think the idea of Jason, after DC KO, ultimately deciding not to take that step back and distance himself more, but to give back (whilst still separate from the Bats and presumably outside of Gotham) can still be good for his character development. Whilst a gun-wielding, murdering Red Hood taking on New Angelique would have been a step towards independence, I do also think there is sometime to be said for Jason taking on the responsibility for these kids and surrounding himself with life — especially if he is able to be the protector for these kids that Bruce, for all he tried, could not always be for him.
One of my favourite things about Bruce Wayne as a character is that, in universe, it’s so easy to presume that Batman’s greatest strength is his brain, with his detective skills and strategies. Or it could be his body, which he’s turned into a weapon through years of training so that he can be the best and do what nobody else can do. But it’s only those closest to him that realise that Batman — that Bruce’s — biggest strength is his incorruptible heart. He is a bleeding heart and an optimist at his core, and I need everyone (*cough* DC studios *cough*) to realise that that’s what makes Batman so special.
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You know how DC KO is kinda a soft-reboot allowing characters to move into a new stage and all that? Well, I’m definitely not a Bruce-anti, but I do think there would be something compelling about a Batman arc which does allow Bruce to reckon with the ways that he is a flawed parent. Obviously, Bruce is and always will be a bit emotionally-constipated, and he does already see some of his flaws, but rather than viewing them as ‘this problem was created because I failed in this way, so now I have to fight this,’ I think it would be interesting if it was viewed from the perspective of Bruce as a parent rather than Bruce as a vigilante. I love Bruce, and I love that he is flawed, but I do think there is still a lot to be said about the possibility of Bruce choosing to do something different to help his kids when they need it, and it working. Being able to break the cycle before it even reaches the next generation. Idk I love him, and he has such a big heart, so I’d just like to see more of it come out in his decision making process. It wouldn’t even have to go against the editorial law that Batman cannot be wrong ever because it would be his decision. AND it’s a message which has worked in other Batman media.. idk
The Titans issue today would've been funnier if Dick had FaceTimed Damian while he was flying around on the dragon's back.
Damian: That is not Wiggles, Richard. Who is that?
Dick: You know, unfortunately, I'm not on a first name basis with every dragon in town, and we didn't exactly have time to introduce ourselves before I decided to hitch a ride.
The first thing I did after moving in was paint my master bathroom turquoise. Guest bathroom got painted grey, but only because I made every piece of decor in there Batman- themed. Wanted to match the Batman color scheme but painting everything black would have made it too claustrophobic and after growing up in a yellow bedroom I never want a yellow wall anywhere in my house ever
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Have I mentioned how much I love it when vigilantes (particularly the Bats) beat up the cops? Not just because of my personal belief that ACAB, but sometimes it can feel like street tier heroes are just cops in masks, or military-adjacent. I love it when the narrative makes it very clear that they are acting outside of the law and they know it, and the cops aren’t always in the right.
I love how much we’re seeing Nightwing in his lil car in this run. Like I know the whole point is that the new superhighway has made Blüdhaven an unwalkable city, but it’s the fact that it’s also apparently un-grappleable too. Can’t even swing to your destination. SMH.
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Clark Kent: secretly Superman, just got back from a JL mission and has been punting aliens all night, to find Lois there reminding him that his deadline is in, oh, 20 minutes?
Clark Kent: secretly Superman, who uses his speed just this once to meet the deadline. The space bar key on his laptop will never be the same.
Clark Kent: who arrives at work to find the Planet’s systems have flagged his article as AI generated for non-human writing speeds.
As someone who worked some really shitty minimum wage shift-work jobs, I feel for Duke Thomas. Because he signed on for day shifts, and yet that poor fucker is still on the clock at 3am. Bro, call your union rep!
