It really icks me out that whenever Damian's ties to the Al-Ghuls are explored within the fandom, it's always under a negative light where every single complex character of his family is erased and turned into a cartoon villain for him to separate himself from, so that he could be saved by his 'white' family.
But when another batkid's relationship with the Al-Ghuls are a discussed, it suddenly becomes a very complex thought out topic, going as far as creating non-existent relationships with the Al-Ghul and the other batkid that coincidentally does not happen to exist between Damian and that Al-Ghul in their little fanon world.
Ra's Al-Ghul is Damian's grandfather, and he is a centuries old assassin who used to be a healer, and then became the leader of the biggest assassin organization.
So, no, Ra's isn't obsessed with a white boy.
Talia Al-Ghul is Damian's mother and has always loved him, perhaps even more than anyone has ever loved and cared for Damian. She is a person who has been stuck between two worlds and decided to choose her own path. She has a certain tie to the Lazarus Pits that no other has.
So again, no, Talia doesn't like or care for that white boy more than she does her own son.
It's kind of evident how some people purposefully simple down the Al-Ghul's (including Damian) characters and their canonical complexities just to make their own favorite character more interesting and more 'badass'.
But the thing is, being the villain doesn't automatically mean they're 'bad' characters. In fact, I can argue that most Al-Ghuls are even more interesting than some of the heroes in DC.
What's more maddening to witness, as a Damian fan, is people literally taking certain things that happened to him and give it to another batkid while completely disregarding Damian's canonical personality and traits, reducing him into a spoiled child that does nothing but threaten to maim people all day. Meanwhile the other batkid is suffering from a trauma caused by the 'Al-Ghuls' or the 'League of Assassins' that never actually happened to them in the canon.
Damian was the one trained under the League of Assassins from birth.
Damian was the one able to take down assassins three times his size while at the same time getting taught advanced sciences.
Damian is the one who was so smart as a child that he could be able to get a PhD in certain topics.
Damian was the one going on numerous missions for the League of Assassins as a child.
Damian was the one affected and traumatized by the pressure and abuse of his childhood.
Damian was the one objectified as a 'vessel'.
Damian was the one who had a lab full of cloned inner organs for him to use whenever he got fatally injured.
Damian was the one stuck in between two legacies.
Damian was the one who constantly sacrificed himself to save the people he loved.
Damian was the one who suffered from self-worth issues so severely to the point of being suicidal.
Damian was the one who constantly witnessed his guardian/parental figures dying. (Bruce, Ra's, Alfred, Dr. Bashar)
Damian was the one constantly stalked and attacked by assassins after coming to Gotham.
Damian was the one able to empathize with the villains when other people couldn't.
And I'm sick of these facts being erased and given to another person.
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