lets play and have fun

kind of baffles me when i see ppl say theres no real canon riddler or whatever bc his characterization isnt consistent... by all means have fun in the space and play etc but he was actually fairly consistent until Hush, and even after has tended to slingshot back to that pre-Hush personality after different writers try their hand at "reinventing" him. you can just say you dont like the majority of his canon characterization, obviously you wont click with ppl like myself who do but that still makes more sense than saying something thats just not really true

i do not like riddler for any sort of missed potential or in concept etc i GENUINELY believe he was a very well implemented and fun character for the first 60 years of his existence and has only just started to get garbage to work with in the 21st century. even then there's still definitely some post-y2k bangers like his DCAU tie-in material, PI era, Year of the Villain, even Zero Year, etc. read riddler comics. read riddler comics. read riddler comics. please. oh my god please

the batcat vs brutalia ship war is some of the most effective psychological manipulation ever employed because why the hell are we fighting and not realizing Bruce Wayne has a zone of effect that causes every single woman and poc to bend to his will as the supreme ideal white man that everybody must desire

i agree, we do need to downsize the batfamily. way too many similar characters fulfilling the same niche. i mean, what unique experiences do bruce wayne, dick grayson, and tim drake even bring to the table?

we can NOT let the revisionist history win. "beware the batman was actually really good" beware the batman was ugly and boring as fuck "gotham tv was great and had the best riddler" gotham tv was insanely misogynistic and i know your ass does not actually read riddler comics enough to make such a claim

i will very generously allow catmom and stray aus to continue existing (very very generous of me) but only if every time u post about them u make 2 more about selina as an individual without mentioning bruce or any of his sons. and anybody who doesnt meet this requirement will be boiled in a big pot of stew

obviously i adore selina and see her as overall a good person but i do laugh when i see ppl say shes never hurt innocents because thats just not true lol

genuinely one must understand that batcat has misogynistic origins. selina's creation fits very neatly into the idea of female villains defined by their femaleness, whose motivations are tied to their womanhood or alleged failure at it. selina's thievery is directly connected to her sexual freedom and implied misery, as bruce's attempts to reform her are based in the idea that a woman can only be happy and/or a good person with the love of a man. you can only embrace a more feminist batcat & selina when you know and challenge this narrative

why am i getting hate for liking an evil and toxic character named the riddler, whose main cultural touchstone is leaving funny riddles at his funny crime scenes, from people who love deathstroke, whose main cultural touchstone is the judas contract